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'Keto Crotch' Could Be a Stinky Side Effect of the Diet — Here's What to Know The keto diet was the biggest hit of 2018 for a reason: People lose incredible amounts of weight all while enjoying high-fat foods like bacon and cheese.
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Arizona Rep. Kelly Townsend: Vaccines Are 'Communist' Arizona's Republican State Rep. Kelly Townsend took to Facebook Thursday with a dramatic rallying cry against vaccinations. Noting that she'd read about the possibility of mandatory vaccinations to stop a measles outbreak, Townsend equated the move to ...
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Two-year-old girl diagnosed with ovarian cancer in rare case In an extremely rare case, a toddler is reportedly fighting a battle with ovarian cancer. On February 15, McKenna 'Kenni' Shea Xydias, 2, from Georgia in the US, developed a 39 degree fever and a severely bloated belly.
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23 Foods You Might Be Surprised to Find Are Not Keto-Friendly There's no doubting the popularity of the keto diet—Kourtney Kardashian, Tim Tebow, Halle Berry and Vanessa Hudgens are all fans for one.
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Measles cases at 'alarmingly' high levels around the world, UNICEF says (CNN) Global measles cases increased by 48.4% between 2017 and 2018, according to calculations by UNICEF of data on 194 countries from the World Health Organization.
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Doctors Without Borders closes Ebola clinics in Congo after attacks DAKAR, Senegal -- Intruders attacked a treatment centre run by Doctors Without Borders for the second time in four days, leaving four Ebola patients missing and forcing the medical aid group to suspend its operations in the area Thursday.
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How measles snuck into California despite strict vaccine legislation Even after California banned non-medical exemptions for vaccines, an unvaccinated teenage boy in the state still spread measles to a half dozen people in an outbreak last year, a new study reports.
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States Move To Restrict Parents' Refusal To Vaccinate Their Kids All U.S. states require most parents to vaccinate their children against some preventable diseases, including measles, mumps, rubella and whooping cough, to be able to attend school.
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Texas lawmaker says vaccines should be optional because antibiotics exist When it comes to public health, one of the biggest risks is elected officials having absolutely no idea what they're talking about.
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Hundreds pack Oregon hearing to oppose bill to end vaccine exemptions After three hours of testimony on a bill that would eliminate most vaccine exemptions, 180 people still waited to speak their minds.
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Meow-ch! The $48512 Cat Bite Compassion for a hungry stray cat led to a nip on the finger - and also took a bite out of Jeannette Parker's wallet. In a rural area just outside Florida's Everglades National Park, Parker spotted the kitten wandering along the road.
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87 lots of popular blood pressure medication recalled for cancer risk Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recalled 87 lots of the blood pressure medication losartan on Thursday after discovering trace amounts of a potential carcinogen.
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Visitors to Midway Airport Last Week Faced Measles Exposure Illinois public health authorities say travelers passing through Chicago's Midway International Airport last week may have been exposed to measles.
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Travelers passing through Midway Airport last week may have been exposed to measles, health officials say Travelers passing through Midway Airport last week may have been exposed to measles, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
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Catch-up sleep on the weekend may increase waistline, study finds A new study finds that catch-up sleep on the weekend puts people at risk of gaining weight. The study, published Thursday in the journal Current Biology, showed that people who did not sleep enough during the week but caught extra hours on the weekend ...
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Travelers at Chicago's Midway Airport May Have Been Exposed to Measles Travelers who passed through Midway Airport in Chicago last week may have been exposed to measles, the Chicago Tribune Reports. According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, an unvaccinated and infectious Illinois resident passed through ...
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Measles Cases in Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish Communities Rise The measles outbreak in Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish community continues to grow, New York City health officials said Thursday, even after the city ordered schools to bar unvaccinated students in some ZIP Codes from attending.
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How 'Completely Avoidable' Measles Cases Continue to Climb The U.S. has counted more measles cases in the first two months of this year than in all of 2017, and part of the rising threat is misinformation that makes some parents balk at a crucial vaccine, federal health officials told Congress Wednesday.
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Weekend sleep-in might ruin your waistline and your health, study says (CNN) Wake up, America, and raise your hand if you try to repair your exhausted body by sleeping in on weekends. A new study says the habit may not be such a good idea for your waistline -- or your health.
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Lawmaker promoting anti-vaxx bill suggests measles can be treated with antibiotics. (It can't.) Amid a relentless anti-vaccine movement and measles outbreaks across the United States, a Texas lawmaker has falsely suggested that antibiotics can be used to treat the deadly childhood disease.
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Death toll from flu climbs to 98, including first young victim The peak of the 2018-19 flu season in North Carolina coincided with the deadliest week for victims, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported Thursday.
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Measles outbreaks: The other congressional hearing you should follow today (CNN) Amid a significant rise in measles cases across the United States, lawmakers met in a congressional hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to discuss what has been called "a growing public health threat.
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Colorado Middle School to Be Tested for Tuberculosis Students and staff at a middle school in the Denver area will be tested for tuberculosis after prior screening showed positive results for the infection.
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Novavax shares plunge 65 percent as respiratory vaccine fails in late-stage trial (Reuters) - Novavax Inc shares crashed 65 percent on Thursday after data showed its vaccine failed to prevent RSV disease, a leading cause of respiratory infections in infants, missing the main goal of a late-stage study.
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TB Scare At Aurora Hills Middle School Concerns Parents After Possible Exposure AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– Students and staff who were at Aurora Hills Middle School during the fall semester, will all be tested for tuberculosis.
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Minnesota's largest deer hunting group targets deer farms for chronic wasting disease policy ST. PAUL - Minnesota's largest deer hunting group has taken an aggressive stance toward captive deer farms as it seeks to contain a the spread of chronic wasting disease among the state's wild deer.
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Here's Why Butt Implants Are More Dangerous Than You Think Butt implants might be more dangerous than we think. A 49-year-old woman with rear implants was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that was previously only linked to breast implants.
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Weeks after Trump's HIV pledge, report shows US headway stalled Three weeks after President Donald Trump announced a campaign to end the U.S. HIV epidemic by 2030, new government data show that progress against the disease stalled recently.
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Decline in HIV infections stalls as Trump administration aims to end epidemic (CNN) As the Trump administration's goal to end the HIV epidemic in the United States by 2030 rolls out, a new report reveals that a decline in HIV infections has plateaued.
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Buttock implants linked to deadly cancer for the first time, study finds A woman who received buttock implants developed a deadly lymphoma, the same form of cancer previously linked to textured breast implants, surgeons at the University of Southern California said.
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Vapers may be twice as likely to wheeze In a new study, people who vaped were nearly twice as likely to struggle with wheezing as people who didn't regularly use tobacco.
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Texas lawmaker says he's not concerned about measles outbreak because of antibiotics A Texas state lawmaker suggested that he is not worried about the recent outbreak of measles across the country because antibiotics can treat the virus.
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Texas lawmaker promoting anti-vaccine bill suggests measles can be treated with antibiotics. (It can't.) Amid a relentless anti-vaccine movement and measles outbreaks nationwide, a Texas lawmaker has falsely suggested that antibiotics can be used to treat the deadly childhood disease.
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New study links electronic cigarettes and wheezing in adults Electronic cigarette use ("vaping") is associated with wheezing in adults, according to a new study published in the journal Tobacco Control.
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Glendale Area Medical Association, American Cancer Society partner for colorectal screening COALPORT - March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness month. To help raise awareness about preventing colorectal cancer through regular screenings, Glendale Area Medical Association and the American Cancer Society are again partnering on a mission ...
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Troubling statistics about childhood cancer If no improvements are made, about 2.9 million of 6.7 million new childhood cancer cases worldwide will go undiagnosed between 2015 and 2030, according to the report.
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'There is hope' in fight against CWD, DNR commissioner says On Feb. 15, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced that a wild deer north of Brainerd had tested positive for chronic wasting disease.
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87 more lots of blood pressure and heart medicine recalled for probable carcinogen The river of blood pressure and heart medication recalls continued to flow Thursday as Camber Pharmaceuticals announced a recall of 87 lots of Losartan Potassium for having too much NDEA.
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South Sound seeing uptick in flu cases. Still time to get a shot If you're reading this amid your own sniffles and coughs, join the club. Pierce County is seeing an increase in flu activity, according to a Feb. 25 update posted on the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department's website.
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How to finally quit smoking An estimated 13.8% of Maryland adults smoke. Although these numbers have gone down in recent years, health experts say this number is still far too high.
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Many antibiotic courses for common infections not in line with guidelines Many antibiotic courses prescribed for common infections treated in English primary care (general practices and community services) exceed the recommended guidelines, reveals a study in The BMJ today.
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Ondo records 15 deaths from 102 cases of Lassa Fever in 2 months- NMA No fewer than 102 people have been confirmed to be positive with Lassa fever, in addition to 15 deaths recorded in Ondo State between January and Febuary.
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