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The unforgettable moment a widow touched the face that once belonged to her husband Lilly Ross was "terrified" but "excited" to meet the man who had been given her husband's face. Calen "Rudy" Ross had killed himself in 2016, but in death had given a gift to others - his lungs, his kidneys, his face.
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Widow meets man who received husband's face in transplant Andy Sandness is healing from one of the rarest surgeries in the world - a face transplant, the first at the Mayo Clinic. (Feb. 17, 2017).
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This pizza topper may pack anti-aging punch: study Mushrooms are rich in antioxidants that scientists say could be used fight aging and boost general health, according to new Penn State findings published in the journal Food Chemistry.
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Your health: Lab grown skin saves boy Skin grown in the lab by German doctors has saved the life of a boy with a genetic skin disease. Hassan is a seven-year-old who suffers from a genetic disease that results in blisters and open wounds on the skin.
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Police warn that drugs on shopping carts could kill you If you've spent any time on the internet recently, you might have seen that viral warning from the Leachville Police Department in Arkansas.
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Air pollution can worsen osteoporosis: study The study, published in the journal Lancet Planetary Health this month, observed 9.2 million people across seven years and found that even small increases in air pollution correlated with an increase in hospital admissions for bone fractures.
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Ketones: Secret weapons in fitness and the fight against fat? If you've been hearing all the chatter about the latest health and fitness fad, you may well be wondering what all the fuss is about ketones.
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Dying Syrian refugee given life-saving, gene-corrected skin on 80% of his body A team of surgeons and biologists have used genetically modified stem cells, implanted with a customized virus, to treat a young Syrian boy living with a genetic disorder which has destroyed 80 percent of his skin.
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"Zombie ant" fungus found to leave its victim's brains uneaten It's one of nature's most disturbing horror stories: a fungus takes control of a living ant and uses it to spread its spores through the colony.
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Comprehensive study shows no glyphosate/cancer connection Study looked at 89,000 agricultural workers and spouses over 20 years and proved no correlation to causing cancer. Jacqui Fatka 1 | Nov 10, 2017.
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Forget pineapples: Why you need to order mushrooms on your pizza A study by Penn State just justified our go-to pizza order. Mushrooms, like the kind your local pizza delivery lays beneath gooey, drool-worthy layers of cheese, contain high concentrations of rare anti-aging compounds.
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Study Shows How a Low Calorie Diet Can Reverse Type 2 Diabetes New research reveals the mechanisms through which low calorie diets can reverse type 2 diabetes in animals, and if those effects can be transferred over to people, we could have a host of new drug options for treating the chronic condition.
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Gay and bisexual men at higher risk of hepatitis A in LA County as outbreak grows California health officials have stepped up their hepatitis A prevention efforts in recent days as new fronts emerge in the battle against the state's massive outbreak.
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Daytime Injuries Heal More Than Twice as Fast as Those Sustained at Night New research shows that injuries sustained during the day heal more than twice as fast as ones sustained at night. While bad news for anyone who tends to get drunk and clumsy after hours, this is potentially great news for anyone who at some point down ...
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Cruise passenger booted for staging 'mutiny' over canceled itinerary A Costa cruise passenger was so upset about missing the scheduled stops that he organized a protest in the dining area. (Reuters).
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Wounds Suffered During The Day Heal Faster, Study Says If you are planning on when to have an accident, choose the daytime, according to a study recently published in Science Transnational Medicine.
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DEA Cutting Rx Opioid Supply in 2018 The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is going ahead with plans to reduce the supply of many opioid painkillers by 20 percent next year.
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Boy with rare disease gets brand new skin with gene therapy Last Updated Nov 10, 2017 3:05 PM EST. LONDON - Doctors treating a critically ill boy with a devastating skin disease used experimental gene therapy to create an entirely new skin for most of his body in a desperate attempt to save his life.
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Dynavax's hepatitis B vaccine gets FDA nod on third try, shares up (Reuters) - Dynavax Technologies Corp's hepatitis B vaccine won the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval on the third attempt and Chief Executive Eddie Gray told Reuters the company was open to, but not waiting for, a partner to market the drug.
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Things turned ugly when a cruise-ship captain skipped stops in plague-afflicted Madagascar It began with the captain's announcement: The luxury cruise ship would not be stopping in Madagascar, a country troubled by a deadly outbreak of plague.
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FDA approves HBV vaccine Heplisav-B for adults Dynavax announced that the FDA approved Heplisav-B, a recombinant hepatitis B vaccine, for all known subtypes of HBV in adults aged 18 years or older, according to a press release.
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Breast Imaging Equipment Market – Facts About Business Strategies and Financial Status over Forecast Period 2017 ... Breast imaging is a technique used to identify breast cancer. Breast imaging has been the innovative technique in radiology since the introduction of BI-RADS more than 20 years ago.
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Is Drinking Alcohol Putting You At Risk Of Getting Cancer? — New Study Says Yes The American Society of Clinical Oncology just released its first official study on alcohol and cancer. The ASCO says that research explains that drinking is connected to 7 types of cancer.
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1 in 5 adults still using tobacco products, CDC says JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Centers for Disease Control said 1 in 5 adults are still using tobacco products. It's a first-of-its-kind analysis just released Thursday.
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Risk of Breast Cancer's Return Lingers for Decades Women who are treated for a kind of breast cancer that is fueled by the hormone estrogen face a substantial risk of the cancer returning, even 20 years later, researchers said Wednesday.
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Here's a more effective way to test for HPV Healthcare organizations can consider transitioning to single collection of a Pap test and HPV test, rather than sending two different samples to the lab, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Pathology.
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Must move past stigma of mental illness According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. will experience mental illness - that is 43.8 million people in a year.
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Your Next Lifesaving Antibiotic May Not Work. Blame This. During the next 12 months, the CDC estimates that at least 2 million illnesses and 23,000 deaths will be caused by bacterial or fungal infections that no longer respond to antibiotics.
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How to help a caregiver According to the 2017 Alzheimer's Association Facts and Figures report, there are more than 588,000 family members and friends across the state that are currently caring for a person with Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
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A Link Between Alcohol and Cancer? It's Not Nearly as Scary as It Seems Once again, we've been told that something we eat or drink is going to kill us. Once again, we're provided an opportunity: A more nuanced discussion of risk - and how we communicate it - can leave us much happier, and perhaps healthier.
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Obstructive sleep apnea linked to higher Alzheimer's risk Copyright 2017 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Gene therapy helps treat life-threatening skin disease BERLIN: In a first, scientists have successfully treated a child suffering from extensive skin damage due to a genetic disease using transplants derived from genetically modified cells.
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Sleep Apnea May Increase Risk of Developing Alzheimer's Disease Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may put elderly people at greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to research published online today in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
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Scientists discover how to turn back the clock on aging with new cell discovery ... - Want to hold on to your youthful looks? You may be able to, because scientists have discovered a way to help humans age without as much deterioration in their bodies.
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Sleep Apnea May Boost Alzheimer's Risk FRIDAY, Nov. 10, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- If your sleep is continually disrupted by a condition called sleep apnea, you might face a higher chance of developing Alzheimer's down the road.
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Arizona flu cases continue upward climb, health officials say Dr. Devin Minior of Banner Urgent Care talks about the flu and symptoms, prevention and tips on what to do if you contract it. Tom Tingle/azcentral.
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