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2018 flu season appears to hit deadly peak Last Updated Jan 12, 2018 10:58 PM EST. This year's flu season has been dominated by a particularly nasty bug, and health officials say it has now reached almost every corner of the country.
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CDC postpones session on 'preparing for the unthinkable': a nuclear blast The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has rescheduled a teaching session on the public health response to a nuclear blast that was to take place Tuesday.
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Has flu season, in full swing, reached its height? NEW YORK - Flu is now widespread in every state except Hawaii, but the good news is the season appears to already be peaking. It's been a rough few weeks: Hospitals have set up tents to handle patient overflow.
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Colorado Among Worst Hit States For Flu Cases WELD COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– The Centers for Disease Control says the flu is now widespread in every state except Hawaii. In Colorado, the number of hospitalizations for flu continue to climb.
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'There's lots of flu in lots of places' - and it's not going away A nasty flu season is in full swing across the United States, with a sharp increase in the number of older people and young children getting hospitalized, federal health officials said Friday.
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5 dead, more than 300 hospitalized in Georgia as flu spreads, health officials say ATLANTA - The flu in Georgia is spreading quickly, with hospitals reporting an increase of flu-related cases in recent weeks. >> Read more trending news.
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Flu stomps the nation, overwhelming ERs and leaving 20 children dead AFC doctors say regular exercise is good, but if you are over-exerting yourself and not drinking enough water you could weaken your immune system.
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First treatment approved for breast cancer with BRCA genetic mutation The Food and Drug Administration on Friday cleared the first treatment for patients with advanced breast cancer caused by BRCA mutations, which are genetic defects that raise the risk of malignancies.
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Lobsters Feel Pain, Too Switzerland has banned the practice of cooking lobsters from a live state. Almost all recipes instruct to plunge still-living lobsters head-first into boiling water before continuing with dressings or such.
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Switzerland bans boiling live lobsters, some scientists wonder why The majority of researchers say lobsters cannot process pain. Photo Credit: AP / Robert F. Bukaty. By The Washington Post January 13, 2018 11:03 PM.
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Video Of Patient 'Dumped' On Street Stirs Anger: Patient Dumping Is Still A Problem Imamu Baraka filmed what is now the viral video of a woman named Cheryl as she paced and moaned outside a hospital in a case of "patient dumping.
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A terrifying animated map shows the spread of this year's deadly flu across the US The flu is quickly spreading across the United States, with 26 states and New York City now reporting high flu levels in outpatient clinics.
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Kentucky Reports its First Pediatric Flu Deaths for the Season as Flu Activity Remains Widespread The Department for Public Health, within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS), reports the state's first pediatric deaths for the 2017-18 flu season.
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Flu-related deaths continue to climb in California. Here's the latest toll People with the flu in the waiting room at Pasadena Urgent Care Health Care Partners Friday, January 5 2018. A mighty wave of flu has gripped the nation and Southern California.
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5 dead, more than 300 hospitalized in Georgia as flu spreads, health officials say The flu in Georgia is spreading quickly, with hospitals reporting an increase of flu-related cases in recent weeks. >> Read more trending news.
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Flu season begins on LI, doctors recommend getting vaccine As the peak season begins, patient census at hospitals Islandwide is up as the infection spreads across New York, health officials say.
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Flu outbreak taxes capacity of Alabama hospitals Mark Rosenberg, Walgreens pharmacist and store manager, gives Leigh Ellen Robinson a flu shot at Jim Meyers Capstone Drug store on Friday.
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Another country has banned boiling live lobsters; some scientists wonder why A giant lobster pot is shown in Santa Clara. The Swiss Federal Council issued an order this week banning cooks in Switzerland from placing live lobsters into pots of boiling water.
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Writing A To-Do List May Help You Fall Asleep Writing a to-do list at bedtime may help you fall asleep, according to a new study. "We live in a 24/7 culture in which our to-do lists seem to be constantly growing and causing us to worry about unfinished tasks at bedtime," said lead author Michael K ...
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Writing a To-Do List Before Bed Could Help You Sleep It sounds simple, but there's evidence that it just might work. According to a small study published in the January issue of Journal of Experimental Psychology, participants who took 5 minutes to write out a to-do list before bed fell asleep more ...
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Switzerland bans boiling lobsters alive (CNN) - Lobsters are a delicious delicacy loved by coastal dwellers across the world -- but is boiling them alive inhumane? In a new law, the Swiss government has banned the common culinary practice of throwing the crustaceans into boiling water while ...
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Do lobsters feel pain? Switzerland says yes Switzerland's new measure stipulates that beginning March 1, lobsters must be knocked out - either by electric shock or "mechanical destruction" of the brain - before boiling them.
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Want better sleep? Write a to-do list, study says Are you a fan of to-do lists? You may be at an advantage, because they could improve your sleep, according to a new report. » RELATED: Want better sleep and a higher IQ?
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Pennsylvania activists call for needle exchanges during opioid epidemic A statewide group of public health activists Friday called on Pennsylvania lawmakers to expand their reaction to the opioid epidemic to include support for needle exchange programs.
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Dear men, cycle without fear. It won't affect your sexual health, say experts Researchers opine that cycling provides tremendous cardiovascular benefits and is low impact on joints. The health benefits enjoyed by cyclists who ride safely will far out weight health risks.
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Can You Do Keto While Pregnant? You Might Not Want To Ditch The Bread Just Yet I used to spend a lot of time working in the fitness and health blogging industry, and many of my friends are still working in this arena.
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What Is Dog Flu? Contagious Disease Spreads Across the United States He may have dog flu. Cases of canine influenza have been popping up around the country, including states like Washington, California, Arizona, Colorado, Pennsylvania and now Canada—and it's highly contagious among dogs.
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No, Cycling Does Not Affect Men's Sexual Health Male cyclists can rest easy, as scientists have debunked criticism saying that extensive use of a bicycle is linked to erectile dysfunction.
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Heartbreaking: Man with ALS grieves beside terminally ill 5-year-old granddaughter A 5-year-old Florida girl lies in a hospital bed, connected to a ventilator as she fights against an aggressive brain cancer. Her grandfather sits nearby, himself ravaged by Lou Gehrig's disease, crying even though he no longer has the ability to speak ...
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After Trump Tax Break Pfizer Ends Funding For Alzheimer's, Parkinson's Research And Gives Billions to Investors Jeff Borghoff was 51 years old when he began to experience memory loss and difficulty concentrating at work. The software developer could no longer gather his thoughts.
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Past presidents' physicals: What we learned (CNN) - President Donald Trump is scheduled to undergo a physical examination Friday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
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Exhausted hospital doctor fears killing someone amid NHS winter crisis Enter your postcode to see news and information near you Community updates, Crime Statistics, Local News & Events and much more... Calderdale Royal Hospital, Halifax (Image: Huddersfield Examiner). Share; Comments. Get daily updates directly to your ...
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Doctors call for charges for overseas patients using A&E units More than six in ten doctors want to introduce charges for some patients, including fees for overseas patients attending Accident and Emergency units, a survey shows.
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This and That — Spanish Flu, a pandemic of 1918 Flu outbreaks happen every year and vary in severity; depending on what type of virus is spreading, this year is reported to be quite severe.
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FDA approves first treatment for breast cancer with a certain inherited genetic mutation The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Lynparza (olaparib tablets) to include the treatment of patients with certain types of breast cancer that have spread (metastasized) and whose tumors have a specific inherited ...
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US OKs 1st drug aimed at women with inherited breast cancer On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration approved AstraZeneca PLC's Lynparza, the first drug aimed at women with advanced breast cancer caused by an inherited flawed gene.
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FDA OKs 1st drug aimed at women with inherited breast cancer BC-APFN-US-MED--FDA-Breast Cancer Drug, 1st Ld-Writethru,397. US OKs 1st drug aimed at women with inherited breast cancer. AP Photo NYBZ566.
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Does Bike Riding Harm Male Genitals? Why Men May Want to Stand While Cycling Cycling in the past has received some criticism based on studies that suggested the sport is linked to erectile function. Those results may be moot, however, according to findings published in the Journal of Urology late last year.
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How to reduce your child's sugar consumption? Experts share 6 easy ways to encourage children eat healthy According to the latest statistical report of Public Health England, children consume an average of 10kg of sugar in a year. By : Ilin Mathew.
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Wild Florida Monkeys Could Pass Herpes To People, Researchers Warn ON THE SILVER RIVER, Fla. (CBS News)— Wildlife managers in Florida say they want to remove roaming monkeys from the state in light of a new study published Wednesday that finds some of the animals are excreting a virus that can be dangerous to humans ...
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Are you overweight or obese? You can now blame it on your genes Researchers identified 14 genetic variations in 13 genes, including a risky copy variation -- a phenomenon in which sections of the genome are repeated -- that causes carriers to weigh 15 pounds more.
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FDA wants county to quit smoking The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ranks Trumbull County as one of the most smoker-heavy counties in the country, with well more than twice the national average of the population puffing on cigarettes.
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