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More than 5 drinks a week could shorten lives by years, study finds People who follow government guidelines to have a drink or so a day could be drinking themselves into an early grave, researchers said Thursday.
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Bathroom Hand Dryers: Another Study Shows How Gross They May Be Want to dry your hands but keep them clean after you've washed them? Those hot air hand dryers in bathrooms may be blowing it.
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'Moderate' drinking guidelines are too loose, study says A sweeping international study of alcohol consumption has found no overall health benefits from moderate drinking and calls into question the U.S.
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Restroom hand dryers could be spraying bacteria on your hands, study says It's important to wash your hands to ward off germs. However, some hand dryers could be doing more harm than good, according to a new report.
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Hand dryers suck in bathroom bacteria and blow them all over your hands, study finds We know fecal bacteria shoots into the air when a lidless toilet flushes - a phenomenon known, grossly, as a "toilet plume".
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Texas's High Maternal Death Rate Attributed To Inaccurate Data In recent years, the maternal death rate in the state of Texas has skyrocketed. Now, investigators have determined that the high rate of maternal deaths in the Lone Star State was actually due to inaccurate reporting on death certificates.
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Bad news night owls: People who go to bed later may be at higher risk of poor health People who describe themselves as an "evening person" may be at higher risk of poor health compared to morning types. The new study followed over 430,000 adults in the United Kingdom between the ages 38 to 73 for six and a half years.
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Inverclyde mum crowdfunds to buy illegal cannabis oil drug for daughter A Scottish mother is asking strangers to help to buy her terminally-ill daughter illegal drugs to prolong her life. Sandra Munford sees cannabis oil as the last hope to help 21-year-old Kate fight a brain tumour.
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How this Utah stage-three breast cancer survivor has helped 37 others through treatment Becky Anderson, left, and Brenda Smith, right, pose at the 4th annual F2TF 5K in honor of Tyler Smith, an Anything for a Friend recipient, whose mantra was "Fight to the Finish.
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CDC investigating E. coli outbreak now in 7 states The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating an outbreak of a particularly nasty strain of E. coli that's sickened people in seven states.
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Non-profit's $300 hepatitis C cure as effective as $84000 alternative Protesters in Barcelona at a demonstration demanding universal access to treatments for hepatitis C. Drugs currently on the market are unaffordable for national health services, including our own NHS.
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Peanut Allergy Vaccine Turns Off Allergic Reactions By Redirecting Immune Response An experimental nasal mist vaccine protected allergic mice from reactions, such as breathing problems and itchy skin, due to exposure to peanuts.
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In opioid epidemic, some cities strain to afford OD antidote On a Baltimore street corner, public health workers hand out a life-saving overdose antidote to residents painfully familiar with the ravages of America's opioid epidemic.
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Could post-surgery healing process trigger cancer spread in breast cancer? If a new study in mice ends up holding true for humans, there may be a new explanation for why breast cancer can spread after surgery.
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University of Minnesota researchers 'getting closer' to trials of vaccine for opioid addiction Researchers at the University of Minnesota are getting closer to clinical trials of a vaccine for opioid addiction. Three studies published in the past six months show incremental success, including one in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental ...
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'Heroines' — and heroes — of the heroin epidemic By SARA ARTHURS. Staff Writer. The woman said she runs into women she used to use drugs with: "They see me clean now, and see that it's possible.
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Above Average: Minnesotans Live Longer Than Most, Study Says Minnesota men lead the nation with a life expectancy of 78.7 years while Minnesota women rank fourth at 82.9 years, the study finds.
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You can get a free dental checkup this weekend in Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Your dental health has a direct affect on the rest of your body. Tooth decay is the one of the most common diseases, second only to the common cold.
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Heavy marijuana use: 'Rare' cannabis syndrome causing vomiting, could affect millions: Study More than 2.75 million people may be suffering from a mysterious ailment caused by heavy marijuana use, researchers have found in one of the first surveys estimating a population that was before considered "rare" or "very rare.
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KC-area measles outbreak: How concerned should you be? TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment reports another measles case in the Kansas City area. KDHE said Thursday the case is in a Missouri resident.
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Another case of measles, more exposure locations reported in Kansas City metro KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Another case of the measles has been confirmed in Kansas City, and with it comes more exposure locations in the metro.
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Former synthetic marijuana user shares his cautionary tale PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - On the evening of March 27 four friends hung out at a Pekin home talking and smoking Spice. By mid-morning the next day, all four were in UnityPoint Health-Methodist suffering from massive bleeding.
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Opioid Crisis Causing Some Employers Rethink Their Drug Policies When you picture a person suffering from opioid addiction, who comes to mind? Do you picture a stranger, a friend or relative? Or how about ... a coworker? If you don't, maybe you should. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 50 ...
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How to lose weight and burn calories faster with this one drink The question of how to lose weight has two obvious answers: regular exercise and a healthy diet. But beyond those two, there are always some natural remedies you could include in your everyday routine to help you shed fat and burn calories better.
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Can weed help you lose weight? Summer is right around the corner, which means it's officially time to get your ass in gear and shed the extra pounds you've been hiding under your Patagonia puffy all winter.
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Promising peanut allergy vaccine misdirects the immune system We don't want to sound ungrateful for everything our immune system does for us, but as people suffering from food allergies can attest, it can be a little overzealous at times.
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Secondhand Pot: Is It Really More Dangerous Than Cigarettes? Have you ever considered that secondhand pot smoke could be a silent killer? Two weeks ago, the Gazette-Times published an article from California reporter, Marissa Ortega-Welch, describing the results of a 2016 study done by cardiology researchers at ...
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Overdose Antidote Is Supposed to Be Easy to Get. It's Not. In 2015, when they unveiled the city's plan to battle opioid-related deaths, Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, said that from that day on, New Yorkers would be able to get the overdose-reversing drug naloxone at participating ...
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Is Your Waiter Stoned? Study Finds Pot Use Highest Among Restaurant Workers THURSDAY, April 12, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- A new survey of workers in pot-friendly Colorado finds the food service industry is the most likely to have employees who use marijuana.
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Women sounded alarm on Essure birth control device. Now the FDA is cracking down. Nine years ago, Angie Firmalino was implanted with a permanent contraceptive device called Essure. The procedure, she says, was "extremely painful," and the discomfort she felt even months later - fevers, achy joints, constant bleeding - was nearly ...
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"Everybody should get this:" Local agencies train as Surgeon General asks as many people as possible to carry Narcan (WDJT) -- It's not just first responders that are being asked to carry the life-saving drug Naxolone, also known as the brand name Narcan -- an antidote for overdoses.
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Cancer Therapeutics and Biotherapeutics Market Growth Analysis, Share, Demand By Regions, Types And Analysis Of ... Cancer Therapeutics and Biotherapeutics Market Report provides current scenario, opportunities, restraints, drivers and the growth forecasts of the market for 2017-2022.
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In opioid epidemic, some cities strain to afford OD antidote In this Jan. 23, 2018 photo, Leah Hill, a behavioral health fellow with the Baltimore City Health Department, displays a sample of Narcan nasal spray in Baltimore.
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Popularity of CBD treatments growing (CBS) -- 26-year-old Jules Hunt is a New York-based wellness blogger. About two months ago she started taking CBD oil once a day. Hunt told us the oil - recommended to her by her doctor - helps her stomach problems and the anxiety that comes with them ...
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Area hospital program aimed at getting more patients into drug treatment Kettering Health Network is rolling out a new partnership that will allow fast response teams to meet with patients who want help for their drug addictions.
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Genetic variant might be a better marker for heart disease Shiv Kumar Viswanathan, Ph.D., Sakthivel Sadayappan, Ph.D., and Jennifer A. Schwanekamp, Ph.D., shown in a laboratory in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
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'Carolina Reaper' pepper sends man to the hospital with 'thunderclap' headaches NEW YORK (CBS NEWS) - If you're thinking of entering a hot chili pepper eating contest, you might want to think twice, doctors caution.
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The Australian was arrested for collecting money for the treatment of cancer invented In Australia the court for three months, have arrested a 24-year-old Hannah Dickinson, who collected 42 thousand Australian dollars ($32.5 thousand) for the treatment of cancer, which she was not.
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Bring Your Unused Prescription Drugs To This Event FARMINGTON HILLS, MI - Residents can safely and anonymously remove prescription drugs from their homes at a take-back event at the Farmington Hills Police headquarters on Saturday, April 28.
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Predictive modeling: Employers' new defense against kidney disease costs When an employee of Hill Country Memorial Hospital developed chronic kidney disease, the not-for-profit hospital in Fredericksburg, Texas faced a whopping bill.
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Making Cigarettes More Expensive Could Save 450 Million Years of Life, Study Says Tobacco currently kills more than 7 million people each year, making it one of the world's most significant threats to public health, according to the World Health Organization.
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