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Mother Accused Of Injuring Son After 323 Doctor's Visits And 13 Surgeries An 8-year-old boy in Dallas has braved 323 visits to the doctor and 13 major surgeries. But the boy's father suspects he is not actually ill—and that his mother suffers from Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
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He was a renowned surgeon — until a doctor found his initials burned on a patient's liver Patients often can't help but wonder what doctors and nurses are doing while they're sedated. Some suspect trash talking. Others are wary of racially-charged comments.
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Texas mother arrested after healthy son had 323 doctor visits, 13 surgeries, officials say PHOENIX - A Texas woman has been arrested after her 8-year-old son had hundreds of unnecessary hospital visits and 13 surgeries, officials say.
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Mom arrested after son's 323 hospital visits, 13 surgeries DALLAS -- In his eight years of life, Christopher Bowen has been to the hospital 323 times and has undergone 13 major surgeries. He's been on a feeding tube delivering food through his small intestines, confined to a wheelchair, and has even spent time ...
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Munchausen by proxy: Mom arrested after son has 323 hospital visits, 13 surgeries In his eight years of life, Christopher Bowen has been to the hospital 323 times and has undergone 13 major surgeries. He's been on a feeding tube delivering food through his small intestines, confined to a wheelchair, and has even spent time in ...
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Texas mother suspected of subjecting son to 13 surgeries A Texas mother has been arrested after taking her son to hospital 323 times in what the child's father says is a case of Munchausen by proxy.
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Smoking, drinking and drug abuse decline among US teens, who prefer pot and vaping, study finds Vaping has increased among 12th-graders, with nearly 1 in 3 saying they used some kind of vaping device in the last year, according to the new Monitoring the Future report.
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Women may be better than men at battling the flu A study published in the British Medical Journal suggests that men are biologically less equipped to fight off the common cold or influenza than their female counterparts.
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Girl born with heart outside her body survives surgery in UK first A baby that needed surgery within an hour of being born to correct a rare condition that caused her heart to grow outside her body has survived a life-saving operation in what is thought to be a UK first.
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Men often show worse flu symptoms than women, research finds A researcher who blended scientific review with humour is suggesting those who believe "man flu" is more intense than the female version have some evidence to back their views.
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Laid up with 'man flu'? It's real, researcher says OAKLAND, CA - DECEMBER 19: A Walgreens employee holds a syringe during a free flu shot clinic at Allen Temple Baptist Church on December 19, 2014 in Oakland, California.
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Babies born to moms who lived near fracking wells faced host of health risks, study suggests After combing through a decade's worth of Pennsylvania birth records, researchers have found that pregnant women living within two-thirds of a mile of a hydraulic fracturing well were 25% more likely to give birth to a worryingly small infant than were ...
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Haemophilia A trial results 'mind-blowing' British doctors say they have achieved "mind-blowing" results in an attempt to rid people of haemophilia A. Patients are born with a genetic defect that means they do not produce a protein needed to stop bleeding.
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Leap forward towards gene therapy cure for haemophilia A Human blood clots: people suffering from haemophilia A are missing a single gene that causes blood to clot. Photograph: Dr David M Phillips/Getty Images/Visuals Unlimited.
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Man flu may be real, study shows Ladies, when he says he's sick, believe him: The "man flu" may actually be real. Dr. Kyle Sue, an assistant professor of family medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada conducted research to study if men were really worse off than ...
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Baby born with heart outside body 'doing well' A baby born with her heart outside her body has survived after surgery at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester. Vanellope Hope Wilkins, who has no breastbone, was delivered three weeks ago by Caesarean section.
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Fracking linked to low-weight babies The extraordinary growth in fracking—the hydraulic fracturing of deeply buried shale rock to extract natural gas—has transformed the United States over the past 15 years, boosting energy stocks, cutting pollution from conventional coal-power plants ...
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The healthiest and least healthy states in the US Massachusetts is the healthiest state in the nation, according to a new report from the United Health Foundation that looks at the healthy and not-so-healthy habits of people across the United States.
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"Medicinal Cannabis (CBD) Has No Abuse Potential": World Health Organisation According to the report, the non-psychoactive component of cannabis does not exhibit any effects indicative of abuse or dependence.
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Marijuana may help HIV patients keep mental stamina longer A chemical found in marijuana, known as tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, has been found to potentially slow the process in which mental decline can occur in up to 50 percent of HIV patients, says a new Michigan State University study.
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'Man flu' is real: Research says men experience worse symptoms Don't accuse men of overreacting when they're sick - the "man flu" is real, according to a new study. Dr. Kyle Sue, a clinical assistant professor in family medicine with the Memorial University of Newfoundland, published an article in the British ...
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Flu season hitting region, state harder than usual Mary Fetters, a registered nurse at the Joplin Community Clinic, talks about flu vaccine on Wednesday. The Joplin Health Department is reporting that the number of flu cases in the city this year is higher than usual.
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Report links fracking to low birth weights OKLAHOMA CITY - A new study published in the journal "Science Advances" links oil and gas fracking sites to low birth weights in infants.
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Seasonal flu kills more globally than previously thought: US study CHICAGO (Reuters) - As many as 646,000 people are dying globally from seasonal influenza each year, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday, a rise from earlier assessments of the disease's death toll.
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Meningitis Is Suspected in the Deaths of Two Children at a Miami Daycare Two children who were classmates at the same Downtown Miami daycare center got sick and died just days apart, and health officials believe meningitis is to blame.
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Scientists make kale plants glow in the dark with firefly enzymes A team of MIT research have engineered plants that glow in the dark, using luciferase, the enzyme that lights up firefly butts. The answer to the question of why, precisely, anyone would want to do such a thing is clearly, "because science is cool ...
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World Health Organization: Initial review of CBD doesn't warrant scheduling As part of the new findings, the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence announced plans to undertake a fuller review of cannabidiol in 2018.
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Living near fracking sites poses increased risk of low birth weights in infants, study finds DENVER -- In the largest study of its kind, researchers found pregnant mothers living within a half-mile of a fracking site have a significantly increased risk of having babies with low birth weights.
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Women more unhappy than men until they reach mid-80s Women are more miserable than men for almost their entire lives and are happier only after the age of 85, according to a large NHS survey.
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We Just Found The Strongest Evidence Yet That Fracking Affects Human Health More than 100,000 babies born in the US every year start life in such close proximity to fracking sites that it could significantly damage their health, new research suggests.
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A baby born with her heart outside her body has been saved by British surgeons LONDON - Surgeons in Britain have saved the life of a baby girl who was born with her heart outside her body as a result of a rare condition that usually leads to the termination of pregnancy or death, the hospital where she was treated said Wednesday ...
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Engineers create plants that glow Illumination of a book ("Paradise Lost," by John Milton) with the nanobionic light-emitting plants (two 3.5-week-old watercress plants).
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Those Viral Cancer Photos Actually Serve A Great Purpose You've seen them on all your social media feeds and even here on Refinery29 - it seems that every so often, someone's graphic photo warning about the dangers of skin cancer will go viral.
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Baby girl born with heart outside of her body is a first in the UK WATCH: *Please be advised that this video contains images of a surgical procedure being performed on an infant.* Vanellope Hope Wilkins was born with a rare condition called Ectopia cordis causing her to be born with her heart outside of her body.
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A baby was born with her heart outside her body — and survived Immediately after Vanellope Hope Wilkins was born, she was put in sterile plastic to protect her heart - which was beating outside her tiny chest.
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Oklahoma no longer one of the five least healthy states, new report shows Despite years of efforts to even out health disparities across the United States, some states are dramatically healthier than others, according to a new report.
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Fentanyl detected in 999 fatal overdoses in BC this year VANCOUVER, B.C. - The provincial death toll from fatal drug overdoses where fentanyl was detected this year rose to 999 in October, out of a total of 1,208 fatal overdoses since January 1st.
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Yellow Springs ready to embrace medical marijuana facility YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WDTN) - The Village of Yellow Springs will be the first community in Ohio to start building a medical marijuana cultivation facility.
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Did Sanofi, WHO ignore warning signals on dengue vaccine? CHICAGO/LONDON (Reuters) - When French drugmaker Sanofi published the results of clinical trials of children given its dengue vaccine two years ago, the overall findings were that it protected against the world's biggest and fastest growing mosquito ...
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Those Viral, Graphic Skin Cancer Selfies Actually Encourage Skin Checks One Kentucky woman is being counted in a class with Angelina Jolie after sharing graphic selfies of her skin cancer helped inspire more people to get screened for the deadly disease.
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Can High-intensity Exercise Help Delay Parkinson's Progression? Research suggests high-intensity exercise three times a week could decrease the worsening of symptoms. AFP Relaxnews. Updated:December 13, 2017, 11:12 AM IST.
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Final USPSTF Rec: Don't Use HRT to Prevent Chronic Illness The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in its final statement released today recommends against using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) - estrogen alone or combined with progestin - for primary prevention of chronic conditions.
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Workers sought for Victoria's first supervised drug consumption site Grant McKenzie at the future entrance of the supervised consumption site at 941 Pandora Ave., next to Our Place Society, in August.
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Antioch University New England to play key role in state mental health plan Experts at Antioch University New England will play a key part in shaping the state's 10-year mental health plan. Under a contract with the N.H.
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'Phenomenal' trial results may yield treatment for Huntington's disease, experts say The discovery of a drug that may stop, and perhaps even cure the fatal disease known as Huntington's, is being hailed as "historic" by Louise Vetter, president and CEO of the Huntington's Disease Society of America, and "phenomenal" and "fantastically ...
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Wave of emotion feared for Grenfell Tower survivors six months on from blaze Health professionals fear those trying to rebuild their lives after the devastating Grenfell Tower blaze will be hit with a fresh wave of emotion, six months on from the fire.
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