Friday, June 30, 2017

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Daily update June 30, 2017
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The Congressional Budget Office released a report on June 26 that said the Senate GOP health care bill would cause 22 million Americans to lose their health coverage by 2020, and now a new study finds that thousands could die from a lack of health care ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A woman who survived a heart transplant seven years ago died this week just hours after giving birth to her first child.
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Megan and Nathan Johnson with daughter Eilee Kate shortly after her birth. Megan Johnson, a heart transplant survivor, died eight hours after delivering the baby.
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(CNN) A new study finds that the number of Americans being diagnosed with opioid addiction continues to skyrocket, but still very few receive any treatment.
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THURSDAY, June 29, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Have you ever thought about what it might be like to live into your hundreds? Now, new research says there's really no evidence of a limit on how long people can live, though people might need a boost from ...
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ST. LOUIS -- - Megan Moss Johnson gave birth to her first child early Tuesday morning and died eight hours later. 11Alive's partner station KSDK's Kay Quinn spoke with Megan seven years ago after she received a heart transplant.
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Placenta capsules -- pictured here, from a lab in Columbia, Missouri -- are an increasingly popular trend for new moms. Their placenta is cleaned, dehydrated and ground into pill form that mothers ingest.
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How long would you want to live for? New research suggests humans may have no fixed age limit. Bryan Nelson. June 29, 2017, 10:27 p.m.. 0. Tweet. 0. old woman. Human life expectancy continues to rise globally. (Photo: Lemuel Cantos/Flickr). If you ...
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HYDERABAD: With American and Chinese scientists reporting a 'triple disease threat' from the Aedes aegypti mosquito last month, doctors in city emphasise need for special diagnostic kits to identify the presence of various viruses in blood samples of ...
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Scientists in Florida have found traces of rat lungworm in five counties, bolstering the idea that this potentially fatal parasite may be expanding its geographical range on account of—you guessed it—climate change.
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GUANGZHOU, June 29 (Xinhua) -- A mosquito factory in south China is manufacturing "mosquito warriors" that can combat epidemics like Zika and dengue.
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For months and months, Charlie Gard's parents have been fighting for his life. The 10-month-old has a rare genetic condition and brain damage that has robbed him of his ability to move his arms and legs, eat or breathe on his own.
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FILE - This Sept. 13, 2013 file photo shows a placenta in Lindon, Utah, being prepared to be turned into capsules as a supplement for new mothers.
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Zika virus infection is primarily transmitted to people by an infected mosquito from the Aedes genus. The symptoms of Zika virus infection include fever, skin rash, general malaise, conjunctivitis, and muscle or joint pain.
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In October 2016, research published in Nature claimed that since the mid 1990s, the age of the oldest person has not increased. But others have been critical of the high-profile paper, leading to a series of exchanges of opinion among the authors and ...
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Medical marijuana dispensaries are coming to Greensburg, Squirrel Hill and Oakland among other places in Pennsylvania, the state department of health announced Thursday.
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In the global debate over neonicotinoid pesticides, the company that makes most of them has relied on one primary argument to defend its product: The evidence that these chemicals, commonly called "neonics," are harmful to bees has been gathered in ...
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Under a plan by a city council member in Ohio, people who dial 911 seeking help for someone who's overdosing on opioids may start hearing something new from dispatchers: "No.
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Trent Hartley, whose family operates glass factories including Standard Bent Glass in East Butler, turned his attention in recent years to medical marijuana for his three children with autoimmune disorders.
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Two large-scale studies published Thursday suggest that common pesticides may harm bee colonies. In some cases, the pesticides contribute to the loss of not only worker bees but also queens.
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The most extensive study to date on neonicotinoid pesticides concludes that they harm both honeybees and wild bees. Researchers said that exposure to the chemicals left honeybee hives less likely to survive over winter, while bumblebees and solitary ...
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GuadCo LLC has been issued a permit to open a medical marijuana facility at 2467 Baglyos Circle, Bethlehem Township. (MICHELLE MERLIN / THE MORNING CALL).
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Zika virus has made a worldwide media splash in the last few years following reports out of Brazil that it was linked to a spike in babies born with severe brain damage called microcephaly.
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They have not yet secured a license to dispense medical marijuana, but representatives of Iron City Cannabis asked the Ross planning commission last week to approve a conditional use permit that would allow the company to do so from the site of a ...
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(CNN) An Ohio city councilman has suggested a controversial solution to the growing opioid problem in his town: If an addict keeps overdosing, the city won't dispatch anyone to save their life.
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WASHINGTON - The Zika virus may not seem as big a threat as last summer but don't let your guard down - especially if you're pregnant or trying to be.
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After 55 percent of Nevada voters approved of a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in November, dispensaries will begin opening their doors to sell to the public this weekend.
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The Food and Drug Administration said it's taking steps to boost the number of generic prescription drugs on the market in an effort to make medicines more affordable and to prevent price gouging.
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In this Sept. 28, 2016 file photo, Jose Wesley Campos, who was born with microcephaly, cries during a physical therapy session at the AACD rehabilitation center in Recife, Brazil.
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Utah Lake is pictured on Thursday, June 29, 2017. The Utah Department of Environmental Quality is warning the public and pets to stay out of the lake's Provo Bay due to the discovery of a blue-green algal bloom.
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Sales of recreational marijuana kick off in Nevada on Saturday, July 1, and the state is expecting on onslaught of tourists coming to sample the local merchandise.
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Thurston County Public Health has lifted the toxic algae-related advisory for Summit Lake. All sample results for the last two weeks show that toxin concentrations in the water are less than one microgram per liter, the level of public health concern ...
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That's the finding of a 12-year study published in the New England Journal of Medicine looking at health records from nearly 61 million people on Medicare combined with a databank of pollution readings.
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Although still open, both Marion Reservoir and Marion County Lake will be under blue-green algae warnings through this weekend and the Fourth of July holiday.
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One of the things Medicaid covers is long-term costs to most people who are in nursing homes - about two-thirds of them. Many of those people are middle class.
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San Patricio County is stepping up efforts to combat mosquitoes after a 75-year-old resident was hospitalized with neuroinvasive West Nile.
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A new study of Americans who receive Medicare benefits found that their risk of death and health consequences are significantly increased by certain air pollutants, even at levels deemed safe by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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In this March 16, 2011, file photo, exhaust rises from smokestacks in front of piles of coal in Thompsons, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File) **FILE** more >.
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Associate Professor Liu Shao Quan (left) and Miss Chan Mei Zhi Alcine (right) from the Food Science and Technology Programme at NUS created a novel probiotic beer that boosts immunity and improves gut health.
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If you've lived through an Australian summer you'll know that there's almost nothing better than throwing back a cold beer at the end of a long day and now that delicious brew could be good for you.
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NEW HAVEN >> Inside a laboratory on Huntington Street, research assistant and Southern Connecticut State University senior Mallery Breban placed a clear sandwich bag under a microscope.
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The pharmacy in any corner drug store brims with carefully formulated, tested, and regulated drugs. But aisles packed with personal care products—shampoos, makeup, lotions—are a different story.
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June is Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month. Everyone who has a brain is at risk to develop Alzheimer's, a disease that is often misunderstood.
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The U.S. opioid epidemic shows no signs of slowing down, with the demand for the drug creating an entire market of illegal synthetics that are even more dangerous and deadly than heroin.
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