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Woman Contracted Rare and Fatal Brain-Eating Amoeba After Using Neti Pot with Tap Water: Doctor A Seattle woman with a sinus infection tragically died after contracting rare brain-eating amoeba. The 69-year-old woman first developed a persistent sinus infection, which led doctors to prescribe her with a commonly-used neti pot to flush out her ...
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A Heart Failure Patient Actually Coughed Up This Blood Clot Shaped Like a Lung Passage Though it resembles a coral, root system, or some other kind of growth, the above photo actually depicts a six-inch-wide blood clot in the near-perfect form of the right bronchial tree of a human lung, the Atlantic reported on Thursday.
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Mississippi health officials report first pediatric flu death this season A south Mississippi youth has become the first pediatric influenza death reported by the state of Department of Health for the 2018-2019 flu season.
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FDA investigating multistate outbreak of E. coli linked to romaine lettuce recall An investigation into the massive recall of romaine lettuce that led to a multistate E. coli outbreak is underway, according to the U.S.
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Ancient ancestor of the bacteria that causes plague found in 5000-year-old human remains In an ancient grave in Sweden, scientists have unearthed the oldest known strain of a deadly bacteria that has killed millions of people over thousands of years.
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Ancient, Unknown Strain of Plague Found in 5000-Year-Old Tomb in Sweden In a nearly 5,000-year-old tomb in Sweden, researchers have discovered the oldest-known strain of the notorious bacterium Yersinia pestis - the microbe responsible for humanity's perhaps most-feared contagion: the plague.
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Mental wellness: Start an uncomfortable conversation. You could save a life. (Guest viewpoint) By Sara Kendall. There were more deaths in the U.S. last year than in any single year since the government began keeping track more than a century ago.
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You've probably never heard about this flu symptom Most parents are familiar with the signs that their child has the flu. Most often, the sick person has a fever. Aches, chills, fatigue.
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Stair test may predict your risk of dying of heart disease, cancer, study finds For a glimpse into the state of your health and longevity, just head for some stairs. How people perform on an exercise test that requires them to move very briskly can predict their risk of premature death from heart disease, cancer and other causes ...
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Uterine cancer on the rise, especially for black women Most types of cancer are decreasing nationwide, but uterine cancer is proving to be a stubborn exception, and it's taking its greatest toll on African-American women, federal researchers said Thursday.
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Suicide, overdoses push down US life expectancy NEW YORK (AP) - Suicides and drug overdoses pushed up U.S. deaths last year, and drove a continuing decline in how long Americans are expected to live.
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Free Naloxone Available on Dec. 13 as Part of Stop Overdoses in PA: Get Help Now Week HARRISBURG - The Wolf Administration will provide naloxone for free to any Pennsylvanian who wants it at nearly 80 locations across the state, primarily at state health centers and county/municipal health departments, on Thursday, Dec. 13 from 11 a.m ...
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Delco, Wolf to hand out free naloxone to fight opioid ODs Gov. Tom Wolf has launched his own offensive against the opioid epidemic with a statewide naloxone distribution next Thursday and a online portal for substance abuse treatment options.
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Ebola cases surge in Congo, with women and children disproportionately sick (CNN) There have been 18 more cases of illness and five more deaths reported in just two days in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the Ministry of Health.
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AFM case confirmed in Michigan, expert shares warning signs WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. (WLNS) - A rare neurological disease has been confirmed in the Detroit area and now healthcare providers are warning everyone in the state to stay informed about the symptoms and risks.
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Millions of Americans Still Breathing Secondhand Smoke: Report By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Dec. 6, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Despite three decades of declines in secondhand smoke exposure, 58 million Americans -- children included -- are still breathing in tobacco fumes, federal ...
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Rockland Announces Free Measles Vaccine Clinic NEW CITY, NY - Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert said that the Health Department will be holding a free measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine clinic from 3 p.m.
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Millions of Americans Still Breathing Secondhand Smoke: Report By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. THURSDAY, Dec. 6, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Despite three decades of declines in secondhand smoke exposure, 58 million Americans -- children included -- are still breathing in tobacco fumes, federal health ...
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Life expectancy in US declines for third year in a row SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - Life expectancy has declined in the U.S. for the third straight year. The CDC described the decrease in life expectancy as "slight" and they have a theory on the cause.
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Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness Says George HW Bush's 'Inaction Allowed AIDS to Spread' Amid the overwhelming praise for President George H.W. Bush at his state funeral Wednesday, Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness was tweeting about the 41st president not doing enough to stop the AIDS epidemic while in office.
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NYC health officials ban unvaccinated kids from school amid measles outbreak in Orthodox Jewish community Health officials in New York are requiring students who attend Jewish schools in certain zip codes to get the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine amid a measles outbreak that has sickened at least 39 children in the Orthodox Jewish community since October.
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Secondhand smoke still a problem for Americans: CDC Fifty-eight million Americans are still exposed to secondhand smoke, according to a new report from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.
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4 in 10 don't plan to get flu shot, survey says Roughly four in 10 Americans say they haven't gotten a flu shot and don't plan to, despite the federal government's push to avoid another brutal influenza season this winter, the University of Chicago reported Wednesday in a survey.
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If you're missing this gene you can eat whatever you want, science says We all have that one friend who can eat all of the desert and fried things and never put on weight. Or maybe it's you? (We hate slash want to be you).
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Caring about the Congo shouldn't require an Ebola epidemic What is it about Ebola that so captivates the Western world? In recent weeks, an epidemic of the infamous hemorrhagic fever virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has prompted stories in the world's most influential news outlets, from the ...
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