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Why this summer could see an uptick in ticks While more than 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are confirmed nationwide each year, studies suggest the actual number is closer to 300,000.
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Ticks & Lyme Disease: People no longer wait for symptoms to get tested The summer months mean most of us are outside enjoying longer days but this is also the time when you and your kids are most in danger of getting bitten by what can be a tick carrying a dangerous disease.
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Ice Bucket Challenge creator, Pete Frates, gets ALS medical bills covered for a year Pete Frates, 32, who's hospitalized due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), will have one year of his medical bills covered by the ALS Association.
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Poor sleep may increase Alzheimer's risk Poor sleep might increase the chances of people at risk of Alzheimer's developing the disease, according to a study. Scientists conducted spinal fluid tests on 101 people with an average age of 63 who had a family history of Alzheimer's or carried a ...
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Snorting Chocolate Is Now Apparently A Thing, But Why Would You Do It I do like chocolate and I do like sushi but, in both cases, in my mouth. Up my nose? Not so sure about that. While they don't seem to have found a way to get a California roll easily through your nostrils, apparently now you can get chocolate up your nose.
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People are now snorting chocolate to get high Coco Loko - a "snortable" blend of cacao powder, plants and organic compounds like ginkgo biloba, taurine and guarana - is getting buzz as a drug-free high.
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Can poor sleep lead to Alzheimer's? (CNN) One in three Americans doesn't get enough sleep, and 45% of the world's population doesn't, either. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls that a "public health problem," because disrupted sleep is associated with a higher risk ...
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Charlie Gard not allowed to receive Vatican's care, hospital spokesman says Amid an emotionally charged fight for Charlie Gard, a British hospital that plans to disconnect the terminally ill infant from life support declined to move him to the Vatican's children's hospital for care.
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Structure of proteins linked to Alzheimer's discovered, possibly leading to new treatments LONDON - Scientists have for the first time revealed the atomic structure of the tau protein filaments that tangle in the brains of Alzheimer's patients and say it should point the way toward developing new treatments for the disease.
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Decision due Friday on fund to pay health care for ALS patients A fund intended to help pay for home health care for ALS patients has amassed over $1 million and is nearing the point where one of several recipients of assistance will be picked, the executive director of the ALS Association's Massachusetts chapter ...
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Does my sense of smell make me look fat? In mice, the answer seems to be yes Having an exceptionally keen sense of smell would seem to be an unmitigated blessing: It can provide early warning of dangers, detect the presence of an attractive mate, and enhance the gustatory delight of a delicious meal.
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Doctors warn against new trend of women putting glitter in their vagina Gynaecologists are warning against a bizarre new trend which sees women inserting glitter-filled capsules into their vaginas, concerned that it could have potentially dangerous side effects.
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Heartburn Drugs May Increase Risk of Early Death Proton pump inhibitors, or P.P.I.s, the widely used heartburn medicines, may increase the risk of early death, a new study reports.
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Disturbing Footage Shows Aged Care Worker Punching Elderly Dementia Patient Extremely disturbing footage has surfaced online which shows an aged care worker punching an elderly patient with dementia 11 times.
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Glitter-Bombing This Private Area May Lead To A Whole Host Of Health Problems Have you ever felt like your lady bits were missing a little something-something? A capsule filled with flavored glitter dust, perhaps?
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Caught on video: Elderly man with dementia punched in face 11 times by personal support worker Georges Karam, centre, is photographed with many of his grandchildren in his room at the Garry J Armstrong home in Ottawa. Darren Brown, Postmedia.
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State identifies medical pot applicants Cannabis is displayed at Essence Vegas Cannabis Dispensary before the midnight start of recreational marijuana sales on June 30, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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How the Cannabis Cup is helping make marijuana the new normal I had to walk about a half-mile from where I parked to the entry gate at the Auto City Speedway in Vienna Township for the Midwest Cannabis Cup last weekend.
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Pot growers brace for proposed limits on chemicals in crop sprays Senior technician Alexander Zitoli demonstrates how cannabis samples are inspected at Steep Hill Labs in Berkeley. Senior technician Alexander Zitoli demonstrates how cannabis... The laid-back days when marijuana growers could spray crops with ...
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Giant Food issues recall of certain Clif Bar products LANDOVER, Md. (ABC7) - Giant Food had issued a voluntary recall Wednesday after saying certain Clif Bar products may contain some peanuts and tree nuts, which are not listed on the ingredient label.
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Childhood allergies may be influenced by prenatal exposure to sugar New research suggests an association between prenatal exposure to sugar and the risks of childhood allergies and asthma. Children whose mothers consumed the most sugar while pregnant - in a study of 9,000 pairs of... WASHINGTON - The sugar moms ...
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As Blue Cross-Children's talks fail, patients may pay heavy price Thousands of subscribers at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota now face the likelihood of higher costs for care at Children's Minnesota after the largest health plan in the state and Minnesota's biggest pediatric hospital failed to agree on a new ...
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Lyme: A lot to learn More than a decade ago, people weren't talking much about Lyme disease - certainly not in upstate New York where, if you got sick from a bite of an infected tick, that bite happened somewhere else.
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Sex With Other People: Extramarital Affairs More Common Among Older Americans, Study Says While younger Americans may be viewed as more sexually progressive, a new study has found that older Americans engage in extramarital affairs more often than younger married people.
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How a mother of three invented vaginal glitterbombs Passion Dust Intimacy Capsules - pills that women put into their vaginas to release a dusting of candy-scented sparkles from their nether regions - went viral this week.
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Expert: Children's, Blue Cross both under pressure "Both sides have incentives to settle, and both sides have incentives to try negotiate the best bargain they can get," Allan Baumgarten told KARE.
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Red Cross seeking blood donations to help with shortage WILKES-BARRE - The American Red Cross is facing a critical shortage and has issued an emergency call for eligible blood and platelet donors of all blood types to give now and help save lives.
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Doctors: Yeah, Don't Put Glitter in Your Vagina With a few exceptions, it's just generally a good rule of thumb not to put random stuff in your vagina. In the latest cautionary tale, a predatory company has been pushing a sold out product called "Passion Dust" that doctors warn you should definitely ...
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John Morgan to challenge pot law Florida's leading medical marijuana proponent will be in Leon County court Thursday to challenge a state ban on smoking the plant.
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Maryland approves first medical marijuana dispensary Regulators approved Maryland's first medical marijuana dispensary on Wednesday, authorizing a Frederick company to open its doors immediately even though the drug will not be available for months.
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185 Apply for Medical Marijuana Cultivator Licenses in Ohio Ohio has received more than 180 applications to grow marijuana under the state's new medical marijuana program. July 6, 2017, at 12:03 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. 185 Apply for Medical Marijuana Cultivator Licenses in Ohio ...
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Caught on video: Elderly Ottawa man with dementia punched in face 11 times by personal support worker A personal care worker at a city-run retirement residence delivered 11 punches to the face of an elderly, immobile and largely non-verbal dementia patient, a video obtained by Posmedia reveals.
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Blacklegged ticks are a problem. What this area is doing to fight them RED HOOK, N.Y. - Maybe it will take a village to fight Lyme disease. Or a bunch of them. With a bumper crop of blacklegged ticks possible this season, researchers in a Lyme disease-plagued part of New York's Hudson Valley are tackling tick problems ...
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Bowen Center to be opioid treatment site INDIANAPOLIS - The Bowen Center in Fort Wayne is one of five new opioid treatment programs Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Wednesday in the state's continued fight against the drug epidemic.
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Sri Lanka's worst-ever dengue outbreak kills 225 A Sri Lankan public health official, left, points out Mosquito larva in a bottle during a Dengue fever irradiation work in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 4, 2017.
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Shingles may raise your risk of heart attack, stroke, new study finds There's new evidence shingles may come with health consequences beyond an agonizingly painful rash: It could mess with your heart health, too.
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Cannabis Craziness in California I'm not 100 percent sure, to be honest, but it seems crazy. Every week, I talk to pot lawyers in our San Francisco and Los Angeles offices, or to an Oregon client expanding south, and they like to tell me things are crazy in California.
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Dartmouth Student Being Treated for Mumps Hanover - A student at Dartmouth College currently is receiving medical care after contracting a case of mumps, according to an article on the college's website.
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Indiana to start covering methadone treatment for Medicaid recipients In an attempt to help more people with drug addictions, the state will begin covering methadone treatment for people on Medicaid and has added five centers to its stable of treatment providers, Indiana officials announced Wednesday.
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Google DeepMind's NHS deals were scrutinised in a new report — but tough questions remain unanswered (GOOG) An independent review panel has raised a number of concerns about how Google DeepMind is working with the National Health Service (NHS) in a report published on Wednesday.
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Canadian baby given health card without sex designation A Canadian baby has been issued a health document that doesn't specify male or female, in what campaigners are claiming is a possible "world first.
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Canadian baby given health card without sex designation A Canadian baby has been issued a health document that doesn't specify male or female, in what campaigners are claiming is a possible "world first.
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Menstruation does NOT disturb brain functioning While people tend to assume that anyone who is menstruating is not working at top mental pitch, new research has found evidence to suggest that that is not actually the case.
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