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Why Are So Many Americans Flushing Their Contacts Down the Toilet? I hadn't given much thought to throwing away my contacts in the toilet. I don't do it often, just when the bathroom trash can is full.
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Do you flush your contact lenses? Here's why you should stop (CNN) Ever wonder what happens to disposable contact lenses when it's time to actually dispose of them? Some scientists at Arizona State University asked that question and found that a lot of them are going down the sink or getting flushed down the ...
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Doctors Not Talking About Newer Meningitis Vaccine By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Aug. 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Many U.S. doctors aren't telling teenaged patients and their parents about a newer vaccine for potentially deadly bacterial meningitis infections, a new study finds.
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A Harvard professor just busted the myth that coconut oil is good for you, calling it 'pure poison' A Harvard professor made some controversial comments concerning coconut oil in a lecture posted on YouTube. The video, which has garnered 400,000 hits, comes after the American Heart Association advised people to avoid coconut oil.
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Low and high carb diets increase risk of early death, study finds Baked goods at the Nautica South Beach Triathlon. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/UIG via Getty Images). Low and high carb diets increase risk of early death, study finds Image copyright 2018 Getty Images.
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11-Year-Old Boy Dying From Leukemia Asks People To Send Him Racing Stickers For His Casket An 11-year-old boy from Iowa, who is dying from leukemia, wishes for people to send him racing stickers so that his casket will be decorated with them.
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Stressed at Work? Open Office Plan Might Help MONDAY, Aug. 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Maybe it's time to retire the office cubicle. A new study suggests that open workspaces without partitions between desks encourage employees to be more active and help curb stress.
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Arizona Judge Rejects Autism as a Medical Cannabis Condition Autism is a qualifying condition for medical cannabis in a handful of states, but Arizona won't be among them anytime soon. An administrative law judge in Phoenix has upheld the Arizona Department of Health Services' denial of a petition to add autism ...
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Medical marijuana can treat a variety of ailments — here's how it works in the body Americans who doubt that marijuana has medicinal benefits are now - squarely - in the minority. According to a Healthday/Harris Poll released this July, nearly nine in 10 Americans now support legalizing the drug for medicinal use (compared to just ...
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Facebook and NYU want to use AI to make MRI exams faster An MRI scanner. Muffet/Flickr. MRI scans may some day be available for a lot more people in need. Facebook on Monday said it's teaming up with NYU School of Medicine's Department of Radiology to launch "fastMRI," a collaborative research project that ...
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Your office may be affecting your health Workers in open office seating had less daytime stress and greater daytime activity levels compared to workers in private offices and cubicles, according to new research led by the University of Arizona.
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Open plan offices may be better for health, study suggests Office managers should remove partitions between workers' desks to improve employee health, a study suggests. Having partitions, working in cubicles or in private offices may have implications on workers' stress levels, the research found.
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Europe sees sharp rise in measles: 41000 cases, 37 deaths BERLIN - The World Health Organization says the number of measles cases in Europe jumped sharply during the first six months of 2018 and at least 37 people have died.
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23rd case of West Nile reported in MS; brings total to 9 in Hind - WMC Action News 5 - Memphis, Tennessee If you live in Jackson, the Mississippi Department of Health is now warning you to prepare for mosquitoes. Two new cases of West Nile Virus have been reported, nine of those cases right here in Hinds County, bringing the state's total to 23.
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First Case Of West Nile Virus In Arlington Confirmed The Arlington County Public Health has recorded its first reported case of West Nile virus in a human this year. Local health officials announced the infection of a resident through a press release published on Friday, Aug. 18.
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SURVEY: Parents concerned about health, employment effects stemming from tattoos ANN ARBOR, Mich. - In a recent survey taken by the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health at the University of Michigan, 78 percent of parents would not want their children to have a tattoo, especially during the early portion ...
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Malnourished BC orca might have parasite that can be treated An emaciated killer whale might have a common parasite that can be treated with antibiotics and a de-worming medication. Lindsay Kines, Times Colonist.
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J50 Orca Update: Scientists going to try to get her second dose of meds FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. -- Scientists and veterinarians monitoring the health of the sickened Orca known as J50 said they spent three hours watching her and her J pod as they returned to the Salish Sea Saturday and noted some slight improvement in her ...
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Radnor Anti-Mosquito Spraying Set For Monday Night After weather postponed Friday's planned anti-mosquito spraying in Radnor Township, crews will now spray the areas of Radnor Monday night.
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Moderate 'bad cholesterol' levels tied to early death for healthy people (Reuters Health) - Healthy adults who don't keep their LDL-C, or "bad cholesterol," in check are more likely to die prematurely from cardiovascular disease than peers with lower cholesterol levels, a U.S.
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Arlington reports first case of West Nile virus this year WASHINGTON - With summer winding down, Arlington County, Virginia, has reported its first case of West Nile virus this year. The county's health division said in a release on Friday that this serves as a reminder that West Nile is present in the ...
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Drug overdose death continues to increase in Upper Michigan MARQUETTE COUNTY, Mich. (WLUC) - Deaths from drug overdoses are continuing to increase in Michigan and according to the Centers for Disease Control, these deaths now exceed traffic and gun deaths combined.
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Vaping Can Damage DNA, But Will It Cause Cancer? MONDAY, Aug. 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- E-cigarettes produce chemicals that can damage a person's DNA, the first step on a path that might lead to cancer, a new study reports.
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More people died from opioid overdoses than by guns or car crashes in 2017, preliminary data shows Preliminary data released by the Centers for Disease and Control paints a grim picture of America's opioid crisis. Even as awareness has increased across the nation and opioid makers have vowed to stop pushing the drugs to physicians as they face ...
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Blood pressure guidelines don't allow for how old and frail my mother was Last summer, during a routine visit by my 92-year-old mother to a cardiologist for a pacemaker check, her systolic blood pressure registered a dangerously high 220, over 94, a reading that sent her - and me - on a difficult journey through changing ...
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Holidaymakers urged to check vaccination status as cases of measles soar The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Add your comment.
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Medical marijuana can treat a variety of ailments — here's how it works in the body Americans who doubt that marijuana has medicinal benefits are now - squarely - in the minority. According to a Healthday/Harris Poll released this July, nearly 9 in 10 Americans now support legalizing the drug for medicinal use (compared to just 57 ...
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Workers in open-plan offices 'more active' Workers in open-plan offices are more active and less stressed than those with desks in cubicles or private offices, research suggests.
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Report: Tennessee posts highest number of overdose deaths on record Heroin and doses of a deadly drug cocktail mixed with Fentanyl combined with the ongoing opioid epidemic has resulted in the most overdose deaths in Tennessee since the state's health department began keeping records.
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Scientists examine effects of consuming high-protein milk at breakfast on blood glucose levels, satiety Effects of protein composition and concentration detailed in a new study from the Journal of Dairy Science®. A change in breakfast routine may provide benefits for the management of type 2 diabetes, according to a new study published in the Journal of ...
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Researchers to try to treat ailing orca J50 for worms J50 and her family were on the outer coast of British Columbia on Sunday but if they return to within range, getting some medicine into her is a top priority, according to the agency.
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Ebola death toll rises in DRC outbreak Kinshasa - The deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has now claimed 49 lives since the start of August, the government has said, and the World Health Organization (WHO) expects more cases.
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Staff in open plan offices are fitter and less stressed Workers cooped up in cubicles or small private rooms get less exercise than those who have an open vista, a study has shown. Ian Sample Science editor.
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Opioid addiction skyrockets in pregnant women, CDC says KNOXVILLE, TN (CNN/RNN) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year.
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Why Are Black And Latino Kids More Likely To Die Of Certain Cancers? When it comes to cancer survival, the United States is sharply divided by race. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the cancer death rate for African-Americans is 25 percent higher than whites, and Hispanics and Latinos are ...
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Wyoming had largest drop in drug overdose deaths last year, state, federal reports show Wyoming experienced a 33 percent drop in overdose deaths between January 2017 and the beginning of this year, state and federal reports found, the highest drop in the nation.
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Measles surge in Europe: What does it mean for Australia? Measles cases in Europe have hit a two-decade high, with the number of cases contracted in the first six months of 2018 nearly double that for the whole of 2017.
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Eat Strawberries To Keep Your Gut Healthy; 5 Benefits of Strawberries You Should Know According to the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the U.S., eating strawberries at a dose equivalent to as low as three quarters of a cup may reduce colonic inflammation and improve gut health.
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New MRSA buster can wipe out superbug plaguing hospitals and killing Brits using light beam and oxygen cells Scientists are developing a new way of wiping out the deadly hospital superbug MRSA. Light is used to turn oxygen into killer cells that attack the antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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Proclamation supports breastfeeding, awareness effort August will be known in Norman as Breastfeeding Awareness Month after the mayor issued a proclamation as part of a campaign that encourages businesses to accommodate nursing mothers.
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Type-2 diabetes: Eating THIS food helps to reverse blood sugar risk Diabetes affects around 3.7 million people in the UK. Type-2 is the most common form of the condition as it tends to be sparked by lifestyle factors.
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Ebola deaths in DRC rises to 49 with 2 000 feared 'contacts' The deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has now claimed 49 lives since the start of the month, the government has said, and the World Health Organisation expects more cases.
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Accidental opioid deaths on rise: report The number of Australians dying after accidentally overdosing on prescription opioids such as oxycodone is on the rise. A total of 1045 people died of an opioid overdose in 2016, and three-quarters of the deaths were related to prescription opioids ...
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WHO places a new drug in the priority drugs list for treating multi-drug resistant TB Bedaquiline, a Group C drug has been recently placed by World Health Organisation (WHO) under Group A belonging to the priority drugs list required for treating multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.
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Youngest person ever given new face in transplant surgery The September National Geographic cover story follows Katie Stubblefield as she is given the face of 31-year-old donor Adrea Schneider, a woman who died of a cocaine overdose.
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A New Blood Test To Detect Cancer Uses Malaria Protein In many cases, early detection of cancer is crucial in surviving the disease. Now, a new blood test shows great promise on that front.
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Eye on Parkinson's: Scan may detect earliest signs of disease A thinning retina was correlated to progression of Parkinson's disease in new data published in an August issue of Neurology. The thinner the retina, the greater the severity of the disease, said study author Jee-Young Lee, MD, Ph.
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Cervical Cancer Survivor Shares Her Battle Lucy Phillips never thought she would get cancer, and she never dreamed that it would come from HPV, but when she got the results back from a regular screening pap smear, her whole world changed.
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Cystic Fibrosis 'wonder drug' gets approval They said now was the best time to have a child with Cystic Fibrosis because in their daughter Ashlin's lifetime there would be a cure or at least something very close.
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What makes wheat tick? A major international research collaboration has revealed what makes wheat tick, promising discoveries to combat disease and produce higher yields more sustainably in tough conditions.
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