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Ferndale mom who refused judge's order to vaccinate loses primary physical custody of son, attorney to issue objection Spending close to a week in jail for refusing to have her son vaccinated was pretty much the worst experience Rebecca Bredow said she has ever had - trumped only by a judge's ruling Wednesday that gives her ex-husband joint physical and legal custody ...
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WATCH: Doctor Abuses, Kicks Patient Out Of Clinic After Altercation A Florida doctor was captured in a video yelling at a patient, Jessica Stipe, when she complained to him of long waiting time at a clinic in Gainesville.
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Nearly 4 in 10 US adults are now obese, CDC says Americans' obesity rates have reached a new high-water mark. Again. In 2015 and 2016, just short of 4 in 10 American adults had a body mass index that put them in obese territory.
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A doctor shouted at a sick mother to 'get the hell out.' Now he's under criminal investigation. A doctor in northern Florida is under criminal investigation after he was seen on video shouting at a patient to "get the hell out" of an urgent-care clinic, then apparently grabbing her daughter's cellphone, which was recording the incident.
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FDA advisers urge approval for first gene therapy for inherited disease A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee unanimously endorsed an experimental gene therapy Thursday for patients with a rare kind of hereditary blindness, setting the stage for a historic approval.
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A mother was jailed for refusing to vaccinate her son. Now she's outraged he's been immunized. A Michigan mother said she's had a "rough few days" after serving nearly a week in jail for defying a court order to have her 9-year-old son vaccinated and then learning that he received several immunizations after she was locked up behind bars ...
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FDA Advisers Endorse Gene Therapy to Treat Form of Blindness U.S. health advisers are recommending approval of an experimental treatment for improving vision in patients with a rare form of blindness.
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FDA Panel Supports Gene Therapy for Kids With Rare Eye Disease THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended approval of a gene therapy that could grant the gift of sight to young people with a rare type of inherited vision loss.
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Spark's Gene Therapy to Restore Vision Wins Unanimous FDA Panel Vote An experimental Spark Therapeutics gene therapy intended to treat rare eye diseases that lead to blindness has won the unanimous backing of an advisory panel to the FDA.
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Mom Jailed for Not Getting Son Vaccinated 'Devastated' After Boy's Father Has Him Immunized Against Her Wishes A mother who served jail time after refusing a judge's order to vaccinate her son was distraught to find the boy's father had the shots administered to the child when he had custody, according to a Wednesday court hearing.
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Legal pot opponents urge Cannabis Commission to 'protect the people' One year ago, the battle over whether marijuana should be legal for adults to use was raging in Massachusetts. Now that it's settled, the combatants are still engaged in a skirmish over how the legal marijuana market should be structured and regulated ...
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Mom loses primary custody after refusing to vaccinate son A Michigan mom lost primary custody of her 9-year-old son after she refused to vaccinate him. Rebecca Bredow, 40, served five days in Oakland County Jail for going against a judge's order to inoculate her son, the Detroit Free Press reported.
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Ask The Disease Specialist: Why Is It So Hard To Beat The Plague? An outbreak of the plague is growing in Madagascar. Air Seychelles announced that it has canceled all flights into the country after a traveler returned to the Seychelles with the illness - despite World Health Organization guidance against travel ...
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'Don't let fear stop you:' A breast cancer survivor's story Deep down, Michelle James knew something was wrong when she ran her hand along the side of her left breast and felt a hard, well-defined, almond-sized lump.
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The Ancient Origins of Both Light and Dark Skin Like The Atlantic? Subscribe to The Atlantic Daily, our free weekday email newsletter. Few human traits are more variable, more obvious, and more historically divisive than the color of our skin.
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Arlington Health Department Offers Flu Vaccine Clinics for Children and Seniors ARLINGTON, MA - It's that time of year again. The Arlington Health Department is encouraging residents to be proactive this season by getting a flu shot at one of the Health Department's upcoming vaccination clinics.
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Young breast cancer survivors fight to be seen MIAMI (AP) - Valerie Bunt doesn't look like your typical breast cancer survivor. A mother to a thriving 8-year-old, Bunt usually spends her days working in her family's legal headhunting firm and caring for her daughter.
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America's Obesity Epidemic Reaches Record High, New Report Says "It's difficult to be optimistic at this point," said Dr. Frank Hu, chair of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Child and teen obesity rates soar globally, WHO reports Nearly 8 percent of boys and nearly 6 percent of girls worldwide were obese in 2016, against less than one percent for both sexes in 1975.
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Move aside Dr Pimple Popper - ingrown hair warrior Tweezist is everyone's new guilty pleasure Pimple popping is out, and it has been replaced with something just as graphic: videos of ingrown hairs being removed. Japanese Instagram account Tweezist has amassed more than 18,000 followers who subscribe to watching nothing more than ingrown ...
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Worried about getting a flu shot? This health care group wants to dispel the rumors. That's the biggest misconception about the influenza vaccine, according to Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation, and one of the most dangerous as we head into the season of flu shots literally available at every corner drugstore.
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Dover sole 'jumps' down angler's throat in Bournemouth An angler had to be resuscitated after accidentally swallowing a fish he had just caught. The man was kissing the Dover sole in celebration of his catch when the six-inch (14cm) fish wriggled out of his hand and jumped into his mouth, a friend said.
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Floridians behind on flu treatment due to Irma State health officials issued a warning that many people are putting off getting treated for the flu as a result of still recovering from Hurricane Irma.
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Caught Dover sole 'jumped' down angler's throat, nearly kills him An angler's first catch was almost his last when it jumped down his throat and cut off his ability to breathe. (iStock). An angler in Bournemouth, England had to be resuscitated after the fish he caught jumped down his throat.
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US Opioid Epidemic: While America Pops Pills, Developing Countries Suffer in Pain Abuse of opioids and other prescription painkillers may be out of control in the U.S., where roughly 15,000 people in the country died of overdoses in 2015 alone.
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Millions die suffering amid global opioid gap, report says WASHINGTON - Nearly 26 million people around the world die each year with serious suffering in part because of a huge gap in pain relief: The U.S.
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Trump's posture towards Puerto Rico takes a more callous turn Over the last year, Donald Trump's willingness to publicly contradict Mike Pence has led to some cringe-worthy moments, but developments over the last 24 hours offer an especially awkward example.
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Millions die suffering amid global opioid gap, report says Nearly 26 million people around the world die each year with serious suffering in part because of a huge gap in pain relief: The U.S.
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New camouflage material inspired by octopus Miami: The octopus is a master of disguise because it can stretch, bend and make its skin take on new shapes. Inspired by these intelligent cephalopods, researchers said Thursday they have invented a new kind of material that can act similarly.
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Here's A New Low Fat Avocado, But Is It Really Necessary? Should you top your toast with low fat avocado? (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images for Virgin Mobile). What is your deepest desire?
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Your guide to the latest in cancer screening tests: Which do you need, which can you skip? Cancer screening could save your life. Then again, it could give you a false alarm or lull you into a false sense of security. Here's a round-up of the latest advice from the experts.
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Sanofi invests 170 million euros in French vaccines facility PARIS (Reuters) - Sanofi will invest 170 million euros ($202 million) to expand its vaccines manufacturing site at Val-de-Reuil in north-western France, in a drive aimed at boosting the production of one of its influenza vaccines.
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Coochy coo: why baby talk is more sophisticated than you might think A mother's baby talk makes sense to babies and could potentially lead to speech development tools. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo.
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Diet avocados are now a thing ... but are they actually good for you? Avocados have become such a big part of modern food culture that there are entire restaurants devoted to the mushy, green fruit. But is there a way to improve upon perfection?
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Madagascar plague outbreak case count reaches 500 In a follow-up on the Madagascar plague outbreak, the Ministere de la Publique reported an additional 51 news plague cases today, bringing the total cases since August to 500.
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Why The US Army and Air Force Are Funding Research On Octopus Skin The U.S. military funding research on octopus skin may sound like an exceptional situation. However, it's not; various branches of the military conduct a wide range of scientific research in their own facilities and also fund the experiments of ...
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State may shut down practice of 85-year-old New London doctor An 85-year-old doctor who has practiced in New London for nearly 30 years is in danger of losing her practice. The state Board of Medicine is challenging Dr.
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Mother and baby narrowly escape death after the unborn child kicked a hole in her womb A WOMAN and her baby have narrowly escaped death after the unborn child tore a hole in her mother's uterus. WARNING: Graphic. Lizzie Parry, The Sun and staff writers.
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Sentinel chicken tests positive for West Nile virus in St. Pete FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2016, file photo, an Aedes aegypti mosquito known to carry the Zika virus, is photographed through a microscope at the Fiocruz institute in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil.
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67 deaths from West Nile virus reported in US CHICAGO, Oct.11 (Xinhua) -- A second death case from West Nile virus (WNV) has been reported in the Midwest State of Iowa, thus bringing the total number of WNV fatalities to 67 across the U.S.
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More Dead Birds, Mosquitos Test Positive For West Nile Virus In Contra Costa Co. BREAKING: Crews are doing extra surveillance and mosquito control operations where the dead birds and mosquitoes were found. By California Patch (Patch Staff) - Updated Oct 11, 2017 9:16 am ET ...
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Omega-6 fats may help prevent type 2 diabetes The risk of developing type 2 diabetes could be significantly reduced by eating a diet rich in omega-6 polyunsaturated fats, a new study suggests.
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Omega-6 reduces risk of diabetes: study Eating a diet rich in omega-6 - typically found in seed oils, eggs and nuts - could significantly reduce a persons' risk of developing type 2 diabetes, new research suggests.
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