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Researchers Say They've Created a 90% Accurate Blood Test for Autism An experimental blood test could detect autism in children at younger ages than current diagnostic methods are capable of. Image: Getty.
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Influenza Prevention: Child Dies After Flu Diagnosis, Cause Of Death Unconfirmed A child in New Jersey died Sunday after being diagnosed with flu, but the official cause of death is yet to be confirmed. This is the third flu-related pediatric death in the state this season.
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Flu cases on the rise in local hospitals, clinics Gloversville residents Myah Jabot and Austin Savage check in Thursday at the Nathan Littauer Hospital Emergency Care Center. (Photo courtesy of Nathan Littauer).
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Breakthrough over growing human organs in animals Early embryo of a pig: scientists have successfully transferred human cells into sheep and goat embryos. Share on Twitter (opens new window) · Share on Facebook (opens new window) · Share on LinkedIn (opens new window) · Share on Whatsapp (opens new ...
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Norwalk 6-year-old dies of flu-related illness Click through to see how many cases of the flu were reported in each Conn. county from Aug. 2017 to Jan. 2018. Source: Connecticut Department of Health.
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Scientists Just Made Sheep-Human Hybrids. Here's What You Need to Know Researchers have achieved a new kind of chimeric first, producing sheep-human hybrid embryos that could one day represent the future of organ donation - by using body parts grown inside unnatural, engineered animals.
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Woman buys fish from Costco, finds live worm inside Emily Randolph claims to have found a live worm in a package of Atlantic cod she purchased from Costco two weeks ago. (Emily Randolph Facebook / FOX 5).
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The big fat lie: Britons eat 50% more than they say Britons are eating 50 per cent more food than they admit, according to the first official use of a biological test to measure calorie intake.
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Student dies after influenza diagnosis, school says An Elizabeth Public Schools student died after being diagnosed with influenza, though district officials said Sunday they were unsure if the virus was the primary cause of the death.
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Household cleaners can be as bad as smoking for your lungs Cleaners who have regularly used cleaning sprays over 20 years were found to have reduced lung function equivalent to smoking 20 cigarettes a day over the same period.
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Scientists seek drug to 'rewire' adult brain after stroke Blocking molecules that hinder the brain's plasticity may make it possible for tasks to be done in different areas. Photograph: akesak/Getty Images/iStockphoto.
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My toddler was so sick with the flu. Here's why I think he survived. I knew my son was sick when he didn't want the iPad. Normally, my energetic toddler would have been begging to get his sticky fingers on the screen, but when I set it down next to him, he didn't even reach for it.
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Employers who don't offer paid sick leave are making flu season worse, hurting their bottom line The flu season has been worsened by lack of access to sick pay, which leads to employees going to work when they are ill. (John G. Mabanglo EPA/Shutterstock).
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Promising Ivy League student, 19, killed in opioid crisis Gage Bellitto, who would have turned 20 on Dec. 25, was a Columbia University transfer looking to study economics who died alone of a suspected opioid overdose on Dec. 22, five days before his body was found, police estimate.
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Franklin County to distribute bags that deactivate prescription drugs This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison).
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Last critical patient in Parkland shooting improves to fair condition The hospital's last critical patient from the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last week has improved and is now listed in fair condition.
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Good news for booze fans as study reveals unlikely secret to longer life TWO beers a day and a few excess pounds are the secret to living longer, scientists say. The glasses of beer, or wine, cut the risk of dying young by a fifth.
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Breakthrough: New wearable tech designed to aid stroke recovery treatment The sensors stick directly to the skin, moving with the body and providing detailed health metrics including heart function, muscle activity, and quality of sleep.
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Mumps Disease Hits Juneau for First Time in 20 Years Doctors have confirmed the presence of mumps in Juneau for the first time in more than two decades. Feb. 18, 2018, at 7:43 p.m.. Mumps Disease Hits Juneau for First Time in 20 Years.
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Injuring yourself often at work? You might be depressed or tired WASHINGTON: A new study revealed that depression and fatigue can increase women's risk of work-related injuries. It stated that women suffer from depression, anxiety, and fatigue are more likely to be injured at work.
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If You're Gene Doping, Are Your Talents 'Natural'? The concept of the 'natural' turns out to be imperfect, contestable, but also necessary and useful. Tom Murray. 02.18.18 8:48 PM ET.
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Depression ups risk of work-related injuries in women: Study Men are more likely to sustain a work-related injury but behavioural health factors, like poor sleep and anxiety, did not directly affect their risk of injury.
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Mental Health Patients Are Crying Out For Help First and foremost, my heart and prayers go out to all the victims and family in the horrific and brutal Florida school shooting. Hearts and minds of all U.S.
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Stretchable electronics for stroke recovery A groundbreaking new wearable designed to be worn on the throat could be a game changer in the field of stroke rehabilitation. For more details see the IDTechEx reports on stretchable electronics and wearable sensors.
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Experts warn against connecting mental illness and mass shootings And while some think it a reasonable idea, mental health and mass shooting experts aren't so sure. - Advertisement -. Dr. James Alan Fox, a criminologist with Northeastern University and author of "Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder ...
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Alzheimer's Q&A: How do robotic pets benefit those with Alzheimer's or dementia? Robotic, or animatronic pets, are being used to soothe the anxiety and loneliness that individuals with Alzheimer's or dementia often experience.
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Hidden calories are fuelling the obesity crisis: Britons eat 50% more than they realise, warn experts Britons are underestimating their calorie intake by 50 per cent - fuelling obesity levels, it emerged last night. Men typically have 1,000 more calories every day than they account for, while women consumed about 800 more than they estimate, according ...
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Weight Watchers is targeting teens with a new free program. That's a problem. Weight Watchers this week has announced its plans to offer free six-week memberships to kids as young as 13, beginning mid this year in the US.
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1918 flu pandemic/Most successful presidents? More than 100 people have died from the flu this season in Pennsylvania and it's considered the worst flu season in 10 years. One-hundred-years-ago, the 1918 flu pandemic killed 50 to 100 MILLION people or about three to five percent of the world's ...
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Heartbroken parents blast controversial Nice decision Heartbroken parents of two terminally ill children have blasted the decision by the health watchdog to not fund their treatment. Ollie and Amelia Carroll, seven and four, from Poynton, Cheshire, suffer from Batten disease, meaning they are unlikely to ...
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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows ABC's "This Week" - Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla.; former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson; former Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.
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Free stronger flu vaccine for older Australians after 2017's deadly outbreak A stronger version of the flu vaccine will be available for free to Australians over the age of 65. Photograph: Larry Downing/Reuters.
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Transgender women can breastfeed, first case study shows MIAMI, USA - The first scientific case study has been published describing how a US transgender woman was able to breastfeed her adopted infant by taking hormones that induce lactation.
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Youth group educates teens on dangers of tobacco, e-cigarettes They came to Asheville from across the mountains Saturday for a gathering hosted by a group called YES (Youth-Empowered Solutions).
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Another blow from the president ignores a continuing epidemic Living with AIDS in this country is like living through a war that's happening only for those people in the trenches. Every time a shell explodes you look around to discover you've lost more friends.
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Father's Stress Linked To Kid's Brain Development: Study This new research provides a much better understanding of the key role that fathers play in the brain development of their kids, the researchers said.
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Father's stress linked to kids' brain development New York–Fathers, take note! Taking too much stress may affect the brain development of your kids, a new study has claimed. According to the researchers, the stress changes the father's sperm which can then alter the brain development of the child ...
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Ultra-processed Foods May Be Linked To Cancer Small increases in the overall rate of cancer and breast cancer after menopause have been found in women who had the highest proportion of ultra-processed food in their diet, reports a new study from France.
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