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He was 21 and fit. He tried to push through the flu — and it killed him. Kyler Baughman seemed to be the face of fitness. The 21-year-old aspiring personal trainer filled his Facebook page with photos of himself riding motorbikes and lifting weights.
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A 12-year-old was told she had the flu. The misdiagnosis may have caused her death. Alyssa Alcaraz loved to sing, not only in her school's choir but in videos she would post to Musical.ly, an app that allows users post short music, lip-syncing and dance videos.
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Healthy 21-Year-Old Bodybuilder Dies Just Days After Flu Diagnosis An aspiring personal trainer from Pennsylvania died from septic shock just days after experiencing flu symptoms over the holidays.
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California girl, 12, dies from infection misdiagnosed as flu, family says Alyssa Alcaraz, 12, Visalia, California, died from a strep blood infection on Dec. 17 -- just days after her parents say she was misdiagnosed with the flu.
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Girl died after being misdiagnosed with the flu, family says A seemingly vibrant 12-year-old California girl, who loved to sing and make her family laugh, suddenly died after her mother said doctors misdiagnosed an infection that kills more than 250,000 Americans annually as the flu.
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University of Maryland Medical System investigating incident after viral video shows woman outside in hospital gown The University of Maryland Medical System is investigating an incident at its midtown campus in Baltimore in which a woman is seen on video outside the hospital wearing just a gown.
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Is Alcohol A Problem? Online Tool Helps Assess Risk And Find Help The thinking about problem drinking and alcoholism has changed. It's no longer considered a black-and-white, you have it or you don't condition.
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The NHS Scotland staff not getting the flu vaccine All NHS staff in Scotland are offered a flu vaccination but less than half have had the jab. Why? The number of people going to see the doctor with influenza-like illness is higher than any year since 2010-11 but the rate is still considered "moderate ...
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The H3N2 flu virus is known as the hospitalizer. Here's why. That's some of the stern advice Los Angeles County health officials offered on Wednesday to people and their loved ones suffering from coughs, sneezes, aches and fevers as a result of the flu circulating at elevated levels throughout the region.
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Video shows apparently incapacitated, half-naked woman put out in cold by Baltimore hospital A Baltimore hospital said it was investigating Wednesday after video posted online showed an apparently incapacitated woman put out in the cold wearing nothing but a hospital gown.
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Heartbreaking photo shows brutal reality of childhood cancer She was excited for the holidays and looking forward to playing, laughing and having fun - all things that children her age deserve to do.
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Majority who try just one cigarette become daily smokers Two-thirds of people who try a cigarette go on to become daily smokers, a new study has found. Researchers found 69 per cent of people who had ever tried a cigarette had gone on to become a daily smoker, even if just temporarily.
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Officials: Utah hepatitis A outbreak spread from San Diego This Nov. 20, 2017 photo shows the dining area during the grand opening of an Olive Garden in Spanish Fork, Utah. Health officials say thousands of people may have been exposed to hepatitis A in Utah amid a widening outbreak that originally spread from ...
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Almost 50% of Canadians would not want others to know if they had dementia, says new survey The Alzheimer Society of B.C. announced Jan. 8 that while awareness about dementia has increased, stigma and negative attitudes about it continue to persist.
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Canada declares outbreak over; CDC, FDA still investigating Canadian officials said today an E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce is over, but U.S. officials are continuing to investigate the deadly foodborne illness outbreak that they believe is linked to leafy greens.
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Switzerland rules lobsters must be stunned before boiling Animal rights advocates and some scientists argue that lobsters and other crustaceans have sophisticated nervous systems. Photograph: Gareth Phillips for the Guardian.
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More cases reported in deadly US E. coli outbreak; Canada outbreak over (CNN) Federal health officials reported seven additional cases of E. coli illness Wednesday in a deadly E. coli outbreak that has now struck 15 US states.
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Wolf's opioid declaration a step forward, but more help needed, some say HARRISBURG - Health officials in Western Pennsylvania and families of people struggling with addiction cautiously embraced Gov. Tom Wolf's decision Wednesday to declare the opioid crisis a disaster emergency.
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An Outbreak of Hepatitis A in Utah May Have Spread From San Diego (SPANISH FORK, Utah) - Thousands of people may have been exposed to hepatitis A in Utah amid a widening outbreak that originally spread from a large epidemic in San Diego, health officials said Wednesday.
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We've run out of beds, warn hospital bosses Hospitals have run out of beds and can no longer cope, bosses are warning. Reports have emerged since Christmas of patients being left for hours on trolleys in corridors and stuck in ambulances as A&E teams struggle.
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Viral photo shows reality of childhood cancer Braylynn Lawhon, 5, was living a normal life last month until she was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). This deadly form of brain cancer has no cure, which means no survival rate.
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NHS crisis: 'I live in fear I'll miss a seriously ill patient and they will die' 'This winter is having a huge effect on the emotions of staff', says an A&E consultant. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA. NHS.
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Robot duck aims to help kids with cancer via power of play In this undated photo made from video, 12-year-old cancer patient Ethan Daniels at medical facility in Atlanta speaks with Aaron Horowitz, co-founder and CEO of Sproutel, who designed "My Special Aflac Duck" to promote emotional well-being by helping ...
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Winter crisis as ambulances wait outside A&E The latest figures highlighting the scale of the winter crisis facing the NHS shows that between Christmas Day and New Year's Eve, 178 ambulances were delayed by more than an hour when transferring patients to A&Es run by University Hospitals of ...
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Pa. launches attack on opioids crisis in response to one of the nation's highest fatal OD rates Regulations on some drug treatment centers will be eased to make them easier to get into. Ambulance crews will be allowed to leave behind naloxone with overdose victims considered likely to overdose again.
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People Applaud Governor Wolf's Harsh Stance Against Opioid, Heroin Epidemic According to the Centers for Disease Control, the epidemic claimed 4,600 Pennsylvania lives in 2016, and more than 5,000 last year.
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Tamiflu 'Flying Off The Shelves' As Flu Spreads DENVER (CBS4) - According to the Centers for Disease Control, the flu is now widespread in 46 states and this year in Colorado, cases are three-to-four times higher than previous years.
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DeLauro pushes CDC director for answers on E. coli outbreak A "stunning lack of guidance" from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is how Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) described the Trump administration's handling of the current E. coli O157:H7 outbreak, which Canada linked to romaine lettuce on ...
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First PFAS blood tests in, one 750 times national average BELMONT, MICH. - The industrial PFAS chemicals dumped by Wolverine Worldwide decades ago are now in the blood of Kent County people at significantly high levels, said Aaron Phelps, an attorney at Varnum Law.
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No More Throwing Lobsters Into Boiling Water When Alive, Swiss Government Rules The Swiss government banned restaurateurs Wednesday from throwing lobsters into boiling water while they were still alive, amid concerns that crustaceans feel pain during the common culinary practice.
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Physicians skeptical of 'raw water' health benefits, certain of its dangers In late December, The New York Times published an article about an emerging "raw water" trend. Proponents of raw water - collected through naturally occurring springs or precipitation for consumption and household use - contend that beneficial ...
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Warning on the "raw water" drinking trend For a few years now several companies have been marketing "raw water" that has been bottled directly from natural sources such as springs and small water bodies without filtration and treatment.
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Try these five simple ways to have a healthier diet in the new year Preparing healthy food at home is one of the best ways to both eat better and save money. Photo from Shutterstock. Facebook · Twitter · Email; Print; Save.
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Weight Loss Feasible Even With Genetic Risk for Obesity People with a high genetic risk for obesity lost more weight than those with low genetic risk when they stuck to a long-term healthy diet, according to a 20-year prospective cohort study.
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Paracetamol during pregnancy may delay language skills in girls, boys unaffected The go-to pain-relieving drug in pregnancy delays babies' speech by up to six times, new research reveals. Paracetamol is the active ingredient in hundreds of over-the-counter medications.
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Massive Winter Storm Is Causing Severe Blood Shortages, Red Cross Says Last week's "bomb cyclone" left behind more than just an inconvenient, freezing, snowy mess across the East Coast. It also created a concerning dip in the amount of donated blood available.
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Women 'more likely to survive life-threatening situation' Women are more likely to survive a life-threatening crisis, a new study has suggested. Researchers at the University of Southern Denmark looked closely at death rates for men and women in famines and epidemics in history.
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Not all elderly lung cancer patients get recommended care (Reuters Health) - Elderly lung cancer patients who are black or from less educated communities are less likely to get the combination of chemotherapy and radiation that's linked to better survival odds, a U.S.
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My patients want an NHS that is fast and reliable – not Theresa May's apologies Long waits for ambulances, a lack of hospital beds, cancelled operations ... these are the results of a government sucking the lifeblood from our health service.
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Hundreds of Northumbria emergency patients forced to wait up to an hour in queuing ambulances Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, one of the hospitals run by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Picture by Jane Coltman.
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Hospital beds dangerously close to capacity over festive period, new figures show Hospital beds in Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust were 95% full in the week leading up to the New Year, well above the recommended safe limit of 85%.
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