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Meet the hominin species that gave us genital herpes IMAGE: This is a cast of a P. boisei skull, used for teaching at Cambridge University. Image credit: Louise Walsh. Two herpes simplex viruses infect primates from unknown evolutionary depths.
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Breast cancer screening: Spare a few minutes for a lifetime of survival "It's treatable," said Dr. Linda Snider, a diagnostic radiologist at Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center. "You just have to find it.
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Smart tattoos turn your skin into a health tracker There's a common problem with health-tracking devices like smartwatches: they're not really attached to you, which leaves you relying on a short-lived battery and a wireless connection.
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Breast Cancer: Early Detection & Screening Is Key—and It Is Not Just for Women "October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Now is a good reminder to check in with your healthcare professional and make sure you are paying attention to your body.
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If addiction is a disease, should relapse mean jail time? In this Sept. 22, 2017 photo, Julie Eldred poses for a photo in her Massachusetts home. Eldred, 29, tested positive for the opioid fentanyl less than two weeks after a court ordered her to refrain from drugs while on probation for larceny.
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Experimental brain technology can rewind Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease is considered a global challenge of the century. Alzheimer's disease is a thief. It comes and takes away the most precious memories with which people identify themselves.
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Weiss: Analysis Says That Aging Veterans at Greater Risk of Alzheimer's Disease On Monday, October 2, at a press conference USAgainstAlzheimer's, (UsA2), along with veterans groups, plan to release an issue brief, "Veterans and Alzheimer's Meeting the Crisis Head on," with data indicating that many older veterans will face a ...
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National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Key terms you should know For patients with breast cancer, there are a series of terms to be familiar with. (iStock). "Mammogram." "Triple-negative." "Tumor stage.
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Colorado pot edibles undergo more changes to make them safer under new rules Colorado's new rules for marijuana edibles kicked in Sunday, no longer allowing them to be shaped like fruits, animals or other things that can be confused for candies.
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Hominin species that gave us genital herpes identified It most likely contracted HSV2 through scavenging meat of chimpanzee, and then passed the pathogen to humans when they hunted for food.
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This model's eyeball tattoo went horribly wrong and left her partially blind Model Catt Gallinger decided to get her eyeball tattooed about a month ago and now she fears if she will ever be herself again. News Stalker; Oct 02, 2017.
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Dementia Symptoms: Inability To Smell These Scents Could Hint At Condition A new study suggests that the inability to detect certain smells could be a possible dementia symptom in older individuals. In order to determine how an elderly person's sense of smell could affect their risk of dementia, a team of researchers from the ...
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Colorado: No edible pot shaped as people, animals or fruit DENVER - A ban on gummy bears and other edible marijuana products shaped like animals, people and fruit takes effect this month in Colorado - a change aimed at decreasing the likelihood small children will mistake them for a favorite treat.
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Researchers seek blood test to determine cancer risk Cancer is one of the deadliest human diseases and will affect almost 40 percent of men and women at some point in their lives. While each type of cancer is different, they all share one common theme: They start from a single cell and develop the ...
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Genital Herpes Was Reintroduced To Humans By An Indirect Homo Sapiens Ancestor The herpes simplex virus affects us modern humans in two forms - as cold sores (HSV1) and as the more insidious genital herpes (HSV2).
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A Canadian model decided to tattoo her eyeball. She's now partially blind and in "excruciating" pain. Pictures of the Canadian model often showed her sporting purple hair or purple lipstick, or the purple tinge of her numerous tattoos peeking out from beneath a tank top.
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Gov. Eric Holcomb: Why I am focusing on the opioid crisis There is no single solution or secret weapon to end this epidemic: Indiana must attack substance abuse as aggressively as substance abuse is attacking Hoosier lives, families and communities.
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Dream loss may be a bigger health hazard than sleep deprivation A silent epidemic of dream loss may be at the root of many illnesses attributed to sleep deprivation, say scientists, suggesting that the unrecognised public health hazard may contribute to depression, a study claims.
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Don't take opioids off the market - make it harder to abuse them (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Zaina Qureshi, University of South Carolina.
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Dream loss may silently harm health: study If you are dream deprived you may be sleep deprived. Many health concerns attributed to sleep loss may be due to dream deprivation, says study.
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Canadian model goes partially blind after tattooing eyeball Gallinger is now trying to create awareness about the issue on social media and urging people to be careful when getting the procedure done.
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'ICU Grandpa' cradles babies when their parents can't (Source: CNN) David Deutchman, the "ICU Grandpa," cradles premature infant Logan at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
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Health department offering flu shots on walk-in basis The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department is offering flu shots on a walk-in basis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends getting vaccinated by the end of October because it takes two weeks for antibodies to develop, the ...
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UN steps up aid to plague-hit Madagascar after 21 deaths The U.N. health agency says it is stepping up its response to an outbreak of plague in Madagascar that has claimed 21 lives so far.
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British Professor Shows "Sex Change Regret" is Rising, University Takes Away His Funding The Telegraph U.K. reports that Bath Spa University initially approved a professor's research grant to study "de-transitioning" transgendered individuals, but revoked the money after surprising early results in the study were deemed "politically ...
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Zinc May Help Halt The Growth of Esophageal Cancer Cells Adding seafood into your diet is one way to top up your zinc levels, which a new study says could help inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
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Mother who refuses to follow court order to vaccinate son: 'Most likely, I'll be going to jail' A Michigan woman said she will "most likely" go to jail this week if she refuses a court order to vaccinate her 9-year-old son.
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Color-changing tattoos monitor blood glucose at a glance Tattoos are fast becoming more than just a means of self-expression: soon they could be used for more practical applications, like tracking blood alcohol levels or turning the skin into a touchscreen.
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Scientists edit gene for blood disease in human embryos In the future, it might be possible to prevent inherited illnesses by making a change to a single faulty gene. That was recently demonstrated in a new study.
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Chinese scientists fix genetic disorder in cloned human embryos A method for precisely editing genes in human embryos hints at a cure for a blood disease. David Cyranoski. 02 October 2017. Article tools.
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Genetically modified approaches to fighting malaria succeed in new tests Malaria is caused by a parasite that lives in the mosquito's gut and infects humans when the mosquito bites. Photo / 123RF. Washington Post.
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Study identifies hormones that make dogs aggressive The findings could pave the way for therapies to prevent pets from attacking passing animals or people. Researchers discover hormones that make dogs aggressive.
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Cases Of STDs At An All-Time High Nationally, And Rising In Allegheny County This 1975 microscope image made available by the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria magnified 200X.
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PDEA okays medical marijuana bill The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) expressed support on Saturday to the passage of a bill that seeks to allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes subject to strong regulations under the anti-narcotics law.
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FIRST MAGAZINE: Time for bed - How to get your baby or toddler, and yourself, some sleep! I am a 31-year-old woman from Venezuela and the mother of two girls aged three-and-a-half and two. When my second daughter was born, I was determined to breastfeed her and that took a lot of my energy - and hers.
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Komen Coastal Georgia kicks off BigWig campaign to support breast cancer awareness The BigWigs campaign raises money for Susan G. Komen Coastal Georgia. This year features 11 local participants. Top row, from left: Cyreia Sandlin, Jesse Blanco, Cecilia Arango, Stratton Leopold, Sarah Lamar, Amy Shippy.
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In the pink: Susan G. Komen funneling money into research, helping patients Every month of the year, said Georgia Hitzke, should be breast cancer awareness month. As executive director of Susan G. Komen Southwest Florida, for her, every month is all about breast cancer awareness.
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