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Over 600 Arrested in Healthcare Fraud Sweep By Pat Anson, Editor. Over 600 doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other medical providers have been arrested in what the U.S. Justice Department is calling its largest healthcare fraud investigation.
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US charges hundreds in healthcare fraud, opioid crackdown (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday announced charges against 601 people including doctors for taking part in healthcare frauds that resulted in over $2 billion in losses and contributed to the nation's opioid epidemic in some cases.
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States Where the Most People Get Enough Exercise in Their Spare Time Most Americans don't work out enough. Those who do - and where they live - vary greatly. Regular exercise lowers the risk of developing many chronic conditions and some cancers, but about 77 percent of American adults between 18 and 64 did not meet ...
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Survey: Exercise and obesity are both rising in US NEW YORK - It may seem like a contradiction, but more adults in the U.S. say they are exercising at the same time more of them are becoming obese.
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Can humans reach even older age? We haven't maxed out yet, some scientists say On the day that one becomes an octogenarian, nature bestows a mathematical birthday gift: a gradual reprieve from the relentlessly increasing likelihood that he or she will die in the coming year.
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How Long Can We Live? The Limit Hasn't Been Reached, Study Finds Since 1900, average life expectancy around the globe has more than doubled, thanks to better public health, sanitation and food supplies.
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San Diego woman injured parasailing undergoes surgery at UCSD SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - A vacation nightmare is nearly over as the San Diego woman injured parasailing in Mexico is beginning her medical journey in the United States.
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Family of baby treated at hospital with bottle of formula gets $18G bill: report A bottle of formula and a nap cost $18,000, according to a family whose son was treated at a San Francisco hospital after a head injury.
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Study of super-agers shows we may be evolving to live longer Want to live the longest life you possibly can? The secret seems to be to just hang in there. A study of the very oldest people alive in Italy shows that once they reached the age of 105, they were less likely to die right away than younger people.
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Jahi McMath, Who Doctors Declared Brain Dead 5 Years Ago Sparking Court Battle with Her Mom, Dies A California teen girl at the center of a medical care debate has died five years after doctors declared her brain dead. Jahi McMath, 17, was removed from life-support machines that helped her breath after she suffered from internal bleeding and kidney ...
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Dirty canal water may have tainted romaine lettuce with E. coli Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE. Contaminated irrigation canals may have helped spread the E. coli bacteria that spoiled fields of romaine lettuce and made the ...
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Jahi McMath, California teen at center brain-death controversy, has died (CNN) Jahi McMath, an Oakland teenager whose brain-death following a routine tonsil surgery in 2013 created national headlines, died on June 22, according to the family's attorney.
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GRAPHIC IMAGES: Alabama woman's 50-pound weight gain turns out to be massive ovarian cyst For months, Kayla Rahn of Montgomery, Alabama had unexplained stomach pain and was unable to lose weight. The situation was taking a toll on her life and well-being.
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Virginia Attorney General sues OxyContin maker: "Decades-long campaign of lies and misrepresentations" TAZWELL COUNTY, Va - In what was described as a "decades-long campaign of lies and misrepresentations," Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring filed legal action against pharmaceutical giant Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, for contributing to ...
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Here's the real reason so many Americans get food poisoning Government scientists trying out a new kitchen safety training video got an unpleasant surprise when they watched how people behave during food preparation.
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Woman Drifts for 45 Minutes in Terrifying Parasailing Accident Before Crashing, Breaking 4 Ribs A woman who was seriously injured in a freak parasailing accident in Mexico was life-flighted back to California on Tuesday night to undergo further treatment.
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Teen who died on overnight school trip suffered from toxic shock syndrome, coroner says A coroner's report has confirmed that a Canadian teen who died during an overnight school trip suffered from toxic shock syndrome (TSS).
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Odds of living to 110-plus level out — once you hit 105 Want to be a supercentenarian? The chances of reaching the ripe old age of 110 are within reach - if you survive the perilous 90s and make it to 105 when death rates level out, according to a study of extremely old Italians led by UC Berkeley and ...
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16-Year-Old Girl Dies During Overnight School Trip Due To Toxic Shock Syndrome A Canadian teenager died in March 2017 during an overnight school trip due to toxic shock syndrome. The 16-year-old girl was on an education trip on Hornby Island, near Vancouver Island, and was unresponsive in bed.
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What to Know About Necrosis, the Deadly Disease That Made a Man Smell So Bad His Plane Had an Emergency ... In May, a flight from Spain to the Netherlands had to make an emergency landing because of the overpowering body odor of a man on board the plane.
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Does sticking with the same doctor lead to a longer life? About 21 percent of Americans do not have a personal doctor, according to the 2016 analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation, with Alaska topping out at 32.2 percent.
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GRAPHIC: Mom posts photo of baby breaking leg on slide as warning to parents (RNN) - Heather Clare shares the shocking picture so it won't happen again. MOREAdditional LinksPoll. The photo shows the exact moment her daughter Meadow's leg broke while the two of them were going down a slide together.
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Their daughter was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. Two weeks later, their son was too Duncan Avery thought his son was imitating his big sister when he said his head hurt. Avery's other child, 6-year-old Kalea, had been diagnosed with a brain tumor a week earlier.
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Epic fail: 97 percent have dirty hands at dinner table, in kitchen The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that new research shows consumers are failing to properly clean their hands when it comes to washing them before meals.
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Health Matters: Want to reduce skin cancer risk? Follow the rules of sunscreen application. Protecting your skin from the sun takes some effort, but it is well worth it to reduce the risk of both skin cancer and aging. Protecting yourself however, is a lot more than a few swipes of sunscreen when you happen to remember.
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Mosquitoes in Evanston and 2 other North Shore towns test positive for West Nile virus Mosquitoes that tested positive for the West Nile virus have turned up in Evanston and other north suburbs for the first time this summer, according to a news release Wednesday from the North Shore Mosquito Abatement District.
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'Fundamental Shift' Needed To Protect Miners From Deadly Black Lung New and tougher rules designed to protect coal miners from the coal and silica dust that causes the fatal disease black lung may not be enough to stem an "epidemic" of the worst stages of the disease or the highest rates of disease in Central ...
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Surgeons create penis for transgender man, 28, using skin from his forearm that allows him to urinate and orgasm Elijah Stephens, 28, started transitioning to male in 2008; He was assigned female at birth but said he never felt complete; Stephens was diagnosed with gender dysphoria around 2012 and started on hormone therapy in 2014; He underwent top surgery on ...
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A Shocking Percentage of Americans Don't Exercise Enough, CDC Says Less than a quarter of Americans are getting enough exercise, based on federal standards. Only 22.9% of U.S. adults from 18 to 64 met 2008 guidelines for both aerobic and muscle-strengthening exercise between 2010 and 2015, according to new Centers ...
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Could an Epilepsy Drug Change Federal Policy on Marijuana? Probably Not After years of anecdotal stories from parents who used a marijuana derivative to help control their children's seizures, a version of the compound will soon be available in a prescription form.
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'Fortnite' Addiction Now A Recognized Mental Health Disorder: What Health Experts Say Children who are so deeply engrossed in Fortnite, along with other video games, now officially have a health issue. The World Health Organization has classified gaming disorder as a mental health problem.
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Penicillin Allergy Linked to MRSA, C difficile Infections Patients with a documented penicillin allergy have a higher risk of developing new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile infections, a study has shown.
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Fit at midlife may mean healthier brain, stronger heart later WEDNESDAY, June 27, 2018 -- If you're fit in middle age, you might be guarding against not only depression as a senior, but also dying from heart disease if you do develop depression, a new study suggests.
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Sickle Cell Disease Group Launches Registry for Oft-Ignored Patients The online tool, Get Connected, is an outreach vehicle for the estimated 100,000 Americans with the disease. Sickle cell disease is a blood disorder that's complicated to diagnose and treat.
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Public health emergency declared over Papua New Guinea polio outbreak A public health emergency has been declared in three Papua New Guinea provinces as the country responds to its first polio outbreak in 18 years.
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GBT Eyes Fast Nod for Sickle Cell Drug but Won't Use Patient-Reported Data Xconomy San Francisco —. Global Blood Therapeutics hasn't finished testing its treatment for sickle cell disease, but the South San Francisco, CA-based company thinks it can get a fast-track approval for the once-a-day pill, voxelotor, from the FDA ...
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