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These five healthy habits could extend your life by a dozen years or more, study says You know that getting exercise, eating vegetables and quitting smoking are good for you. A new study shows just how good they are, in terms of the number of years they can add to your life.
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A rare eye cancer showed up in three friends. Doctors want to know if the cases are connected. At least a dozen and a half people have been diagnosed with a rare form of eye cancer in two locations in North Carolina and Alabama, leaving medical experts mystified about the cause.
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Marijuana should be an accepted drug to combat opioid addiction in Illinois Two years ago, an estimated 95 Americans died every day as a result of opioid overdose. Today, that daily death toll is 115. Though our country has spent billions of dollars on efforts to end the opioid crisis, it grows only worse.
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Brainstorm Health: Fighting Pandemics, Obamacare Drama, Allergan Stock Slides Happy Monday, Dailies. Nobody knows the ins and outs of vaccine development like my friend Dr. Bruce Gellin. So when the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Larry and Lucy Page launched their new $12 million public challenge to develop a universal flu ...
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E. coli linked to lettuce The Daily Sun. As of Monday, April 30, 2018 · Sign in to favorite this; Discuss Comment, Blog about; Share this Email, Facebook, Twitter.
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How your diet could influence the age of your menopause A diet high in carbs could bring on an earlier menopause, a study suggests. Eating lots of pasta and rice was associated with reaching menopause one-and-a-half years earlier than the average age of women in the UK of 51.
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E. coli outbreak underscores importance of buying local It's considered the worst outbreak of E. coli since 2006. More than 98 people have been sickened from romaine lettuce coming from a Yuma, Arizona, farm and more than half of those sickened have been hospitalized.
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Music-based treatment may alleviate anxiety, depression in dementia patients The salience network of the brain is responsible for selecting which outside stimuli are deserving of our attention - and it's one of the few regions spared by Alzheimer's.
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Music May Calm the Agitation of Alzheimer's MONDAY, April 30, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Music therapy might help ease the anxiety and agitation that plagues many Alzheimer's patients, researchers suggest.
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16 people in California fall ill due to E. coli in romaine lettuce In one week, 16 people in California have gotten ill from eating romaine lettuce contaminated with E. coli. There are no known cases in San Luis Obispo County but the health department has issued a warning.
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Eaten Alive: Woman known for beauty suffers horrific death at nursing home An investigation uncovered a Georgia nursing home resident died from a scabies infestation. A forensic pathologist who reviewed the case estimates millions of parasitic mites essentially ate her alive over several months or possibly years.
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Puyallup hospital links nurse to 2 patients infected with hepatitis C; 2600 patients urged to seek testing A nurse suspected of stealing injectable drugs and infecting at least two patients with hepatitis C at Puyallup's MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital was "surprised" to learn that she had contracted the disease herself, hospital leaders said Monday.
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American Psychological Association Commemorates Mental Health Awareness Month with Series of Special Activities Newswise - WASHINGTON - The American Psychological Association is honoring Mental Health Awareness Month in May with a range of activities aimed at providing important insights into the status of mental health for minority and vulnerable communities ...
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Survey: Americans want more mental-health services for children A survey released by Nationwide Children's Hospital on Tuesday shows that 87 percent of Americans believe their communities need more mental-health services for children, including prevention and treatment.
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Experts say allergy seasons are getting worse CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) -. As Spring continues sprouting, pollen counts are climbing and allergy sufferers are feeling sick, especially when experts are saying allergy seasons are starting earlier and lasting longer.
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Poll finds 4 in 5 Americans favor increase in mental health support for children According to new public opinion research released today and commissioned by Nationwide Children's Hospital, 87 percent of Americans agree there needs to be more mental health support (including increased treatment, therapy and prevention resources ...
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Update on E. coli outbreak from romaine lettuce More reports of E. coli infections stemming from romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma, Arizona, region have surfaced over the weekend.
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15 Skin Cancer Myths You Need to Stop Believing Right Now That sun-kissed glow may actually be the kiss of cancer. Here are the myths people believe that could raise your risk of skin cancer.
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Efforts ongoing to prevent women from dying during childbirth HONOLULU (KHON2) - A University of Hawaii medical school faculty member is working with the state and local lawmakers to reduce the number of women dying in Hawaii during childbirth.
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How two hospitals harnessed EHRs and other tech tools to go from F to A on Leapfrog safety grades When Leapfrog Group published its semi-annual list of safety grades last week, there was an interesting twist in the results: Five hospitals that at one point in time had received an F now earned an A. [Also: See which states earned an 'A' and those ...
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Why some bacteria eat antibiotics and what we can do about it Antibiotics in the environment contribute to drug resistance. But researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have figured out how some soil bacteria turn the drugs into food.
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Ireland Investigates Cervical Cancer Screening Scandal DUBLIN - The Irish government announced on Monday that it was opening an official inquiry and setting up phone help lines and emergency testing after it emerged that a publicly funded smear test program had mistakenly cleared at least 208 women who ...
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Federal appeals court hears CRISPR patent dispute Here's a double-negative brain twister with potentially huge financial ramifications and a Nobel Prize resting on the answer: For an invention to be "nonobvious"—and therefore patentable in the United States—should there be no guarantee of success ...
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New Indiana Program Addresses Maternal Opioid Crisis INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb joined state health officials Monday in announcing a new program that targets opioid addiction among mothers and newborns.
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Cervical cancer: Get to know the symptoms When I was 24 I noticed that I was bleeding in between periods and after sex. I was on the contraceptive pill at the time so my GP assumed it was a hormonal imbalance of some sort.
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Mother raises thousands for Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) during Autism Awareness Month A mother has raised more than $10,000 for Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect). Jackie Tannos, who works at Rise and Shine Kindergarten at Sylvania, was inspired to step out and help make a difference to children with autism.
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Study to Explore Whether Cannabis Compound Eases Severe Symptoms of Autism Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine are preparing a first-of-its-kind, multidisciplinary investigation to determine if and how cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive compound found in the cannabis plant, provides ...
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Obesity May Accelerate And Worsen Disability In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Findings of a new study involving more than 25,000 patients with rheumatoid arthritis have revealed that obesity may accelerate and worsen the crippling symptoms of the condition.
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'High Risk' Diabetic Woman Who Went Missing Found Safe A diabetic woman considered "high risk" by authorities is found after going missing. What are the risks of diabetic hypoglycemia?
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Vitamin B6 Ups Dream Recall in Randomized Controlled Study Published on April 29, 2018. B6. New research from the University of Adelaide has found that taking vitamin B6 could help people to recall their dreams.
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Malaria kills 200 Ugandans everyday New Novartis study shows why countries will miss malaria eradication targets despite successful prevention campaigns. Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Malaria figures in Uganda are alarming; with 2017 Ministry of Health statistics showing the disease ...
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Vital Signs: Preventing tick bites offers protection from miserable symptoms Can you imagine waking up one day and finding that your face is drooping, or your heartbeat is very slow and you're light-headed?
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