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The blemishes moving around on her face turned out to be a parasitic worm First, it appeared as a tiny blemish under the eye. But over the next two weeks, the 32-year-old woman watched it move - snapping photos as it formed bumps above her eye before it made its way down into her lip, forcing her mouth to swell.
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The Healthy Addiction? Coffee Study Finds More Health Benefits It's enough to make a tea drinker buy an espresso machine. In a new study scientists in Germany report they were able to modify a common age-related defect in the hearts of mice with doses of caffeine equivalent to four to five cups of coffee a day for ...
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Keystone virus makes first jump from mosquitoes to humans with confirmed case in Florida teen The Keystone virus might be more common in humans than doctors originally thought, according to research from the University of Florida.
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Ohio declares outbreak of hepatitis A COLUMBUS - The Ohio Department of Health has declared a "statewide community outbreak" of hepatitis A after observing an increase in cases linked to certain risk factors.
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Ohio Health Department declares hepatitis A outbreak COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Department of Health declared a statewide community outbreak of hepatitis A on Friday evening. The declaration followed the reporting of 79 hepatitis A cases in Ohio so far this year, almost double the number reported in all ...
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Cocaine in rivers harming endangered eels: study For eels, the drugs don't work. Tiny concentrations of cocaine flushed into rivers causes eels to become not only hyperactive but to suffer from muscle wastage, impaired gills and hormonal changes.
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Health Department: Tick and mosquito safety Summer is here and so are ticks and mosquitos. With an increase of tick and mosquito activity, it's important to prevent tick and mosquito bites.
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Connections between Alzheimer's Disease and viruses are building, but stop freaking out about herpes It starts with forgetting things you just learned, but over time, it becomes debilitating: Alzheimer's disease is the sixth most common cause of death in the United States according to the Alzheimer's Association.
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Rare Hantavirus May Have Caused Belmont Racetrack Worker's Death A worker at Belmont Park racetrack has died in what health officials believe may be a rare case of hantavirus in New York State. The worker, whose name has not been released, was found earlier this month collapsed outside the ramshackle employee ...
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New evidence that viruses may play a role in Alzheimer's WASHINGTON | Viruses that sneak into the brain just might play a role in Alzheimer's, scientists reported Thursday in a provocative study that promises to re-ignite some long-debated theories about what triggers the mind-robbing disease.
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FDA Approves First Implantable Continuous Glucose Monitor The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever implantable continuous glucose monitoring system, the Eversense CGM (Senseonics), for people aged 18 years and older with diabetes.
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Normalisation of 'plus-size' risks hidden danger of obesity, study finds New research warns that the normalisation of 'plus-size' body shapes may be leading to an increasing number of people underestimating their weight—undermining efforts to tackle England's ever-growing obesity problem.
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Measles exposure warning issued by NJ health department People who visited a gym in Burlington County or doctor offices in Burlington and Camden counties earlier this month may have been exposed to measles, the state Health Department announced Friday.
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Diabetes Patients at Risk From Rising Insulin Prices A surprisingly large number of people with diabetes are using less insulin than prescribed because of the rising cost of the drug, putting themselves in danger of serious complications.
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Bill Gates donates $4M to create mosquitoes that kill each other using sex Microsoft founder Bill Gates is pouring £3 million ($4 million) into a project to create killer mosquitoes that destroy each other through sex.
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Giant spoon erected in front of pharmaceutical company to protest opioid addiction A giant spoon was left in front of a pharmaceutical company in protest by a Connecticut artist. >> Read more trending news. The 800-pound, 11-foot-long steel spoon symbolizes a much heavier burden for two artists.
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Medical Research: Normalization of 'Plus-Size' Bodies Increases Obesity Risk Medical research from the University of East Anglia in the UK suggests that the normalization of "plus-size" bodies has led to an increased risk of obesity.
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Bill Gates Finances Plan To Eradicate Malaria With Mosquitoes That Kill Each Other During Sex Bill Gates has pledged to save the world from malaria, and now he is using science to try to tackle the global problem once and for all.
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Sunscreen 101: Your guide to summer sun protection and sunburn care (CNN) Whether you're preparing for a day at the beach or an outdoor picnic this summer, make sure to put sun protection on your to-do list.
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Ship with reported norovirus outbreak stops in Alaska The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report an outbreak of norovirus on a cruise ship in Alaska. KTOO public media reports 73 people have reported getting sick on the Holland America cruise ship Zaandam.
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Why some people get more mosquito bites than others It's true. Mosquitoes like some people more than others. The annoying insect also loves to breed in California. The state is home to the most mosquito-transmitted diseases in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
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Texas mom breaks down as her 1-year-old hears for the first time (AMARILLO, Texas) - A Texas mother burst into tears when she saw her 1-year-old daughter could hear sound for the first time. The little girl was born unable to hear and doctors implanted a hearing device in May, but they did not activate it until ...
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Screen time harm to children is unproven, say experts While some have called for parents to set boundaries, scientists say 99% of a child's wellbeing has nothing to do with screen viewing.
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'E-skin' lets prosthetic hands sense touch and pain A new electronic "skin" may restore a sense of touch for amputees who use prosthetic hands. The skin's inventors say that when the "e-dermis" is layered on top of a prosthetic, it brings back feeling through the fingertips.
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Warming drives spread of toxic algae in US, researchers say SALEM, Ore. - The words blasted to cellphones around Oregon's capital city were ominous: "Civil emergency . prepare for action.
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What brain science tells us about family separations As news coverage of the separation of migrant children from their parents at the southern U.S. border has unfolded in recent weeks, one aspect of the story that hasn't received much attention is what brain science tells us about the likely effects of ...
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Big tech will end up like big tobacco, regulated and taxed for social evils Sam Gyimah, the universities minister, likened technology groups to modern polluters this week, saying in the light of accusations from the chief executive of NHS England that web companies are fuelling a crisis in child mental health, that if you were ...
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