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Flesh-eating bacteria kills man who swam too soon after getting tattoo A 31-year-old man swam in the Gulf of Mexico after getting a new tattoo - despite doctor's warnings against it - and sadly died after contracting a flesh-eating bacterial infection.
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Man dies after swimming with new tattoo (CNN) It all started simply enough: A 31-year-old man went to get a tattoo on his right leg. Beneath an illustration of a cross and hands in prayer, the words "Jesus is my life" were written in cursive.
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Ohio sues five opioid drugmakers Mark Huffman has been a consumer news reporter for ConsumerAffairs since 2004. He covers real estate, gas prices and the economy and has reported extensively on negative-option sales.
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'Death Cap' Mushrooms Sicken 14 in California More than a dozen people in Northern California recently became seriously ill from eating wild "death cap" mushrooms that they gathered themselves, according to a new report.
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A Botched Vaccine Campaign For Measles Killed 15 Children in South Sudan In a tragic turn in South Sudan, an effort to protect 15 children ended up killing them. The children, all under age 5, died of severe sepsis and toxicity due to a botched vaccination campaign, according to a joint statement issued Thursday by UNICEF ...
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Why This State Has Seen A Spike In Measles Cases In 2016, a total of 70 cases of measles were reported across the United States. Less than halfway through 2017, 73 cases of the infectious disease have been confirmed in Minnesota alone.
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A controversial test for prostate cancer may get a boost The PSA test involves a simple blood draw and produces quick results. (Photo: KOMO News). psa.jpg · psa3.jpg · VIEW PHOTO GALLERY.
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Tuna Recalled in California, Oklahoma and Texas over Hepatitis A Fears P1130305-640x480 On May 1, the Hawaii Department of Health notified the FDA that a sample of frozen tuna cubes from Indonesia tested positive for the hepatitis A virus.
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Oregon transgender man expecting baby with husband A pair of gay dads are expecting a baby together after one of them, who is transgender, became pregnant. Trystan Reese, 34, and Biff Chaplow, from Portland, have revealed that they will be welcoming a child this summer after experiencing a heart ...
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14 Poisoned By Wild Death Cap Mushrooms In California Death cap mushrooms foraged in Northern California have severely poisoned 14 people in the last few months, three so seriously that they needed liver transplants.
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Dad overdoses on heroin to teach his addict son a lesson Maykl Gnatovskiy (left) and Sergey Gnatovskiy inside their living room, where Sergey took an almost deadly dose of son Maykl's heroin.
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Getting too friendly with fowl blamed in salmonella outbreaks (CNN) They may look cute, and you may think of them as your pets, but experts ask that you keep your chickens in your backyard. Don't snuggle with them.
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There are more cases of measles in Minnesota now than in all of the US last year, thanks to anti-vaxxers Minnesota is grappling with 73 cases of measles right now - more cases than the entire country had last year. The outbreak is thanks to people who don't vaccinate their children, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.
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Puzzling mumps outbreak strikes Latino community State health officials are investigating a puzzling outbreak of mumps in Latino communities in Boston, Chelsea, and Revere, and have advised health care providers to be alert for additional cases.
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Opioid crisis: The letter that started it all Canadian researchers have traced the origins of the opioid crisis to one letter published almost 40 years ago. The letter, which said opioids were not addictive, was published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) in 1980.
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What Palm Beach vet, other experts are saying about dog flu outbreak A highly contagious dog flu has hit Florida, and pet owners are being advised to get their dogs vaccinated. The University of Florida has tested and confirmed the H3N2 canine influenza virus in more than a dozen dogs, Dr.
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Righttime Medical Care Warns of High Tick Numbers Coming ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare providers and researchers agree: this will be a bad year for ticks and we need use preventative measures to minimize the threat of tick-borne illnesses.
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Florida Reports First Dog Flu Cases The first cases of dog flu in Florida have been found at the University of Florida, state health officials say. Along with the seven confirmed cases of H3N2 canine influenza, there are another six pending cases of the disease, USA Today reported.
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Maryland Court of Appeals halts lower-court hearing on marijuana licensing BALTIMORE - Maryland's highest court on Friday intervened in a lawsuit that threatened to upend the state's long-awaited medical marijuana program, but whether the state can move forward remains in question.
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UF Health officials hope to build 'wall' against 'dog flu' University of Florida Veterinarian Cynda Crawford speaks with members of the media Thursday at UF Health Shands Hospital about a strain of canine influenza that is causing serious concern at shelters, dog parks and competitions.
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Naloxone For Police Dogs: Officers Carry New Drug Kits As K-9s Sniff For Substances In Riskier Times Police dogs simply follow their noses to sniff out narcotics. But inhaling powerful opioids can be deadly, so officers have a new tool to protect their four-legged partners: naloxone, a drug that has already been used for years to reverse overdoses in ...
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Maryland Court Grants Stay in Medical Marijuana Case The Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland's highest court on Friday agreed to hear arguments from attorneys who represent finalists for licenses to grow medical cannabis.
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Dog flu virus has arrived in Florida; experts urge vaccination Show dogs in Georgia and North Florida test positive for canine flu that is highly contagious. Wochit. NDN 0603 dog vaccination 01 LEDE Buy Photo.
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Group: 504 sought life-ending drugs under new California law FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2015 file photo, Debbie Ziegler, mother of Brittany Maynard, speaks to the media after the passage of legislation, which would allow terminally ill patients to legally end their lives, at the state Capitol, in Sacramento, Calif ...
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Maryland's highest court stops medical marijuana hearing Maryland's highest court on Friday intervened to stop a case that threatened to upend the medical marijuana industry. The Court of Appeals blocked a Baltimore judge from holding a scheduled hearing about whether to put the entire cannabis program on ...
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US state, local government lawsuits over opioids face uphill battle A used needle sits on the ground in a park in Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S., May 30, 2017, where individuals were arrested earlier in the day during raids to break up heroin and fentanyl drug rings in the region, according to law enforcement officials.
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Cops: Lye caused kids' burned throats at Chinese restaurant LANCASTER, Pa. - Pennsylvania police said Friday it was lye that severely sickened two children after drinking what they believed to be apple juice at a Chinese buffet in March.
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Group: 504 sought life-ending drugs under new California law SAN DIEGO - At least 504 terminally ill Californians have requested a prescription for life-ending drugs since a state law allowing doctor-assisted deaths went into effect in June 2016, marking the first publicly released data on how the practice is ...
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Mumps outbreak in Los Angeles: Most are men who have sex with men More than 40 people in Los Angeles County and surrounding regions have been diagnosed with mumps, prompting public health officials Thursday to declare an outbreak and issue an alert to physicians.
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Hope and hype around cancer immunotherapy (CNN) Immunotherapy treatments for cancer are having a moment. Some hospitals and health care systems call it a "miracle in the making" and a "game-changer.
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Prenatal, Early-Life Toxin, Nutrient Exposure Tied to Autism Differences in the uptake of multiple toxic and essential elements during the second and third trimesters and early postnatal periods have been linked to an increased risk of developing autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), according to new research.
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Cyber Security & Online Gambling Few industries take cyber security as seriously as online gambling. Since the very first casino and poker websites went online over 20 years ago, protecting against fraud - from both the casino and the player's perspective - has been of paramount concern.
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There's 248 New Reasons Doctors Are On The Verge Of Curing Cancer Nearly 250 new cancer medicines and vaccines are in development, catalyzing a new era in personalized cancer treatment, according to a Thursday report by PhRMA and the American Cancer Society.
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The Top Killer In Breast Cancer May Surprise You Women in their 40s and 50s are experiencing heart failure and other cardiotoxicities after treatment with radiation, anthracyclines and HER2 receptor antagonists.
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