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Teen suicide increases nationwide, including here in Tennessee NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - The number of older teenage girls dying by suicide hit a 40-year peak nationwide in 2015. According to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control, the suicide rate among girls between the ages of 15 and 19 reached ...
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Suicide rate hit 40-year peak among older teen girls in 2015 (CNN) The suicide rate among girls between the ages of 15 and 19 reached a 40-year high in 2015, according to new data from the National Center for Health Statistics.
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Charlie Gard medic claims his final days were 'soap opera' being 'kept alive for Trump and the Pope' A clinician who treated Charlie Gard has said the baby's last days were turned into a soap opera with him being kept alive for the likes of Donald Trump and the Pope.
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Here's where experts say we should draw the line on gene-editing experiments on human embryos A day after a blockbuster report that researchers had edited harmful genetic mutations out of human embryos in an Oregon lab, an international group of genetics experts urged scientists against taking the next step.
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Genetics expert discusses creating ground rules for human germline editing A Stanford professor of genetics discusses the thinking behind a formal policy statement endorsing the idea that researchers continue editing genes in human germ cells.
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Suicide Rates For Teen Boys And Girls Are Climbing The suicide rate for U.S. teenage girls reached its highest point over a 40-year period in 2015. 160. The suicide rates for adolescent boys and girls have been steadily rising since 2007, according to a new report from the U.S.
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Health Highlights: Aug. 4, 2017 Teen suicide rates in the United States continue to rise, particularly among females, a new government report shows. In fact, the suicide rate for females aged 15 to 19 in 2015 was the highest seen in 40 years, the researchers noted.
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'I tried to kill myself 3 times': Suicide rate for teenage girls hits 40-year high A new analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the rate of suicide among teenage girls hit a 40-year high in 2015.
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Fentanyl suspected as cops at OD crash site hospitalized TAKING PRECAUTIONS: Boston firefighters put on protective gear before removing suspected fentanyl from a crashed minivan in Chelsea yesterday.
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The environmental footprint of your pet is bigger than you think Bad news for environmentally conscious pet owners: cats' and dogs' eating habits are responsible for dumping as many as 64 million tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every year - roughly the equivalent of driving over 13 million cars.
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The hidden environmental costs of dog and cat food Gregory Okin is quick to point out that he does not hate dogs and cats. Although he shares his home with neither - he is allergic, so his pets are fish - he thinks it is fine if you do.
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FDA Slams Fertility Doctor For Marketing '3-Parent-Baby' Technology The agency sent a letter warning the doctor to stop performing and advertising the controversial genetic procedure in the US. Posted on August 4, 2017, at 4:52 p.m.. Nidhi Subbaraman. BuzzFeed News Reporter. Washington, D.C.. Reporting From
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Charlie Gard medic hits out at 'soap opera' surrounding the court case and meddling of politicians A member of the 200-strong team who helped treated terminally baby Charlie Gard at Great Ormond Street Hospital has criticised the political and religious leaders who stirred up emotions during the court battle.
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Holyoke shares low-risk of West Nile infection from mosquitoes with most of Massachusetts The Massachusetts Department of Health and Human Services said on one of its websites -- mostquitoresults.com -- on Friday, Aug. 4, 2017 that most of the state has a designated risk level of low in terms of West Nile virus infection.
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Charlie Gard medic decries 'soap opera' that stoked abuse of hospital Charlie died on 28 July a week before his first birthday. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/AFP/Getty Images. Charlie Gard. Charlie Gard medic decries 'soap opera' that stoked abuse of hospital.
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First hints Parkinson's can be stopped It may be possible to stop the progression of Parkinson's disease with a drug normally used in type 2 diabetes, a clinical trial suggests.
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Doctor told to stop marketing 3-person baby technique U.S. regulators on Friday warned a New York fertility doctor to stop marketing an experimental procedure that uses DNA from three people - a mother, a father and an egg donor - to avoid certain genetic diseases.
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The opioid epidemic, explained The opioid epidemic could kill as many as 650,000 people in the next decade. Here's how it got so bad. Updated by German Lopez@germanrlopezgerman.
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DEA proposes cutting production of some opioid painkillers A pharmacist counts tablets of Hydrocodone at a pharmacy in Portsmouth, Ohio, June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston. (Reuters). Reuters.
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Maintaining your hearing aids How much care and cleaning goes into the ownership of hearing aids? I am asked this question several times a week. The short answer is very little.
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Liquid glitter phone cases recalled after multiple reports of chemical burns Liquid glitter phone cases are all the rage, both online and in stores these days. The sequin-decorated plastic coverings are filled with a liquid that is comparable to a snow globe -- give it a shake it and glitter explodes, permeating around the case ...
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Age Men First See Pornography Can Dictate How They'll Treat Women, Study Finds CBS Local– How early a boy is exposed to pornography is an indicator of how he'll treat women later in life, according to a new study.
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Doctors Who 'Fat-Shame' Patients Can Cause Real Harm THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors who "fat shame" patients do more harm than good, new research suggests.
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Trump's Surgeon General Is Confirmed by Senate The number of individuals from Indiana in the Trump administration has increased: Jerome M. Adams, MD, the former Indiana health commissioner was confirmed by the Senate as the new surgeon general.
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Riding For A Stranger: How One Pan Mass Challenge Rider Is Helping Fulfill Another Man's Dream Chris Vargas will be riding the bike of cancer victim Stuart Grief at the Pan Mass Challenge on Sunday. Grief died before getting the chance to ride the PMC.
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FDA approves new drug to treat hepatitis C U.S. regulators have approved the first drug to treat all forms of hepatitis C in as little as eight weeks. The pill combination from AbbVie Inc. was approved Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration for adults without significant cirrhosis, a type ...
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Your kitchen sponge is gross and germy; and that microwave trick? Not much use The sponge attracts bacteria by offering perfect living conditions. That popular kitchen trick of microwaving the sponge may in fact be doing more harm than good, as it turns out.
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Diabetes drug may be helpful for Parkinson's disease "A drug commonly used to treat diabetes could help those living with Parkinson's disease," The Guardian reports. A small study suggests a drug called exenatide may have a modest beneficial effect on motor (movement) symptoms in people with Parkinson's ...
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Friday: 'The Big Latch On' Breastfeeding Event Set For Grant Park In Atlanta Moms from around metro Atlanta will converge in Grant Park on Friday, August 4 to promote the nursing of babies at "The Big Latch On.
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Second brand of papayas recalled in outbreak; more expected Wholesalers can identify the papaya recalled by Agroson's LLC by codes found above the handle on the master carton, codes include: 3044, 3045 and 3050.
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Jerome Adams one step closer to surgeon general post; 4 more HHS appointees set to go before full Senate Several Health and Human Services appointments will now go before the full Senate for final approval. Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print.
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Opioids, The Washington Post, and the Trump Commission on Drug Addiction On July 31, 2017, the usually very well informed Washington Post published a blog titled "Opioid Abuse started as a rural epidemic.
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NJ medical marijuana panel: Allow 43 more conditions - including autism and anxiety Listening to testimony in February on expanding the number of ailments and conditions covered under the medical marijuana program were Ricardo Rivera (left), founder of Tuffy's Fight, and Jim Miller, co-founder of Coalition for Medical Marijuana in N.J ...
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Repurposing a diabetes drug to crack Parkinson's Derived from Gila monster saliva, diabetes drug exenatide may change the course of Parkinson's disease. (National Park Service).
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Childhood Intelligence Harmed by Flame Retardant Exposure, Study Shows The more flame retardants a pregnant woman is exposed to, the greater the chances her child will have lower intelligence. A new paper in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives calculated that every tenfold increase in exposure to chemicals ...
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