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Medical Error: This Lung Cancer Tumor Was Actually a Tiny Toy Cone Inhaled 40 Years Ago In what may be among the strangest medical diagnoses of the year, a British man was told that he did not have lung cancer tumor, but instead had swallowed a plastic toy cone 40 years earlier.
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New STD cases in US set record high in 2016: CDC report CHICAGO (Reuters) - New U.S. cases of three common sexually transmitted diseases - chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis - reached more than 2 million in 2016, a new record, U.S.
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STD rates hit another record high, with California near the top The number of Americans diagnosed with chlamydia, gonorrhea or syphilis reached a record high in 2016 for the second year in a row, with more than 2 million cases reported and particularly high rates in California, according to federal data released ...
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DNA surgery on embryos removes disease Precise "chemical surgery" has been performed on human embryos to remove disease in a world first, Chinese researchers have told the BBC.
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Man's suspected cancer tumor turns out to be toy he inhaled 40 years ago This toy cone from a child's play set was removed from a man's airways; pictured with a 2.5mL syringe to illustrate size. Denny et al.
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A Texas Woman Died From A Devastating "Flesh-Eating Bacteria" After Harvey Two others were reportedly hospitalized. The state health department said that there have not been widespread reports of skin infections.
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A Suspected Case of Lung Cancer Turns Out to Be a Toy Traffic Cone A 47-year-old man in the UK has received what might be the best news possible - that a suspected case of lung cancer was not lung cancer at all, but a Playmobil traffic cone he inhaled as a child.
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FDA Approves Continuous Glucose Monitoring Device Not Requiring Blood: 5 Foods to Control Your Blood Sugar The Food and Drug Association of the United States (FDA) has approved Abbott's FreeStyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System for adults which does not require diabetics to prick their fingers and draw blood.
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Abbott wins FDA approval for diabetes device that doesn't require routine finger pricks Abbott Laboratories gained clearance Wednesday to start selling in the U.S. the first continuous glucose monitor that does not require people with diabetes to routinely prick their fingers.
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San Francisco's Hotel Vitale to raise money for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and San Francisco businesses are lending their support. While breast cancer is not preventable, there are ways to protect overall health and assess personal breast cancer risk.
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Breast Cancer: 10 things to know now The battle to defeat breast cancer continues apace. While progress can seem slow at times, almost every day researchers report advances in understanding and treating the disease.
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FDA Approves FreeStyle Libre System for Patients The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the FreeStyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System for use by adult patients with diabetes.
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What Is Batten Disease? 3 Children Die In 3 Days Of Rare Condition A couple from Springville, Utah, witnessed the simultaneous deaths of their three children from a rare disorder that affects the nervous system at an early age.
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SVMC announces events for Breast Cancer Awareness Month BENNINGTON, VT—September 26, 2017—Medical studies indicate that eating healthfully helps women prevent breast cancer. It's also reported that getting an annual mammogram after age 40 can help catch the disease when it is most treatable.
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FDA Approves First Finger Prick-Free Device for Diabetics For many American diabetics, finger pricks will soon be replaced by a wearable sensor the size of a bottle cap. The Food and Drug Administration approved Abbott Laboratories' FreeStyle Libre, a small sensor wire inserted below the skin's surface on the ...
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Your Mood Might Be Connected To Your Ability To Resist The Flu If you want to have the best fighting chance at the flu, it might help to get your shot when you're feeling especially jolly. A new study published in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity shows that flu immunizations are more likely to be ...
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Television in bedroom ups risk of poor grades, says study Study is one of the first to demonstrate the consequences of allowing children to have a TV or video game system in the bedroom. Study saw when there was a TV or video games in the bedroom, children spent less time reading, sleeping or participating in ...
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Uninsured cancer patients saw increased coverage for care following Medicaid expansion SAN DIEGO, Sept. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new study finds that Medicaid expansion enacted as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) improved coverage for care for cancer patients receiving radiation therapy and ...
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Don't Wait, Get Your Flu Shot Ahead of Season: CDPH With flu season just around the corner, the moment has arrived for Californians to pull up their sleeves and get a flu shot. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) recommended the public get their flu vaccines sooner than later, in September ...
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Report finds nearly half of all abortions worldwide are unsafe CBS NEWS More than 55 million abortions take place globally each year, and nearly half - 25.5 million - are unsafe, according to a new study published in the medical journal The Lancet.
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Abortions: easier to obtain than ever, yet nearly half worldwide are deemed unsafe, study finds A room is readied for a patient undergoing an abortion at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Sioux Falls, S.D. A new report assesses the safety of the more than 55 million abortions performed worldwide each year.
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Scientists identify dengue antibody that protects against Zika In findings that could one day pave the way for a new strategy to protect pregnant women and their babies against Zika virus, a subset of antibodies against dengue virus not only protected mice against both diseases, it also prevented damage to their ...
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Prosecutors seek $74M in deadly meningitis outbreak BOSTON - Federal prosecutors say a Massachusetts pharmacy owner who was sentenced to prison after a nationwide meningitis outbreak that killed 76 people and sickened hundreds more should pay nearly $74 million in restitution.
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The 15 foods scientists claim ward off hunger Plums, mackerel and almonds will all make you feel fuller when hungry. Photos / Getty Images. Daily Mail. By: Victoria Allen. Share via email Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Show more Bookmark this article.
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Human antibodies from Dengue patients can effectively treat Zika infection in mice Scientists have discovered that antibodies taken from patients infected with Dengue virus are effective in treating Zika infection in rodents.
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Opioid Overdose Grant Targets South-Central Illinois 18 South Central Illinois Counties,including Marion, Clay, Effingham, Fayette, Jefferson, Washington and Wayne, will share more than $2-million in federal grant funding to combat opioid epidemic.
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Push to Increase HPV Vaccination Rates ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - HPV is on the rise and healthcare professionals met on Wednesday to discuss what they can do to better help prevent and treat the cancers that often come from this disease.
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LUTH partners clerics to tackle depression, suicide Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba, has said to tackle depression and suicide across the country faith leaders and experts in the field of mental health-care must work in unison.
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Flu epidemic: Experts explain the reasons behind Australia's bad season If you've escaped flu this year, there's some good news: the peak of our bad flu season seems to have passed in most, if not all, parts of Australia.
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Sheboygan County substance abuse still problematic Per the National Institute on Drug Abuse, individual abuse of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs cost our nation more than $740 billion annually in costs related to crime, lost work productivity and health care expenditure.
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Researchers help man regain consciousness after 15 years in vegetative state The French man, 35, was in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) after a car accident when he was 20. Doctors and researchers determined that the key to helping the man regain consciousness lay in his vagus nerve, the longest cranial nerve, which runs ...
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95% of human rabies deaths occur in Asia and Africa Symptoms might not be present at first, but human rabies is almost always fatal. On World Rabies Day we take a closer look. 0. rabies, dog bite, human rabies, animal rabies, hea.
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Beware Of Coffee Mug in Office Kitchen, May Coated With Germs According to Dr Charles Gerba, a professor of environmental microbiology from the University of Arizona, the communal kitchen sponge that is rarely changed is a key culprit in the development of bacteria.
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FDA criticised over ad urging halt to taking anti-virus drug A doctor of the Thai Red Cross has criticised the Food and Drug Administration for its alleged inaction against advertisements of a supplementary food that urged people with HIV to stop taking the anti-viral drug.
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Adult smoking in NC reaches another historic low in 2016 Store manager Stephanie Hunt smokes a Marlboro cigarette in 2015 at a Smoker Friendly shop in Pittsburgh. North Carolina's adult smoking rate dropped to a historic low in 2016, this time to 17.9 percent.
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Want your kid to shine in school? Shift TV from bedroom Putting a TV in the bedroom gives children 24-hour access and privatises it in a sense, so as a parent you monitor less and control their use of it less.
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3 Heart Disease Focused Stocks to Buy Ahead of World Heart Day World Heart Day is observed every year on September 29 to raise awareness across the world about cardiovascular (CV) diseases. CV diseases, more commonly known as heart disease or stroke, are basically diseases of the heart or blood vessels.
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Labour plan gambling levy to fund addiction treatment Labour has said it would force bookmakers to pay a compulsory levy to help treat problem gamblers. Deputy leader Tom Watson said the cash would be used for treatment to end the "destructive cycle of addiction".
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