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Surgery turns Long Island cancer survivor's ankle into new knee joint A 13-year-old cancer survivor from Long Island is able to dance again despite having a left leg that faces backwards, thanks to a rare surgery that used her ankle to make a functioning knee joint.
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OxyContin Creators Being Sued For Causing Deadly Opioid Epidemic OxyContin creators are being sued in an effort to hold them liable for their contributions to the opioid epidemic. Oxycontin makers are being sued.
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Colorado suing opioid manufacturer for deceptive marketing campaign DENVER - The State of Colorado is suing Purdue Pharma, alleging the creator of the opioid drug OxyContin misrepresented the potential for abuse and effectiveness of the drug by sending representatives to medical organizations and doctors' offices to ...
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Mega-rich family behind opioid crisis has second, secret opioid company The Sackler family—the ultra-wealthy family that made billions from illegally marketed opioids and the group largely blamed for sparking and fueling the devastating, $504 billion-per-year epidemic of opioid addiction—has been making even more money ...
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Woman went to hospital struggling to breathe with 28kg tumour in uterus When a 53-year-old woman showed up at hospital, a mass that had first appeared in her uterus many years ago had grown to 28 kilograms.
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Oxycontin Maker Selling Opioid Addiction Drug, Too Monday, Sept. 10, 2018 -- Purdue Pharma, the maker of Oxycontin who some have blamed for the epidemic of opioid painkiller addictions, has patented a medicine aimed at curbing those disorders.
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Long-Term Benzodiazepine Use Strongly Associated With Race, Study Finds When we think of someone who takes a lot of Xanax, Valium, or Klonopin, we may conjure up the image of a rapper with face tattoos, but it's not just young people who use and abuse these sedatives that belong to the class known as benzodiazepines, new ...
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1 in 4 Seniors Who Take Xanax, Valium Use Them Long Term MONDAY, Sept. 10, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- When older people use drugs like Valium or Xanax to calm anxiety or help them sleep, they run a high risk of becoming drug-dependent, new research suggests.
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Abate: Know your risk of prostate cancer Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind lung cancer. Statistics show that one in nine men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime.
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West Nile virus being investigated in West Alabama City and health department officials are again urging residents to take precautions with mosquitoes following a downtown Tuscaloosa resident's recent diagnosis of West Nile virus.
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Backward leg allows young cancer survivor to dance (CNN) It was a cold morning in early December 2016 when Melissa Unger received a phone call at work that changed her family's life forever.
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With flu season on the horizon, a Q&A on this year's vaccine School's back, summer's over, and area pharmacies are enticing customers with low-cost flu vaccinations on every corner. Dr.
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Health Matters: Prostate Cancer Myths Each year more than 160,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer. But when it comes to the understanding the disease, doctors say there are a lot of misconceptions.
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Should I get the influenza vaccine? The tiny fraction (1/1 million) of people who should not get the vaccine are those with a history of an anaphylactic reaction to the vaccine or one of its components, and those with a history of Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
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650 customers at Salt Lake City restaurant may have been exposed to hepatitis A SALT LAKE CITY - Hundreds of customers at a downtown Salt Lake restaurant may have been exposed to hepatitis A from late July through mid-August, and the incident is believed to be related to an ongoing outbreak of the illness in Utah, health ...
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Lifestyle Changes Reduce the Need for Blood Pressure Medications Men and women with high blood pressure reduced the need for antihypertensive medications within 16 weeks after making lifestyle changes, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association's Joint Hypertension 2018 Scientific Sessions, ...
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Doctors gave no reason for a third of opioid prescriptions, study finds Doctors gave no good reason for prescribing opioids to patients close to a third of the time during the buildup to the opioid overdose epidemic, researchers reported Monday.
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Save yourself from hypertension, monitor blood pressure at home Washington D.C. [USA] Sep 9 (ANI): Turns out, home blood pressure monitoring can improve hypertension control and save medical costs.
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Greenville County resident first confirmed West Nile virus death A Greenville County resident is confirmed to have been the first person in South Carolina to die from West Nile virus so far this year.
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Salt Lake Hepatitis A Scare – New Yorker Restaurant Customers who ate at New Yorker Restaurant in Salt Lake between July 25 and Aug. 15 may have been exposed to hepatitis A, health officials said Monday.
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'No Documented Reason' for 1 in 3 Outpatient Opioid Rxs: Study MONDAY, Sept. 10, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- The United States is in the grip of an epidemic of opioid painkiller addiction. But now, research shows that in nearly a third of cases there's no medical reason documented for opioids prescribed in an ...
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Scientists say they've developed blood test that can detect internal body clock Can a blood test tell what time it is in your body? Scientists at Northwestern University think so. In a study published Monday in the medical journal PNAS, researchers reveal that they have invented a new computer algorithm called "TimeSignature" that ...
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Nearly 30% of all opioid prescriptions lack medical explanation (CNN) How large a role do doctors play in the opioid crisis? Nearly 30% of all opioids prescribed in US clinics or doctors' offices lack a documented reason -- such as severe back pain -- to justify a script for these addictive drugs, new research ...
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Ninth case of West Nile virus confirmed in NJ The number of confirmed West Nile cases in the state is continuing to rise. Last week, a ninth person tested positive for virus in Cape May County.
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Simple blood test may reveal your body's inner clock Ever feel like it's 7 am, even though the clock says 9 am? A team of researchers at Northwestern University said Monday they have designed a blood test that can measure a person's inner body clock within 1.5 hours, an advance that may help personalize ...
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Prostate Cancer: Signs, symptoms, and facts every man should know (WJBF) - Prostate cancer is described as the most common, non-skin cancer in America. It is also the second leading cause of cancer death.
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Simple blood test could read people's internal clock (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Rosemary Braun, Northwestern University.
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Factors Predicting Long-term Benzodiazepine Use Identified Poor-quality sleep, prescribing in an extended manner, and white race are key factors that predict conversion to long-term benzodiazepine use in the elderly, a practice that is strongly tied to poor outcomes, including death.
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Monitoring at home yields better blood pressure control Date: September 9, 2018; Source: American Heart Association; Summary: People with high blood pressure are more likely to get it under control if they record blood pressure readings at home and share the data with their healthcare provider.
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Middle-aged should have 'drink-free' days, say campaigners A new campaign is urging people between the ages of 45 and 65 to have regular "drink-free" days. Middle-aged drinkers are more likely than other age group to drink more than the recommended 14 units a week.
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AHA: Many With Supposed Drug-Resistant Blood Pressure Aren't Taking Meds MONDAY, Sept. 10, 2018 (American Heart Association) -- For about one in five people with what appears to be hard-to-treat, or resistant, high blood pressure, they simply aren't taking prescribed medications, new research suggests.
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Many with supposed drug-resistant blood pressure aren't taking meds For about one in five people with what appears to be hard-to-treat, or resistant, high blood pressure, they simply aren't taking prescribed medications, new research suggests.
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England 'won't be cigarette free until after 2050' England won't be entirely cigarette free until after 2050, new research suggests. Some areas will go 'smoke free' sooner than others as experts call for more to be done to help smokers kick the habit.
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Diabetes Patients Are Hacking Together the Tech They Need. Doctors Are Just Tuning In. Twitter is good for more than spreading conspiracy theories - it can also help improve the quality of life of people with health conditions like diabetes.
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Possible Hepatitis A exposure at Salt Lake City restaurant (KUTV) - Customers who consumed food or beverages at the New Yorker Restaurant in downtown Salt Lake City may have been exposed to the Hepatitis A virus, according to the Salt Lake County Health Department.
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Chronic Pain May Be Contributor to Suicide Last Updated: September 10, 2018. Chronic pain may be an important contributor to suicide, with 8.8 percent of suicide decedents having evidence of chronic pain, according to a study published online Sept.
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North Lincolnshire among nine places that will 'not go smoke free' until after 2050 North Lincolnshire will not go smoke free until after 2050, new research shows. The area is one of nine local authorities that is predicted to still be smoking in 32 years' time, according to data conducted by Frontier Economics and commissioned by ...
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TV reporter announces her own daughter's death A SOUTH Dakota TV news reporter who covered the opioid crisis for years reported on the death of her own daughter last week, detailing how the 21-year-old overdosed on fentanyl just days before a scheduled intervention.
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Camden County Woman Contracts West Nile Virus: Officials A 68-year-old woman has been diagnosed with West Nile Virus, the first confirmed case of the disease in Camden County this year, officials announced on Monday.
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Hypertension alert: Healthy eating, regular exercise may reduce drug dependence WASHINGTON D.C. [USA]: Patients with high blood pressure problems can reduce the need for antihypertensive medications within 16 weeks with the help of some lifestyle changes, according to a new study.
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Home Monitoring Helps Control Blood Pressure By Robert Preidt. HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Sept. 10, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Home blood pressure monitoring can improve control of high blood pressure and reduce health care costs.
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Bristol will be first UK city to go smoke-free by 2024 Bristol is predicted to become the first city in the UK to go totally smoke-free - with research suggesting this could happen within the next six years.
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For Alzheimer's caregivers, self-care comes first Caregiving for a loved one with dementia can consume your life. But when everything revolves around that person, no time or energy is left to take care of yourself.
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Youth Vaping a 'Public Health Crisis' In Jefferson County LAKEWOOD, CO - Colorado young people are vaping nicotine at twice the national average, a new study shows, and almost four-times as many Colorado students self-report to vaping than to smoking cigarettes.
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Smart technology and AI could help improve detection of sepsis in children in Canada Smart technology and artificial intelligence could be used to improve detection of sepsis in children in Canada, write authors of a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
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MS patients denied drug which could keep them out of wheelchair Thousands of multiple sclerosis patients have been denied a drug which could delay them needing a wheelchair for seven years, even though the manufacturer has agreed to slash the price.
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Decision on MS drug 'deeply disappointing' The decision not to make a drug which slows the effects of multiple sclerosis (MS) available on the NHS is "deeply disappointing", a charity has said as it launched a petition against the move.
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Ebola fight has new science but faces old hurdles in restive Congo News and research before you hear about it on CNBC and others. Claim your 2-week free trial to StreetInsider Premium here. By Fiston Mahamba.
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'Measles and Rubella vaccination completely safe' SHILLONG, SEPTEMBER 9 (PTI): Health authorities in Meghalaya Sunday said measles and rubella vaccinations are completely safe and essential to save children from the two deadly diseases and ensure their healthy future.
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