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GOP gives up on voting on Obamacare repeal, but bipartisan approaches remain in doubt Members of Congress searched for a way forward on healthcare legislation Tuesday, but as they did, the wreckage of the latest Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act continued to threaten to block the way for bipartisan progress.
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New STD cases hit record high in US, CDC says (CNN) In 2016, Americans were infected with more than 2 million new cases of gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia, the highest number of these sexually transmitted diseases ever reported, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.
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Vegetative-state patient responds to therapy A man in France has regained some degree of consciousness after being in a vegetative state for 15 years. Doctors treated the 35-year-old, injured in a car accident, with an experimental therapy that involved implanting a nerve stimulator into his chest.
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Treatment restores signs of awareness in brain-injured man This image provided by the CNRS Marc Jeannerod Institute of Cognitive Science in Lyon, France, shows brain activity in a patient before, top row, and after vagus nerve stimulation.
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'World's heaviest woman' dies months after starting weight-loss quest MUMBAI, India - A woman thought to be the world's heaviest died Monday, reports the AP, roughly eight months after being removed from her home in Egypt and taken to Mumbai via cargo plane.
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Man Partly Wakes From 15-Year Vegetative State—What It Means The 35-year-old was able to turn his head and react to visual cues after doctors put a device in his chest that stimulates the vagus nerve.
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Weight loss for adults at any age leads to cost savings, study suggests Helping an adult lose weight leads to significant cost savings at any age, with those savings peaking at age 50, suggests a new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health study.
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Is this cough cancer, doc? No: it's aa case of Playmobil on the lung The British Medical Journal has revealed a mistaken diagnosis of cancer was caused by Playmobil. A quartet of medico-boffins from the Departments of Respiratory Medicine at Wythenshawe and Royal Preston Hospital explain this malaise in a British ...
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US pays high price for obesity A U.S. adult who is "healthy" but obese could eventually cost society tens of thousands of dollars in medical care and lost wages, a new study estimates.
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Woman Once Considered the World's Heaviest Dies After Losing More Than 700 Lbs. The woman once considered to be the world's heaviest passed away Monday due to complications from her weight, including heart disease and kidney malfunction.
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Suspected Lung Tumor Turns Out To Be A Playmobil Traffic Cone A British man is breathing easier after doctors determined that a suspected lung tumor was actually a Playmobil traffic cone. Doctors at a respiratory clinic in Preston, England, made the discovery after the patient, a 47-year-old handyman, was ...
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Scientists May Be On The Way To Developing A Test For CTE Last week, the family of football player Aaron Hernandez ― who hanged himself in a prison cell in April while serving a life sentence for the murder of a friend ― filed a $20 million lawsuit against the NFL and the New England Patriots.
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City, county officials blame each other for growing hepatitis A outbreak in San Diego SAN DIEGO - Finger-pointing started Monday over what appears to be a delayed response to the deadly hepatitis A outbreak ravaging San Diego County, as public records to and from city and county officials began to be released.
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Wanted: 1 million people to study genes, habits and health WASHINGTON (AP) - In a quest to end cookie-cutter health care, U.S. researchers are getting ready to recruit more than 1 million people for an unprecedented study to learn how our genes, environments and lifestyles interact - and to finally customize ...
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Susan G. Komen funds research on triple-negative breast cancer MADISON, Wis. - UW Carbone Cancer Center has received a $185,000 grant to study triple-negative breast cancer. "Triple-negative breast cancer tends to spread beyond the breast, so the overall five-year survival rate of this subtype is the lowest of all ...
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HIV rates climbing among over-50s in UK and Europe, researchers warn The National Aids Trust say say that action is needed to prevent infection, such as offering HIV tests in places other than sexual health clinics.
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Death toll from West Nile climbs to 7 in LA County, officials say Los Angeles County health officials warned residents Monday to protect themselves against the mosquitoes that transmit West Nile virus, as the number of people killed by the disease in L.A.
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Are pregnant women who get flu shots at risk for miscarriages? FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2014 file photo, a sign telling customers that they can get a flu shot in a Walgreen store is seen in Indianapolis.
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Rise in HIV diagnoses among people over 50 in Europe (CNN) Nearly one in every six cases of HIV in Europe is diagnosed in people over the age of 50, a new study has found. Between 2004 and 2015, the number of new HIV diagnoses increased by 2.1% each year among this age group, with people over 50 ...
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A sixth of new HIV patients in Europe 50 or older: study People aged 50 and older comprise a growing percentage of HIV patients in Europe, accounting for one in six new cases in 2015, researchers said Wednesday.
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Susan G. Komen awards $1.7 million in grants to Maryland researchers Susan G. Komen, the world's leading breast cancer organization, said Tuesday it has given $1.7 million in grants to four Maryland researchers to study treatments for the most aggressive forms of breast cancer.
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It's time to take sleep seriously Do you recall Gilgamesh's ill-fated quest for immortality? Well, if current research is accurate, the ancient Babylonian king would have been better off staying at home and sleeping a solid eight to nine hours a night, in order to extend his years on ...
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1 In 5 Teens Reports A Concussion Diagnosis Concussions have gotten a lot of attention in recent years, especially as professional football players' brains have shown signs of degenerative brain disease linked with repeated blows to the head.
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Rise in new HIV cases in over-50s - study An increasing number of older people are being diagnosed with HIV across Europe, according to a new study. Researchers from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control looked at diagnosis rates in 31 countries between 2004 and 2015.
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Think Before Sipping, the Coffee Mug in Your Office Kitchen May Be Coated with Germs According to a latest study, the kitchen sponge that is rarely changed in over days could be a key culprit in the development of bacteria and germs over the coffee cup.
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3 cups of coffee a day keep HIV death risk at bay Patients infected by both HIV and HCV are at specific risk of end-stage liver disease and greater risk of cardiovascular diseases and cancer.
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NY moves closer to easing medical pot rules New York's Department of Health is close to easing regulations for companies to make new products; and patients, their caretakers and providers to learn about medical marijuana.
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Flu Shot Effectiveness Boosted By Listening to Your Favorite Song, Researchers Find The mere thought of getting a flu shot is enough to put anyone in a bad mood. However, a new study indicates you might want to check your mood in order for the vaccination to be more effective.
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Early detection is key to successfully treating prostate cancer Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the United States, with about one in seven receiving the diagnosis in his lifetime.
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Flu jabs boosted by 'good mood': study Flu shots might work better if you're in a good mood, a British study suggests. Being in a good mood when you get your flu jab could boost its effectiveness, according to a new study.
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Mosquitoes in Sepulveda Basin targeted in an effort to knock down West Nile virus Riverside County vector control technicians spray to kill mosquitoes that could carry the West Nile virus in Murrieta in 2016. /File photo by Frank Bellino, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG.
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Mexican-Americans Have Increased Risk for Liver Disease Mexican-Americans are more likely to be obese, have diabetes, and be heavy drinkers, according to a study presented at the 10th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, held ...
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Alzheimer's Learning Day will help serve, educate the public LEWISBURG - The number of Americans living with Alzheimer's disease is expected to triple - from five million today to more than 16 million by 2050 - unless a cure is found.
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House body okays bill on medical marijuana In this file Feb. 17, 2016, photo, plants grow at the home of Jeremy Nickle, owner of Hawaiian Holy Smokes, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hawaii has approved its first laboratory to begin testing samples of medical marijuana.
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Mental Health Sector Calls For More Access To Support Services For Every Australian A drop in the national suicide rate has come amid "critical" calls for the mental health sector to ensure every Australian has appropriate access to support services.
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Opioid prescriptions that are written in emergency rooms are less likely to get people hooked, study finds Opioid prescriptions that are given to ER patients are less likely to result in potentially-fatal drug addictions, a new study has found.
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Scientists Warn That 'Super Malaria' Spreading Through Southeast Asia Could Threaten the World A new form of malaria that is resistant to today's standard treatment, currently being referred to as "Super Malaria," has broken out in Southern Vietnam.
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