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Hospital worker defends staff in Charlie Gard case A member of the medical team that treated Charlie Gard has defended the care they gave the British infant who died of a rare genetic disease while criticizing political and religious leaders for prolonging the family's suffering by intervening in a ...
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Scientists Successfully Use CRISPR To Snip Genetic Defect From Human Embryo Hereditary diseases may soon be a thing of the past. Scientists from OHSU successfully corrected a faulty gene that leads to fatal heart disease using CRISPR.
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Doctor told to stop marketing 3-person baby technique U.S. regulators 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 'three-parent baby' fertility doctor needs to stop marketing the procedure, FDA says The doctor who created a genetically modified "three-parent baby" has been reprimanded by the Food and Drug Administration for aggressively marketing the unapproved experimental procedure.
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So Lonely I Could Die Loneliness and social isolation may represent a greater public health hazard than obesity, and their impact has been growing and will continue to grow, according to research presented at the 125th Annual Convention of the American Psychological ...
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Nurse pleads guilty to secretly filming female patients Authorities say a Pennsylvania nurse has pleaded guilty to secretly filming unclothed female patients as they underwent medical procedures.
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Massachusetts officers taken to hospital after responding to fentanyl OD CHELSEA, Mass. - Two police officers in Massachusetts were taken to the hospital Friday after they were exposed to fentanyl while responding to an overdose.
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CDC report: Suicide rate among teen girls at all-time high A startling report says suicides among teenage girls have spiked to an all-time high. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows the suicide rate doubled between 2007 and 2015 for girls between the ages of 15 and 19, and it tripled ...
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Half of potential parents 'unsure' about breastfeeding Half of parents-to-be in Wales are either unsure or have decided against breastfeeding, according to a survey. Public Health Wales (PHW) research also showed one in five of those who breastfeed do so for less than a month.
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Rarely seen bobcat kitten rescued by hikers Juvenile bobcats seldom leave their dens or mothers, which makes a hiker's discovery of a kitten, alone on a trail near north of San Francisco, all the more startling.
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Swine flu: 5 deaths in five days in UP, MLA Sangeet Som tests positive Five people have died and more than 100 have been tested positive for the H1N1 swine flu virus in Uttar Pradesh in the last five days, mostly from Lucknow.
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UN agencies say Caribbean fails to fully meet recommended standards for breastfeeding UNICEF says breastfeeding is one of the most effective and costeffective investments nations can make in the health of their youngest members, and in the future health of their economies and societies.
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Diabetes Drug Shows Promise Against Parkinson's FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The diabetes drug exenatide (Byetta) may do double duty as a treatment for Parkinson's disease, a new study suggests.
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Disease gene 'edited' in human embryos in scientific first PARIS, France (AFP) - Scientists in the United States have repaired a disease-causing mutation in the DNA of early-stage human embryos, they said last Wednesday, taking a step closer to engineering babies free of inherited disorders.
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Mosquitoes in Tulsa County traps test positive for West Nile virus A Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito rests on a human finger. The Culex quinquefasciatus is proven to be a vector associated with transmission of the West Nile virus.
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New UCLA study blames pets for global warming, climate change A new study from UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability attempted to place some blame for climate change and global warming on dog and cat owners.
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Up to 200 breastfeeding mothers to join challenge Up to 200 mothers across Northern Ireland are hoping to set a new record for breastfeeding. They will be feeding their children together as part of the Global Big Latch On.
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The hidden environmental costs of dog and cat food Organic grain-free premium dog food made in the U.S. is displayed for sale at the PetSmart Midtown store in Los Angeles. A recent study shows that producing the meat in pet food - which requires more land, water and energy and pollutes more than ...
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What's your pet's carbon paw-print? According to a recent study, U.S. cats' and dogs' consumption of meat and other animal products is a big climate cost. TNS Photo.
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Study: Your Kitchen Sponge Has More Germs Than Your Toilet Do you wash your dishes in the toilet? In a study published in Scientific Reports, researchers from Germany showed just how germy 14 different used kitchen sponges actually were with more bacteria than typically found in the toilet.
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Medical marijuana clinics multiply in Florida Dr. Joseph Dorn watched his terminally ill patients suffer and discovered that some of them were illegally using marijuana to alleviate their pain.
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COMMENTARY: Time to embrace the potential of e-cigarettes If every smoker switched to e-cigarettes tomorrow, that would represent a tremendous public health victory, writes Rob Breakenridge.
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New UCLA study blames pets for global warming, climate change It is well known that meat consumption has a big impact on the planet - that meat, after all, comes from animals that spent their lives eating grains that first had to be grown, that itself requiring ample water and energy.
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Deadly salmonella outbreak: 64 more cases linked to papayas WASHINGTON - One death, 109 infections, including 35 hospitalizations in 16 states have resulted from salmonella linked to yellow Maradol papayas from Mexico, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.
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Pet's carbon paw-prints could be cat-astrophic for planet Jenny Knight was oblivious to the fact her cat Claire was creating a large carbon pawprint. Kiwi pet owners are waking up to an inconvenient truth: their meat-eating cats and dogs are causing a major carbon paw-print.
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The realities of living with West Nile virus On a Sunday evening in May 2014, Elizabeth "Liz" Dunavant, 41, of Little Rock felt the sting of three mosquito bites on her foot.
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Pets' meat consumption hurts environment According to a new study, American cats' and dogs' eating patterns have as big an effect as driving 13.6 million cars for a year.
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World Breastfeeding Week: 9 Benefits of Breastfeeding for Mother and Baby Since August 1, World Breastfeeding Week which turns 25 this year is being celebrated in over 170 countries and will go on till August 7. Let's look into the history of the "World Breastfeeding Week".
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