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New Study Offers Support for Prostate Testing For men who are weighing the pros and cons of prostate cancer screening, a new study strengthens the evidence that testing can reduce deaths from this cancer, something two earlier large landmark clinical trials appeared to reach different conclusions ...
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NM lawmaker helps with Harvey aftermath While many people prepare for fundraisers and food drives to support victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas, one New Mexico lawmaker is in the Lone Star State working with the Red Cross.
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PSA screening for prostate cancer saves lives after all, study says After years of growing doubt about the value of screening men for prostate cancer, a new analysis of existing clinical trial evidence has found that when men between 55 and 70 get the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, the result is lives saved.
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Why Does High School Still Start So Early? Research shows that unreasonable start times lead to chronic sleep deprivation in teens. Why are schools so slow to make changes? By Lisa L. Lewis.
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Letting kids sleep in could save US $9 billion a year, study finds Studies show that a later school start time could benefit students in a a number of ways, including more sleep and better grades, and new research also reveals that a later school start time could save the U.S.
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Mom donates hundreds of bottles of breast milk to Texas flood victims A Missouri mom has donated more than 1,000 ounces of breast milk to Hurricane Harvey victims. Advertisement. Daniel Palmer of St. Louis told KMOV that she was devastated watching the flooding in Houston.
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Constance Hall hits out at lunchbox shaming She's got six kids to get to school, so when mummy blogger Constance Hall ran out of food for her five-year-old son Arlo to take to pre-primary school, she had to make do with what she could.
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The biggest mistakes Australians are making in the influenza outbreak A FAST mutating strain of the flu is running rampant, even killing people. These are the mistakes we're making as it continues to spread.
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Forget the wandering warrior: Bronze Age women travelled the world while men stayed at home The concept that men stay at home while independent women venture out into the world is considered a rather modern phenomenon. But a study suggests that in fact, the practice was rooted in ancient times, when Bronze Age men stayed at home while ...
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7 horrible things marijuana or weed does to your health In the year 2014, a 31-year-old mother of three was found lying dead on her bed. The victim, Gemma Moss, from Dorset was depressed after a bad breakup and had formed a habit of smoking marijuana to help her sleep.
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Why People With Dementia Deserve More From Science Last week a research story about lithium and dementia from Denmark caught the attention of the UK press and I have since been asked by a number of families about potential trials after I commented in the press.
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San Diego County Declares Hepatitis A Emergency A Hepatitis A emergency has been declared in San Diego County in California. Public health officials have been tracking this outbreak for months.
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Scientists discover and target brain area in patients with schizophrenia who 'hear voices' For the first time, scientists have precisely identified and targeted an area of the brain which is involved in 'hearing voices', experienced by many patients with schizophrenia.
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Teen suffering health crisis during Hurricane Harvey uses Siri to call for her own rescue A 14-year-old girl was rescued from Hurricane Harvey's floodwaters in Houston after using Siri to call the U.S. Coast Guard. (Meko Frank via Facebook).
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Anti-depressant chemicals found in Niagara River fish brains Monday, September 4, 2017, 9:15 PM - Scientists who discovered high-concentrations of anti-depressant drugs in the brains of fish in the Niagara River say that U.S.
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Human antidepressants building up in brains of fish in Niagara River Researchers studying fish from the Niagara River have found that human antidepressants and remnants of these drugs are building up in their brains.
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Mom donates over 1000 ounces of breast milk to Harvey victims Mothers affected by Hurricane Harvey are in need of all sorts of supplies, including breast milk. (Scott Olson/Getty Images). BY Constance Gibbs.
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Will experimental blood test be a game-changer for Alzheimer's disease? (CNN) An experimental blood test can accurately diagnose Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, according to a study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Six ODs in 24 hours: Police on hunt for source of fentanyl A sixth person overdosed in Gloucester over the weekend, the latest in a series of cases that occurred within 24 hours. Police believe the overdoses, one of which was fatal, are tied to a strain of the drug fentanyl that arrived in the city sometime ...
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Medical marijuana plants growing in Maryland BALTIMORE (AP) - The first legal crop of marijuana has started to grow in Maryland. And industry officials say products should be available in medical marijuana dispensaries by 2018.
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Minnesota Group Wants to Distribute Opioid Antidote Doses A Minnesota nonprofit is planning to give away 24,000 doses of the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone to anyone in the state who might need it.
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Two West Nile cases reported in Muskogee County Health officials reported this past week two cases of West Nile virus in Muskogee County - 12 cases have been confirmed statewide this year.
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Suicide Prevention: Working together to save a life September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and South Tahoe Now will be running a series of stories on suicide prevention.
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Dementia sufferers 'forgetting to eat' People with the condition forget to eat (58%), or forget they have eaten and then eat again (54%), according to a study. Around half (51%) find it difficult to finish meals and over a third (36%) are too tired to eat.
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Public Health Officials Warn Residents About West Nile Virus CATOOSA COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - Public health officials are issuing a warning for residents, after two people in Northwest Georgia contracted West Nile Virus.
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Fentanyl eyed in Gloucester following deadly overdose Gloucester police are warning the public of possible fentanyl or a strong batch of heroin that has made its way into the city and is suspected in the death of one woman while causing five other people to overdose since Friday.
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Antidepressants Found In The Great Lakes And Fish Pictured here is a largemouth bass, one of the species found to have antidepressant ingredients in their brains, livers, muscles, and gonads.
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Alterations in blood-based miRNA in veterans affected with combat-related PTSD Regions of the brain associated with stress and posttraumatic stress disorder. Credit: National Institutes of Health. Individuals affected with PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) demonstrate changes in microRNA (miRNA) molecules associated with gene ...
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Male And Female Roles Different In Stone And Bronze Age: Women Spread Culture And Traveled, Men Stayed Home These days, we often say that people with outdated stereotypes of male and female roles are still living in the "Stone Age." But a new study has revealed that late Stone Age and early Bronze Age men and women were actually the opposite of the now ...
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Fentanyl: The silent killer creeping into Australia IT HAS caused thousands of deaths in the United States and Canada, and authorities must act now to stop the zombie drug claiming Australian lives.
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Mobile phone use while pregnant not linked to child neurodevelopment problems Mobile phone use during pregnancy is unlikely to have any adverse effects on child neurodevelopment, according to new research published in the open access journal BMC Public Health.
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Survey finds 6.5 percent have emotional problems A mental health and suicide prevention and awareness survey conducted by the Taiwan Suicide Prevention Center has found that 6.5 percent of respondents have emotional issues.
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These are the biggest health risks Texans face in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey Hurricane Harvey unleashed record levels of flooding in Texas - and though the rainfall has stopped, the floodwaters now pose a major public health threat to the Texans forced to live in and around them.
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Hold the caffeine to stop craving sweets, study says A new study on coffee has found caffeine may make us crave sweets more strongly. If you're frequently tempted to buy a treat from the pastry case at your favourite coffee shop, there's a good reason - and it's not just your lack of willpower.
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Gluten intolerance: Fact or fiction? Most of those who believe they are gluten intolerant are not, new research claims. Photo/File. Amy Wiggins. By: Amy Wiggins · amy.
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Heavy Drinking May Affect Men's Brains More than Women's, Study Says It might be time to stop cracking open a cold one with the boys, as new research suggests that men may be more affected by heavy drinking than women.
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Heavy alcohol use alters brain functioning differently in young men and women Scientists have found that brain functions in young men and women are changed by long-term alcohol use, but that these changes are significantly different in men and women.
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