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US teen drug overdose deaths inch up after years of decline After years of decline, teen deaths from drug overdoses have inched up, a new U.S. government report shows. The drop in teen deaths had been a rare bright spot in the opioid epidemic that has seen adult overdose deaths surge year after year - fueled ...
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Inside the Country Where Down Syndrome is Disappearing Agusta, age 7. On average, Iceland has two people with Down syndrome born each year. (Photo: CBS News). CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN GOOGLE+ PINTEREST.
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Mom's death blamed on bodybuilding supplements ahead of competition A 25-year-old fitness enthusiast in Western Australia died last month due to complications from bodybuilding supplements, according to Perth's Sunday Times.
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Liquid Biopsy Passes Test for Early Cancer A blood test that distinguishes tumor DNA from altered non-tumor DNA detected cancer-related mutations in more than half of patients with early-stage malignancies, an international research team reported.
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Bodybuilding Mom of 2 Reportedly Dies of Protein Overdose A bodybuilding competitor and mom of two reportedly died June 22 from a protein overdose, according to Perth Now. Meegan Hefford, a 25-year-old from Mandurah, Australia, was discovered to have a urea cycle disorder, which blocks the body from correctly ...
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Iceland Eliminates People with Down Syndrome CBS News reported earlier this week that Iceland is leading the world in "eradicating Down syndrome births." One might be forgiven for assuming that Iceland has developed an innovative treatment for the chromosomal disorder.
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Can a Blood Test Detect Cancers Earlier? WEDNESDAY, Aug. 16, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- A new genetic blood test might pave the way for detecting early stage cancers that often prove fatal when caught too late, a new study suggests.
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Americans Injuring Themselves Grooming Pubic Hair WEDNESDAY, Aug. 16, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Should you consider trimming or shaving "down there," proceed with care -- a new study finds injuries tied to pubic hair grooming are more common than you might think.
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Opioid-related ER visits more than double over past decade in Orange County Jodi Barber lost her son to a drug overdose in 2010. She has worked with the city to build a drug overdose awareness memorial. (Photo by Lorren Au, Orange County Register/SCNG).
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Disappearance of Down syndrome children in Iceland reveals the slippery slope of prenatal testing to abortion Since prenatal screening tests were introduced in the early 2000s, close to 100 percent of couples who received a positive test for Down syndrome decided to abort.
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Controversy surrounds abortions for Downs syndrome in Iceland Every pregnant woman in Iceland is given an option of a prenatal test that can detect Down syndrome with 85 percent accuracy. "Nearly 100 percent" of pregnancies that tested positive for Down syndrome were aborted.
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Your brain thinks wine tastes better when it costs more Our brains are tricked into thinking a bottle of wine tastes better if we believe it is expensive. A new study has found that the same wine tastes better to people when they think it has a higher price tag, the Daily Mail reports.
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'Fat but fit' still has higher risk of heart disease, study confirms NEW YORK (CNN) - The idea that you can be overweight or obese yet healthy - if factors such as your blood sugar, blood pressure or cholesterol levels are normal - is a myth, according to a new study, and messaging around this should be changed.
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A quarter of people hurt themselves while grooming their pubic hair About 26% of men and women who groom their pubic hair have been injured at least once, according to a JAMA Dermatology study published Wednesday.
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Wax on, wax ouch: pubic grooming has a high injury rate, survey reveals The research was prompted by an analysis of the type of genitourinary system problems that landed people in the emergency room. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo.
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Fatal drug overdose deaths on the rise among US teens The rate of opioid drug overdose deaths among older teenagers in the United States has taken a turn for the worse, a new federal report finds.
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SeaWorld Euthanizes The Ailing Matriarch Of Its Killer Whale Population Kasatka made international headlines in 2006 when she grabbed her trainer during a show and dragged him underwater, breaking his foot.
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There's Been A Shocking Surge In Teen Overdose Deaths New federal data on overdose deaths reveals just how badly the ongoing opioid crisis has affected American teens in recent years. In just one year, from 2014 to 2015, drug overdose deaths among teens ages 15 to 19 climbed 19 percent, jumping from 3.1 ...
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Cuts, burns and rashes: More pubic hair grooming means more injuries, study says Trimming, waxing and otherwise grooming the nether regions is not only common, it comes with a not-so-trivial risk of genital injury, new research suggests.
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Probiotic Bacteria Could Protect Newborns From Deadly Infection If you're in desperate need for some good news, look no further. Scientists in the U.S. and India have found an inexpensive treatment that could possibly save hundreds of thousands of newborns each year.
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Drug-delivering micromotors treat their first bacterial infection in the stomach VIDEO: Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have demonstrated for the first time using micromotors to treat a bacterial infection in the stomach.
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First Signs Of West Nile Virus Confirmed In Solano County BREAKING: Samples from mosquitoes in Suisun Marsh and a bird found in Vallejo tested positive for WNV, county health officials say.
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Tiny robots could soon heal stomach ulcers Tiny robots could soon be ferrying medicine around the human body, after scientists successfully used the minuscule gadgets to cure sick mice, according to a new report.
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Scientists are using 'micromotors' to heal stomach ulcers and diseases Lately, scientists have been experimenting on mice with tiny little robots, each about half the width of a human hair, giving humans the possibility to start using micromotors for curing various diseases in the future.
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San Fernando Valley West Nile Virus cases spark 'heightened concern' Agents with Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District went door to door in Sun Valley Thursday morning, July 28, 2016, to remind residents to dump out water in bins, etc, to avoid luring West Nile infected mosquitoes.
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Bubonic plague in Arizona: Fleas found carrying the infectious disease Fleas tested positive for the the bubonic plague in two counties in Arizona, with public health officials warning the infectious disease that claimed millions in the Middle Ages may exist in other nearby locations, too.
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Mosquito abatement continues as more positive tests come in for West Nile Mosquito abatement is planned for Washoe County's North Valleys, including Lemmon Valley, on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 (SBG). AA.
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Japanese fungus spreading in UK hospitals More than 200 patients in England have been infected or contaminated with a drug-resistant fungus first found in Japan, health officials have confirmed.
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Two Arizona communities, 120 miles apart, see evidence of the plague Public health officials in two Northern Arizona counties are warning residents about the existence of plague, an endemic concern among those who live in the American Southwest but unsettling nonetheless, given the disease's devastating impact on human ...
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First West Nile Virus Cases of 2017 Identified in Arkansas Health officials say two cases of West Nile virus were identified last week in Arkansas, marking the first time this year that the illness was confirmed in the state.
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Cancer treatment with alternative medicine can double risk of dying: Study finds A new study has found that patients who choose cancer treatment with alternative medicine more than double the risk of dying in five years compared to those who chose conventional cancer treatment for the treatable cancers.
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Alternative Medicine Treatments for Cancer Linked to Lower Survival Rate Patients who choose to receive alternative therapy as treatment for curable cancers instead of conventional cancer treatment have a higher risk of death, according to researchers from the Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research ...
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Alternative medicine doubles risk of cancer patients dying Cancer patients who choose to treat their disease with alternative medicine are more than twice as likely to die than those who turn to conventional treatments, according to a new study.
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Little evidence that marijuana helps chronic pain, PTSD, studies find (CNN) - Medical marijuana is now legal in 28 states and the District of Columbia. Increasingly, people are turning to cannabis to treat a range of symptoms and conditions, including nausea, bipolar disorder and seizures.
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In a ND first, child contracts influenza virus after coming into contact with pig at State Fair BISMARCK—A child contracted an influenza virus after coming into contact with a pig at the North Dakota State Fair, the first such case in the state, according to the Health Department.
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A woman born without a vagina hopes to receive life-changing surgery "I went to my mom and said, 'I don't see an opening' and we both started crying." 0. girl without vagina. Facebook.
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Stem cell researchers discover promising lead in quest for hair regrowth The ever-elusive cure for thinning hair, a concern that plagues both men and women, may have taken a taken a tentative step forward with the results of a new research study that focuses specifically on the role of follicle stem cells.
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Will Canada's marijuana legalization alleviate the country's opioid crisis? It's hard to go a day in Canada without hearing about at least one of two types of drugs - but for vastly different reasons. One class of drug - opioids - kills four people a day in British Columbia.
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Australian treatment for peanut allergies effective for up to 4 years: study CANBERRA, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Australian scientists have developed a treatment that provides relief from peanut allergies for up to four years, it was announced on Thursday.
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Man's bizarre leg cramp is probably the weirdest thing you'll see all day A leg cramp is one of the most painful things a human body can experience. And the worst part is, there's not much you can do about it - you kind of just have to let it pass, while not accidentally making it worse.
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Oxycontin Makers Hit With Yet Another State Lawsuit (Reuters) - South Carolina sued Purdue Pharma LP on Tuesday, becoming the latest state or local government to accuse the OxyContin maker of deceptive marketing practices that have contributed to a national opioid addiction epidemic.
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At Last, a Big, Successful Trial of Probiotics Like The Atlantic? Subscribe to The Atlantic Daily, our free weekday email newsletter. For all the hype that surrounds them, probiotics—products that contain supposedly beneficial bacteria—have rarely proven their worth in large, rigorous studies.
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Probiotics Could Cut Sepsis in Infants for Just $1 a Day Bacteria, viruses and other germs sometimes set off the immune system to overreact, producing a severe condition called sepsis. Sepsis is so dangerous that it is the leading cause of death of children across the world, killing a million kids every year ...
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Peanut allergy cured in majority of children in immunotherapy trial The peanut allergy cure is designed to reprogram the immune system's response. Photograph: Josh Westrich/Getty Images. Health.
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Want to prevent Type 2 diabetes in your child? Follow these CDC tips The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention want parents to think about Type 2 Diabetes, that's what used to be called adult-onset diabetes.
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Nearly 4 million people die from asthma each year, says COPD WEDNESDAY, Aug. 16, 2017 -- Two major chronic lung diseases -- asthma and COPD -- kill nearly 4 million people worldwide annually, a new report finds.
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Doctor didn't think woman had cancer because she 'looked healthy' A personal trainer has shared a picture of herself, taken just hours before she was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. Vicky Veness, from Cheltenham, does not smoke, eats healthily and is very active and as a result looks very healthy.
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These two lung diseases killed 3.6 million in 2015: India among most-COPD affected countries in world New Delhi: A new study has found that about 3.6 million people have died due to the two most common chronic lung diseases in 2015.
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Feeling hungry all the time? Eat walnuts WASHINGTON: Eating walnuts is always beneficial, as a study recently has found out that consuming walnuts daily may activate an area in your brain which decreases hunger.
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Binge-watching TV Linked with Poor Sleep in Young Adults A study links binge-watching in young adults with poorer sleep quality, more fatigue, and increased insomnia. The findings suggest that the mechanism explaining this relationship is increased cognitive alertness resulting from binge-watching.
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