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Trump's bid to wipe out AIDS will take more than a pill COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — If President Donald Trump's ambitious plan to wipe out HIV transmission in America by 2030 is to have any chance of success, it will have to reach people like Kwanna Dingell's mother. In April, she walked into an ...
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I face a known risk from cancer and an undetermined risk from the scan used to detect it. Which is worse? We all have certain numbers we'd rather not think about: weight, age and, for me, in addition to breast cancer risk, how many MRIs might be too many. What's worse — a known risk for breast cancer (mine is 42 percent) or an undetermined risk for the ...
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Couple who mysteriously died in Fiji texted family that they'd been 'throwing up for 8 hours' The Texas couple had been planning a vacation to Fiji — relaxing on the palm tree-lined beaches, maybe snorkeling with manta rays or hiking in Koroyanitu National Heritage Park. Excursions like this one had become tradition. The couple, who had posted ...
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Asia's Longhorned Tick Takes Its First Documented Bite In The US Tick bites man. That's not exactly news, but it is in the case of a particular tick that bit a particular man. The tick, native to Asia, is Haemaphysalis longicornis, also known as the longhorned tick. It was only recently discovered in North America. And now, for the ...
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Medicaid Expansion Linked to Lower CV Mortality Recent Medicaid expansion is associated with lower cardiovascular mortality in middle-aged adults, a new study suggests. The study examined differences in cardiovascular mortality before and after the Medicaid expansion in 2014 and compared results in ...
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Why it's important to say something if a relative exhibits signs of Alzheimer's When Tatiana Lagos's father stopped driving, she didn't think much of it at first. "He'd say, 'Hey, can you pick me up?' " Lagos recalled of her father, who was in his early 60s and had recently retired from a career in international law. "And he was leaning ...
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D2d: Vitamin D Doesn't Stop Diabetes in Those With Prediabetes SAN FRANCISCO — Vitamin D3 supplementation in people at high risk of developing diabetes but who did not have vitamin D insufficiency does not reduce the chances of developing the disease compared with placebo, the new results of a randomized, ...
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Unusual symptoms pointing to brain cancer turned into something completely different (CNN) Brain tumor, the doctors said. After examining scans and ruling out other possibilities, cancer was the most likely explanation for the unusual symptoms that Rachel Palma experienced beginning in January 2018. "I was having involuntary movements ...
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Three hospital patients dead from listeria linked to pre-packaged sandwiches London (CNN) Three people have died and three are seriously ill following an outbreak of listeria infection in hospitals in England, Public Health England has said. Multiple health agencies and local authorities are investigating the source of the infection, ...
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Measles-infected person travels through LAX airport on Memorial Day weekend A traveler with measles passed through Los Angeles International Airport over the Memorial Day weekend, prompting officials to issue warnings for people who may have come close to the infected person. The potential places where the public may have ...
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D2d: Vitamin D fails to prevent type 2 diabetes SAN FRANCISCO — Adults with prediabetes assigned to daily vitamin D supplementation for 2.5 years were just as likely to develop type 2 diabetes during follow-up as similar patients assigned to placebo, regardless of baseline vitamin D status, according to ...
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What the United States could learn from Nigeria about taking on anti-vaxxers To consider that Nigeria, infamous for anti-vaxx campaigns leading to polio outbreaks, has any lessons for Americans may be shocking. But as measles cases in the U.S. climb to an all-time high after the disease was declared eliminated in 2000, U.S. public ...
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What and How You Eat Affects Your Odds for Type 2 Diabetes By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). SATURDAY, June 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The kind of foods you eat, and even the order in which you eat them can affect your odds of developing type 2 diabetes, three new studies suggest.
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Hitting snooze can actually confuse the brain into restarting the process of sleep While such snoozing might seem harmless, Steven Bender, a Clinical Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Texas A&M University, says it may not be. Delaying getting out of bed for nine minutes by hitting the snooze won't contribute to any ...
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The HPV Vaccine Is A Cancer Vaccine, Not A Sex Vaccine Marcia Cross, actress best known for her work on the hit television show Desperate Housewives, recently revealed that she is being treated for anal cancer, which is seen in less than 1% of cancer cases each year. The actress wanted to share her story, not ...
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Vitamin D fails to prevent type 2 diabetes in large study (Reuters Health) - If you're talking vitamin D and expecting it to lower your risk of getting type 2 diabetes when you get older, it's time to lower your expectations. A new study, the largest of its kind, has found that taking 4000 international units (IU) per day, ...
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Ebola outbreak may last up to 2 years, WHO says An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in a turbulent region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo may last as long as two years in the absence of a stronger international response, senior global public health officials said this week. But there are some ...
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Vitamin D Flops for Diabetes Prevention SAN FRANCISCO -- Vitamin D supplementation for a median 2.5 years did not significantly affect development of type 2 diabetes in a high-risk population, researchers said here. In the so-called D2d study, involving more than 2,400 non-vitamin D deficient ...
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US may soon lose measles elimination status, CDC says The United States may soon lose the measles elimination status it achieved in 2000, the CDC recently warned. The warning came just before the number of cases in the country since January topped 1,000. Outbreaks have popped up recently across the ...
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Everything You Need To Know About Ebola Outbreak 2019 Ebola outbreaks have increased in both frequency and scale over the past few years. The World Health Organization (WHO) has now warned that these epidemics have started to become the "new normal", and has urged countries to focus on preparing for ...
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Inconsistent sleep behavior heightens metabolic syndrome risk Adults who frequently change how much sleep they get and the time at which they go to sleep each night are at higher risk for metabolic syndrome compared with those who stick to a consistent sleep regimen, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.
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The cost of cancer: 25% of survivors face financial hardship, report finds NEW YORK — Cancer can take a toll not only on the body but also a patient's bank account — and just how much of a toll has been revealed in a new report. About one-fourth of cancer survivors in the United States say they have had problems paying ...
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Alaska officials warn hares could spread deadly disease to people, pets Alaska wildlife officials recently issued a warning for residents in Fairbanks: Beware of hares. In a news release late last month, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced it had received calls about an "abundance" of hares — some of which were ...
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The cost of cancer: 25% of survivors face financial hardship, report finds Cancer can take a toll not only on the body but also a patient's bank account — and just how much of a toll has been revealed in a new report. About one-fourth of cancer survivors in the United States say they have had problems paying medical bills and ...
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What to Know About HPV, the Sexually Transmitted Disease that Led to Marcia Cross' Anal Cancer Marcia Cross first shared that she had anal cancer in the hopes of ending the stigma against the disease. But in a new interview, she also urged people to get protected against HPV, or human papillomavirus, the infection that led to her cancer. HPV is the ...
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The cost of cancer: 25% of survivors face financial hardship, report finds WASHINGTON — Cancer can take a toll not only on the body but also a patient's bank account — and just how much of a toll has been revealed in a new report. About one-fourth of cancer survivors in the United States say they have had problems paying ...
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This new CPR dummy attachment with breasts could help save women's lives Most cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) mannequins, on which people learn how to do CPR, are missing one feature important to a significant portion of the population: breasts. A new product is changing that, with the hope of saving the lives of countless ...
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Junk food may be fuelling rise in food allergies, say experts A ballooning diet of junk food might be one of the factors fuelling a rise in food allergies, researchers have suggested. Experts say they have seen a rise in food allergies in western countries, including the UK. While true prevalence can be tricky to determine, ...
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Cancer suvivors celebrate with testimonials, activities The atmosphere during the recent National Cancer Survivors Day 2019 at St. Catherine Hospital was uplifting, informative, inspiring and downright fun. More than 50 survivors enjoyed breakfast, speakers, exercise, a photo corner, camaraderie and an ...
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Nurses have an increased risk of sleep disorders and sleep deprivation According to preliminary results of a new study, there is a high prevalence of insufficient sleep and symptoms of common sleep disorders among medical center nurses. Results show that 49% of participating nurses at an academic medical center averaged ...
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If you bought a donut at this NJ Dunkin', you need to see a doctor Health officials say anyone who patronized a Dunkin' in Turnersville between May 18 and June 1 may have been exposed to hepatitis A from a sick worker and should get vaccinated. While the risk of infection is low, anyone who ate or drank anything from the ...
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Women suffering domestic abuse have triple the risk of mental illness, study says June 7 (UPI) -- Women who suffer domestic violence have almost three times the risk of developing serious mental health challenges, a new study says. The research, published Friday in the British Journal of Psychiatry, also showed those women are nearly ...
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Is Junk Food Causing the Increase in Food Allergies? People's love of processed foods might be one reason for the stark increase in — and severity of — food allergies in the past few decades, a new study suggests. Looking at a group of children ages 6 to 12, researchers from the University of Naples Federico II ...
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Genetic mutation increases risk to some cancers and treatment may already be in drugstore When Kelley Oliver Douglass got breast cancer, a genetic counselor asked: Do you and your children have trouble finding hats that fit? They did, and that gave the counselor a clue to a mutation in a gene called Pten. In addition to increasing head ...
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Unusual symptoms pointing to brain cancer turned into something completely different Brain tumor, the doctors said. After examining scans and ruling out other possibilities, cancer was the most likely explanation for the unusual symptoms that Rachel Palma experienced beginning in January 2018. "I was having involuntary movements with my ...
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Polio: 3 new WPV1 cases reported in Pakistan and Afghanistan By NewsDesk @bactiman63. Three additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases have been reported in the past week in Pakistan (2) and Afghanistan (1), bringing the total to 29 in 2019, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Afghanistan ...
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NY woman's horror: A tapeworm in her brain "Of course I was grossed out," the 42-year-old said. "But of course, I was also relieved. It meant that no further treatment was necessary." Doctors had broken the disheartening news to Rachel Palma, explaining that the lesion on her brain was suspected to be ...
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| Disturbed Sleep Linked to Mental Health Problems in Earthquake Survivors Published on June 7, 2019. Preliminary results from a new study suggest that sleep disturbances are associated with mental health problems among survivors of a natural disaster even two years after the event. The researchers surveyed survivors two years ...
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Hundreds of young kids drown in pools each year—keep yours safe (HealthDay)—Summer at the nation's swimming pools and hot tubs means fun for kids, but danger, too. The latest national data, for 2016, finds 389 U.S. youngsters under the age of 15 drowned in pools and hot tubs that year. Most of the deaths (74%) ...
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Prevention: the new holy grail of treating mental illness Far more attention should be devoted to preventing mental illness rather than simply treating it as it arises, health experts say, comparing the current approach to only treating heart disease after a cardiac arrest. At the start of a new Guardian series on ...
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Anti-LGBTQ Christian hate group cheers as Trump administration shuts down HIV cure research The Trump administration announced that it would immediately shut down an HIV research contract with a university and the move was hailed by an anti-LGBTQ hate group. In a statement, the Department of Health and Human Services said that it would be ...
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New radiotracer can identify nearly 30 types of cancer A novel class of radiopharmaceuticals has proven effective in non-invasively identifying nearly 30 types of malignant tumors, according to research published in the June issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Using 68Ga-FAPI positron emission ...
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Possible measles exposure reported at LAX after infected traveler passes through airport twice LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KABC) -- Another measles case has been recorded at Los Angeles International Airport, officials announced Friday. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said the person traveled through the airport while infectious ...
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Measles Vaccinations Required For Toms River's Summer Camp With measles cases across the country now higher than they were in 1992, officials are taking other precautions. By Karen Wall, Patch Staff | Jun 7, 2019 12:13 pm ET | Updated Jun 7, 2019 12:15 pm ET ...
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Measles: Rockland County announces Spring Valley exposure site Another measles exposure site was announced in Rockland County, where an eight-month outbreak has led to a total of 259 confirmed cases. Anyone who visited Pharmacy Plus, 728 N. Main St., Spring Valley, on Tuesday, May 28 from 1-2 p.m., may have ...
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New breast cancer screening method could help pinpoint individual risk Using information collected from multiple techniques, researchers found they could accurately predict how likely an individual was to be diagnosed with breast cancer within the next 10 years (Picture: PA). A better method of screening for breast cancer could ...
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Texas couple who mysteriously died in Fiji texted family that they'd been 'throwing up for 8 hours' The Texas couple had been planning a vacation to Fiji - relaxing on the palm tree-lined beaches, maybe snorkeling with manta rays or hiking in Koroyanitu National Heritage Park. Excursions like this one had become tradition. The couple, who had posted ...
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Smartphone app could diagnose children's illness based on recording of their cough Photo (c) Imgorthand - Getty Images Veteran parents are often tuned in to even the slightest changes in their child's behavior or demeanor when it comes to spotting a potential sickness. But for those who haven't developed this almost supernatural sense, ...
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Researchers warn: junk food could be responsible for the food allergy epidemic Experts at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition are today presenting the results of a study that show higher levels of advanced glycation end products (AGEs), found in abundance in junk ...
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Vitamin D fails to prevent type 2 diabetes in large study By Gene Emery. (Reuters Health) - If you're talking vitamin D and expecting it to lower your risk of getting type 2 diabetes when you get older, it's time to lower your expectations. A new study, the largest of its kind, has found that taking 4000 international units ...
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