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Feds' new campaign against youth vaping 'epidemic' targets middle and high schoolers The Food and Drug Administration is launching a first-of-its-kind public service campaign against youth vaping on Tuesday that will try new ways of reaching young people who have become hooked on nicotine.
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Scientists determine four personality types based on new data Northwestern University researchers have sifted through data from more than 1.5 million questionnaire respondents and found at least four distinct clusters of personality types exist: average, reserved, self-centered and role model.
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Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus caused by infected mosquitoes detected in DeKalb DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- It's rare, but it's been detected here. The DeKalb County Board of Health said it identified the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus at one of its mosquito surveillance sites in the southern part of the county.
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Man who lost limbs after contracting bacteria found in dog saliva speaks out WEST BEND - By the time Greg Manteufel, 48, reached the hospital in late June, "my face was all red and blue, and it started going down the rest of my body," he said.
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Wisconsin man loses limbs after contracting unusual dog-related infection A Wisconsin man has lost both his hands and legs after contracting an infection possibly transferred to him through his dog's saliva.
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Man loses hands and feet after dog-related infection (CNN) By the time Greg Manteufel, 48, reached the hospital in late June, "my face was all red and blue, and it started going down the rest of my body," he said.
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Organs from a single donor spread breast cancer to 4 transplant recipients in an 'extraordinary case' One organ donor's unknown cancer spread to multiple transplant recipients, a new report says. nimon/Shutterstock. Organs from a single donor spread breast cancer to four transplant recipients, according to a new report in the American Journal of ...
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Michigan resident infected with deadly mosquito-borne illness, health officials say For the first time since 2016, a Michigan resident has been diagnosed with a case of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a mosquito-borne virus that can lead to "lasting brain damage" and even death, the state's Department of Health and Human Services ...
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Tell middle-aged drinkers they're embarrassing, study says – Ireland Warning middle aged people they risk embarrassing themselves through drinking is more effective at improving behaviour than highlighting the health implications, a new study has found.
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Middle-aged moderate drinkers worried about respectability – not health Middle-aged drinkers who consume low levels of alcohol have either minor or non-existent concerns about the health effects of drinking, according to a new systematic review.
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Are These Four Personality Types for Real? Scientists have discovered four main personality types, but put the brakes on your visions of a Harry Potter-style Sorting Hat. Chances are, you're just average.
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New study raises questions about daily aspirin therapy for healthy seniors New research raises questions about aspirin therapy, where people take daily, low doses of the drug. Three reports in the New England Journal of Medicine found that among healthy senior citizens, the death rate for those taking daily aspirin was higher ...
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Drinking habits all about image, not health: new study MIDDLE-aged drinkers care more about whether their habit harms their image rather than their health, research says. Older age groups drink in a way that allows them to carry out their responsibilities and believe as long as they are not slurring ...
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CDC confirms that teens are vaping weed The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are onto the fact that young people are using e-cigarettes to vape cannabis. Now, thanks to a new study, the CDC has a better sense for just how common it is.
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Could Household Cleaners Make Your Kid Fat? By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Sept. 17, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- If you're a clean freak, you could be inadvertently fattening your children, a new study suggests.
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Middle-aged drinkers more concerned about reputation than health risks, study says LONDON (CNN) - Middle-aged drinkers are more concerned about their embarrassing or childish behavior resulting from drinking alcohol than about the health risks associated with it, a new study has found.
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One in 11 US teens have vaped cannabis, new study finds One in 11 US teenagers has used a vapouriser to consume cannabis, according to a new study which calls it an emerging and dangerous trend.
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Aspirin fails to improve CV outcomes, raises hemorrhage risk in older adults Among older adults, low-dose aspirin did not reduce CVD risk vs. placebo and conferred an increase in risk for major hemorrhage, according to results of the ASPREE trial.
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Doctors Call For Baby Walker Ban As ERs Treat Thousands Of Injuries Per Year Hospital emergency rooms treat thousands of babies per year because of injuries linked to use of baby walkers. Using data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, Gary Smith, from the Nationwide Children's Hospital in Ohio, and ...
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Landmark Australian Study Shows Aspirin Not Effective In Preventing Cardiovascular Problems In Elderly Patients Aspirin would not be able to prevent cardiovascular diseases or any other illnesses in elderly patients, a new study has confirmed.
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Are household disinfectants making kids overweight? Obesity affects nearly 1 in 6 children in the United States, according to new data from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's State of Obesity report.
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Eating junk food tied to higher risk of numerous cancers (CNN) You probably already know that junk food, though delicious, is bad for you. It can have negative health effects such as increasing your risk of heart disease, metabolic disease and even cancer.
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Big Data Study Challenges Thinking on Personality Types New research using Big Data suggests established psychological paradigms on personality types may need to be revised. In the study, Northwestern University researchers analyzed data from more than 1.5 million questionnaire respondents.
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Officials: Two more people infected with West Nile virus in Suffolk County Two more people in Suffolk were hospitalized this year after being infected by the West Nile virus, the Suffolk County health department said Tuesday.
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Eating junk food tied to higher risk of numerous cancers You probably already know that junk food, though delicious, is bad for you. It can have negative health effects such as increasing your risk of heart disease, metabolic disease and even cancer.
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CRISPR gene editing creates cocaine-proof mice, aims to crack addiction puzzle Gene editing has already given us malaria-resistant mosquitoes and heat-resistant cows. Now, researchers from the University of Chicago may have topped both of those feats with their latest creation: Cocaine-resistant mice.
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'Don't Punish Pain' Movement: Group Pushing For Opioid Database By Shawn Chitnis. DENVER (CBS4) - People suffering with chronic pain rallied on the steps of the State Capitol building Tuesday as part of a national movement called "Don't Punish Pain.
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After thousands of injuries, doctors call for ban on infant walkers To many parents, they seem like a safe and easy way for babies to get around, but infant walkers create so many injuries each year that the American Academy of Pediatrics called for a ban Monday.
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More than 9000 US children are injured by infant walkers every year, study finds Changes in safety standards led to a steep drop in the number of babies injured using infant walkers. Still, more than 9,000 US children are injured using the devices every year, according to a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.
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Eating junk food tied to higher risk of numerous cancers (CNN) - You probably already know that junk food, though delicious, is bad for you. It can have negative health effects such as increasing your risk of heart disease, metabolic disease and even cancer.
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Entire neighborhood celebrates Christmas early for boy with terminal brain cancer BURLINGTON, Ky. (WKRC) - It's been quite a week for the Allen family. Shilo Allen made a Facebook post asking people to donate Christmas decorations to help her son celebrate during the limited time they have with him and people all over the world have ...
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2000 US kids go to the emergency room every year because of baby walkers In the 1970s, a time when the market for infant walkers was booming, babies were showing up in the emergency room nearly every day after falling from the walkers with injuries like broken bones, concussions, and skull fractures.
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West Nile virus found in 3 more areas of Knox County; mosquito spraying planned West Nile virus has been found in Culex mosquitoes in three more areas of Knox County, the Knox County Health Department reported Tuesday.
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Pain patients in Kansas City join nationwide 'Don't Punish Pain' demonstrations KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Government data shows more than 100 people per day die from opioid-related drug overdoses. In response to the growing opioid crisis, some doctors are cutting back on prescribing pain medications.
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Health officials investigate whether NJ man died from West Nile virus When Fred J. Maikisch, a popular little league coach from Lodi, was hospitalized in an intensive care unit a week ago, his sister said his body had been ravaged from West Nile Virus.
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California: Drugmaker paid doctors to overprescribe Humira SAN FRANCISCO - Pharmaceutical giant AbbVie illegally plied doctors with cash, gifts and services to prescribe one of the world's best-selling drugs, Humira, despite its potentially deadly complications, a California official said in a lawsuit filed ...
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Local clinics say flu shots are hard to get this season MONROE, La. (KNOE) - With flu season around the corner, Geaux Family Health says it's getting harder to prepare. "So there is supposedly a back order of the flu shot," says nurse practitioner Krista Jones, "I know bigger facilities probably don't have ...
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Infant walkers provide no benefit, cause much harm: Study More than 230,000 children under 15 months of age were treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments between 1990 and 2014 due to infant walker-related injuries, according to a new study today published in the journal Pediatrics.
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Post-Rain Mushrooms Across Central Texas Could Sicken Your Dog AUSTIN, TEXAS - You don't need us to tell you it's been a rainy September in Central Texas, with a two-week streak of uninterrupted rainfall broken just recently.
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Get Your Free Flu Vaccine Starting Sept. 20 With a 101-degree fever and non-stop cough, Robert Reiman dragged himself to Duke Urgent Care last year. He had the flu. Doctors told Reiman that his case would be worse if he hadn't received the flu vaccine.
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Household disinfectants could be making kids overweight, study says NEW YORK (CNN) - Multi-surface cleaners and other commonly used household disinfectants could be making children overweight by altering the bacteria found in their guts, a new study published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal ...
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Popular Perfume Scent Unexpectedly Reverses Baldness in New Study Synthetic sandalwood, better known for its role as sock-drawer potpourri, had unexpected effects on hair regrowth in a recently released study in Nature Communications.
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Do household cleaners make kids obese? Here's why it's too soon to tell. More and more research these days suggests we've gone too far with our drive to eliminate germs, and that kids could use a little dirt and grime to improve their own health.
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Cannabis Vaping Gains Foothold Among Schoolkids In 2016, about one in 11 U.S. youths in grades 6-12 had used cannabis extracts in electronic cigarette devices, according to a large federal survey -- which was about one-third of those who had ever used e-cigarette devices overall.
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West Nile Virus activity detected in Vacaville By Melissa Murphy, mmurphy@thereporter.com, @ReporterMMurphy on Twitter. Posted: 09/17/18, 11:35 PM PDT | Updated: 2 hrs ago. # Comments.
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Fentanyl making drug users more careful, study says "Nearly all study participants were knowledgeable about minimizing their risk for overdose and many reported using methods to reduce their risk," said NYU researcher Courtney McKnight.
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Artificial intelligence can determine lung cancer type A new computer program can analyze images of patients' lung tumors, specify cancer types, and even identify altered genes driving abnormal cell growth, a new study shows.
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Study: Nanoparticle therapy restores prostate cancer's tumor suppressor Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Using nanotechnology, researchers have developed a way to treat prostate cancer by restoring tumor suppressors, based on preclinical models in the lab.
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Overdose deaths up in NYC; fentanyl most common substance identified, report says In the country's largest city, confirmed drug overdose deaths are up over a year ago - and still at epidemic levels - but the rate of deaths has slowed down, according to a report Monday.
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What you need to know about prostate cancer September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and a good time to revisit what you know and don't know about the disease.
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