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CDC to cut by 80 percent efforts to prevent global disease outbreak Four years after the United States pledged to help the world fight infectious-disease epidemics such as Ebola, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is dramatically downsizing its epidemic prevention activities in 39 out of 49 countries ...
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Florida nurse's video rant about difficult flu season goes viral As flu season ramps up, a Florida nurse had a message for potential visitors to the emergency room: If it's not an emergency, don't show up.
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US flu outbreak worsens; hospitalizations highest in nearly a decade: CDC (Reuters) - The U.S. flu outbreak worsened over the past week as more people headed to doctors' offices and emergency rooms, with hospitalizations at the highest in nearly 10 years, U.S.
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Hospitals facing financial hit as flu season continues to worsen One of the most severe flu seasons over the past decade could result in financial strain rather than a revenue generator for healthcare providers as they see an influx of patients.
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'Australian flu': It's not from Australia (CNN) We are speaking Italian each time we say "influenza." It's the "influence" of the stars on human beings that causes the sickness, according to Italian folklore from centuries past.
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Cell phone radiation study finds more questions than answers (CNN) Cell phone radiation and a potential link to cancer risks have left consumers and scientists alike scratching their heads since mobile phones became widely used in the 1990s.
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'Wash your stinking hands!': ER nurse rants about 'cesspool of funky flu' A Florida nurse working to combat "a cesspool of funky flu" in the emergency room has gained widespread attention from a viral video on social media urging people to take precautions to avoid influenza.
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Wear Red Day reminds women of heart disease warning signs Red was the color of the day at a Cedars-Sinai Medical Center event to remind women to monitor their heart health. (KABC). KABC. By Denise Dador.
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Breast cancer treatments may increase heart risk, doctors warn Chemotherapy has saved the lives of millions of women with breast cancer, but it may have also damaged their hearts. On Thursday, the American Heart Association gave a stark warning - women with breast cancer may be at increased risk of cardiovascular ...
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A glass of wine after work may be good for your brain, according to science Need another reason to validate that glass of wine before bed or bottle of beer on Super Bowl Sunday? Science is on your side. A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center found that low levels of alcohol ...
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Philippines Says Anti-Dengue Vaccine May Be Connected to Three Deaths Dr. Rolando Enrique Domingo (R), Undersecretary of the Department of Health (DOH), with Dr. Gerardo Legaspi, Director of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), answer questions during a news conference at the DOH headquarter in metro Manila ...
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In Philippines, Deaths of 3 Children Linked to Dengue Vaccine The Philippines said Friday the anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia may be connected to three deaths in the country, according to a government-ordered inquiry, and that the drug is not ready for mass immunization.
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Study: Dogs Bite Anxious People More If you've ever been nervous around a dog and told to just be calm because dogs can "smell fear", you know that this advice is about as effective as telling a pissed-off person to chill.
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Anxiety, Irritability May Increase Dog Bite Risk Having an "anxious personality" may increase the risk of being bitten by a dog, either a strange dog or one in the home, new research suggests.
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Double-barrel cancer treatment wipes out tumors and goes hunting for more Harnessing the body's natural immune defenses to take the fight to cancer, known as immunotherapy, is an especially promising area of cancer research with the potential to tackle all forms of the disease.
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Local Immunotherapy Shrinks Tumors Near and Far Scientists devised a pinpointed immunotherapy regimen—intratumoral delivery of a TLR9 ligand with OX40 activation to ramp up T-cell responses—that eradicated tumors throughout the body in mice.
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Cancer breakthrough? 97 percent of mice cured in Stanford vaccine study A Stanford University study targeting cancer cells in laboratory mice has been generating buzz and hope. A new experiment for cancer treatment had incredible results using immune-stimulators to target tumors in mice.
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Metro Detroit pharmacy compounding Tamiflu to fight shortage of flu fighting drug WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (WXYZ) - Reports of sixteen more children dying from the flu have brought the total up to 53 deaths of children this season.
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Should I get a flu shot? Is it too late to get a flu shot? You should get a flu shot. It's not too late to get a flu shot. By Joe Brown Yesterday at 10:30am. should I get a flu shot? A flu shot does not guarantee you will be flu-free.
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Elizabeth Blackwell: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know Elizabeth Blackwell, "the first woman in the United States to earn a medical degree," is the subject of a Google Doodle honoring what would have been her 197th birthday.
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Million-dollar lotto winner finally can afford a doctor visit, discovers he has terminal cancer and promptly dies Donald Savastano was a self-employed carpenter eking out a marginal living without retirement savings or health insurance; when he won the $1 million jackpot in New York's "Merry Millionaire" lotto, he could finally afford to see a doctor to check out ...
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Valentine's Day: A Cannabis Gift Guide Have you checked your calendar recently? It's time to decide what to get your valentine. Now, you could go with the standard bouquet of flowers, box of chocolates and a teddy bear, but let's be real - you're reading this story on Marijuana.
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Woodpeckers Show Signs of Possible Brain Damage, New Study Finds Football players are often thought of as modern-day gladiators, but even the most hard-headed linebacker has nothing on the woodpecker, at least when it comes to sustaining blows to the noggin.
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Florida parents charged with faking son's brain cancer for money A Florida couple convinced their 13-year-old son he was dying from brain cancer in an attempt to raise money for bogus medical costs, the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office said Friday.
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Woodpeckers show possible brain damage like that in football players When it comes to headbangers, no Black Sabbath fan alive can outdo a woodpecker. Imagine smacking your head into a tree at 15 miles an hour, as frequently as 20 times a second, thousands of times a day, every day.
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Mass. doctors fear flu pandemic after 1600 cases confirmed this week 'ALL HANDS ON DECK': Sen. Edward J. Markey listens to Dr. David Hooper during a press conference yesterday at Massachusetts General Hospital, where the senator called for $1 billion in funding for a universal flu vaccine.
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Kansas attorney general says CBD products illegal, even with no THC The latest answer to the ongoing question of whether shops in the Kansas City area can sell cannabidiol or CBD, is a resounding "no" on the Kansas side.
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ER Visits Spike As Flu Spreads Across NoVa, DC ER visits have jumped in the last two weeks as the flu spread across Virginia and DC, health officials say. CDC records show 12 VA deaths.
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Woodpeckers show possible brain damage like football players File photo: A new report about woodpecker brain tissue raises the possibility that the birds do suffer some consequences. Maybe the woodpeckers are just fine behaviorally.
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FDA limiting anti-diarrhea medicine amid opioid abuse In recent months, the government has declared an opioid crisis across the country. According to officials with the Food and Drug Administration, some people have been turning to anti-diarrhea medication to get high.
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Doctors warn some opioid users taking 100s of pills of Imodium to get high ATLANTA - Officials are warning that some opioid addicts are abusing Imodium and other anti-diarrhea medications to get high. The FDA said the active ingredient in Imodium and similar anti-diarrhea drugs acts on opioid receptors in the gut that can ...
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VERIFY: Pizza for Breakfast? Dietitians Say It's a Healthy Option WASHINGTON (WUSA9) - What'll it be for breakfast? Let's see... that lonesome bowl of cold cereal? Or that slice of chewy, gooey pizza left over from your Super Bowl bash?
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How you can celebrate National Children's Dental Health Month WAUSAU, Wis., (WSAW)-- February is National Children's Dental Health Month which means now is best time to teach good habits at an early age to children get a good start on a lifetime of healthy teeth and gums.
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Doctors given approval for UK's first 'three-person babies' Doctors have received permission to create the UK's first "three-person" babies for two women at risk of passing inheritable diseases to their children.
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Blood test detects proteins linked to Alzheimer's disease (CNN) A team of scientists from Australia and Japan has developed a blood test to detect early signs of Alzheimer's disease. The noninvasive test was developed to detect the presence of the toxic protein amyloid beta, known to be present in people ...
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Whooping cough cases on the rise GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO/KJCT)-- Whooping cough cases are on the rise in the state of Colorado, and in District 51. It's a bacterial infection that easily spreads, and there have been dozens of cases in the Grand Valley.
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With vape-life on the rise, so are concerns over its safety for Rutgers students In 2015, the electronic cigarette and vaporizer industry pooled approximately $3.7 billion in revenue with projections upward of $27 billion by 2022.
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Three-parent babies given the green light in Newcastle Britain's first "three-parent babies" will be created in Newcastle after permission was granted for doctors to use the procedure to help two women at risk of passing on a rare genetic condition.
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Oklahoma quakes tied to how deep wastewater is injected FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2011 file photo, Chad Devereaux examines bricks that fell from three sides of his in-laws home in Sparks, Okla.
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