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Sonny Perdue issues a ruling on grits Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Monday signed an interim school nutrition rule. He announced the "flexibility" measure at Catoctin Elementary School in Leesburg, Va.
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Trump Administration Loosens Obama School Food Rules The Trump administration loosened Obama-era school lunch requirements Monday, saying schools don't need to try so hard to serve whole grains, fat-free milk and food low in salt.
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Eating Gluten-Free Without a Medical Reason? TUESDAY, May 2, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Eating "gluten-free" when there's no medical need to do so won't boost your heart health -- and might even harm it, a new study warns.
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If You're Going to Go Gluten Free Don't Be Dumb About It Gluten is incredible for its ability to piss off a diverse spectrum of people: Folks who are giving it up for a diet, folks who say it's stupid to give up gluten, and folks with celiac disease who probably just wish they could avoid their symptoms and ...
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Congress increases NIH funding after Trump calls for cuts Lawmakers increased the budget for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in its bipartisan deal to fund the government, effectively ignoring the Trump administration's proposal.
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Tips for preventing tick bites, Lyme disease MICHIGAN -- The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is encouraging Michigan residents to protect themselves from ticks as the warm weather approaches.
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How Republican legislators got on board with medical cannabis oil Rep. Dave Maxwell was firmly opposed to Iowa's limited medical cannabis oil program, approved in 2014. He worried about opening the door to recreational drug use and about whether enough scientific evidence supported the medicinal use of marijuana.
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Medical marijuana companies sue New York State BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The New York State Health Department wants to double the number of medical marijuana manufacturers from 5 to 10, but the companies currently part of the program are now suing the state to block that.
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Milton Township mulls medical marijuana businesses Cass County leaders continue to look at how to preserve and use the historic Cass County Courthouse in Cassopolis. The iconic building is just over 115 years old and is not currently is use.
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How science fares in the U.S. budget deal Congress has finally reached a deal on spending bills for the 2017 fiscal year, which ends on 30 September. House of Representatives and Senate leaders announced last night that they expect lawmakers to vote this week on an agreement that wraps ...
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Long Island triplets undergo surgery for rare skull condition Six-month-old triplets, two identical and one fraternal, were all born with a rare skull condition known as craniosynostosis. On May 1, 2017, at Stony Brook University Hospital, doctors and the babies' parents talked about the first-ever reported ...
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New York triplets get same surgery for rare skull condition Three New York infants are recovering after undergoing the same surgery to treat a rare birth defect that affected their skulls. Last October Amy and Mike Howard welcomed their three sons Hunter, Jackson and Kaden.
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Duke researchers feel threatened by the prospect of budget cuts to the National Institutes of Health, other agencies In President Donald Trump's proposed budget, NIH faced a 20 percent budget cut and the Environmental Protection Agency saw a 31 percent slash in funding.
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Triplets make medical history, thrive after surgery for rare birth defect Amy and Mike Howard went from a family of two to five in a matter of nine months. Then, their babies made medical history. Hunter, Jackson and Kaden appear to be the first-known case of triplets all born with craniosynostosis, a rare birth defect in ...
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The truth about alternate-day fasting diets: Are they better than traditional diets? Alternate-day fasting diets are all the health buzz right now, but how effective are they, really? According to new research published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine Monday, there isn't a significant difference between calorie restriction and ...
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The Lyme Wars: Meet The Players Whether you know it or not, there has been a fierce battle - called "The Lyme Wars" by everyone from The New Yorker to NPR to Dutch scientific researchers - for at least a decade.
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CRISPR Eliminates HIV in Live Animals Due to their innate nature to hide away and remain latent for extended periods of time, HIV infections have proven notoriously difficult to eliminate.
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Female Genital Mutilation Isn't a Muslim Issue. It's a Medical Issue. Politicization of the topic is masking a bigger problem: Many women in the U.S. need medical care regarding it, and we're ill-equipped to help them.
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Frozen ahi sold on Oahu tests positive for hepatitis A Straub Medical Center nurse Janelle Carroll administered a Hepatitis A vaccine to Brian Murdock in September. An additional Hep A vaccine booster is required six months later and is effective for about 25 years.
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Medical marijuana companies sue NY Health Department on expansion plan The five medical marijuana companies in New York have filed a lawsuit to block new cannabis businesses, claiming the growth threatens to kill the fledgling industry that has struggled to sell the drug to critically ill patients.
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Fitness and weight loss trial to target breast cancer A £1m pilot scheme hopes to reduce the risk of women developing breast cancer by helping them lose weight and become more active.
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Gene-editing removes HIV-1 infection from live animals in study The study demonstrated that HIV-1 replication can be completely shut down and the virus eliminated from genomes in living animals.
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Snake bite cases spike in April; NC Poison Center blames mild winter A mild winter may be to blame for a dramatic increase in the number of snake bites reported across the Tar Heel State in April. The Poison Control Center received 71 calls about snake bites last month.
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Black Americans living longer, but racial gap remains, CDC says (CNN) When it comes to the overall health of black Americans, there's good news and bad news, according to a report released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday.
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Life Expectancy Goes Up for Black Americans TUESDAY, May 2, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Black Americans are living longer, but they still aren't living as long as whites are, federal health officials reported Tuesday.
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'This isn't the end of my story'; DC woman opens up about female genital mutilation WASHINGTON (WUSA9) - It's like "eating food without actually tasting any flavor." That's how a 31-year-old D.C. woman, a victim of female genital mutilation (FGM) described how sex feels to her.
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Sunscreens May Cause Vitamin D Deficiency While sunscreens are known to protect against skin cancer, they may be inadvertently making you deficient in Vitamin D, causing muscle weakness and bone fractures, researchers warned.
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Cure for Vitamin D deficiency? More sun, less block: study A study cautions overuse of sunscreen, as it blocks vitamin D activation in the skin. Enjoy the sun, then layer on the sunblock. (yaruta/Getty Images/iStockphoto).
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Study highlights risk factors for widespread vitamin D deficiency Results from a clinical review published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association find nearly 1 billion people worldwide may have deficient or insufficient levels of vitamin D due to chronic disease and inadequate sun exposure related to ...
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Surgeons Conduct Head Transplants on Rats, Say Humans Are Next After 14 head transplants on rats, a pair of surgeons say they will attempt a human head transplant in the next 10 months in China.
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Temple researchers first to remove HIV-1 infection from live animals HIV researchers at Temple University have become the first in their field to successfully remove the viral infection from the genomes of living animals, advancing progress in the use of powerful gene-editing technology to search for a potential cure in ...
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Durbin pleads against Obamacare cuts as he prepares for 'heart tune-up' Washington (CNN) Preparing for a procedure to fix an abnormal heart rhythm Thursday, Sen. Dick Durbin called on his colleagues in Congress to reconsider their plans to cut funding for medical research and repeal Obamacare.
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Doctors Prescribe More Generics When Drug Reps Are Kept At Bay When teaching hospitals put pharmaceutical sales representatives on a shorter leash, their doctors tended to order fewer promoted brand-name drugs and used more generic versions instead, a study published Tuesday in JAMA, the journal of the American ...
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How helpful is fasting on alternate days? London [UK], May 3 (ANI): The two weight-loss techniques that are trending these days are alternate-day fasting or counting daily calories.
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Fasting and obesity: A study shows fasting on alternate days could be effective Two new weight loss techniques are becoming popular in the US, one of them being fasting on alternate days while the other is counting daily calories.
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'Exercise pill' could deliver benefits of fitness in tablet form The study's findings might also explain why runners, cyclists and others athletes can "hit the wall" when they push themselves hard.
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Beer could help ease physical pain, but there's a catch We've all done stupid stuff after too many drinks - like, in my case, trying to tackle a stop sign. And now science is here to tell us that, yes, you probably feel less pain after a few drinks.
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Temple uses gene-editing to eliminate HIV infection in mice An illustration of the deadly Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV/AIDS) viruses surrounding and attacking a host cell. by Marie McCullough, STAFF WRITER @repopter | mmccullough@phillynews.
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Measuring how fast you walk could be an early warning system for health problems MIT researchers have developed smart sensors that can work out how quickly a person is walking, and this data could serve as an early warning system for possible health problems.
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Northwest/UnitedHealthcare contract is severed, leaving Tucson patients in the lurch Tucson area residents who get their health insurance through UnitedHealthcare just lost a major system of local providers. Efforts to reach a resolution between Northwest Healthcare and UnitedHealthcare failed at midnight Sunday, officials with both ...
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FDA delays enforcement of stricter standards for e-cigarette, cigar industry The Trump administration has delayed enforcement of a rule finalized last year that imposed strict oversight over electronic cigarettes and cigars for the first time.
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FDA delays ObamaCare calorie-count rule President Trump's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is delaying a controversial ObamaCare rule that requires restaurants to list the calories in the food they sell.
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One-third of U.S. population has had a stroke without knowing it "Ignoring any stroke sign could be a deadly mistake," said Dr. Mitch Elkind, chair of the American Stroke Association. By HealthDay News | May 1, 2017 at 4:19 PM.
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One in three American adults may have had a warning stroke About one in three American adults experienced a symptom consistent with a warning or "mini" stroke, but almost none - 3 percent - took the recommended action, according to a new survey from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association ...
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District takes battle against mosquitoes to the street Shasta Mosquito & Vector Control District officials are expecting more mosquitoes this year because of heavier rains this past winter and spring.
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Wireless Device Can See Through Walls To Detect Walking Speed We've long known that breathing, blood pressure, body temperature and pulse provide an important window into the complexities of human health.
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FDA OKs Immune-Boosting Drug for Advanced Bladder Cancer U.S. regulators have approved a new drug that harnesses the immune system to treat advanced bladder cancer. | May 1, 2017, at 6:23 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. FDA OKs Immune-Boosting Drug for Advanced Bladder Cancer ...
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