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Obesity among all US adults reaches all-time high (CNN) The United States will not be escaping the obesity epidemic crisis anytime soon: Nearly 40% of adults and 19% of youth are obese, the highest rate the country has ever seen in all adults, according to research released Friday by the National ...
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US obesity problem isn't budging, report finds NEW YORK - America's weight problem isn't getting any better, according to new government research. Overall, obesity figures stayed about the same: About 40 percent of adults are obese and 18.5 percent of children.
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New mom who lost all her limbs after giving birth sues hospital For this new mom, what were supposed to be the happiest days of her life quickly escalated into a terrifying ordeal that left her as a quadruple amputee.
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Energy drinks: What are the health risks? A woman claimed her husband's obsession with energy drinks caused a brain hemorrhage that cost him part of his skull. What are the health risks of energy drinks?
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Florida doctor investigated after video of him yelling at patient goes viral Police in Florida are looking into a doctor who yelled at a sick woman after she raised questions about the length of her wait before being seen.
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California declares state of emergency over deadly hepatitis A outbreak SACRAMENTO -- California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency Friday due to a lack of vaccines in a deadly hepatitis A outbreak in several California counties, CBS Los Angeles reports.
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California declares state of emergency over deadly hepatitis A outbreak California Gov. Brown declared a state of emergency Friday because of a hepatitis A outbreak that has killed at least 18 people in the state.
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Detroit mom jailed for refusing to vaccinate her son says she would 'do it all over again' Rebecca Bredow talks outside an Oakland County Circuit courtroom Oct. 11, 2017, in Pontiac, Mich. A judge ruled to reduce the child custody rights of Bredow, who was jailed for five days for not following through on an agreement to vaccinate her 9-year ...
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FDA Panel Endorses Gene Therapy For A Form Of Childhood Blindness A panel of experts has recommended that the Food and Drug Administration approve a treatment developed by Spark Therapeutics for a rare form of blindness.
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Opponents speak out as pot-control panel tours state BOSTON -- 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 ...
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Magic mushrooms can 'reset' depressed brain A hallucinogen found in magic mushrooms can "reset" the brains of people with untreatable depression, raising hopes of a future treatment, scans suggest.
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Energy drink consumption leaves hole in head of new father A new father is reportedly struggling to live his life after his energy drink consumption left him with a hole in his skull after he was involved in accident.
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Woman plays with her nipples on daytime TV – for the BEST reason Daytime TV is about to see its first nipple after charity CoppaFeel! won the right to screen an ad showing a woman's bare breasts on TV and in cinemas.
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The Latest: FDA advisers endorse gene therapy for blindness SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - The Latest on an FDA panel's discussion on a gene therapy treatment for blindness (all times local):.
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FDA experts offer a unanimous endorsement for pioneering gene therapy for blindness A pioneering AAV gene therapy from Spark Therapeutics took a giant stride toward an FDA approval yesterday as an outside panel of experts offered their support for getting this game-changing treatment into the market after looking over the data and ...
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Condom not fitting well? A company has invented custom ones in 60 sizes Condoms make things necessarily awkward. While they're one of the only forms of birth control that prevent both pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, interrupting sexual activities to put one on isn't a favored activity.
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Scarsdale police wear pink for breast cancer awareness SCARSDALE - This village's police department is showing that a little bit of pink can go a long way. This month, Scarsdale police officers are wearing pink patches for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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With no morphine, 25 million die in pain each year: report Every year, some 25 million people—one in ten of them children—die in serious pain that could have been alleviated with morphine at just a few cents per dose, researchers said Friday.
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The Black Death is killing people: Why is Madagascar facing its worst plague outbreak in years? A child at a school in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo, wears a mask on Oct. 3, 2017, to protect against plague. (Alexander Joe / Associated Press).
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Shining light on metastatic breast cancer PORTSMOUTH - Light the Bridge for MBC on Friday night brought together women, men and families whose lives have been touched in some way by metastatic breast cancer.
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Porter hospital event aims to raise awareness for breast cancer Porter Regional Hospital employees listen to speakers Oct. 11 during "Blow Away Breast Cancer," meant to raise awareness for early detection and treatment of breast cancer.
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How to reverse insomnia: A sleep expert offers advice If insomnia was an Olympic sport, Sharon Stephenson would have a permanent place on the podium. It's 3am on Wednesday, a time when only nursing mothers, shift workers and die-hard partiers are awake.
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CoppaFeel! Advert Shows First Female Nipple On Daytime TV To Help Women Check Breasts For Cancer A female nipple will be shown during daytime TV for the first time next week in an advert created to raise breast cancer awareness.
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Tucson Premium Outlets to participate in 2017 More Than Pink Movement Tucson Premium Outlets continues its national engagement with Susan G. Komen, encouraging employees, retailers and shoppers to participate in activities and contribute to the achievement of Komen's bold goal of reducing current U.S.
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Your Best Shot Runners in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure help raise funds to fight breast cancer and increase awareness of the disease on Saturday morning October 7, 2017 in Albany?
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Study Shows Encouraging Safety and Efficacy Profile of Ebola Vaccines A volunteer receives an injection in the PREVAIL Ebola vaccine clinical trial in Liberia. Image credit: PREVAIL. Results from a large randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial in Liberia show that two candidate Ebola vaccines pose no major safety ...
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Does the world really need "diet" avocados? A Spanish company has been making headlines this week after announcing that it will be launching reduced-fat avocados later this month.
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2 experimental Ebola vaccines show promise Miami - Two experimental vaccines against the Ebola virus have shown promise in protecting against the haemorrhagic fever for at least a year, according to the results of a major clinical trial published on Wednesday.
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Study shows father's diet before conception plays major role in a child's health Researchers found that a low carbohydrate and high protein diet by the father will help the child's healthier once they are born.
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Ask The Disease Specialist: Why Is It So Hard To Beat The Plague? Rat traps are a weapon behind used to fight the plague in Madagascar, since the rodents carry the disease. But getting rid of all the rats would be difficult - and without rats, plague-infected fleas could then turn to humans for a blood meal.
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Students, faculty talk mental health resources on campus at panel talk Faculty member Thomas Powell speaks at the Mental Health Panel event in the Union Thursday. Buy this photo. Alec Cohen/Daily. Sophia Katz.
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Eating Fibrous Vegetables Like Broccoli Regularly May Ward off Gut Problems: Study Have you been suffering from digestive problems like a leaky gut or colitis? Looks like there is an effective solution to it; according to the study published in the journal of Functional Foods, consuming three and a half cups of a fibrous vegetable ...
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Speak baby talk with your child? It could play a big part in their development The almost indecipherable language of goo-goos and ga-gas shared between adults and infants could be more than a bit of fun. Researchers at Princeton University say baby talk, or 'motherese', plays a vital role in a child's development, helping them ...
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World Egg Day: 5 Common Egg Myths Busted World Egg Day: Despite its great reputation in the world of health and nutrition, there are many myths around eggs that you probably believe inor have grown up listening.
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