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A woman's tweet about taking a mental health day went viral. Here's why it shouldn't have The Internet is fixated on a boss's reply to an employee who took time off for her mental health, and the viral response reveals much of what is right and wrong about mental health care in America.
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Fears for young Irish holidaymakers after 35 measles deaths in last year Children aged six to 11 months, travelling to other countries and regions where measles outbreaks 1 Children aged six to 11 months, travelling to other countries and regions where measles outbreaks are reported, are recommended to get the MMR vaccine.
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She told her boss she was taking a 'mental health' day, and people love his response Madalyn Parker understands the parallels between physical and mental health firsthand: She said she once had to be hospitalized due to problems with her mental health.
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The Problem With Fitness Studies Based on Activity Apps Every year, 5 million people die from causes associated with one of the most mundane scourges of the modern era: sitting around. That's like losing one Norway-sized country every 365 days to the likes of heart disease, diabetes, and bowel cancer ...
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Florida boy, 3, in body cast for jumping on trampoline In this June 26, 2017 photo provided by Eddie Hill, Hill's son Colton is comforted while lying in a hospital bed at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Tufts Medical Center nurses to wage one-day strike Tufts Medical Center is breaking and setting a new record for heart transplants in the New England area. Tufts Medical Center nurses to wage one-day strike.
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More than 1000 nurses at Tufts Medical Center to strike in Boston The city's first nurses strike in three decades is scheduled to start early Wednesday morning, after Tufts Medical Center and its union nurses failed yet again to reach consensus on a new contract.
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Catholic Church confirms its opposition to going gluten-free for Holy Communion Pope Francis has issued another reminder to his bishops that gluten-free is not an option for Holy Communion. Say a prayer for Catholics who happen to be coeliac.
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Your Biggest Risk of Measles May Be a Trip to Europe Measles has killed 35 people in the past year in Europe, despite efforts to get vaccination rates up to needed levels, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
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First gene therapy on the cusp of FDA approval Emily and her father, Tom Whitehead, enjoy some ice cream with their dog, Lucy. Emily, who was 6 year's old and near death, became the first pediatric recipient in 2012, of the CAR T-cell treatment.
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Measles kills 35 children in Europe in "unacceptable tragedy" LONDON -- The World Health Organization says measles has killed 35 children in Europe in the last year, calling it an "unacceptable tragedy" that deaths are being caused by a vaccine-preventable disease.
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New clues about the link between poor sleep and Alzheimer's Researchers may have pinpointed the reason why poor sleep has been linked to a higher risk of Alzheimer's disease. The new study found that just one night of sleep disruption led to an increase in a protein called amyloid beta, while a week of sleep ...
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How Severe, Ongoing Stress Can Affect a Child's Brain Researchers are discovering that ongoing stress during early childhood _ from grinding poverty, neglect, parental substance abuse and other adversity _ can smolder beneath the skin, harming kids' brains and other body systems.
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Gluten and Communion: What's a celiac to do? A layperson affected by celiac disease who is unable to receive even a low-gluten host may receive Communion under the species of wine only.
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Mum's warning over dangers of trampoline centres for toddlers goes viral THEY'RE a popular choice for kids' birthday parties and keeping energetic kids occupied during school holidays, but a mum in the US has issued a heartbreaking warning to other parents who visit indoor trampoline centres with their children.
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House Republicans to offer bill to help parents of critically ill British child House Republicans are stepping in to help the parents of Charlie Gard, the critically ill British child at the center of an international debate over whether the government can make life and death decisions.
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Tick alerts go out after woman in Missouri died from tick-related illness SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - A tick bite ended up killing a woman in Sullivan, along Interstate 44 between Rolla and St. Louis. Now, the U.S.
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Poor Night Sleep May Increase Alzheimer's Risk: How To Get Better Sleep According To Scientists Poor quality sleep can lead to buildup of amyloid and tau, compounds linked to Alzheimer's disease. Experts and studies, however, offer hints that may help people with sleep problems such as insomnia.
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Nurses at Tufts set to strike 'LOCKOUT': Tufts nurse Barbara Tiller, above, speaks with reporters about the nurses strike, which is set to begin today. Tufts president Dr.
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Charlie Gard's parents have the right to do 'the wrong thing' hris Gard and Connie Yates, the parents of terminally ill toddler Charlie Gard. Getty Images. MORE FROM: Jonah Goldberg. Jonah Goldberg.
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Charlie Gard's Fate Shouldn't Be Decided by the State Charlie Gard's parents hold a petition outside Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, July 9, 2017. (Reuters photo: Peter NIcholls).
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Tufts nurses set to strike Wednesday after talks between union, hospital break down More than 1,200 nurses at Tufts Medical Center are set to go on strike Wednesday morning after a last-ditch effort to reach a contract deal with hospital officials failed.
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Restless development: bad sleep may be evolutionary survival tool, study finds 'Maybe some of the medical issues we have today could be explained not as disorders, but as a relic of an evolutionary past,' said co-author Charlie Nunn.
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Mom pens emotional plea after 3-year-old son left in body cast MIAMI - A 3-year-old Florida boy is in a cast from the waist down for an injury suffered while jumping at a trampoline park, his family said Tuesday, in a case that has circulated nationally on social media and raised questions about age restrictions ...
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Brain-training games don't really train brains, a new study suggests The first large study to rigorously examine brain-training games using cognitive tests and brain imaging adds to evidence that they are not particularly good at training brains and appear to have no more effect on healthy brains than video games.
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Cocaine on training wheels? Snortable chocolate raises eyebrows, angers Schumer Over the weekend, US Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer called upon the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the new "snortable" chocolate powder product, Coco Loko, made by Orlando-based company Legal Lean.
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Penn study: Online brain training fails another test Caryn Lerman, a psychologist, is vice dean for strategic initiatives, at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine.
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Health effects of coffee: Where do we stand? (CNN) - It's one of the age-old medical flip-flops: First coffee's good for you, then it's not, then it is -- you get the picture.
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Calls to investigate 'snortable chocolate' WASHINGTON (NEWS10) - Senator Chuck Schumer is urging the FDA to look into snortable chocolate powder. Sen. Schumer says Coco Loko is being sold as a way for people to get a euphoric energy rush.
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Meramec State Park employee dies after catching mysterious tick illness Tamela Wilson died June 23 from complications of the Bourbon virus, which she likely caught from a tick bite at Meramec State Park where she worked.
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Tobacco use jumps 80% in top-grossing movies (CNN) - In 2016, 41% of top-grossing US movies showed people using tobacco, according to a recent report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a decrease from the year before.
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Mosquito Tests Positive for West Nile Virus In Suffolk BREAKING: It is the first mosquito sample to test positive in Suffolk County this year. By Paige McAtee (Patch Staff) - Updated July 11, 2017 7:40 pm ET.
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West Nile virus detected in mosquitoes in Roslindale Five mosquitoes in Roslindale tested positive for West Nile virus, according to a statement from the Boston Public Health Commission.
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Attorney General Josh Shapiro announces new initiative relating to prescription drug usage INDIANA COUNTY, Pa.–Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced a new initiative today relating to the abuse of prescription drugs. The Office of Attorney General will supply 300,000 drug deactivation and disposal pouches to 12 Pennsylvania counties.
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State AG Josh Shapiro distributes pouches to destroy prescription opioids Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said Tuesday that he hopes destroying leftover prescription drugs will help to curb the opioid epidemic in the state.
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Drug pouches that deactivate prescription pills coming to Pennsylvania, but not Lancaster County Drug pouches that deactivate prescription pills and allow the drugs to be safely thrown away will be given out by the hundreds of thousands in 12 Pennsylvania counties in the coming weeks, but Lancaster County will not be among them.
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Contaminated blood scandal inquiry announced A UK-wide inquiry will be held into the contaminated blood scandal that left at least 2,400 people dead, the prime minister has confirmed.
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Brain-dead woman kept alive for months so she could deliver twins A brain-dead Brazilian woman, pregnant with twins, was kept alive for 123 days - the longest time ever - so she could deliver her babies.
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WHO Warns of Increasing Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea Antibiotic resistance is making gonorrhea increasingly harder to treat, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned in a recently published report.
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Nevada sold out of legal marijuana so quickly that the governor endorsed a 'statement of emergency' marijuana recreational dispensary las vegas nevada People buy products at the Essence Vegas Cannabis Dispensary on July 1. Nevada dispensaries were legally allowed to sell recreational marijuana starting at 12:01 a.m.
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Virginia Blood Services issues urgent call for donors FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2011 file photo, donors give blood at a drive attempting to set a record for most single-day donations in Rutland, Vt.
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Malaria Drug Protects Fetuses from Zika Infection Human placental cells (blue) infected with Zika virus (green) responded to the malaria drug chloroquine (left). The drug prevented the virus from growing, unlike the drug rapamycin, which prompted the virus to grow rapidly (right).
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More than 50000 alive due to organ transplants, NHS says More than 50,000 people in the UK are alive today because of organ transplantation, new data suggests. NHS Blood and Transplant said that figure included 36,300 kidney patients, 9,800 given livers, 1,900 who received a pancreas, and 1,000 who were ...
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