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Amid Measles Outbreaks, States Consider Revoking Religious Vaccine Exemptions On a Tuesday afternoon last month — a work and school day — more than 1,000 parents and children made their way to the state Capitol in Salem, Ore., bearing signs reading, "hands off our rights" and chanting "we do not consent!" Like activists around the ...
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WHO warns over spread of measles in Europe as 34000 cases reported in 2 months (CNN) Measles outbreaks will continue to spread in Europe without a robust response, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned as it urged countries in the region to vaccinate vulnerable populations. There were 34,300 cases recorded in the region in ...
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Heart failure deaths on the rise in younger US adults, researchers say (CNN) A recent decline in heart failure-related deaths in the United States has reversed, and those types of deaths are now climbing nationwide, especially among adults ages 35 to 64. The trend, which also revealed some racial disparities, was found in a ...
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Essential California: How a 2014 Disneyland measles outbreak changed state history Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It's Tuesday, May 7, and I'm writing from Los Angeles. The measles outbreak that changed the course of California history began like the opening sequence in a disaster movie. Advertisement.
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As Melanoma Rises, Doctors Challenge Some Early Testing May 6, 2019 -- As melanoma cases continue to rise sharply, Americans are being urged to get screened early for this deadliest of skin cancers. But some dermatologists question whether screening people without symptoms has resulted in overdiagnosing ...
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WHO issues warning as measles infects 34000 in Europe this year LONDON (Reuters) - More than 34,000 people across Europe caught measles in the first two months of 2019, with the vast majority of cases in Ukraine, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday as it urged authorities to ensure vulnerable people get ...
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New AAN Guideline on Tourette Syndrome, Tic Disorders PHILADELPHIA — The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has released a new guideline on the management of Tourette Syndrome and other chronic tic disorders. The guideline and the systematic review of the literature that supported their ...
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Luke Perry and John Singleton remind us that strokes can strike younger adults too Actor Luke Perry, left, and director John Singleton both died their early 50s of a stroke, which experts say is becoming more common among younger Americans. (Dennis Van Tine/Abaca Press/TNS and Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP). Sudden weakness on one ...
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Severe alcohol-related liver disease on the rise, study finds Severe alcohol-related liver disease is on the rise, a new study suggests. Experts say the increase may be due to heavy binge drinking, especially in young adults. Researchers found that while there has been little change in the rate of people developing ...
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Fitter People Have Greatly Reduced Chance Of Developing Lung And Colorectal Cancers, Says New Study We all know that being physically fit reduces the risk of numerous diseases including heart disease, obesity and various types of cancer, but new work done by researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore has revealed just how much the risk of two ...
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A record number of measles cases is hitting the US this year. Who is being affected? The rising number of measles cases this year is by far the most since successful vaccination led to elimination of the disease in this country almost two decades ago. Cases appear in the United States every year because of people traveling abroad or visitors ...
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Use of Meds for Enlarged Prostate Might Delay a Cancer Diagnosis By E.J. Mundell, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, May 6, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Men who take medicines for an enlarged prostate can have years-long delays in their diagnosis of prostate cancer and more advanced prostate cancer when ...
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US Measles Cases Continue to Climb As measles cases rose last week to a new high of 764 cases this year in 23 states, a battle is heating up in New York state over a proposal to tighten vaccination requirements for those attending schools. The new total is 60 cases more than a week ago, ...
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Pokeman Characters Linger in Brain Well Past Childhood MONDAY, May 6, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Play plenty of Pokemon as a child, and your brain may tuck your favorite characters away in a special place where they are never forgotten. Researchers from Stanford University believe that's exactly what ...
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Stem cells make more 'cargo' packets to carry cellular aging therapies Johns Hopkins scientists report that adult cells reprogrammed to become primitive stem cells, called induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), make tiny "cargo packets" able to deliver potentially restorative or repairing proteins, antibodies or other therapies to ...
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Arsenic in drinking water damages hearts of young adults, study says (CNN) Young adults free of diabetes and cardiovascular disease developed heart damage after only five years of exposure to low-to-moderate levels of arsenic commonly found in groundwater. This was the finding of a new study published Tuesday in ...
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Parents vape around kids, even kids with asthma (Reuters Health) - American adults are more likely to use e-cigarettes when they have children at home, especially when kids have asthma, a U.S. study suggests. FILE PHOTO: A young man smokes a Suorin Drop electronic cigarette in this picture illustration ...
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Newer Diabetes Drugs Linked to 'Flesh-Eating' Genital Infection By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, May 6, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Say you have type 2 diabetes and you are taking a newer class of medications to treat your disease -- but one day you notice pain, redness and a foul odor in ...
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Heart Disease is Top Cause of Death in Pregnancy By Robert Preidt. HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, May 6, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A major medical group has issued new guidance on detecting and treating the leading cause of death in pregnant women and new mothers in the United States.
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Why parents are struggling to find mental health care for their children For several months last spring and summer, my teen daughter, Caroline, experienced near-daily bouts of depression and debilitating panic attacks. During those episodes, she became extremely agitated, sobbing uncontrollably and aggressively rebuffing my ...
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Fournier Gangrene Alarm: More Cases Linked to Diabetes Drugs Fournier gangrene (FG), a necrotizing infection of the perineum, is a relatively rare but potentially fatal complication of treatment with sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, new data from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suggest.
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Fitness levels linked to lung, colorectal cancer risk, outcomes High levels of cardiorespiratory fitness appeared associated with reduced risk for lung and colorectal cancer, as well as lower risk for death after diagnosis with these cancers, according to study results published in Cancer. "Our findings are one of the first, ...
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FDA issues warning about risks of Ambien, other sleeping aids U.S. drug regulators added a strict new warning about prescription sleeping pills like Lunesta and Ambien after well-publicized, sometimes joked-about side effects were found to sometimes lead to tragic injuries or even deaths. The Food and Drug ...
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Heart Problems Are Killing More Americans—Even Younger Ones. Here's How to Reduce Your Risk The heart health of younger Americans may be declining, even after years of medical progress. Heart disease is, and has for years been, the leading cause of death among American men and women. But for decades, medical and therapeutic advances were ...
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Sunscreen enters bloodstream after just one day of use, study says It took just one day of use for several common sunscreen ingredients to enter the bloodstream at levels high enough to trigger a government safety investigation, according to a pilot study conducted by the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, an arm of ...
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Climate change is helping spread a fungus that attacks bananas (CNN) A fungal plant disease from Asia has been spreading across banana-growing areas of Latin America and the Caribbean since the 1960s. New research suggests that climate change is aiding the spread of this highly destructive plant infection.
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Newer diabetes drugs linked to 'flesh-eating' genital infection (HealthDay)— Say you have type 2 diabetes and you are taking a newer class of medications to treat your disease—but one day you notice pain, redness and a foul odor in your genital area. If this happens, new research suggests you need to see your doctor ...
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Those deer on your lawn? They're delivering disease-ridden ticks to your doorstep One professor calls it a "hidden threat": Blood-sucking ticks that carry an array of diseases are hitching rides on deer as the mammals multiply across the country, popping up in forests, parks and even our front lawns. That likely means ticks in more places than ...
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All Five Stages of Melanoma—Explained by a Dermatologist More than 96,000 Americans are diagnosed each year with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. That's quite a scary statistic, but it's important to remember that when melanoma is diagnosed—and how quickly it's treated—has a lot to do with a ...
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Chapter 3: 'Is it a boy or a girl?' Transgender man's pregnancy journey reveals even those closest to him don't understand a person's birth sex vs. gender identity. When Liam came out 10 years ago, his mother didn't know anyone else who was transgender. With time, though, she only ...
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Measles in Adults: Should You Get Another Vaccination? The United States is experiencing its largest measles outbreak since 1994. As of May 3, 2019, 764 individuals in 23 states have been affected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But while a majority of sufferers are ...
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Why some health enthusiasts are drinking ginger (CNN) You may use it to add spice to a meal or steeped in a hot tea, but ginger has become a growing area of interest when it comes to health benefits. Research has shown that ginger can help calm symptoms of an upset stomach, including nausea and ...
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Dispensing Opioid Antidote Without a Prescription Might Save Lives By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, May 6, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Opioid overdose deaths would decline dramatically if U.S. pharmacists could dispense the antidote naloxone without a doctor's prescription, a new study says.
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New guidelines for Tourette syndrome treatment call for behavioral therapy before medication New guidelines meant to help neurologists treat people with Tourette syndrome call for waiting to see whether symptoms get worse and then trying behavioral therapy before resorting to medications. The guidelines were released Monday in Neurology, the ...
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Cardiovascular Disease Is Killing Pregnant Women, a New Plan May Help Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is now the leading cause of death among pregnant women and women who've recently had a baby. Currently, approximately 1 to 4 percent of the 4 million pregnancies that occur in the U.S. each year are affected by CVD, ...
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Sunscreens may enter bloodstream, but health effect unknown, study finds Several active ingredients in popular sunscreens are absorbed into the body rather than just sitting on the skin, a new government study finds. In a Food and Drug Administration experiment, researchers determined that far higher levels of these ingredients ...
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Why visual stimulation may work against Alzheimer's Several years ago, MIT neuroscientists showed that they could dramatically reduce the amyloid plaques seen Alzheimer's disease in mice simply by exposing the animals to light flickering at a specific frequency. In a new study, the researchers have found that ...
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Luke Perry and John Singleton remind us that strokes can strike younger adults too Sudden weakness on one side of the body. Slurred speech. Loss of vision. Trouble with balance. Severe headaches. Advertisement. These are signs of a stroke. If it happened to someone close to you, would you know what to do? After the age of 55, the risk ...
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Arsenic in drinking water damages hearts of young adults, study says Young adults free of diabetes and cardiovascular disease developed heart damage after only five years of exposure to low-to-moderate levels of arsenic commonly found in groundwater. This was the finding of a new study published Tuesday in Circulation, ...
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Arsenic exposure increases risk for LV hypertrophy, wall thickness American Indian patients with minimal CV risk factors who were exposed to arsenic had an increase in left ventricular hypertrophy and LV wall thickness, according to a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. "People drinking water from ...
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Expert: Scientology Ship With Measles Case Could be Quarantined for Weeks Topline: The Scientology cruise ship with a measles case on board remains under quarantine in its home port of Curacao as health officials wait to see if more people aboard become infected. The quarantine could last up to two more weeks, a public health ...
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Germany Might Make Measles Vaccinations Mandatory Lawmakers in Germany are considering a new law that would fine parents if their children aren't vaccinated against measles. The Guardian reports that the draft law would make vaccinations mandatory for any child attending nurseries or schools, as well as ...
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Christopher Columbus brought measles to the New World. It was a disaster for Native Americans. By Michael S. Rosenwald | The Washington Post. In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue, bringing to the New World a bounty of wonder: coffee, horses, turnips, grapes, wine. But Columbus and his fellow explorers, in addition to importing crops and animals ...
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Oregon House passes bill to eliminate religious, philosophical vaccine exemptions Oregon lawmakers have advanced a bill that would eliminate religious and philosophical exemptions for mandatory vaccinations, according to the Oregonian. The bill, which would allow exemptions to vaccinations solely for medical reasons, passed the ...
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Many kids with chronic illness are still happy: Study (HealthDay)—Many children deal with chronic health issues—but it doesn't mean they can't enjoy life as much as other kids, a new study finds. Researchers found that among more than 1,200 5- to 9-year-olds, those with some of the most common childhood ...
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6 in 10 Infectious Diseases Come from Animals. The CDC Is Most Worried About These 8. More than half of the infectious diseases that affect people come from animals. Now, for the first time, the government is releasing a list of the top eight illnesses spread from animals — called zoonotic diseases — in the United States. The list includes some ...
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Measles Patients Hit LA Hot Spots Such As The Grove At least one new patient with measles recently visited LA's trendy spots including The Grove, Melrose, and a popular farmer's market. By Paige Austin, Patch Staff | May 6, 2019 1:32 pm ET. Reply. 0. Measles Patients Hit LA Hot Spots Such As The Grove ...
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Fournier Gangrene: Fatal Infection of the Genitals Identified as Rare Side Effect of Type 2 Diabetes Drug Scientists have warned that a diabetes drug could increase the risk of developing a potentially fatal gangrene which causes the genitals to rot away. The researchers looked at the side effects of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, which treat ...
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Germany: New bill could make it costly for parents that don't vaccinate their kids A new bill in Germany, the Measles Protection Act, introduced by Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn, if made into law would require all children to have both measles vaccines recommended by the Standing Vaccination Commission when entering the ...
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Second Measles Case Confirmed In Orange County An infant seen at the Children's Hospital of Orange County was confirmed to have been infected with the measles virus when brought to the ER. By Ashley Ludwig, Patch Staff | May 6, 2019 3:38 pm ET ...
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