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Bayfield parents find new ways to address teen depression
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U.S. flu season arrives early, driven by an unexpected virus
A nurse prepares a flu shot at the Salvation Army in Atlanta. The U.S. winter flu season is off to its earliest start in more than 15 years. An early…
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Officials list pot vape brands reported in U.S. outbreak
Health officials investigating a nationwide outbreak of vaping-related illnesses have, for the first time, listed the vape brands that are most commonly linked to hospitalizations. Most of the nearly 2,300…
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Health program offers free HIV prevention drug to uninsured
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar pauses while speaking during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, in Washington. The government opened a new program Tuesday to provide an…
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Stop! Washing your Thanksgiving turkey could spread germs
Thanksgiving turkey in Concord, N.H. Food safety experts say raw turkeys shouldn’t be rinsed, since that can spread harmful bacteria. Cooking should kill any germs. But bacteria can still spread…
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Mailing free home HIV tests helps detect more infections
Free mail-order HIV tests for high-risk men offer a potentially better strategy for curbing disease spread than usual care, according to a U.S. government study published Monday, Nov. 18, 2019,…
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New, old drugs may offer fresh ways to fight heart disease
printout from an electrocardiogram machine in Missouri. Doctors are reporting that novel drugs may offer fresh ways to reduce heart risks beyond the usual medicines to lower cholesterol and blood…
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AMA calls for total ban on all e-cigarette, vaping products
On Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, the American Medical Association said it is calling for an immediate ban on all electronic cigarette and vaping devices.Associated Press file The group adopted the…
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Will you get dementia? Many may not understand their risk
An elderly couple walks down a hall in Easton, Pa. Research released on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, suggests many American adults inaccurately estimate their chances for developing dementia and do…
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U.S. superbug infections rising, but deaths are falling
This 1971 microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria, which causes the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea. In a report released Wednesday,…
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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 Wadsworth Center in Albany, N.Y. On Friday, Nov. 8, 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 disease and other illnesses can be linked to abuse and…
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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 and smartphone apps instead of doctors’ ears to help detect…
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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 and published by the New England Journal of Medicine, an…
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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 surgery. At 5 feet, 8 inches and 273 pounds, her…
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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 of Entry, during a news conference in Nogales, Ariz. According…
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Hyperbaric chambers encourage the healing of chronic wounds
supports immune system, growth factors
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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 warning – the most serious type – to information used…
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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. Scientists have found the strongest evidence yet that a virus…
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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 in Beni, Congo DRC. The World Health Organization says the…
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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. When her father died, she tried to donate his organs,…
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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, a team of international researchers recently rattled the nutrition world…
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Durango pancreatic cancer patient beating the odds
Low-dose chemotherapy and IV vitamin C prove effective
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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. The medical industry is seeing a growing form of care…
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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 broken more records. More than 1.7 million cases of chlamydia…
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Twin births in U.S. now going down, at lowest level in decade
An in vitro fertilization embryologist works on a petri dish at a fertility clinic in London. In vitro fertilization involves surgically removing eggs from a woman’s ovaries, combining them with…
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U.S. vaping illnesses top 1,000; death count is up to 18
Counterfeit packaging for popular vape brands in a display case of a store in downtown Los Angeles. On Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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Group pulls video that stirred talk of designer babies
This image made from the National Academy of Sciences website on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019 shows part of a video of people discussing gene editing and designer babies. The group…
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U.S. vaping illness count jumps to 805, deaths rise to 13
A high school principal displays vaping devices that were confiscated from students at the school in Massachusetts. On Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said…
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Health officials: It’s time to give flu vaccine another shot
B.K. Morris, a nurse with MedStar Visiting Nurses Association, gives a flu shot to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar during a news conference in Washington. The flu…