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'Nightmare bacteria' are trying to spread in the US, CDC says "Nightmare bacteria" with the power to resist most antibiotics are popping up across the U.S., but new, aggressive policies can help stop them from spreading, federal health officials said Tuesday.
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Broomfield twin sisters featured on TV show 'The Doctors' after pioneering surgery found dead near Royal Gorge Sisters Amanda, left, and Sara Eldritch are featured in a 2016 Littleton Adventist Hospital publication. Their bodies were found Friday near the Royal Gorge Bridge and Park.
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2 deaths, 54 other cases of severe bleeding tied to fake weed in Illinois Synthetic cannabinoids -- often called Spice, K2 or fake weed -- have been tied to 56 cases of severe bleeding, including two deaths, across Chicago and areas in central Illinois.
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What Is The Condom Snorting Challenge? Teenagers Are Posting Videos Of This Dangerous New Trend Sometimes, the teens are good, like when they're fighting tooth and nail for gun control and getting Laura Ingraham in trouble with her advertisers.
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Studies link legal marijuana with fewer opioid prescriptions Can legalizing marijuana fight the problem of opioid addiction and fatal overdoses? Two new studies in the debate suggest it may. Pot can relieve chronic pain in adults, so advocates for liberalizing marijuana laws have proposed it as a lower-risk ...
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Studies link legal marijuana with fewer opioid prescriptions FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 file photo, a woman holds the prescribed medical marijuana product used to treat her daughter's epilepsy after making a purchase at a medical marijuana dispensary in Butler, Pa.
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Two Deaths And 56 Cases Of Severe Bleeding Have Been Linked To Synthetic Marijuana People in the Chicago area have been hospitalized because they were coughing up blood or had severe nosebleeds, blood in the urine, or bleeding gums.
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A Sudden Loss of Wealth Increases Your Chances of Death When people lose 75% or more of their wealth, they are 50% more likely to die early than people whose wealth remains steady, according to new research.
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In a first, FDA orders recall of a 'contaminated food' — kratom with salmonella The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday ordered a mandatory recall of a Las Vegas company's powdered kratom products because salmonella was found in the herbal supplement.
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Going broke midlife tied to increased risk of premature death (Reuters Health) - Middle-aged adults who lose most of their net worth over a brief period of time are more likely to die prematurely than individuals who hold on to their nest eggs, a U.S.
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Twin 'OCD sisters' Amanda and Sara Eldritch found dead after apparent suicide pact Identical twin sisters who went on TV to talk about their chronic cleanliness compulsion OCD have been found dead after an apparent suicide pact.
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FDA issues rare mandatory recall over salmonella risk in kratom products (CNN) The Food and Drug Administration issued a rare mandatory recall Tuesday for all kratom products manufactured, processed, packed or held by Triangle Pharmanaturals LLC after several of its products tested positive for salmonella.
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FDA flexes muscles, mandates recall of kratom for Salmonella For the first time ever the FDA has ordered a company to recall products, with the dubious honor going to Triangle Pharmanaturals LLC.
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FDA forces mandatory recall of kratom, says it's a first The Food and Drug Administration ordered the mandatory recall Tuesday of kratom products distributed by one company that may be contaminated with salmonella.
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FDA orders kratom product recall over Salmonella; first such mandatory move in history Federal drug regulators issued their first-ever mandatory recall Tuesday to a company selling several products containing the herbal supplement kratom and contaminated with Salmonella.
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Twins with OCD are fatally shot; found fame on 'Doctors' TV show twins Amanda, left, and Sara Eldritch are featured in a 2016 Littleton Adventist Hospital publication. Their bodies were found Friday near the Royal Gorge Bridge and Park.
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Twins sisters featured on 'The Doctors' after OCD surgery found dead in apparent suicide pact Twin sisters who made headlines in 2015 for receiving groundbreaking surgery to treat their obsessive-compulsive disorder were found dead in Colorado in what authorities believe could be a suicide pact.
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Older Americans support medical marijuana, poll finds A national poll of more than 2,000 people aged 50 to 80 found that only 6 percent said they'd used marijuana for medical reasons, while 18 percent said they know someone who has done so.
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The condom challenge isn't the latest teen craze. Here's how it went viral anyway. The only thing viral about the condom challenge right now is the moral panic about the idea of teens doing the condom challenge. (Getty Images).
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VERIFY: Is The Condom-Snorting Challenge Real? When it came to the recent "condom-snorting challenge" headlines, some things just weren't adding up. Author: Jason Puckett.
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Tennessee Medical-Marijuana Bill Dead for the Year One of the lead sponsors of a medical-marijuana bill in Tennessee has withdrawn the measure after telling lawmakers the legislation has been so watered down that passing it would actually harm rather than help patients.
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Local families look ahead to Autism Awareness Month Seven years ago, Brian Schubert and his family moved to Birmingham. A few weeks later, they learned that their daughter, Ady, was diagnosed with Autism.
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How Medical Marijuana Reduces Opioid Use; Saves Lives, Money Medical marijuana laws could be a boon to those battling the opioid epidemic, according to researchers who have identified a link between increased access to medical marijuana and a reduction in opioid prescriptions.
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Eating Pasta Linked to Weight Loss in New Study Updated | Thanks to the popularity of low-carbohydrate diets such as keto and paleo, foods like pasta are widely seen as enemy number one when it comes to weight loss.
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Two new studies show how marijuana can help fight the opioid epidemic Two studies published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine find that the availability of medical and recreational marijuana is linked to lower rates of opiate prescribing.
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Worried pasta will make you fat? Spaghettaboutit. Although pasta science points to it being healthier than other processed carbs, there's not much else to say about it. By Kat Eschner Yesterday at 1:52pm.
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Researchers find letter we've seen millions of times, yet can't write Test yourself: which of these is the form of the lowercase "g" you see in printed materials almost every day? Credit: Johns Hopkins University.
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More on the two new studies showing how marijuana can help fight the opioid epidemic "These findings further strengthen arguments in favor of considering medical applications of cannabis as one tool in the policy arsenal that can be used to diminish the harm of prescription opioids," the authors of one report concluded.
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Alberta woman 1st adult in Canada to be 'cured' of sickle cell anemia through stem cell transplant Revée Agyepong is the first adult in Canada to be cured of sickle cell disease through a stem cell transplant. (Nelly Alberola/Radio-Canada).
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Legal marijuana tied to drop in opioid prescriptions FILE PHOTO: Marijuana is seen for sale at Harborside, one of California's largest and oldest dispensaries of medical marijuana, on the first day of legalized recreational marijuana sales in Oakland, California, U.S.
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Adult recipient of stem cell transplant in Calgary cured of sickle-cell disease An Edmonton woman who received donor stem cells from her sister during a procedure in Calgary last year has been declared cured of her sickle-cell disease and health officials believe Revée Agyepong is the first adult in Canada to be cured of the ...
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Grindr Sets Off Privacy Firestorm After Sharing Users' HIV-Status Data Grindr, the social network aimed at gay, bisexual and transgender men, is facing a firestorm of criticism for sharing users' H.I.
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Crash tests confirm safety of rear-facing carseats in rear impact collisions (Reuters Health) - Infants and toddlers in rear-facing carseats are well-protected even in rear-impact collisions, crash test results suggest.
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Deal Intervenes in Piedmont-BCBS Dispute Just a few hours after this post went live, Gov. Nathan Deal waded into the reimbursement dispute between Piedmont Healthcare, which owns Piedmont Athens Regional and several other Georgia hospitals, and Blue Cross Blue Shield that has thrown thousands ...
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Grindr says it will stop sharing users' HIV data with third-party firms amid backlash Grindr, a popular dating app for gay men, said it will stop sharing users' HIV data with third-party companies that analyze mobile and Web apps.
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Slightly high blood pressure before pregnancy tied to miscarriage risk As a pregnant person's blood pressure increases, the risks of having a miscarriage also increase accordingly. High blood pressure has been linked to miscarriages.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield Adopts Opioid Painkiller Guidelines Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska has adopted federal guidelines on avoiding opioids as painkillers. April 3, 2018, at 7:22 a.m.. Blue Cross Blue Shield Adopts Opioid Painkiller Guidelines. Share. ×. Share on Facebook · Post on Twitter · Post to ...
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Utah hepatitis A outbreak kills two; first deaths from virus in Salt Lake County SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah - The Salt Lake County Health Department has confirmed the first two deaths in Salt Lake County from the hepatitis A outbreak.
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A family dealing with autism hopes their experience helps others understand Chase Albin is a 6-year-old boy diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. He is the youngest of three children in his family. Chase's middle sister also has autism and his parents say that's how they were able to notice red flags related to autism, as ...
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What Parents Of Kids With Autism Wish You Knew There are a lot of misconceptions about autism, particularly when it comes to young children on the spectrum. In honor of Autism Awareness Month, we asked members of the HuffPost Parents Facebook community to share what they wished people understood ...
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Change Your Ways, Reduce Your Risk: Healthy Eating Tips To Prevent Diabetes You can lower your risk for developing the disease through healthy eating and regular exercise. Author: Kandace Redd. Published: 10:56 PM EDT April 2, 2018.
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Medical marijuana may reduce opioid use a little They found states that legalized the medical use of marijuana saw small reductions in opioid prescriptions for Medicare and Medicaid patients.
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Salt Lake County reports first deaths in hepatitis A outbreak The Salt Lake County Health Department announced Tuesday that two county residents have died in Utah's ongoing hepatitis A outbreak.
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Federal court shuts NY cheese facility linked to Listeria outbreak that killed two Your kitchen might be making you sick! Studies from the Journal of Food Protection and Food Protection Trends say these are the filthiest places in your kitchen.
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Is Quitting Facebook Worth It? A Study Found It Can Reduce Stress After Less Than A Week Years ago, I took a break from all social media for nearly two months. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision, but I freed up a lot of my time.
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Prisons and jails are not a mental health system This photo shows Dorothy Dix's portrait hanging above her desk, at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Oct. 21, 1982, Washington, D.C. In 1855, Dix, who believed that the mentally ill could be returned to normal health, persuaded a farmer to sell the land which ...
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2 die from hepatitis A, marking first deaths in Utah outbreak SALT LAKE CITY - Two Utahns have died from hepatitis A, marking the first deaths amid the state's hepatitis A outbreak, health officials said Tuesday.
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STEEVES: How you eat can improve your mental health Every culture in every part of the world follows "if I love you I will feed you." Weddings are such a great example. The time and effort that goes into the decision of the meals, special health considerations, food allergies and the spare-no-expense ...
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Does City Living Hurt Mental Health? From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Are people happier in nature with blue skies overhead and fresh green grass underfoot?
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The Epic Way This Mom Clapped Back When She Was Told She Was Too Old to Breastfeed Ask any new mom, and she'll tell you how friends, family, and even random strangers are always offering unsolicited advice concerning when and how she should breastfeed.
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