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FDA made surprise visit to Juul as CDC finds vape maker dominates market Juul has come to dominate the e-cigarette market with its slick devices and nicotine-laden "vape juice," and that's not a good thing, federal health officials said Tuesday.
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Man dies from brain-eating amoeba infection following visit to Texas resort A surf resort in Waco, Texas is closed following the death of a man who suffered from a brain-eating amoeba infection. NJ Man Dies After Staying At Texas Resort.
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Important info about 'brain-eating amoeba' that killed NJ man An amoeba that killed a New Jersey man is common in warm, freshwater bodies, but the chances of people getting sick from it, much less dying, is very low.
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A Brain-Eating Amoeba Just Claimed Another Victim The temperature in Waco, Texas was approaching 83 degrees last Thursday when Mia Mattioli arrived in search of Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating, warm-water-loving amoeba that kills almost every person it infects.
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Man, 29, dies of brain-eating amoeba after visiting water park Fabrizio Stabile, a 29-year-old surfer from Atlantic County, died of a brain-eating amoeba after a visit to the wave pool of a Texas resort.
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Man Chugs Erectile Dysfunction Drug, Ends Up With Permanently Red-Tinted Vision One man's experience with a common erectile dysfunction drug turned out to be a lot more eye-opening than he expected. According to his doctors, he developed a seemingly permanent red tint to his color vision after taking a massive dose of sildenafil ...
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Secret identity of 150-year-old body found in NYC revealed A PBS documentary reveals the identity -- and an artist's digitally created image -- or the woman whose well-preserved body was found in a metal coffin in Queens seven years ago.
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'The Woman in the Iron Coffin': Body 'perfectly preserved' for 150 years is identified The identity of a 150-year-old body discovered in New York City in 2011 has been revealed, the New York Post reports. On October 4, 2011, construction workers "assumed they had hit a pipe" as they took a backhoe into an excavation pit in Elmhurst ...
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Weathersbee: When I found my breast cancer, I hadn't had a screening in four years. Don't be like me In 2016, I was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer. And I was, on one level, lucky. Lucky that, after not bothering to get a mammogram since 2011, I didn't discover a tumor that had spread to other parts of my body.
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Over 80000 Americans Died of Flu Last Winter, Highest Toll in Years More than 80,000 Americans died of the flu in the winter of 2017-2018, the highest number in over a decade, federal health officials said last week.
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How does the flu actually kill you? You can certainly feel like death warmed over when you get the flu, which often lasts for a dreadfully feverish, snotty and cough-wracked week.
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Study: 1 in 3 US adults eat fast food each day NEW YORK (AP) - A government study has found that 1 in 3 U.S. adults eat fast food on any given day. That's about 85 million people.
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How commonly do drinkers suffer blackouts? It's something many people have experienced at least once in their lives - a night of heavy drinking followed by a day of missing memories.
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Get your flu shot and get it early, experts urge, as new season gets underway Last year's influenza season was the deadliest in 40 years, killing 80,000 Americans in late 2017 and early 2018, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Researchers find natural product may slow aging Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Researchers have identified a natural product found in fruits and vegetables -- fisetin -- can help slow aging, according to a study of mice.
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Pharmacies, health department encourage everyone to get flu vaccine after record-breaking year The 2017-2018 flu season was deadly all across the country. According the CDC, 80,000 Americans died from complications of the flu, including 180 children.
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Hodeidah offensive in Yemen sparks suspected cholera outbreak: Report Suspected cholera cases have nearly tripled in the past three months in Hodeidah, the Yemeni port city on the front line between a pro-government alliance and rebels, Save the Children said on Tuesday.
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There's even more evidence that artificial sweeteners like aspartame could be dangerous Scientists who've studied the effects of artificial sweeteners on gut bacteria say it can be toxic. It's possible that artificial sweeteners could make our bodies less tolerant of regular sugar.
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Yemen: Cholera surges by 170% in war-torn Hodeida Malnourished children at risk from cholera, which is easily preventable, after a sanitation facility was destroyed. 05:28, UK, Tuesday 02 October 2018.
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Flu season brings both health and financial risks Eighty thousand Americans died from complications of influenza this past flu season. To put that in perspective, during the three peak months of flu season, five times more people died from influenza than died from opioid overdoses.
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Crash dieting can do long-term health damage, new study shows Crash dieting, or severely reducing the number of calories you eat in a day for short bursts in an attempt to quickly lose weight, may get you results, but unfortunately, these come with a cost.
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How two 1990s discoveries have led to (some) cured cancers, and a Nobel Prize This year's award of the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo, for their work in the early 1990s on immune checkpoint proteins CTLA4 and PD1, is a fitting recognition of how their work has led to a seismic shift ...
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More evidence video games may trigger aggression in kids Can violent video games push some kids to act violently in real life? A new research review suggests the answer is "yes." The analysis combined the results of 24 past studies, involving more than 17 000 children and teenagers.
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Anti-aging effects of compound in some fruits and vegetables verified in novel new research New research has revealed that fisetin - a natural flavonoid found in many fruits and vegetables - functions as an effective senolytic agent by clearing out damaged aging cells, improving health and extending lifespan.
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Cancer breakthrough that just won the Nobel Prize, explained Last year, when Popular Mechanics covered the future of cancer treatment, they said that many of James P. Allison's contemporaries believed that he would win the Nobel Prize.
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Teen cannabis use is not without risk to cognitive development Although studies have shown that alcohol and cannabis misuse are related to impaired cognition in youth, previous studies were not designed to understand this relationship and differentiate whether cannabis use was causal or consequential to cognitive ...
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Nearly 60% of breast cancer diagnoses delivered by phone The percentage of patients with breast cancer who receive their diagnosis over the telephone has increased considerably in the past decade, according to a study conducted by researchers from University of Missouri.
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2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: a turning point in the war on cancer (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Duane Mitchell, University of Florida.
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Five Things You Should Know About Alcohol As You Process The Kavanaugh News Like so many, I've been listening and watching the hearings and general frenzy surrounding the Brett Kavanaugh nomination as a pained citizen.
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For African bush elephants, wrinkles are cool LONDON (Reuters) - A study of the African bush elephant's vast network of deep wrinkles has found it is intricately designed to help the animals keep their cool, fight off parasites and defend against sun damage, scientists said on Tuesday.
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Suspected cholera cases soar in Yemen's Hodeida The WHO says 2,451 people have died of cholera across Yemen since April 2017, while more than a million suspected cases were reported during the same period.
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Almost 40% of Americans Eat Fast Food on Any Given Day, Report Says Pick a day at random, and you can bet that nearly 40% of Americans will eat fast food during those 24 hours, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
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Man loses hands, feet and nose after being licked by dog A man lost parts of his hands, feet and nose after being licked by a dog and contracting a rare bacterial infection. Greg Manteufel, 48, went to the hospital on June 27 after he began exhibiting flu-like symptoms and, within hours of being admitted, he ...
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Smoke and mirrors on issue funding won't deter critics When it comes to communicating your sources of funding, the issue isn't just how things are, but how things appear, writes crisis comms expert Tony Jaques.
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To Prevent Urinary Tract Infections, Drink Up Women are commonly advised to drink extra water to prevent recurrent urinary tract infections, or U.T.I.s, but until now there has been little evidence that it works.
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Violent video game play by adolescents linked to increase in physical aggression Violent video game play by adolescents is associated with increases in physical aggression over time, according to a Dartmouth meta-analysis published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
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Scientists Compared Whether Weed or Alcohol Is Worse For Teen Brains While the recreational use of marijuana is an increasingly a legalized activity, the exact science of what the drug does to the brain isn't yet conclusive.
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Another human case of West Nile virus reported in Jacksonville There are now six confirmed cases of West Nile virus in humans in Duval County, according to the Florida Department of Health. Family of an elderly man who contracted the virus in our area said he's in poor health.
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Artificial Sweeteners, Sport Supplements Could Be Toxic to Your Gut, Study Says Recent research found even more evidence that artificial sweeteners can harm you. Scientists at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, analyzed how FDA-approved artificial sweeteners and sport ...
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Crash dieting gives you MORE belly fat and thins out your muscles, study warns Researchers reduced the calories of rats' diets by 60%, the equivalent of reducing a diet in humans from 2,000 calories to 800 calories; Although the rats lost weight, a number of metabolic functions also decreased including blood pressure, heart rate ...
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New study suggests a clear solution to urinary tract infections More than half of all women will experience a UTI or urinary tract infection. The usual course of action to treat it is to prescribe antibiotics, but new research is showing that something else might be helpful in preventing future infections.
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Pregnancy disorders may lead to more hot flashes What occurs during pregnancy could have longer-term health effects than originally thought. A new study suggests that women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and gestational diabetes may experience a greater burden of hot flashes ...
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Increased water intake reduces urinary tract infections in women — Study A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine has suggested that premenopausal women with recurrent urinary tract infections (cystitis) who drank more water had less frequent infections in a randomized clinical trial.
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West Nile virus found in mosquitoes in southern Santa Clara County West Nile virus was detected in mosquitoes collected from an area in the 95020, 95037, and 95046 zip codes in southern Santa Clara County, including parts of San Martin, authorities announced Tuesday.
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Wider Use Of Osteoporosis Drug Could Prevent Bone Fractures In More Elderly Women A large study has produced strong evidence that a drug commonly used to treat the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis could safely prevent fractures in elderly women who have bones that aren't as weak.
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Mediterranean diet prevents a leading cause of blindness, study suggests PARIS, Oct 2 - New research has found that following the popular Mediterranean diet may reduce the risk of developing the eye disease age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the United States.
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Doctors predict success in separation surgery of conjoined twins The Royal Children's Hospital is confident a planned operation to separate conjoined Bhutanese twins will be successful and they will both go on to healthy and normal, independent lives.
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Study suggests more older women may benefit from bone drugs A bone-strengthening drug given by IV every 18 months greatly lowered the risk of fracture in certain older women, a large study found.
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Does stress affect women's fertility? ANI | Updated: Oct 02, 2018 06:48 IST. Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 2 (ANI): Women, take note! Higher levels of stress are associated with lower odds of conception for females, but not for males.
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Cases of Sexually Transmitted Diseases at Highest Levels Locally in 20 Years Reported cases and rates of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia rose in 2017 for the third consecutive year and are at the highest level in 20 years, the county's Health and Human Services Agency announced Monday.
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