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James Allison and Tasuku Honjo win Nobel Prize for landmark cancer immunotherapy discoveries Two scientists who first harnessed the power of the immune system to fight incurable cancers have won the 2018 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology.
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Nobel Prize for Medicine Awarded to Researchers Who Harnessed the Immune System to Fight Cancer The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been jointly awarded to a pair of immunologists for devising an effective new class of cancer therapy that unshackles the body's immune system.
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Surfer Fabrizio Stabile Dies From Brain-Eating Amoeba After Swimming In Texas Wave Pool A surfer from Atlantic County in New Jersey has died from brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a wave pool at BSR Cable Park in Waco, Texas, NJ.
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Rare, Brain-Eating Amoeba Kills Man Who Visited Texas, Is Also Found in Louisiana Water System Naegleria fowleri is a deadly brain-eating amoeba—and not the kind of thing you want to come in contact with. Two recent incidents have exposed people to the terrifying microbe, one leading to the death of a 29-year-old a New Jersey man.
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Man dies from 'brain-eating amoeba'; Texas resort closed for testing WACO, Texas ― A 29-year-old surfer from New Jersey has died from what is being referred to as a "brain-eating amoeba." According to the Associated Press, Fabrizio Stabile had visited BSR Cable Park's Surf Resort soon before his death.
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October is time to get annual flu shot, CDC says NEW YORK - It's flu shot season, but the pinch of a shot doesn't have to also hurt your wallet. Health officials recommend that nearly all Americans get flu vaccinations to blunt the impact of a disease that annually infects millions.
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Brain-Eating Amoeba: Surfer Dies After Visiting Texas Resort The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been testing the water at a surf resort in Texas for a brain-eating amoeba after the death of a surfer who had visited the site.
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Conjoined twins flown from Bhutan to Australia for separation operation (CNN) A pair of conjoined twins have been flown from Bhutan to Australia, where doctors hope they will be able to operate on the 14-month-old girls, who have grown up facing each other, unable to move independently.
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Think You Don't Need A Flu Shot? Here Are 5 Reasons To Change Your Mind There are a lot of misconceptions out there about the flu shot. But following a winter in which more than 80,000 people died from flu-related illnesses in the U.S.
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Conjoined Twins 'Facing Each Other' To Be Separated Some of the best medical minds in the country are preparing to separate a pair of 18-month-old twins from Bhutan, who will arrive in Melbourne on Tuesday.
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Former Playboy model with brain tumor forgoes chemo for CBD: report Former Playboy model Kerri Parker said she's refused chemotherapy to treat her brain cancer, and is reportedly using cannabis oil instead.
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Clif Cleaveland: Addressing the deadly epidemic of binge drinking Binge drinking represents a conscious effort to consume multiple alcoholic beverages within a short period of time with the goal of intoxication.
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Survivors kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month Some 25 years after they launched what turned into a major breast cancer awareness program on Long Island, two leading advocates said Monday the movement has made great strides, but more needs to be done.
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BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH: Breast cancer survivor diagnosed twice, maxed out on radiation treatments Brenda Ratliff, a 14-year survivor, has been diagnosed with breast cancer twice, has had the most amount of radiation treatment allowed, underwent a double mastectomy and has lost two husbands to cancer.
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In honor of breast cancer awareness month, Central Coast doctors urge women to schedule check ups SANTA MARIA, Calif. - October is breast cancer awareness month. Central Coast doctors are urging women ages 40 and up to schedule annual check ups.
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2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to 2 Cancer Immunotherapy Researchers The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded on Monday to James P. Allison of the United States and Tasuku Honjo of Japan for their work on unleashing the body's immune system to attack cancer, a breakthrough that has led to an entirely new ...
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There's even more evidence that artificial sweeteners like aspartame could be dangerous For decades, scientists have had a tough time figuring out what artificial sweeteners are really doing to our bodies. To date, researchers have conducted over 210,000 different studies on the sugar substitutes.
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Less Screen Time Linked To Better Cognition In Kids: Study A new study on children across the U.S., published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, finds that when they spend more than two hours on screens every day, they tend to perform more poorly on tests of cognition.
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LA County sees its first case of rare mosquito-borne illness in 21 years A San Fernando Valley resident has contracted a mosquito-borne illness that hasn't been recorded in Los Angeles County since 1997, health officials said Monday.
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Heroin deaths drop in Utah for first time in 7 years SALT LAKE CITY - For the first time in seven years, heroin overdose deaths decreased in Utah in 2017, state leaders said Monday. According to the state's calculations, there were 159 fatal overdoses connected to heroin in 2017, a 14.5 percent decrease ...
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Southern Minnesota Deer Tests Positive For Chronic Wasting Disease MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - A deer harvested from southeastern Minnesota during the opening weekend of archery season has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD).
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Contaminated Polio Vaccine Given To Children In UP, Probe Ordered After traces of poliovirus type 2 were found in some batches of oral polio vaccine manufactured by a Ghaziabad-based pharmaceutical company, the health ministry has asked the polio surveillance team in Uttar Pradesh to trace all children who were given ...
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DNR release: Deer tests positive for CWD in Minnesota's disease management zone A deer taken during the opening weekend of archery season in southeastern Minnesota's disease management zone has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, according to the Department of Natural Resources.
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Two Scientists Earn Nobel for Discovering a New Pillar in Cancer Therapy Two researchers whose work sparked a revolution in cancer treatment have won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine this year. Tasuku Honjo currently at Kyoto University in Japan and James Allison now at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer ...
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Women who drink more water get fewer UTIs (Reuters Health) - Women who drink extra water to avoid urinary tract infections (UTIs) may be on to something. A new experiment offers fresh evidence that drinking more water each day can make UTIs less frequent.
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Groups offer support, services for cancer ALPENA - October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, reminding women nationally to be screened for breast cancer. One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, according to the National Breast Cancer Foundation Inc., and early detection is ...
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First West Nile-related death reported in DuPage County this year A DuPage County resident died as the result of contracting the West Nile virus, according to the DuPage County Health Department. The person, who was older age 65, became ill in early September, according to Don Bolger, spokesman for the health ...
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Contaminated Polio Vaccines Given To Kids In Telangana, Maharashtra, UP Some vials of the oral polio vaccines contaminated with the type-2 polio virus were administered to children in Maharashtra and Telengana, besides Uttar Pradesh, Health Ministry officials confirmed.
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2 cancer researchers win 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine Two cancer immunotherapy researchers - James Allison, PhD and Tasuky Honjo MD, PhD - have won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their pioneering work in the fight against cancer, according to The New York Times.
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Researchers Want Doctors to Be Able to Prescribe Magic Mushrooms for Depression Researchers at Johns Hopkins University think it's time to change the drug classification of magic mushrooms from a dangerous narcotic with no medical value, to a possible breakthrough treatment for depression.
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Less sleep associated with risky behavior in teens, study says (CNN) The amount a teenager sleeps is associated with how likely they are to engage in risky and suicidal behavior, a new study said.
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Local teen vaping on rise as issue declared national epidemic WINCHESTER - Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb recently announced that teenage use of battery-powered electronic cigarettes has hit "epidemic proportions.
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150000 Indian Children May Have Received Contaminated Polio Vaccines October 1st, 2018 - The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that there was 'minimal risk of children contracting the polio virus in India' from a tainted batch of vaccines, reported Reuters.
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Are e-cigarettes better than conventional ones? Here's what you need to know about vaping Thinking of quitting cigarettes? That's a great start. Kicking the smoking habit is good news for your health. Smoking can cause various kinds of cancers and heart ailments and damage several organs including the brain and lungs, often leading to ...
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Wastewater overflow due to Florence causes health and environmental concerns Buy Photos Two cars left stranded by rising floodwaters on the corner of New Centre Dr. and College Rd. on Saturday, September 15th in Wilmington, NC.
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Contaminated polio vaccine given to children in Maharashtra, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh The incident came to light after surveillance reports from Uttar Pradesh showed signs of the virus in stool samples of some children.
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After a trip to the dentist, six-year-old Mason spoke clearly for the first time. Mason Motz's parents had just about given up on hopes of being able to have ordinary conversations with their six-year-old son.
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Women who drink more water get fewer UTIs By Lisa Rapaport. (Reuters Health) - Women who drink extra water to avoid urinary tract infections (UTIs) may be on to something. A new experiment offers fresh evidence that drinking more water each day can make UTIs less frequent.
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Breast cancer survivor reaches out to community Breast cancer survivor Gloria Minus, left, talks with the Rev. Regina L. Bell at the First Pilgrim Baptist Church in Camden. Ms. Minus will speak to several groups about her journey this month, including First Pilgrim on Oct. 21.
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Study: Artificial Sweeteners Toxic to Digestive Gut Bacteria Artificial sweeteners commonly used in foods and drinks have a toxic effect on digestive gut microbes. According to a study published in the journal Molecules, researchers found that six common artificial sweeteners approved by the Food and Drug ...
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Tongue-tied Texas boy speaks clearly at last, thanks to his dentist For years, parents of a Texas boy believed he was mostly nonverbal because of a brain aneurysm he had when he was 10 days old. The boy, Mason Motz, 6, of Katy, Texas, started going to speech therapy when he was 1. In addition to his difficulties ...
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Global Hepatitis A Market 2018-2025 Size, Share, Forecast and Analysis Global Market Study Hepatitis A Market Provide Forecast Report 2018 - 2025 presents an detailed analysis of the Hepatitis A which researched industry situations, market Size, growth and demands, Hepatitis A market outlook, business strategies utilized, ...
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Largest hepatitis C virus initiative launches today targeting virus elimination by 2020 (MENAFN - Daily News Egypt) The Minister of Health Hala Zayed, announced on Sunday that the largest ever initiative targeting hepatitis C virus will kick off on Monday, with the goal to make Egypt hepatitis C-free as of 2020.
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Scientists use machine learning to better predict learning difficulties in children Scientists using machine learning - a type of artificial intelligence - with data from hundreds of children who struggle at school, identified clusters of learning difficulties which did not match the previous diagnosis the children had been given.
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Alzheimer's Q&A: How should you prepare for emergencies or disasters while caring for someone with dementia? Preparation is the optimum word and especially important during this active hurricane season. Having an emergency-preparedness kit is something you can create now, which would be the first steps in coordinating a successful disaster plan for you and ...
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Being on the pill can cut ovarian cancer risk Contraceptive pills may not only help with birth control, but may also reduce risk of ovarian cancer, says a new study. fitness Updated: Sep 30, 2018 14:17 IST.
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WHO Says Ebola May Spread From Congo To Neighboring Uganda The World Health Organization has reclassified the alert level for the risk of Ebola escaping out of the Democratic Republic of Congo as "very high.
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Children's lack of sleep is 'hidden health crisis', experts say NHS statistics for England show sleep disorder admissions for under-16s was almost 10,000 last year • 'I know I will be so tired': a teenager on living with insomnia · Sarah Marsh · @sloumarsh.
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Kindness: Research explains how your brain acts after you do an act of kindness Know that warm feeling you get when you do an act of kindness? It's actually the reward centre of your brain getting activated, says a new research.
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