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By Time
- Aug 21, 2019
WE'RE ONE STEP CLOSER TO A BLOOD TEST THAT PREDICTS WHEN A PERSON WILL DIE
While death is inevitable, knowing when it will come isn't necessarily, and scientists have been trying to develop a test that could...
blood tests, health
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By Time
- Aug 21, 2019
IS FLUORIDE IN DRINKING WATER SAFE? A NEW STUDY REIGNITES A LONG-STANDING DEBATE
A study published in JAMA Pediatrics has given new life to a long-running debate: whether adding fluoride to drinking water is a prudent...
Pregnancy, Child, Research
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By Time
- Aug 20, 2019
HOW TO AVOID VEHICLE POLLUTION WHEN YOU'RE STUCK IN TRAFFIC
Most non-electric motor vehicles emit multiple airborne pollutants, including nitrogen dioxide, hydrocarbons, and ultrafine chemical...
Pollution, Neurology, Face, Air Pollution, Science
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By Time
- Aug 20, 2019
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FACES AN UNCERTAIN ROAD WITHOUT TITLE X FUNDING-AND PATIENTS MAY STRUGGLE TO GET CARE
Millions of patients may struggle to get the family-planning care they need after Planned Parenthood on Monday decided to leave the...
STD, Plan, Abortion, Cancer, Face, Planned Parenthood
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By Time
- Aug 19, 2019
NEARLY 100 PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED LUNG DISEASES THAT MAY BE LINKED TO VAPING, AND THE CDC IS GETTING INVOLVED
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a growing number of “severe” lung disease cases that appear to...
Adolescence, onetime, public health
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By Time
- Aug 16, 2019
NEWARK OFFICIALS PROVIDING BOTTLED WATER TO 15,000 HOMES OVER LEAD CONTAMINATION CONCERNS. HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE CITY'S WATER CRISIS
It's now the fifth straight day that residents in around 15,000 Newark, N.J. homes are being given bottled water for drinking and cooking,...
Face, health, Newark, onetime
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By Time
- Aug 16, 2019
THE DOCTOR WHO INSPIRED HOUSE NAVIGATES THE HEALTH CARE CRISIS IN NETFLIX DOCUSERIES DIAGNOSIS
For many of Dr. Google's most anxious patients-the ones who consult WebMD's Symptom Checker more often than the weather report-Lisa...
Skin, Eye, TV Shows
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By Time
- Aug 16, 2019
CONFUSED ABOUT WHO SHOULD GET THE HPV VACCINE, AND WHEN? THE CDC HAS NEW RECOMMENDATIONS
For its first few years on the market, the human papillomavirus vaccine was approved only for young girls. Over time, the U.S. Food...
Vaccination, Drugs, Cancer, Food, onetime, public health
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By Time
- Aug 16, 2019
A THIRD OF AMERICANS AVOID CERTAIN PLACES BECAUSE THEY FEAR MASS SHOOTINGS
A third of U.S. adults are so stressed by the prospect of mass shootings that they avoid visiting certain places or attending certain...
Stress, Mental Health, Psychology, onetime
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By Time
- Aug 15, 2019
WHY PARENTS ARE TURNING TO A CONTROVERSIAL TREATMENT FOR FOOD ALLERGIES
For families with food allergies, micro-managing daily life to avoid accidentally consuming the wrong food can be a huge burden. They...
Skin, Injection, Food, Allergies, Injections, Sport, Drugs, allergies, health, onetime, syndication
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By Time
- Aug 13, 2019
WEIGHT LOSS FOR KIDS? THANKS TO WW, THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT
Last February, Weight Watchers set off a firestorm when it announced it would offer its weight-loss program, for free, to teens ages...
Nutrition, Adolescence, Weight loss
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By Time
- Aug 13, 2019
2 EBOLA PATIENTS IN CONGO TREATED WITH NEW DRUGS HAVE BEEN CURED, SAY DOCTORS
Doctors in Congo say that two Ebola patients who were treated with new anti-Ebola drugs in Goma in eastern Congo have been declared...
Cures, Drugs, congo, Infectious Disease, onetime
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By Time
- Aug 13, 2019
AN EBOLA DRUG TRIAL ENDED EARLY BECAUSE IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL. THAT COULD CHANGE HOW DOCTORS HANDLE FUTURE OUTBREAKS
A year into an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , researchers have halted an experimental drug trial there because...
Drugs, Infectious Disease
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By Time
- Aug 13, 2019
THERE COULD BE A CHLAMYDIA VACCINE IN THE COMING YEARS, A PROMISING NEW STUDY SUGGESTS
The first-ever human trial of a genital-chlamydia vaccine suggests that it is safe and effective, according to a new study published...
Vaccination, Infertility, embargoed study, Research
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By Time
- Aug 13, 2019
MISSING DENTURES FOUND STUCK IN MAN'S THROAT 8 DAYS AFTER SURGERY
Here's why it's best to remove false teeth before surgery: You just might swallow them.
A medical journal is reporting the case of...
Teeth, Sleep, Hospital, onetime, United Kingdom
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By Time
- Aug 9, 2019
MOSQUITO-BORNE WEST NILE VIRUS SOARED IN 2018, ACCORDING TO CDC DATA
Severe cases of West Nile virus were 25% more common than usual in 2018, and transmission patterns appeared to shift to new regions,...
Neurology, Brain, Infectious Disease, onetime
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By Time
- Aug 9, 2019
HOW EXERCISE LOWERS THE RISK OF ALZHEIMER'S BY CHANGING YOUR BRAIN
More and more studies are showing how regular exercise benefits the brain , and in particular, the aging brain. What's less clear is...
Alzheimer, Registry, Brain, Alzheimer's, Exercise, Fitness
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By Time
- Aug 9, 2019
WHY DRINKING WATER ALL DAY LONG IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO STAY HYDRATED
Dehydration is a drag on human performance. It can cause fatigue and sap endurance among athletes, according to a 2018 study in the...
Fatigue, Exercise, Fitness
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The headlines of Master Doctor
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New System Improves Wound Treatment, Drug Delivery In Soldiers
New study takes advantage of differences in electrical charge to create an all-aqueous, water-in-water construct that achieves compartmentalization in a synthetic biologic system.
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Unique Pathway for Treating Deadly Children's Brain Cancer Identified
New study identified a unique way to disrupt the cellular process that contributes to Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas and may improve the success rate against the children's...
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Listening to the 'Patient Voice' can Drive Improvements in Hospital Care: Study
Patient-reported experiences about in-patient cardiac care could improve the quality of hospital care, reports a new study.
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9 Steps You Can Take to Prepare for Your Rhinoplasty Procedure
While a rhinoplasty isn't the most invasive procedure that you can undergo, like any surgery, it is important to prepare for it. When you make the decision to undergo a nose...
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Could Prue Leith finally rescue patients from the horrors of hospital food?
Prue Leith has been drafted in by the Prime Minister to help end the hospital food scandal after Boris Johnson vowed to improve the quality of food supplied to patients at NHS...
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Anxiety, Depression May Lead to More Opioid Use After Surgery
Anxiety and depression can lead people to consume more opioids after surgery. This new study helps clinicians mitigate the risk by identifying which patients are more likely to...
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E. coli at new high; Campylobacter top cause of illness in Switzerland
Campylobacter was the top cause of illness while E. coli numbers reached a record high last year, according to foodborne illness figures from Switzerland.
The 2018 surveillance...
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Four-in-one pill could slash the risk of heart attacks
A major British-led study found the daily pill containing aspirin, a statin and two drugs to lower blood pressure slashes the risk by up to a third.
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Salmonella superbug linked to beef and soft cheese has sickened 255 people...
An outbreak of antibiotic linked to American beef and soft cheese imported from Mexico has sent 60 people to the hospitals. Antibiotic resistance is rare in salmonella, causing...
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TB Cases Drop Among the Young, But Racial Disparities Persist
Rates among all other racial/ethnic groups were at least 14 times higher than among whites.
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