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U.S. officials identify ‘strong culprit’ in vaping illnesses

A vitamin E acetate sample during a tour of the Medical Marijuana Laboratory of Organic and Analytical Chemistry at the…

November 11, 2019

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U.S. health officials link childhood trauma to adult illness

In a first-of-its-kind report released Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that millions of cases of heart…

November 6, 2019

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Is the stethoscope dying? High-tech rivals pose a threat

It is threatened by hand-held devices that are also pressed against the chest but rely on ultrasound technology, artificial intelligence…

November 1, 2019

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Vaccine shows promise for preventing active TB disease

A chest X-ray of a tuberculosis patient. According to results reported Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, at a conference in India…

October 31, 2019

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More severely obese kids should get surgery, MD group says

This combination of undated photos provided by the family in October 2019 shows Faith Newsome before and after gastric bypass…

October 29, 2019

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Meth is most common drug in overdose deaths in chunk of U.S.

A display of the fentanyl and meth that was seized by Customs and Border Protection officers at the Nogales Port…

October 26, 2019

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Hyperbaric chambers encourage the healing of chronic wounds

supports immune system, growth factors

October 24, 2019

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FDA wants stronger warning on breast implants about risks

On Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that breast implant manufacturers should add a boxed…

October 23, 2019

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Study points to virus as culprit in kids’ paralyzing illness

An electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows numerous, spheroid-shaped enterovirus-D68 (EV-D68) virions.…

October 21, 2019

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UN says Ebola in Congo still qualifies as global emergency

On July 16, 2019 file photo, health workers dressed in protective gear begin their shift at an Ebola treatment center…

October 19, 2019

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Where you die can affect your chance of being an organ donor

Donna Cryer holds up family photos that include her father Roland Henry, as she poses for a photo in Washington.…

October 17, 2019

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Who says you can’t eat red meat? Food advice questioned anew

Steaks and other beef products are displayed for sale at a grocery store in McLean, Va. On Sept. 30, 2019,…

October 15, 2019

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Durango pancreatic cancer patient beating the odds

Low-dose chemotherapy and IV vitamin C prove effective

October 14, 2019

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Doctors turn to thumbs for diagnosis and treatment by text

Emergency room physician, Dr. Anna Nguyen uses her smartphone to communicate with a remote patient from her Sacramento, Calif., home.…

October 9, 2019

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3 sexually transmitted diseases hit new highs again in US

Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria magnified 200 times. U.S. infections from three sexually-transmitted diseases have risen for the fifth consecutive year and…

October 9, 2019