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Woman Spends 3 Weeks In Intensive Care After Eating Gas Station Nacho Cheese A woman in Walnut Grove, California, has spent the last three weeks in intensive care after eating nacho cheese from a gas station.
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5 confirmed cases of botulism from Sacramento-area gas station food Botulism reared its ugly head in Northern California and left patients paralyzed or even fighting for their lives. (KGO-TV). KGO. By Wayne Freedman.
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'Kissing bug' disease more deadly than thought (CNN) The nickname given to the insects that spread Chagas disease is somewhat bittersweet: kissing bugs. Their name stems from the fact that they like biting humans around their lips and faces as they sleep, after which they defecate into the wound ...
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California botulism outbreak tied to gas station nacho cheese sauce California health inspectors have linked last week's botulism outbreak -- a rare and sometimes fatal form of food poisoning -- to a nacho cheese sauce traced back to a mom-and-pop gas station in Walnut Grove, CBS Sacramento reports.
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Health Officials Are Warning This Tick Season Could Be the Worst Yet "This year, there are worse ticks than many of us have ever seen in our lives," says Janet Foley, an epidemiologist at the University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
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Warm winter triggers 'tick surge' in Western Pennsylvania ... • Use insect repellents that contain 20 percent to 30 percent DEET on exposed skin and clothing for protection that lasts up to several hours.
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How Bad Will This Summer's Tick Season Be? Some experts say 2017 could be a bad year for the disease-carrying ticks, including those that carry Lyme disease and the Powassan virus.
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Pool party poopers: CDC warns of parasitic infection, toxic gas (CNN) Beware of contaminated pool water: Outbreaks of a parasitic diarrhea-causing infection linked to pools and water playgrounds doubled in the United States from 2014 to 2016, according to the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report issued Thursday by ...
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Lab-Grown Blood Stem Cells Produced at Last Researchers have made blood stem cells and progenitor cells from pluripotent stem cells (pictured above). Credit: Steve Gschmeissner Getty Images.
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Stem cells responsible for making blood created in lab for first time Stem cells responsible for producing the blood within a human's body have been created in a laboratory for the first-time ever, in what experts are calling a "very big deal" of a milestone.
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Single mosquito bite might be enough to transmit multiple viruses, study finds Mosquito bites aren't just a nuisance but can be a serious public health threat as seen during the mosquito-borne Zika outbreak that spread through much of the globe last year.
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Italy makes 12 vaccinations compulsory for children The government in Italy has ruled that children must be vaccinated against 12 common illnesses before they can enrol for state-run schools.
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Thailand's chunky monkey on diet after gorging on junk food A wild obese macaque named "Uncle Fat," rescued from a Bangkok suburb, sits in a rehabilitation center in Bangkok, Thailand.
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First-ever global study finds massive health care inequity A first-ever global study finds massive inequity of access to and quality of health care among and within countries, and concludes people are dying from causes with well-known treatments.
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Tourists Helped Fatten Him Up; Now Thai Monkey Is On A Diet Whether he likes it or not, a morbidly obese wild monkey in Thailand is now swapping an anything-goes diet of junk food and soda for a strict regimen of fruits, vegetables and lean proteins.
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1st Rabies, West Nile Virus Cases Reported In Michigan A big brown bat tested positive for rabies, and three birds - a turkey and two crows - had West Nile Virus, Michigan officials say.
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US health officials warn of problems with Meridian lead tests WASHINGTON U.S. health officials on Wednesday warned that tests made by Meridian Bioscience Inc may underestimate lead levels in blood drawn from veins, sending the manufacturer's stock down 9 percent.
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Scientists Are A Step Closer To Produce Limitless Supply Of Blood Scientists made a breakthrough discovery where they found a method to produce limitless blood supply. This procedure could potentially be used to treat blood disorders and life-threatening infections.
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Relay For Life slated next month Submitted photo This year's Randolph County Relay For Life Survivors Breakfast takes place Saturday at a new location, Graceland Inn & Restaurant, which also served as an event sponsor.
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State lawmakers move to classify "stealthing" as rape A California lawmaker wants to expand the definition of rape to include "stealthing," the act of removing a condom during intercourse without consent.
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America's Healthcare Grade: A B-minus? This essay appears in today's edition of the Fortune Brainstorm Health Daily. Get it delivered straight to your inbox. Alzheimer's.
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Podcast: Using Tobacco Money to Stamp Out Youth Smoking In 2000, 23 percent of American eighth, 10th, and 12th graders smoked. Today, the figure is 6 percent. "It's been called one of the most dramatic successes in public-health history, ever," says Robin Koval, CEO of the Truth Initiative.
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Berkeley-Lacey Relay For Life Starts On Saturday That's been Roxanne Stephens' mantra ever since she became involved in the American Cancer Society's Berkeley-Lacey Relay for Life.
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Relay for Life in Boardman runs through Saturday Laurie Harper set a goal for herself during last year's Relay For Life fundraiser in Boardman: She walked for a continuous 18 hours.
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Man explains why he engages in sick sexual 'stealthing' 'Stealthing' is the practice of a man removing his condom halfway through sexual intercourse without his partner being aware he is doing so.
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Mom donates womb to daughter in India's first uterus transplant In the first surgery of its kind in India, a mother has donated her uterus to her 21-year-old daughter. Advertisement. She offered to undergo the procedure so that her daughter, who was born without a uterus, can experience childbirth.
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Ebola Virus in DR Congo: CDC Not Ready to Issue Travel Advisory Updated | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is still mulling over whether to issue a travel advisory regarding the developing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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New cigarette and vaping laws: All you need to know about new rules starting this weekend New cigarette laws come into force this weekend and shops have just 24 hours to clear shelves of any old stock. From Sunday all brands must be sold in uniform sludge green colours and carry graphic warnings of the dangers of smoking.
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Smoking age in Oregon could be raised two decades after campaign against cigarettes began Oregon Governor Kate Brown marked the 20th year Thursday since Oregon voters became first in the nation to approve an initiative for a fully funded, statewide effort to stamp out cigarettes.
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Keeping young women's weight gain to less than 800g/year helps prevent progression from healthy weight to overweight New research presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Porto, Portugal (17-20 May) shows that rates of weight gain are established by the time women are 18-23 years old.
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Lawmakers push to raise Massachusetts smoking age to 21 BOSTON (WWLP)-National data shows that 95 percent of adult smokers start smoking before the age of 21. State lawmakers hope to bring that number down by raising the legal smoking age to 21.
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This Website Encourages Conversation To Tackle Mental Illness This May, as we celebrate National Mental Health Awareness Month, it's time to stop talking and say something. While 1 in 5 Americans struggle with mental health, only 44% of adults and less than 20% of children and adolescents with diagnosable mental ...
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Report finds upstate New York 'empathy gap' with mental illness Fewer than half of upstate New York adults who have a depressive disorder feel that people are generally caring and sympathetic to individuals with mental illness, according to a Univera Healthcare study of CDC surveys.
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