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How worried should I be about measles? (CNN) A series of measles cases in the United States has led to fear and uncertainty in some communities, as well as quarantines at sea and at universities. Some cases have even hit adults who thought they were protected by the vaccine. Even the Avengers ...
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St. Lucia Quarantines Cruise Ship After Measles Case Occurs Onboard St. Lucia prevented passengers and crew from getting off a cruise ship at its port this week, after someone on the vessel was diagnosed with measles, according to a senior health official on the island. "We thought it prudent that we quarantine the ship," Dr.
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A man stretched and popped his neck. He tore an artery and suffered a 'major stroke.' Josh Hader's neck was bothering him — again. He'd been feeling the discomfort for a couple weeks and recently thought some light stretching could provide relief. "I went to stretch it," the 28-year-old told The Washington Post, "and as I was using my hand to ...
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The Oral and Genital Herpes Viruses Are Having 'Sex.' The Result Is Worrisome. There's a lot more "sex" going on between the oral and genital herpes viruses than scientists previously thought, according to a new study. The study, published April 23 in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, found that the two herpes simplex viruses — known ...
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'Zero' risk of HIV transmission in gay men receiving treatment, study says (CNN) New evidence that anti-HIV drugs effectively eliminate the risk of gay men passing on the virus to their sexual partners has marked a fresh breakthrough in the fight to end the AIDS epidemic. A European study of nearly 1,000 male couples, where one ...
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Breast implants tied to rare cancer to remain on US market Washington — U.S. health authorities will allow a type of breast implant linked to a rare form of cancer to stay on the market, saying its risks do not warrant a national ban. But the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it is considering bold warnings for ...
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Amid America's opioid crisis, deaths from stimulants are steadily rising (CNN) Headlines about America's drug crisis have long centered on opioids such as heroin and fentanyl. But a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention paints a more complicated picture of the drug crisis. Overdose deaths involving ...
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Gay HIV transmission with treatment is 'zero risk', study confirms Further evidence that taking anti-HIV drugs stops gay men passing on the virus to sexual partners has been called a "powerful message" which needs to be spread more widely. A study of nearly 1,000 gay male couples in The Lancet found no cases of HIV ...
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Don't rinse after brushing and other tips for better dental health We all know the advice for healthy teeth -- brush twice daily and don't eat too much sugar. So why do those of us following these instructions find we sometimes need a filling when we visit the dentist? The truth is, there's a little more to preventing tooth decay ...
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Why do people love coffee and beer? It's the buzz, not the taste, study finds Whether you prefer a Café Latte or a diet soda may actually depend on how the drink makes you feel, rather than how it tastes, a new study finds. This idea contradicts what scientists previously thought: that our taste genes determined why we preferred one ...
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Why Is A Scientology Cruise Ship Quarantined? It Is The Measles Talk about being a ship out of luck. Rather than continue on its journey, a cruise ship has remained docked in the Caribbean port of St. Lucia with its nearly 300 passengers and crew quarantined since Monday morning. What's up with the dock? A female crew ...
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Scientology cruise ship leaves St. Lucia after measles quarantine (Reuters) - A cruise ship quarantined for a reported case of measles left the Caribbean island of St. Lucia late on Thursday after health officials provided 100 doses of vaccine to the ship, media reports said. A 440-foot ship owned and operated by the Church ...
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Vampire facials: After HIV scare, is beauty fad actually safe? A HIV scare linked to so-called vampire facials at a US spa has slapped a major health warning on a procedure beloved by celebrities and athletes. Two customers at the New Mexico salon last year have been infected with the virus that can cause AIDS.
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Device Spots Lymphedema Early in Breast Cancer Patients, to Help Stop It By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, May 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- An easy-to-use, noninvasive device can detect early signs of the cancer complication known as lymphedema, a new study reports. Lymphedema is the ...
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Tick removed from boy's eardrum after he complained of buzzing noise New England Journal of Medicine: 9-year-old Connecticut boy gets a tick removed from his right eardrum. New England Journal of Medicine: 9-year-old Connecticut boy gets a tick removed from his right eardrum. One of the boy's doctors said that the tick was ...
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FDA allows sale of breast implant linked to cancer, strengthens warnings (CNN) Despite an outcry from women to ban a particular type of breast implant associated with a rare cancer, the sale of those implants will be allowed in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday. Women considering breast ...
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Congo Ebola death toll nears 1000, new vaccine planned: WHO GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Friday it feared continued "intense transmission" of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where deaths from a nine-month-old epidemic stood at 994 and were expected to exceed 1,000 ...
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Device Misses Mark for Lymphedema Prevention in Breast Ca Use of a bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) device for lymph fluid surveillance showed a non-significant advantage in reducing lymphedema following breast cancer surgery, early results of the randomized PREVENT trial found. Among women in the study ...
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Half of People Miss Benefits of Statins Statin drugs like Lipitor and Crestor significantly reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease, rigorous studies have shown. But a "real-world" analysis published in Heart suggests that in practice about half of patients do not benefit from them. British researchers ...
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Breast implants tied to rare cancer to remain on US market U.S. health authorities will allow a type of breast implant linked to a rare form of cancer to stay on the market, saying its risks do not warrant a national ban. But the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it is considering bold warnings for the implants and ...
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Happiness training may ease dementia caregivers' anxiety, depression (Reuters Health) - Much has been written about the stresses and emotional demands of caring for family members with dementia, and a new study suggests that some of this burden can be offset by training that helps caregivers focus on the positives of their ...
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Perseverance May Protect Against Anxiety And Depression, New Study Suggests What's going on in a person's life clearly impacts their mental health—but it's also true that how you respond to these events also plays a big role in mental health. In this vein, a new study from Pennsylvania State University finds that the more one perseveres ...
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FDA Won't Ban Sales of Textured Breast Implants Linked to Cancer A type of breast implant linked to a rare cancer can still be sold in the United States, even though it has been banned in many other countries, the Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday. The implants, which have a textured or slightly roughened ...
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New Dementia Subtype That Mimics Alzheimer's Identified Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE) is a specific type of dementia that mimics Alzheimer disease (AD) but is caused by TDP-43 protein deposits in the brain rather than beta-amyloid accumulation and mostly affects people older ...
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Red Tape Means Many Cancer Patients Get Radiation Treatments Late By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, May 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- When you are fighting cancer, time is of the essence, but new research shows that insurance approvals for lifesaving radiation treatment are often delayed.
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Netflix's 13 Reasons Why linked to suicide uptick—but there are many caveats A study out this week suggests that the release of the first season of Netflix's 13 Reasons Why series in 2017 led to a small but notable uptick in teen suicides. The finding seems to confirm widespread apprehensions among mental health experts and ...
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AIDS drugs prevent sexual transmission of HIV in gay men LONDON (Reuters) - A European study of nearly 1,000 gay male couples who had sex without condoms – where one partner had HIV and was taking antiretroviral drugs to suppress it - has found the treatment can prevent sexual transmission of the virus.
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Weed Users Find Drug Can Make Exercise More Enjoyable and Boost Workout Motivation: Study The popular stereotype that surrounds marijuana means the drug is not often associated with exercise and physical activity. But a study that surveyed marijuana users in U.S. states where it is legal has found that more than 80 percent of participants take the ...
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FDA Approves First Vaccine for Dengue, With Restrictions The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first vaccine to prevent dengue disease caused by all dengue virus serotypes (1, 2, 3, and 4) for people aged 9 through 16 years who have previously had laboratory-confirmed dengue infection ...
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Bubonic Plague Kills Couple, Quarantines Tourist Flight And Causes Border Chaos According to a report in the Siberian Times, "the Mongolian authorities have confirmed the deaths of a husband and wife from suspected bubonic plague in Ulgii district." A spokesperson for the district's emergency management said that "preliminary test ...
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Rice University researchers able to 3D print living tissue HOUSTON (AP) — More than 100,000 people in the U.S. are stuck on an organ transplant wait list, hoping to find that perfect match to their blood type, body size and hospital location. But many — 20 per day, in fact — will die before receiving the organ they ...
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Autism Diagnosis Reliable in Young Toddlers Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are reliable in children as young as 14 months, new data show. That is 2 to 3 years younger than the age at which children usually receive the diagnosis — a difference that could allow children to receive ...
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Congo Ebola death toll nears 1000, expected to spread: WHO GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Friday it feared continued "intense transmission" of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where deaths from a nine-month-old epidemic is 994 and expected to exceed 1,000 within ...
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Eye doctor warns against sleeping in contact lenses with graphic images: 'People need to see these' An eye doctor is urging people who wear contacts to think twice before sleeping in their lenses — whether they're hard or soft. Dr. Patrick Vollmer, an optometrist with the Vita Eye Clinic in Shelby, North Carolina, shared graphic images of a patient he recently ...
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Diet Sodas May Not Help Kids Cut Calories By Amy Norton. HealthDay Reporter. THURSDAY, May 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Kids who favor diet sodas over sugary ones don't consume fewer calories over the course of a day, a new study finds. And they average 200 more calories daily than their ...
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A theater full of 'Avengers: Endgame' viewers in California may have been exposed to measles on opening night Officials in Orange County, California, said a woman from Placentia attended a midnight showing of "Avengers: Endgame" in Fullerton, California, on Thursday night before realizing she had the measles. The woman contracted measles when she was visiting ...
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Scientology cruise ship quarantined in St. Lucia gets measles vaccine (Reuters) - Health officials for the Caribbean island of St. Lucia furnished 100 free doses of measles vaccine to a Church of Scientology cruise ship placed under quarantine in port after the highly contagious disease was diagnosed on board, the island's chief ...
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Mosquito samples in Texas county test positive for West Nile virus, health officials say Mosquito samples collected in a Texas county tested positive for West Nile virus, health officials said this week, officially marking the first positive samples to be confirmed this year. Officials with the Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) ...
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Major grant fuels hunt for universal flu vaccine Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center will use a $30 million federal grant--the second-largest the center has ever received--to accelerate the chase for one of medicine's most elusive goals: a universal influenza vaccine. Public health organizations ...
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Alabama has first confirmed case of measles; infant in St. Clair County diagnosed A vial containing the MMR vaccine, right, and another vial containing the diluent used to mix the vaccine, sit on a tray before being loaded into a syringe at the Medical Arts Pediatric Med Group in Los Angeles on February 6, 2015. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles ...
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Diet Sodas May Not Help Kids Cut Calories THURSDAY, May 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Kids who favor diet sodas over sugary ones don't consume fewer calories over the course of a day, a new study finds. And they average 200 more calories daily than their peers who choose water, according to ...
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UN: Congo should exceed 1000 Ebola deaths on Friday GENEVA – Ebola deaths in Congo's latest outbreak are expected to exceed 1,000 later on Friday, the World Health Organization announced, as attacks continue on health workers trying to contain the virus's spread. The outbreak that was declared in eastern ...
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FDA Approves Sanofi's Dengue Prevention Vaccine Dengvaxia in Narrower Patient Population Twenty-six years after it began development, Sanofi's dengue prevention vaccine Dengvaxia® (Dengue Tetravalent Vaccine, Live) has won FDA approval—albeit in a narrower patient population than what the pharma giant originally envisioned. Dengvaxia ...
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Opioid crisis helps explain rise in cocaine deaths: report Death by cocaine is rising in America, and the opioid crisis, the nation's deadliest overdose epidemic, is at fault, health officials said Thursday. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that nearly three-quarters of the deaths ...
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Device can spot lymphedema early in breast cancer patients An easy-to-use, noninvasive device can detect early signs of the cancer complication known as lymphedema, a new study reports. Lymphedema is the buildup of fluid in the body's tissues when a part of the lymph system is damaged, as can happen in cancer ...
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A cardiovascular doctor has a new theory on why less than 7 hours sleep can lead to heart disease and death Decades of research has shown that chronic short sleep is associated with increased risk of clogged arteries, heart disease, and early mortality. Getty Images. Chronic short sleep is associated with increased risk of clogged arteries, heart disease, and ...
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Pandas eat as much protein as carnivores despite their bamboo diet Giant pandas eat bamboo like a wolf in vegan clothing. In the wild, pandas devour massive amounts of bamboo and digest it so efficiently that protein from the plants probably supplies at least half of the animals' calories, a study finds. That's about on par with ...
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Drug firm founder guilty of bribing doctors to push opioid BOSTON — A pharmaceutical company founder accused of bribing doctors across the U.S. to prescribe a highly addictive fentanyl spray was convicted Thursday in a case that exposed such marketing tactics as using a stripper-turned-sales-rep to give a ...
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Infectious, Part 2: The Flintstone Dilemma Endless Thread presents a special series, "Infectious: The Strange Past and Surprising Present of Vaccines — and Anti-Vaxxers." This is Part Two. Find Part One here. _. The Flintstone Dilemma. There was a time when Fred Flintstone was ubiquitous. And so ...
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AHA News: Director John Singleton's Fatal Stroke Spotlights Black Americans' Hypertension Risk WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2019 (American Heart Association News) -- Filmmaker John Singleton was hailed for his ability to portray black Americans' lives on screen. His death drew attention to one of the biggest threats posed to those lives. Singleton, who was ...
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