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Influenza Epidemic Has Hospitals Pulling Out 'Surge' Tents to Make Extra Space for Flu Patients Hospitalizations due to the flu have reached record levels this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday, straining supplies that were already in short supply.
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Food may influence cancer spread There is mounting evidence the food on your plate can alter cancer's growth and spread, say Cambridge scientists. Animal research, published in the journal Nature, showed breast tumours struggled without the dietary nutrient asparagine.
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Can you get the flu more than once? FORT WAYNE, Ind (WANE) Can you get the flu more than once in a season? How can you tell your kids are sick if they're too young to talk?
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A hospital refused a new liver to a woman because she was undocumented. Then it found its heart. Hospital officials in Oregon have ended a policy that prevented an undocumented woman from getting a liver transplant because of her immigration status after outcry, according to local news reports.
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FDA Releases Kratom Death Data, Undermines Its Own Claims About Drug's Deadly Harms The cases include a suicide and a drug overdose victim who tested positive for nine different substances. By Nick Wing. 1.8k. The U.S.
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Texas televangelist suggests alternate flu shot: "Inoculate yourself with the word of God" Vials of the Fluvirin influenza vaccine are displayed at a Walgreens phramacy on Jan. 22, 2018 in San Francisco, California. By Marwa Eltagouri | The Washington Post.
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Trump adviser says ignore flu shots and 'inoculate yourself with the word of God' A Texas-based evangelist with ties to President Donald Trump came under fire this week after video re-surfaced of her telling followers that they don't need to get a flu shot because "Jesus himself gave us the flu shot.
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Precision drug for prostate that uses a man's genetic make-up may help 3000 cancer patients Prostate cancer care is set to be transformed by the use of the first personalised medicine to tackle the disease. British scientists are leading a global trial of a daily pill that uses a man's genetic make-up to undermine a tumour's defences.
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No free Note8 for North Korean Olympians? Snap soars; historic 'spokesbaby' No such thing as a free Note8. Samsung Electronics has donated some 4,000 Galaxy Note8 phones for athletes and officials of the International Olympic Committee so that they can share their memories of the Winter Olympics with the world.
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Publix Reverses, Will Cover HIV Prevention Drug for Workers The Southeast's largest supermarket chain says it is changing its employee prescription plan to cover a drug that helps prevent HIV infections, remedying an omission that doctors and gay rights groups said was highly unusual.
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Fake doctor suspected of infecting at least 33 people with HIV At least 33 people have tested positive for HIV in northern India after a fake doctor allegedly used a tainted needle while treating them.
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Subsidy for HIV prevention drug PrEP to slash cost from $10000 a year to $474 The price of PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) will fall from close to $10,000 a year to $474 if it is added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
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'They're coming!': Mutant all-female crayfish are cloning themselves at an incredible rate The marbled crayfish is a highly invasive species that reproduces by cloning itself. (Submitted by Wolfgang Stein). Listen 6:59. more stories from this episode.
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What Is CBD Used For? The Cannabis Compound Is Kind Of Like Weed, But Not Exactly As marijuana continues to become more and more accessible across the country, scientists are learning about new uses and medicinal benefits associated with the plant almost every single day.
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Viral Facebook post has people thinking twice about using hand dryers Petri dish used by Nichole Ward to check for bacteria in a hand dryer. Facebook. More On: bacteria · Earth's atmosphere is raining viruses and bacteria · Climate change could be poisoning your food · Romaine lettuce warning issued after E. coli ...
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Flu epidemic closing several North Alabama schools Rebecca Gillespie works with a box of frozen flu virus strains at the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, in Bethesda, Md.
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Next Gerber baby will be a boy with Down syndrome One-year-old Lucas Warren's contagious smile won over executives at Gerber baby food who have made him their "spokesbaby" this year.
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'Not an avocado': Surprising find in bagged salad from California Michelle Carr, a nurse and new mother living in Kittery, Maine, displaying a dead lizard that she found and while eating a fresh salad.
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Fake doctor suspected of infecting at least 33 people with HIV (CNN) At least 33 people have tested positive for HIV in northern India after a fake doctor allegedly used a tainted needle while treating them.
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A silent crisis in need of urgent attention: Prenatal alcohol exposure A new study reveals a startling prevalence of youth with fetal alcohol problems, which take a terrible toll on them and on society.
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Cancer vaccine successfully eliminates tumors in mice STANFORD, Calif. (WCMH) - Researchers say a cancer vaccine cured the disease in 87 out of 90 mice injected. According to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, after injecting small amounts of two immune-stimulating ...
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No Etowah schools closed for flu Ana Martinez, a medical assistant at the Sea Mar Community Health Center, gives a patient a flu shot in Seattle. The flu has been so aggressive that it has forced some Alabama school systems to close.
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UC San Diego Research Finds More Children Affected By Fetal Alcohol Disorders Than Previously Thought Above: Dr. Ken Jones, pediatrician and chief of UC San Diego Medical Center's Division of Dysmorphology/Teratology, examines a baby for signs of fetal alcohol syndrome in this undated photo.
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Cancer breakthrough? Stanford researchers say new vaccine eliminates tumors in mice A new cancer treatment experiment at Stanford University to target tumors in mice had remarkably exciting results, researchers said.
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Marshall Co. schools closing due to flu According to officials with the Marshall County Board of Education, over 600 students and 51 staff members in the district were absent on Tuesday because of the flu.
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Alabama files lawsuit against opioid manufacturer MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the manufacturer of OxyContin and other opioids, becoming the latest state seeking to hold drug companies accountable for an addiction epidemic.
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Support Heart Association's goals, mission to save lives With Valentine's Day approaching next week, the spotlight is shining brightly on the romantic and sentimental side of the human heart.
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Electric Pulses to Brain May Boost Memory by 15%, Study Reveals The patient watched and attempted to absorb a list of words, and a computer tracking and recording brain signals made predictions based on those signals.
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Many breast cancer survivors may die of heart disease, doctors warn (Reuters Health) - The same advances in breast cancer treatment that have dramatically improved survival in recent years have also left a growing number of women vulnerable to potentially fatal cardiovascular problems, the American Heart Association ...
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Reasons Not To Freak Out About Risk Of Heart Disease After Breast Cancer "The American Heart Association issued a stark warning Thursday for women with breast cancer: Lifesaving therapies like chemotherapy and radiation can cause heart failure and other serious cardiac problems, sometimes years after treatment," it said in ...
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Flu continues to claim lives across South Carolina Is the nationwide flu outbreak showing signs of slowing down as we are now 10 weeks into the flu season? According to DHEC, 16 people in South Carolina died from the flu last week and more than 500 people in the state were treated in hospitals.
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Acne Can Increase the Risk for Depression People with acne are at substantially higher risk for depression in the first years after the condition appears, a new study reports.
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Pessimism about old age may be a risk factor for dementia Older adults with a negative outlook about old age were more likely to develop dementia, a new study finds. (Jim Gehrz / MCT). People who are pessimistic about what life is like during old age may be helping to make their fears come true.
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Why heart disease is often missed in women—the myth of the 'widowmaker' Yet when I ask undergraduate students in my chronic disease class (most of whom are female) which disease causes the most deaths in women, only about half give the answer heart disease; a third say it is breast cancer.
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Andrew Warlen: Heart health - changes you can make Over the average lifetime, the heart beats about 2.5 billion times, playing a vital role in pumping blood to every part of the body, carrying oxygen, hormones, and a host of essential cells, while helping to remove waste products.
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Dim Light Affects Brain Negatively, Impairing Memory And Spatial Learning, Study Suggests The positive effects of bright ambient light are well-known among humans, when it comes to improving cognitive function. A recent study reiterates the point by finding that dim lighting, by contrast, could negatively affect the functioning of the brain ...
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Cell phone radiation: Could high exposure cause tumors? High exposure to radiofrequency radiation resulted in tumors in tissue around the nerves in the hearts of male rats, but not of female rats or male or female mice, according to preliminary conclusions of two studies.
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Health Secretary Duque gets CA nod The Commission on Appointments (CA) has confirmed the appointment of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III amid the Dengvaxia controversy hounding the agency.
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Largest Animal Study of Cell Phone Radiation and Cancer Risk Data from the largest-ever animal study of cell phone radiation effects, released last week by the federal National Toxicology Program (NTP), found an association between cell phone radiation and an increased risk for cancer.
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Olympic security workers contract Norovirus; 900 military personnel called in The organizing committee for the Pyeongchang Olympics has called in 900 military personnel to replace the private security workers after more than three dozen came down with the Norovirus.
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