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Maine voters approve expanding Medicaid under Obamacare Maine voters on Tuesday delivered a strong rebuke to their governor by approving an expansion of the state's Medicaid program under Obamacare - the first time state voters have directly authorized such an expansion.
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Voters in Maine Approve Expansion of Medicaid Under Obamacare FILE PHOTO: A sign on an insurance store advertises Obamacare in San Ysidro, San Diego, California, U.S., October 26, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Reuters.
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Cancer Doctors Cite Risks of Drinking Alcohol The American Society of Clinical Oncology, which represents many of the nation's top cancer doctors, is calling attention to the ties between alcohol and cancer.
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Over-the-counter painkillers treated painful injuries just as well as opioids in new study In an opioid epidemic that currently claims an average of 91 lives per day, there have been many paths to addiction. For some, it started with a fall or a sports injury, a trip to a nearby emergency room and a prescription for a narcotic pain reliever ...
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Canada to spend more than $6600 per person on health care in 2017 Canada is expected to spend approximately $242 billion on health care this year, with spending growing by almost four per cent over last year.
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Manitoba health spending projected to be above national average this year Manitoba is expected to spend higher than the national average on health care per person this year, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
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Only one-third of marijuana extracts accurately labeled, researchers say (CNN) Medical marijuana is now legal in 29 states and the District of Columbia. But the law is not quite as black and white regarding marijuana extracts such as cannabidiol.
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Obesity Rising: Can We Do Anything to Reverse This Deadly Trend? Obesity is rising in many countries, but so far none have been able to stop or reverse this trend. obesity epidemic. The United States still retains the dubious distinction of being the heaviest country in the world.
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Sheep learned to recognize photos of Obama and other celebrities, neuroscientists say Of the roughly 1.1 billion sheep on Earth, roughly 1.1 billion have no idea who Barack Obama is. But there are at least eight sheep who can recognize the former president by his face.
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St. Charles reacts to Bend's 'C' safety grade, Redmond's 'A' For the fourth year in a row, St. Charles Bend Medical Center has received a 'C' grade from the Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit that works to improve hospital safety for patients.
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How To Deal With Stigmatizing Remarks About Mental Illness Research shows that people living with mental health issues are more likely to be victims of a violent crime as opposed to the ones committing them.
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WHO To Farmers: Stop Giving Your Animals So Many Antibiotics A piglet gets a shot of antibiotic at a farm in Illinois. The World Health Organization is calling for strict limits on antibiotic use in animals raised for food.
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Trump calls attackers 'deranged' but mental health link weak President Donald Trump called the Texas church shootings gunman "deranged," the New York bike path attacker "a very sick and deranged person," and the Las Vegas massacre shooter "a sick, demented man.
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These Are the Most Obese States in America More than seven out of every 10 adults in the United States aged 20 or older can be considered either overweight or obese. It's a huge problem across the country, but a worse problem in some states more than others.
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15 tons, what do you get? The amount of expired prescription drugs disposed of in one day in Northern California The Drug Enforcement Administration tallied the amount of prescription drugs collected Oct. 28 during the DEA's Take Back event nationwide - and measured its haul in tons.
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Which Charlotte hospital is the safest? Only one got an A. Carolinas HealthCare System Pineville was the only Charlotte area hospital to receive an "A" grade in fall 2017 safety scores.
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Brit 'facing execution' in Egypt after being caught with painkillers A TOURIST is holed up in a tiny Egyptian cell and facing the death penalty after she was busted with her husband's prescription painkillers.
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UNWTO: Plague outbreak no need to worry LONDON, 8 November 2017: UNWTO expressed confidence in Madagascar's measures to combat an outbreak of plague that threatens to stall the island nation's tourism industry.
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Why your brain feels all foggy when you're sleep deprived If you're not getting enough sleep, some of your brain cells are quite literally slowing down. A new scientific study has become the first of its kind to reveal the ways in which sleep deprivation impacts the ability of brain cells to communicate with ...
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Women's wellness: Hormone therapy and Alzheimer's disease Introducing hormone treatment for women in early stages of menopause might help decrease their risk of dementia or Alzheimer's disease.
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Dr. Samadi: Month of 'Movember' is time to address men's health It's Movember - aka No-Shave November or Moustache November - a month meant to bring awareness to men's health issues. (emarto/Getty Images/iStockphoto).
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A Gradual Disappearance: Caregiver's book has family insights on coping with Alzheimer's disease It's called the Memory Disease, and it's the new epidemic. Alzheimer's and dementia are overtaking millions of seniors at alarming rates.
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Tourist faces death penalty for bringing husband's pain pills to Egypt A British tourist facing execution for taking prescription painkillers into Egypt is crammed into a tiny cell with 25 other women and a hole in the floor for a toilet.
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Sleepless nights may affect the brain as much as alcohol, study suggests Have you ever had a restless night's sleep and then in the morning blanked on where you left your keys the night before? Or maybe you've spaced out while driving to work and almost hit a car stopped at a red light?
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Utah Husband Who Walked Miles with a 'Need Kidney 4 Wife' Sign Finds a Donor The 74-year-old man who walked miles every day in a bad to find his wife a kidney finally got his wish. Wayne Winters, of Farr West, Utah, was desperate to find a kidney for his wife of 26 years, Deanne Winters, who has stage 5 kidney failure.
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Science may have just answered the question of how life began Research into the conditions under which life originally formed has given scientists a lot of tantalizing clues in recent years, but a new discovery made by chemists of The Scripps Research Institute may actually hold the answer of how life was created.
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IUD May Lower Cervical Cancer Risk TUESDAY, Nov. 7, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- IUD contraceptive devices may reduce a woman's risk of cervical cancer by about a third, a new review concludes.
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Outbreak in Uganda: What Is the Marburg Virus? Three people in Uganda and Kenya have died from an extremely rare and deadly disease caused by the Marburg virus, the World Health Organization reported today (Nov. 7).
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Kern County collects more than 1500 pounds of prescription drugs on Prescription Drug Take Back Day BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - There was a record number of drugs collected on Prescription Drug Take Back Day, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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Free prostate cancer screenings Saturday, Nov. 4 to men 40 years and older. Younger individuals may attend if a history of prostate cancer runs in the family. Prostate Cancer frequently presents itself without any signs or symptoms.
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More Than 5 Tons of Prescription Drugs Collected The 14th National Prescription Take-Back Day was held on Saturday, Oct. 28 by the DEA and local law enforcement. By Kevin Pichinte.
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Can Birth Control Prevent Cancer? What You Need to Know About the Latest Research By giving women the power to control when or if they have children, birth control changed the world. But using birth control for a long period of time may also increase a woman's risk of deveIoping cervical cancer—unless it's an intrauterine device ...
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IUDs May Have a Surprising Health Benefit The intrauterine device (IUD) is considered one of the most effective and long-lasting forms of birth control available. Now a new study suggests it may also have a role in preventing cervical cancer.
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Prisons: The forgotten front in opioid war Multiple leaders across the nation, including Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and even President Donald Trump, have declared states of emergency in response to the opioid epidemic.
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Red Cross: $6M lost through fraud in Ebola response spending On Saturday, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) confirmed that fraud by its employees during the deadly 2014-2016 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa led to the loss of an estimated $6 million that could have ...
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The Flu Shot During Pregnancy: Safe and Effective Earlier this fall, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded study found a possible association between influenza vaccine and pregnancy loss.
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Study Reveals How Your Brain Deals With Unwanted Thoughts Our brain continuously spins out thoughts, whether we want it to or not. When unwanted thoughts keep occurring, despite our efforts to control them, they feed a cycle of rumination that's at the heart of depression and anxiety disorders.
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Health officials warn of bad flu season According to health officials, two people in North Carolina have died from the flu so far this season. "Influenza H3N2 is a strain of the flu virus that is causing severe illness in Australia, and it's heading our way," Dr.
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Red Cross: $6 million for Ebola fight stolen FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - Fraud by Red Cross workers and others wasted at least $6 million meant to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the organization confirmed Saturday.
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Another Voice: Big Tobacco's new ad campaign comes up short The wait will soon be over. More than 11 years after a federal court order, Big Tobacco will finally begin a print and TV campaign to let Americans know about the dangers of cigarette smoking.
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NHS staff 'working on edge of safety' NHS staff in England are working on the "edge of safety" as rising demand is outstripping the increasing numbers being employed, health bosses say.
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