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When the government becomes a god, part 2 A supporter of critically ill baby Charlie Gard holds up a photograph of him after his court case finished for the day at the High Court in London, Friday, July 14, 2017.
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Deciding a baby should die should be family's decision Connie Yates and Chris Gard are battling to keep their 11-month-old son, Charlie, alive so they can try to have an experimental treatment done.
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Doctors Report Removing 27 Contact Lenses From A Woman's Eye It wasn't old age, or disease: A "bluish foreign body" that was found in an English woman's eye turned out to be a mass of contact lenses, surprising medical staff who were preparing the woman, 65, for routine cataract surgery.
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She went in for a simple cataract surgery. Doctors found 27 contact lenses in her eye In a bizarre medical case, a British woman somehow had more than two dozen contact lenses in one eye but didn't realize it. The case, which was published July 5 in the British Medical Journal, has made international headlines after the ophthalmologist ...
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'Dirt Is Good': Why Kids Need Exposure To Germs As a new parent, Jack Gilbert got a lot of different advice on how to properly look after his child: when to give him antibiotics or how often he should sterilize his pacifier, for example.
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'It's raining needles': Drug crisis creates pollution threat LOWELL, Mass. - They hide in weeds along hiking trails and in playground grass. They wash into rivers and float downstream to land on beaches.
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Stress of poverty, racism raise risk of Alzheimer's for African Americans, new research suggests A woman, suffering from Alzheimer's desease, walks in a corridor on March 18, 2011 in a retirement house in Angervilliers, eastern France.
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Stress and poverty may explain high rates of dementia in African-Americans New research finds that African-Americans who grow up in harsh environments and endure stressful experiences are much more likely to develop Alzheimer's or some other form of dementia.
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Dirt Is Good For Kids Dirt is good for kids, a scientist says, contradicting common beliefs that children should be given sterilized objects, or not be allowed to play with animals.
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Artificial Sweeteners Are Linked to Weight Gain—Not Weight Loss Artificial sweeteners might seem like a low- or no-calorie way to enjoy sweet food and not gain weight. But a new study links them to the opposite.
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Artificial sweeteners linked to risk of weight gain, heart disease and other health issues Consumption of artificial sweeteners, such as aspartame, sucralose and stevia, is widespread and increasing. Emerging data indicate that artificial, or nonnutritive, sweeteners may have negative effects on metabolism, gut bacteria and appetite ...
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Artificial Sweeteners Don't Help People Lose Weight, Review Finds The theory behind artificial sweeteners is simple: If you use them instead of sugar, you get the joy of sweet-tasting beverages and foods without the downer of extra calories, potential weight gain and related health issues.
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Stress of poverty, racism raise risk of Alzheimer's for African Americans, new research suggests A new group of studies into racial disparities among people with Alzheimer's disease suggests that social conditions, including the stress of poverty and racism, substantially raise the risks of dementia for African Americans.
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Texas veteran's dying wish is for YOU to give him a call NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas - An Army veteran in hospice care with a terminal illness has one wish that would mean so much to him, but can easily be granted by anyone - he's asking people to text or give him a call.
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Releasing 20 Million Mosquitoes May Help In Fight Against Zika Virus, Chikungunya And Dengue Verily has begun conducting its Debug Fresno Project in which they intend to release 20 million mosquitoes in total. Debug's advanced software and monitoring technology will allow the project to have a more meaningful impact on the community.
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British baby Charlie Gard to be evaluated by US doctor Baby Charlie Gard, the 11-month-old with a rare, terminal medical condition who has been the center of an ongoing legal battle, will be evaluated by a doctor from the United States.
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Who is Michio Hirano? US doctor in Charlie Gard case who thinks nucleoside bypass therapy could help baby Charlie DR MICHIO Hirano, the neurologist offering pioneering treatment to save terminally ill tot Charlie Gard as his family battle in the High Court to keep their son alive, is flying to the UK today (July 17).
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Scientists want to release 20 million male mosquitoes here Scientists in Fresno, California, have a plan to reduce the mosquito population: by dumping a million of them into the environment every week.
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Alphabet's Verily is about to release 20 million mosquitos in Fresno Controlling the mosquito population of the world is becoming an increasingly salient issue as diseases like Zika continue to spread.
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Gonorrhea — AKA The Clap — Is Excellent At Resisting Antibiotics People like to make jokes about gonorrhea. Maybe it's because this sexually transmitted disease is known as "the clap" (perhaps a reference to the French term "clapier," meaning brothel, or to an early treatment - clapping a heavy object on the man's ...
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Researchers 3D printed an artificial silicone heart and it works The soft artificial heart looks like a real one but can only last for 45 minutes. By Shubham Sharma. July 16, 2017 08:37 BST. Artificial Human Heart Representational image of an artificial human heartGetty.
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Scientists create a 3D-printed, full-sized human heart Scientists have developed a 3D-printed soft silicone heart that closely resembles and functions like the human organ, and could help save lives of people who suffer from cardiac failure.
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Lyme disease on the rise in Alabama MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - With Lyme disease on the rise in Alabama, doctors are urging their patients to take some extra precautions if they are spending time outdoors this summer.
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11-Year-Old Boy Dies From Meningitis At Pennsylvania Camp Daniel "Ae Roo" Beer, an 11-year-old New-Jersey native, was staying at Camp Nah-Jee-Wah, a part of the NJY camps. Early morning on July 10th, Beer began complaining of excruciating stomach pain accompanied by nausea and was rapidly transported to ...
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Women still carry most of the world's water Imagine going through your day without access to clean, safe water in your home for drinking, cooking, washing or bathing whenever you need it.
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Boy Who Died After Falling Ill At Pennsylvania Jewish Camp Had Meningitis Daniel Beer, 11, pictured here with his father, died after falling ill at a Jewish summer camp. JTA. Newsroom. Email the Newsroom · Facebook · Twitter.
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First gene therapy on cusp of FDA approval PHILADELPHIA - When doctors saw the report on Bill Ludwig's bone-marrow biopsy, they thought it was a mistake and ordered the test repeated.
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Tuskegee syphilis experiment descendants are seeking leftover funds from settlement Descendants of the guinea pigs in the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study are asking for the remaining cash from a $9 million settlement.
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Former lecturer takes 'right to die' bid to High Court Noel Conway has motor neurone disease and his lawyers say he may want to get help to bring about a "peaceful and dignified" death.
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