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Death of Obamacare reform easy to predict WASHINGTON - It wasn't quite a wicked-witch-is-dead Munchkin happy dance, but the white noise of foregone conclusions drowned out Republicans' relatively muted regret over their failure to repeal and replace Obamacare.
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Dog turns hero, rescues fawn A dog in Port Jefferson, New York, jumped into rushing waters to save the life of a fawn. Storm and his owner Mark Freeley were on a walk Sunday when the dog jumped into rushing water and swam over to the deer.
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Dog helps rescue deer stranded in body of water PORT JEFFERSON, N.Y. -- When a young deer got into trouble in New York's Long Island Sound, it took a team to bring it to safety: first a dog, then a few Good Samaritans, CBS New York station WCBS-TV reports.
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10-year-old dies with heroin and fentanyl in his system, Fla. state attorney says A Florida state attorney is voicing alarm after a 10-year-old boy died last month with a dangerous opioid mixture in his system - making him one of the youngest victims in the state's drug epidemic.
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World's first child hand transplant a 'success' The first child in the world to undergo a double hand transplant is now able to write, feed and dress himself, doctors said Tuesday, declaring the ground-breaking operation a success after 18 months.
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Charlie Gard Attorney: Kill Instead of Withdraw Life Support As I reported here previously, the attorney representing the guardian of the catastrophically ill baby, Charlie Gard–and hence, who is representing Charlie Gard–and opposing allowing his parents to have control over his medical care, is the chairwoman ...
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Baby dies of viral meningitis after deadly kiss (CNN) Mariana Sifrit, the infant girl who contracted viral meningitis caused by HSV-1 when she was less than a week old, died Tuesday morning, her mother posted on Facebook.
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Charlie Gard Is the Face of Single-Payer I woke up very early this morning with the tortured picture of an infant running through my mind. Charlie Gard has a tube through his nose into his lungs, connected to a machine that breathes for him.
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Mad Cow Disease Detected In Alabama U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists confirmed Tuesday that an 11-year-old cow found in an Alabama livestock market suffered from the neurologic cattle disease, formally called bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
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Chipotle closes Virginia store after reports of illness This Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, photo shows a sign on a Chipotle restaurant. Chipotle says it temporarily shut down a restaurant in Virginia, on Monday, July 17, 2017, after becoming aware of reports of illnesses.
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After double hand transplant in Philly, trailblazing child copes with challenges Two years after Zion Harvey made history with a double hand transplant at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the limbs are so much a part of him that his brain has grown new nerve pathways to move and feel the limbs.
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Interrupted sleep may lead to Alzheimer's, new studies show Getting a solid night's sleep is crucial not only for feeling good the next day - there is increasing evidence that it may also protect against dementia, according to new research presented Tuesday at the Alzheimer's Association International ...
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First Double-Hand Transplant Allows Child to Eat, Dress and Write An 8-year-old boy is now able to write, eat and get dressed on his own, thanks to a double-hand transplant performed just a few years ago.
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Google company Verily built a robot that will unleash 20 million sterile mosquitoes on California An Aedes aegypti mosquito known to carry the Zika virus is photographed through a microscope at the Fiocruz Institute in Recife, Brazil.
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USDA says mad cow case in Alabama is 'atypical' and not risky An 11-year old cow in Alabama is the fifth case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) to be found in the United States since 2003, the U.S.
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Why Alphabet is getting ready to unleash millions of mosquitoes in California Verily, Alphabet Inc.'s life sciences spinoff, is getting ready to release millions of mosquitoes in California - but read below before you stock up on bug repellent.
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His son tried the experimental treatment Charlie Gard's parents want (CNN) An American father is speaking out about his child's experience with an experimental treatment the parents of Charlie Gard are fighting for their baby to access.
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A man fought a bobcat on video. Then he found out it had rabies. Steve Verschoor had no way to know the thing was rabid. He just saw what he saw as he drove past a country club in Anthem, Ariz., on Sunday morning: a bobcat attacking a dog.
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Zion Harvey: Double hand transplant boy plays baseball A US boy who made history as the world's first child to have a double hand transplant is now swinging a baseball bat well, his doctors say.
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US expert visits London hospital to examine critically ill Charlie Gard The parents of critically ill baby Charlie Gard, Connie Yates and Chris Gard, arrive at the High Court in London, Britain July 14, 2017.
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Illinois becomes 1st state requiring insurers to cover treatment for kids with PANDAS CHICAGO --Illinois has become the first state in the nation to require insurance companies to cover treatment for kids who have a controversial medical condition called PANDAS.
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Lyme disease is not the only danger from ticks A black-legged tick, also known as a deer tick, is a carrier of Lyme disease and the more dangerous Powhassan virus. [Photo/CDC via AP].
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FDA approves Vosevi for Hepatitis C The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Vosevi to treat adults with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes 1-6 without cirrhosis (liver disease) or with mild cirrhosis.
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Can a blood test detect a pot-impaired driver? In Washington state, a driver who's suspected of using pot receives a blood test that measures the level of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC): the active ingredient in marijuana.
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Illinois law requires coverage of pediatric autoimmune disorders CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois became the first state in the country on Tuesday to enact a law requiring insurers to cover medical treatment for two pediatric autoimmune disorders.
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Health officials concerned about parasite outbreak making Texans sick Health officials are trying to find the source of a parasite that's made dozens of Texans sick. Within the past month, 68 cases of Cyclospora have been reported across the state, including in Fort Bend and Harris counties.
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"It's raining needles": Drug crisis creates danger to public, environment They hide in weeds along hiking trails and in playground grass. They wash into rivers and float downstream to land on beaches. They pepper baseball dugouts, sidewalks and streets.
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Give Baby Charlie the experimental treatment, say US parents whose son has similar disorder Baby Charlie Gard's parents have been locked in a bitter fight for their son's future, not only for his survival against a debilitating disease, but against the London hospital where he has been a patient since he was just 2 months old and the British ...
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Uruguay pharmacies start selling marijuana Pharmacies in Uruguay start selling marijuana from Wednesday under the final phase of a four-year-old law that made the small South American country the first in the world to legalize pot from production to sale.
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Mediterranean-style diet linked to lower risk of dementia CBS NEWS - HEALTHDAY Eating right may help protect your brain health in old age, according to four new studies. In particular, the Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet lowered people's risk of dementia, two studies ...
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Impaired Eyesight May Be First Sign of Zika Damage in Babies MONDAY, July 17, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Infants exposed to the Zika virus in the womb should have their eyes examined for possible virus-related abnormalities, according to a new report.
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Hearing is believing: Speech may be a clue to mental decline Your speech may, um, help reveal if you're, uh ... developing thinking problems. More pauses, filler words and other verbal changes might be an early sign of mental decline, which can lead to Alzheimer's disease, a study suggests.
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Houston Braces for Another Brush With the Peril of Zika Harris County has enlisted the help of the community to drop off dead birds for testing. Credit Michael Stravato for The New York Times.
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FDA Clears Pan-Genotypic Vosevi for Chronic Hepatitis C The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved Vosevi (Gilead Sciences) to treat adults with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes 1 through 6 without cirrhosis or with mild cirrhosis.
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Marijuana frenzy could end very badly in Canada A woman smokes a joint as police officers stand outside the Cannabis Culture shop during a police raid, in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Thursday March 9, 2017.
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Troopers: Blood test shows driver had 54 times the legal limit for pot SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. - Eyewitnesses said they couldn't help but notice 54-year-old Robert Collens Crawford Jr. last May. He was driving all over a stretch of I-5.
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Texas officials warn of increase in food-borne illness State health officials are warning of an increase in Texas in the number of people who've contracted a food-borne illness often linked to imported produce.
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Diet drinks are associated with weight gain, new research suggests Over the past decade, Americans have soured on artificial sweeteners. Once heralded as sweet substitutes for sugar without as many belt-busting calories, people once couldn't get enough sucralose and aspartame.
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A 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Will Have To Carry Pregnancy To Term After Court Rejects Abortion Plea In a controversial decision, a 10-year-old rape survivor was denied permission to terminate the pregnancy resulting from the rape by the district court in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
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Newly discovered gene variants link innate immunity and Alzheimer's disease IMAGE: Beta-amyloid plaques from an AD mouse model. Pink represents beta-amyloid deposits (plaques), brown represents microglia cells and blue/purple is nuclei of neurons and glial cells.
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Alzheimer's: Scientists express excitement after discovering two new genes linked to the disease The "exciting" discovery that two genes are linked to Alzheimer's could lead to a way of treating the devastating and currently incurable disease, scientists believe.
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Why this adorable mouse is to blame for the spread of Lyme disease The critters run through forest floors throughout the eastern United States, snatching up acorns and other tree seeds, berries and bugs.
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Retired Arlington Pastor Died of West Nile Virus The first victim of West Nile virus in Tarrant County this year was a retired Arlington pastor who was active and "full of life," his family said Tuesday.
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Worried about dementia? Hearing and language problems could be forerunners of cognitive decline Scientists have traced the roots of dementia back to midlife, a time when hearing loss and changes in speech patterns may signal the onset of cognitive decline.
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27 Contact Lenses Found In Woman's Eye: This Is What To Do Hmm, where did you leave those 27 contact lenses? How about in your eye? According to a case report in the BMJ, that's apparently what happened to a 67-year-old woman who had gone to Solihull Hospital in the United Kingdom for "routine" cataract ...
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Not All Plant Foods Are Equal MONDAY, July 17, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- For years, the mantra has been that eating lots of fruits, vegetables and grains will ward off heart disease, but a new study suggests that choosing the wrong ones may backfire.
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Newly Discovered Gene Variants Link Innate Immunity and Alzheimer's Disease Beta-amyloid plaques from an AD mouse model. Pink represents beta-amyloid deposits (plaques), brown represents microglia cells and blue/purple is nuclei of neurons and glial cells.
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Study: Teens using e-cigs more likely to use tobacco products In 2015, the UH Cancer Center found Hawaii teens who used e-cigarettes, but never smoked tobacco cigarettes, were more likely to begin smoking tobacco cigarettes one year later.
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State narrows Lake Billy Chinook algae alert CULVER, Ore. - The Oregon Health Authority on Monday updated and reduced the area covered by the blue-green algae health advisory issued June 30 for Lake Billy Chinook, located 12 miles west of Madras in Jefferson County.
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