Sunday, April 16, 2017

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Daily update April 16, 2017
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A married couple discovered they were biological twins after getting a routine DNA test at an IVF clinic because they were struggling to conceive naturally.
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Washington: A married couple in the US shockingly discovered that they were biological twins after getting a routine DNA test done at an IVF clinic because they were struggling to conceive naturally.
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The Texas Department of State Health Services warned this week of multiple ongoing mumps outbreaks. The surge, which includes 221 cases this year, constitutes the highest incidence of mumps in the state in 22 years.
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Texas health department officials announced a 20-year high in mumps cases, including possible exposures on South Padre Island, a popular spring break destination.
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Amidst vaccination controversies, measles and mumps cases continue to rise. Here are some things you need to know about the MMR vaccine.
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The person was identified as an adult who shared a flight with the first measles patient when that person was still contagious. The two individuals are not members of the same family or otherwise related.
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Michigan has reported its second case of adult measles, both contracted on the same international flight. Diners may have been exposed.
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Vending machines offer sodas, coffee and snacks to consumers. In Nevada, vending machines also will be used to dispense free, clean needles to drug addicts.
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Las Vegas health officials may not be able to stop opioid addiction, but they're hoping to make addicts' lives safer. The city will be the first in the U.S.
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NBC - Las Vegas is betting on a new approach to combat rising heroin and HIV rates: vending machines of clean needles. But the syringe exchange vending machines, a first in the United States, aren't open to just anyone walking by.
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With reports by the Center for Disease Control showing the number of heroin-related overdose deaths quadrupling between 2002 and 2013, drug treatment centers are looking to alternative methods that get around a recent congressional ban on federally ...
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Diabetes is on a rapid rise, with estimates of 642 million diabetes patients by the year 2040, a 55% increase from 2015. Scientists have begun to question whether the increasing global temperature could have any correlation with diabetes incidence and ...
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Standard Homeopathic Company is recalling all lots of Hyland's Baby Teething Tablets and Hyland's Baby Nighttime Teething Tablets sold in retail stores to the consumer level.
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For years, health experts have bemoaned the rise of childhood obesity in the U.S. About 17 percent of kids and teens in the U.S. are now considered obese, a figure that has more than tripled since the 1970s, according to data from the Centers for ...
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LOS ANGELES - For years, health experts have bemoaned the rise of childhood obesity in the United States. About 17 percent of kids and teens in the U.S.
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(CNN) - Any remaining Hyland's homeopathic teething products are now being removed from store shelves under a major recall. Two types of the teething products, which previously were linked to the deaths of 10 children, have been recalled, the Food and ...
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Nutritionist Gabrielle Guzman tells a mom that her daughter, who is 60 pounds overweight, is heading down a path toward diabetes. (TNS) - For years, health experts have bemoaned the rise of childhood obesity in the United States.
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There was once a time, just a few decades ago, when few people ran to stay in shape. Today, running is almost synonymous with exercise.
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This image provided by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration shows Hyland's Baby Teething Tablets. Late Thursday, April 13, 2017, the FDA said that two versions of Hyland's teething tablets are being recalled nationwide due to inconsistent levels of ...
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Britain was once a nation of (unhealthy) smokers but after tobacco firms lost a legal battle recently a radical shake-up of laws is about to come into force.
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MONTREAL -- Dr. Mark Wainberg was remembered during his funeral on Friday as a trailblazing HIV researcher and patient advocate who was equally dedicated to his family, his Montreal community, and friends.
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As Zika continues to spread across Florida, doctors are working to better understand the virus. People are asking questions, and the NBC2 Investigators took those questions to the Zika Task Force.
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Beijing: According to a report issued by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the World Health Organization (WHO), smoking-related diseases will claim as many as 200 million lives in China this century, while plunging tens of millions into ...
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Dr. Mark Wainberg, a microbiologist who identified a drug that later became critical to treating people infected with HIV, and who later became a leading advocate for giving millions of people with HIV and AIDS in Africa greater access to ...
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The small toy can expand inside a child's body and cause intestinal obstructions. Did you pick one up at a Target near Mamaroneck?
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Another type of mosquito carrying the Zika virus has been found. Scientific researchers report that the Asian tiger mosquito, a fairly common mosquito, was found to carry traces of ZIKA RNA.
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The Missouri Senate approved legislation mandating the creation of a prescription drug monitoring program to help curb opioid abuse in the state, according to a report from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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The controversial laboratory tool known as CRISPR may have found a whole new world to conquer. Already the favored method of editing genes, CRISPR could soon become a low-cost diagnostic tool that could be used practically anywhere to determine if ...
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WINDSOR COUNTY— On Saturday, April 29, the Windsor County Sheriff's Office, local and state law enforcement agencies, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding ...
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An unprecedented 1800 lives were saved in Australia last year because of organ donors. Aged Care and Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt on Sunday responded to a review of the national reform program aimed at increasing organ and tissue donation.
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After having heart transplant surgery in June 2015, Alec Blotnick was determined to make the most of his second chance at life. He launched his recovery six weeks after surgery by stepping onto a treadmill for the first time in years and taking a 10 ...
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Dozens of police departments in New Hampshire will participate in the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - The borough will be holding a Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 29 at the Police Department.
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Some Illinois doctors are traveling to Springfield to help residents enroll in the state's medical marijuana program. Dr. David Footerman of Rockford began seeing patients seeking medical marijuana last month at an office complex in Springfield, and ...
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Your federal income taxes are due April 18 this year, and - for perhaps several million people - a fine for failing to get health insurance is due that day, too.
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South Jersey hospitals operated by Inspira Health Network, Kennedy Health and Virtua Health earned A grades from a health care advocacy group.
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