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More middle-school girls are inflicting self-pain. Experts say it might be because of smartphones A 15-year study of emergency room visits reveals new signs of emotional suffering among the nation's young women and girls - particularly those in their middle-school years.
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VA study shows parasite from Vietnam may be killing vets FILE - This combination of file photos provided by their families shows some of the hundreds of U.S. veterans of the Vietnam War who suffered from cholangiocarcinoma, a rare bile duct cancer believed to be linked to liver fluke parasites in raw or ...
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Study: Vietnam Vets May Be Infected With Lethal Parasites From Decades Ago Hundreds of Vietnam War veterans may have been infected by slow-killing parasites while fighting in Southeast Asia decades ago and not even know it, a new study suggests.
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Nearly half of US cancer deaths blamed on unhealthy behavior NEW YORK - A new look at cancer in the U.S. finds that nearly half of cancer deaths are caused by smoking, poor diet and other unhealthy behaviors.
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Smoking kills too many Kentuckians. Here's how that can change The Coalition for a Smoke-Free Tomorrow wants to boost cigarette taxes by at least a dollar, with "a parallel tax increase for other tobacco products.
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A 9-year-old boy who inspired outpouring of Christmas cards has died from cancer Jacob Thompson, a boy who inspired thousands from around the world to send him Christmas cards as he battled cancer, died at 9 years old on Sunday.
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Nearly half of all US cancer deaths blamed on unhealthy behavior NEW YORK (AP) - A new look at cancer in the U.S. finds that nearly half of cancer deaths are caused by smoking, poor diet and other unhealthy behaviors.
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Saliva Test May Help TBI Diagnosis in Kids Changes in the composition of children's saliva, which have been found following traumatic brain injury (TBI), helped to identify patients with prolonged symptoms of concussion, a small study found.
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Nearly half of all cancer deaths linked to preventable risk factors: study Smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death, according to the Center for Disease Control, and kills 480,000 Americans yearly.
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Maine boy with cancer dies after wish for early Christmas A 9-year-old Maine boy with cancer has died a week after his wish for a Christmas celebration was fulfilled. Jacob Thompson's family announced on social media that he died Sunday at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
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VA study shows parasite from Vietnam may be killing vets HEROLD, W.Va. - A half century after serving in Vietnam, hundreds of veterans have a new reason to believe they may be dying from a silent bullet - test results show some men may have been infected by a slow-killing parasite while fighting in the ...
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These conjoined twins spent their lives in a hospital. They just went home — as two. Abby and Erin Delaney have finally gone home - more than five months after the formerly conjoined twins were separated in a rare surgery.
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This Type of Alcohol Makes You Feel Sexy, According to Science If you're trying to wind down after a long day, wine may help you relax, a new study suggests. But if you're more in the mood to feel sexy and confident, order spirits instead.
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What The Industry Knew About Sugar's Health Effects, But Didn't Tell Us Back in the 1960s, the fact that our diets influence the risk of heart disease was still a new idea. And there was a debate about the role of fats and the role of sugar.
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Essentia fires about 50 workers over refusal to get flu shots The Duluth-based health system says many employees ultimately got vaccinations, and that patients will be safer. By Jeremy Olson Star Tribune.
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Sugar Industry Long Downplayed Potential Harms The sugar industry funded animal research in the 1960s that looked into the effects of sugar consumption on cardiovascular health - and then buried the data when it suggested that sugar could be harmful, according to newly released historical documents.
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Big Tobacco's court-ordered ads make their debut (CNN) A wave of new tobacco ads is planned to be broadcast across prime-time television and published in newspapers this weekend, but they aren't promoting what you might expect.
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New Guidelines Bump Up Pool of Patients with High Blood Pressure Hundreds of thousands of New Jersey residents may soon discover they are now considered to have elevated blood pressure - and that lifestyle changes alone might keep the potentially deadly condition under control.
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Nearly Half of Americans Qualify as Having High Blood Pressure Now—Here's Why The American Heart Association has a newly expanded definition of "high blood pressure," and we urge you to pay attention because there's a good chance that you now, officially, have high blood pressure.
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Law enforcement working to combat dangerous drug fentanyl TRI-CITIES, TN (WJHL)- A dangerous drug that is killing people across the Tri-Cities region is also hard for law enforcement to combat.
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Spit test may diagnose, predict duration of concussion in kids A saliva test may someday be able to diagnose a concussion and predict how long symptoms last, according to a study published Monday in the JAMA Pediatrics.
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Columbia Township says medical marijuana dispensary is welcome Columbia Township would be happy to have a medical marijuana dispensary operate in its community. Administrator C. Michael Lemon said the Columbia Township Board of Trustees passed a resolution Nov. 14 that clears the way for a medical marijuana ...
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Utah County Homeless a Part of Large Hepatitis A Outbreak Health officials say at least 75 people are part of a large hepatitis A outbreak that began in May. Nov. 20, 2017, at 3:21 p.m.. Utah County Homeless a Part of Large Hepatitis A Outbreak.
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From Wild to Mild: How Different Types of Alcohol Affect Your Mood The holidays are full of tasty treats and festive cocktails - but instead of Christmas cheer, some alcoholic beverages may cause other, less pleasant feelings, a new study from England suggests.
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Trans teen's war with his body started when he was just 10 Theo Ramos learned how to cut himself when he was in fifth grade, when his body seemed to revolt. By Tamara Lush | The Associated Press.
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Babies may be able to link certain words and concepts, research suggests The paper's authors say that the study shows that the more you talk to your child, the better. Photograph: akurtz/Getty Images.
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Hepatitis A outbreak continues to add cases but not deaths A city sign warns of impending street cleaning during San Diego's ongoing hepatitis A outbreak. (Gregory Bull/ Associated Press).
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Need for blood increases in southern Virginia MARTINSVILLE - Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks. Christmas is a time to give gifts. For those wanting to help save lives, the holidays are also the perfect time to give blood.
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FDA approves first two-drug regimen for certain patients with HIV FDA approved Juluca, the first complete treatment regimen containing only two drugs to treat certain adults with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1).
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Common NHS shoulder surgery no better than placebo at relieving pain An increasingly popular form of shoulder surgery carried out on more than 21,000 people a year is almost entirely pointless, a major new study has found.
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Acute Hepatitis A outbreak reported in a number of KY counties FRANKFORT, KY (KFVS) -. The Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) has declared an outbreak of acute hepatitis A. There are reported cased in a number of counties in the Commonwealth.
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Popular Surgery To Ease Chronic Shoulder Pain Called Into Question Research investigating a popular form of surgery aimed at easing chronic shoulder pain doesn't fix the problem, a careful, placebo-controlled study suggests.
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Vaccination: The Cornerstone of Occupational Health, Patient Safety The cornerstone of occupational health this time of year continues to be influenza vaccination, but compliance remains an ongoing challenge.
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Babies connect similar words by listening to what we say Babies recognize that the meanings of some words, like car and stroller, are more alike than others, like car and juice, researchers report.
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UPDATE 1-US FDA approves first two-drug HIV regimen from GSK NEW YORK, Nov 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the first two-drug regimen to treat HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, aimed at lessening the side effect burden of current treatments that combine three or four ...
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The surprising obstacle to curing Alzheimer's: Top doctor explains why patent laws are holding us back Thirty years ago, scientists began to unlock the mysteries regarding the cause of Alzheimer's disease. This knowledge ushered in an era of great enthusiasm that scientists could develop new therapies to either prevent Alzheimer's or significantly slow ...
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If you're pregnant, sleep on your side – it could prevent stillbirth, study finds A stillbirth is a worst nightmare for millions of expectant parents. But new research suggests that the risk of stillbirth might be cut - dramatically - by simply making sure you fall asleep on your side.
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