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Sea bug attack: Why was a wading teenager left covered in blood? What could leave a person's ankles and feet covered in blood as they stood, unaware of what was happening, in shallow water on a popular beach?
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Flesh-eating sea bugs attacked an Australian teen's legs: 'There was no stopping the bleeding.' When 16-year-old Sam Kanizay waded into the water off Brighton Beach late Saturday, it wasn't anything unusual for the Australian teen.
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Bitten teen's dad films Brighton Beach sea fleas enjoying a meal of fresh meat As his teenage son recovers in hospital after apparently being bitten by sea fleas, a Melbourne father has filmed a swarm of the flesh-eating creatures he captured at the same beach going crazy for raw steak.
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Are 'sea fleas' to blame for bloody bites on Australian teen's legs? (CNN) A visit to a beach turned into a horror movie for a Melbourne, Australia, teen. The exact cause is a bit of a mystery, but tiny sea crustaceans may be to blame.
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Flesh-eating sea bugs attacked an Australian teen's legs: 'There was no stopping the bleeding' Sam Kanizay, 16, holding a jar with creatures in it speaks from a bed of a hospital where he is treated, in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017.
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New device can heal with a single touch, and even repair brain injuries A new device developed at The Ohio State University can start healing organs in a "fraction of a second," researchers say.
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Parasitic cyclospora infections up 134% this summer (CNN) There were 206 cases of cyclospora infections reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from the first of May to the beginning of August, a 134% increase from the 88 cases reported over the same time period in 2016.
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Chantek orangutan who communicated using sign language dies at 39 The orangutan was a subject of the 2014 PBS documentary The Ape Who Went to College. By Karen Noronha. August 8, 2017 05:45 BST. Chantek, the orangutan dies at 39 Zoo Atlanta photo shows Chantek the orangutan after the passing of the male ...
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FDA warns '3-parent' baby fertility doctor over marketing (CNN) The US Food and Drug Administration has told a New York fertility doctor to stop marketing a controversial three-parent fertility treatment, which makes it possible for babies to be made from two women and a man.
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Piece of dental braces removed from woman's intestine after 10 years (CNN) Brace yourself for this story: Ten years after her orthodontic braces were removed, a piece of dental wire was found stuck inside an Australian woman's small intestine.
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UCSF Medical Center Ranks as Best Hospital in California Hospital is No. 5 in U.S. and Best in the West in 2017-18 U.S. News & World Report. By Elizabeth Fernandez on August 07, 2017.
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Loneliness is deadlier than obesity, study suggests Loneliness is deadlier than obesity and should be considered a major public health hazard, the biggest ever review into the problem has suggested.
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Straightening dental wire twists intestines of a woman—a decade later The bit of wire pierced several spots and caused the intestines to twist around itself. Beth Mole - 8/7/2017, 4:33 PM. Enlarge / The CT scan reveals the wire (small white line in center) that was causing the woman's abdominal pain.
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Fan of Moscow Mules? That signature copper mug could give you food poisoning, officials say Attention, Moscow Mule fans: the solid copper mug that has become the signature cup for the alcoholic beverage could result in a nasty bout of food poisoning, according to Iowa health officials.
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CDC advisory: Cyclospora cases more than double this year Federal health officials are asking health care providers across the country to be on the lookout for foodborne infections from the Cyclospora parasite because more than double the number of cases have already been confirmed this year and the peak ...
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These Scientists Have Made An Algorithm That Might Be Able To Predict If You're Depressed People who've been diagnosed with depression tend to post pictures that are bluer, darker, and show fewer faces, according to a small, proof-of-concept study.
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US orangutan Chantek, 'the ape who went to college,' dies at 39 ATLANTA (Reuters) - Chantek, a male orangutan who was among the first apes to learn sign language, could clean his room and memorized the way to a fast-food restaurant, died on Monday at age 39, Zoo Atlanta said.
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Many Tested After Nevada School Staffer Dies of Tuberculosis Dozens of people have been tested for tuberculosis after an employee of a school in Las Vegas died of the disease in mid-July. Aug. 7, 2017, at 8:40 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Many Tested After Nevada School Staffer Dies of ...
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Northwestern ranked Illinois' top hospital, according to US News Nine of Illinois' top 10 hospitals, according to U.S. News & World Report, are in the Chicago area. Not pictured: OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, which placed in a three-way tie for fifth-best in the state.
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Over 100 people may need testing after discovery of tuberculosis at CCSD school SNHD is working to test students at Fremont Middle School after learning of an Active tuberculosis case (Google Maps). LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -. An active case of tuberculosis was discovered at a Clark County School District middle school in July, according ...
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US orangutan Chantek, 'the ape who went to college' dies at 39 Chantek, a male orangutan who was among the first apes to learn sign language, could clean his room and memorised the way to a fast-food restaurant, died on Monday at age 39, Zoo Atlanta said.
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Why Loneliness Is a Public Health Threat In the United States, about a quarter of the population lives alone. Marriage rates and the number of kids per U.S. household are also dropping, according to census data.
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Copper cocktail mugs may cause food poisoning, health officials say Copper mugs used in trendy cocktails like Moscow Mules may be giving people more than a hangover. Health officials in Iowa say the popular copper cups can give their users food poisoning.
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Which puppy will be a good guide dog? Ask mom! Between all the suckling, snoozing, romping and tumbling they do, how can you look at a litter of puppies and pick out the ones who have what it takes to be a successful guide dog?
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Chantek, the orangutan who used sign language, dies at 39 An orangutan who was one of the first apes to learn sign language has died in Atlanta, Georgia, aged 39. Chantek lived with an anthropologist in Tennessee for about nine years and learned to clean his room, make and use tools and memorise the route to ...
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Mosquitoes in Glencoe test positive for West Nile virus Christopher Xamplas, a vector biologist, gets ready to test frozen mosquito samples that have been collected and will be testing for West Nile virus in a lab at the North Shore Mosquito Abatement District in Northfield last month.
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Scores screened after Las Vegas middle school teacher dies of tuberculosis John C. Fremont Middle School, 1100 E. Saint Louis Ave. in Las Vegas, Friday, June 26, 2015. (Jason Ogulnik/Las Vegas Review-Journal).
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Infant mortality disparity grows in Appalachia, study finds FRANKFORT, Ky. - Placing much of the blame on smoking, a study chronicling the ongoing health crisis in Appalachia has concluded that the 13-state region suffers from a growing disparity in infant mortality and life expectancy, two key indicators of ...
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Alzheimer's may be halted by lab-grown mini-human brains British scientists are creating miniature human brains made from human skin cells that may be able to halt the damage caused by Alzheimer's disease in the future.
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West Nile virus found in Richmond and Henrico mosquitoes Ryan Levering, a mosquito surveillance technician with the Henrico County Department of Public Works sets a mosquito trap Monday near Dunncroft Castle Point Park in Henrico County.
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Beware! Copper cocktail mugs can give you food poisoning, say experts If you are a fan of having your drink in a big, nice copper mug, you might want to rethink that. Agencies | Updated: August 7, 2017 11:09 am.
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Suicide Rate For Teenage Girls Reaches 40-Year High: Why Are Teen Suicides In US At Troubling Levels? New statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have revealed some alarming trends - the suicide rate for teenage girls are now at record-high levels, with the rate of teenage boys killing themselves also up significantly over ...
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Gene editing for 'designer babies'? Highly unlikely, scientists say. Now that science is a big step closer to being able to fiddle with the genes of a human embryo, is it time to panic? Could embryo editing spiral out of control, allowing parents to custom-order a baby with Lin-Manuel Miranda's imagination or Usain Bolt ...
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Scientists stunned by massive suicide discovery A disturbing new discovery about suicide has major implications for the future of how we deal with this major cause of death in the United States.
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Local 5K held to raise funds, awareness for Alzheimer's BETHANY BEACH, Del. - Organizers of the Athletes Against Alzheimer's 5K run/walk were hoping the third time would be the charm, as in the third annual race to help fight the disease.
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NHS England launches trial to assess PrEP NHS England has kicked off what it claims to be the world's largest single trial assessing the full impact of a scheme that gives patients at high risk of contracting HIV drugs to prevent infection.
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How to pave over our big (cigarette) butt problem Date: August 6, 2017; Source: RMIT University; Summary: Cigarette butts are toxic for the environment. Encapsulating them into asphalt traps the chemicals in the filters and improves the performance of the construction material.
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US: Health agency says child managing HIV without meds A South African child diagnosed with HIV at one month of age and treated vigorously has suppressed the virus without drugs for almost nine years, researchers announced Monday.
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Govt launches 'Test and Treat policy for HIV patients' to eradicate AIDS: MoS Health NEW DELHI: The Government has launched the "Test and Treat policy for HIV patients" in 2017. "As per this policy, all people living with HIV (PLHIV) are to be treated with Antiretro Viral Therapy regardless of CD4 count, clinical stage, age or ...
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