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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MedicineNet Daily NewsTitle: Extreme Weather Kills 2,000 in U.S. Each Year: CDC Category: Health News Created: 7/30/2014 12:36:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 7/31/2014 12:00:00 AM
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MedicineNet Daily NewsTitle: Make Kids' Weight Loss a Family Affair, Study Suggests Category: Health News Created: 7/30/2014 2:36:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 7/31/2014 12:00:00 AM
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MedicineNet Daily NewsTitle: Different Areas of Brain Affected in Autism, Sensory Disorders Category: Health News Created: 7/30/2014 2:36:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 7/31/2014 12:00:00 AM
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MedicineNet Daily NewsTitle: Gene Mutation May Make Food More Tempting Category: Health News Created: 7/30/2014 2:36:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 7/31/2014 12:00:00 AM
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MedicineNet Daily NewsTitle: Scientists Shed Light on Link Between Depression, Dementia Category: Health News Created: 7/30/2014 4:36:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 7/31/2014 12:00:00 AM
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MedicineNet Daily NewsTitle: Tip-Over Furniture Can Kill Kids Category: Health News Created: 7/30/2014 5:36:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 7/31/2014 12:00:00 AM
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MedicineNet Daily NewsTitle: Early Stem Cell Transplant Vital in 'Bubble Boy' Disease Category: Health News Created: 7/30/2014 5:36:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 7/31/2014 12:00:00 AM
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MedicineNet Daily NewsTitle: Malaria Growing Resistant to Drugs Used to Fight It Category: Health News Created: 7/30/2014 5:36:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 7/31/2014 12:00:00 AM
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MedicineNet Daily NewsTitle: Even Thinking an Odor is Harmful May Spur Asthma Symptoms Category: Health News Created: 7/30/2014 12:36:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 7/31/2014 12:00:00 AM
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MedicineNet Daily NewsTitle: Benefits of E-Cigarettes May Outweigh Harms, Study Finds Category: Health News Created: 7/30/2014 7:36:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 7/31/2014 12:00:00 AM
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MedicineNet Daily NewsTitle: Health Tip: Choosing a Safe Summer Camp Category: Health News Created: 7/31/2014 7:35:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/31/2014 12:00:00 AM
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MedicineNet Daily NewsTitle: Health Tip: If You Get Lost on a Hiking Trail Category: Health News Created: 7/31/2014 7:36:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/31/2014 12:00:00 AM
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MedicineNet Daily NewsTitle: Cholesterol Drugs May Speed Healing After Surgery Category: Health News Created: 7/31/2014 9:35:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/31/2014 12:00:00 AM
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MedicineNet Daily NewsTitle: Big Jump in Doctor's Office Visits for Young Adults With Diabetes Category: Health News Created: 7/31/2014 9:36:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/31/2014 12:00:00 AM
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MedicineNet Daily NewsTitle: No TV or Obesity, But Ancient People Still Had Heart Disease Category: Health News Created: 7/31/2014 9:36:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/31/2014 12:00:00 AM
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MedicineNet Daily NewsTitle: Did Your Meal Win an Xtreme Eating Award? Category: Health News Created: 7/31/2014 11:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/31/2014 12:00:00 AM
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MedicineNet Daily NewsTitle: Woman Skips Round of Chemo to Help Cancer Research Category: Health News Created: 7/31/2014 11:01:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/31/2014 12:00:00 AM
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Medical DailyA Gaza hospital treating many wounded civilians from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict had one optimistic update today: quadruplets successfully born.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Medical DailyUK researchers believe the heavy drinking problems can be tackled with higher alcohol prices.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Medical DailyBritish bodybuilder Blake Beckford overcame a serious case of ulcerative colitis and now models with his colostomy bag.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Medical DailyThis year’s FIFA World Cup champion is not only on top in soccer, but also in penis enlargements, becoming the world’s capital for the intimate nip-tuck procedure, but is it effective?
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Medical DailySub-Saharan countries are in dire need of more doctors, and a U.S.-funded program aims to boost enrollment in medical education.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Medical DailyWider use of antidepressant and analgesic therapies would help more patients on dialysis to find relief from depression symptoms, a new study suggests.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Medical DailyKellogg's Special K cereal hasn't done well recently, but the CEO thinks the brand's ready to address new changes in diets.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Medical DailyMany are worried that America will soon face a shortage of doctors, but a recent report from the Institute of Medicine suggests this is not true.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Medical DailyThe National Institutes of Health has launched a $5.8 million collaboration among eight research institutions to scour the human genome for new therapeutic drug targets.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Medical DailyHealth Tap founder Ron Gutman introduces HealthTap Prime, a new service that provides unlimited videoconferencing with doctors all on your phone or any other mobile electronic device.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from THE MEDICAL NEWSA flu virus acts like a Trojan horse as it attacks and infects host cells. Scientists at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have acquired a clearer view of the well-hidden mechanism involved.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internal Medicine NewsWomen who recently used oral contraceptives had a 50% greater chance of developing breast cancer than that of women who formerly used or never used or
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internal Medicine NewsOnly a minority of patients with longstanding inflammatory bowel disease – 19% of those with Crohn’s disease and 11% of those with ulcerative coli
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internal Medicine NewsThe role of food allergy testing in the evaluation and treatment of patients with eosinophilic esophagitis is not yet clear, according to a study by D
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internal Medicine NewsAmong adults at average risk for colorectal cancer who undergo screening colonoscopy, the yield of large polyps and tumors varies widely by patient ag
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internal Medicine NewsTwo interferon-free combination therapies yielded sustained virologic responses of 96%-100% in an international, open-label, phase III, randomized tri
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from THE MEDICAL NEWSAmerican researchers have identified a genetic indicator that could be used to predict a person’s risk of attempting suicide.
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Will you miss your workout if you had to pay for it? If money motivates you more than fitness, an app is here to either reward or punish you. Pact is an app which uses money to track your fitness goals. When you set up Pact, you give you... -
Aamir Khan sure knows how to create a storm. A recent poster of PK – a Rajkumar Hirani movie starring Aamir Khan – got leaked on the net and Mr Perfectionist looks super fit and ripped while standing nude holding what looks like a radio ... -
Neymar’s back injury is healing well and the Brazilian forward should be fit by the start of the new Spanish La Liga Season. In one of the defining moments of the 2014 World Cup, Neymar fractured a bone in his back following a challenge ... -
Friday, August 1, 2014 from POPSUGAR FitnessWhile losing weight isn't something that happens overnight, doing some prep work the night before can make all the difference when you step on the scale. If slimming down and becoming healthier are two goals at the top of your priority l...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from POPSUGAR FitnessAs a CrossFit newbie, I didn't know what to expect when I attended the 2014 CrossFit Games (as a guest of Reebok), but I knew I'd learn a thing or two about the muscle-building workout movement. While I did learn a lot from watching "the...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from POPSUGAR FitnessThe concept of detoxing doesn't have to be scary; there's no need to feel deprived, as you're taking care of your body! Incorporate these doable tips into your daily routine to support your health and feel your best every day. Drink hot ...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from POPSUGAR FitnessYes! You can get a solid full-body workout done under an hour. This efficient 45-minute sweat session starts with a push of cardio and finishes with strength training, focused on ab and arm work. Treadmill Plan Time Speed Incline 00:00-0...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from POPSUGAR FitnessIf you've ever considered challenging yourself at a Reebok Spartan Race , the killer obstacle-course race series, you're in great company! The inspiring trainers of ABC's Extreme Weight Loss , Chris and Heidi Powell, recently participate...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from WebMD Health Headlines
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Internal Medicine NewsGo ahead and mark your calendar: Medicare officials have issued a final regulation setting Oct. 1, 2015, as the official compliance date for switching
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Home Health Care NewsThe latest in a string of home health care fraud, a registered nurse who operated a home health agency in Los Angeles has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for orchestrating a $5 million Medicare kickback scheme. Hee ...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Home Health Care NewsA registered nurse who operated an Illinois-based home health care agency was arrested Tuesday on federal health care fraud charges for her alleged role in a scheme that billed Medicare more than $20 million. Diana Jocelyn Gumila, a 45-y...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Home Health Care NewsA global venture investment group of a wireless technology company is investing an undisclosed amount in India’s growing provider of home health care. Qualcomm Incorporated, through its venture investment group, Qualcomm Ventures, has ma...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from POPSUGAR Fitness
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from LiveScience.comThe reasons why the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has grown so large, and why it is happening now, may have to do with the travel patterns of bats across Africa and recent weather patterns in the region, as well as other factors.
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from THE MEDICAL NEWSVasculopathy is already present in girls with Turner syndrome as young as 9 years old, researchers report.
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Saturday, August 2, 2014 from FOXNews.comNot a natural blonde or brunette? You might want to be more cautious about coloring your hair.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from NYT > HealthVeterinary schools are using poetry and literature to inspire student and help vets remember why they went into the profession.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsLONDON (Reuters) - Smith & Nephew, Europe's largest maker of artificial joints, is to offer U.S. customers a new "no frills" service that will slash the cost of buying its replacement hips and knees.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from BBC News - HealthThe World Health Organization and presidents of West African nations affected by the Ebola outbreak meet in Guinea to announce a new $100m response plan.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from FOXNews.comRunners and triathletes are pretty dang healthy, right? Ok, they may have a busted-up knee or hip here and there, but other than that they’re doing better than most people. Well, it turns out that non-athletes may have a leg up in one ar...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from FOXNews.com“You must be used to the heat, having lived in Texas,” people say, brushing off complaints that I am wilting, melting, and otherwise miserable in the New York City summer.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from BBC News - HealthThe treatment of employees in public services who raise concerns about wrongdoing is often "shocking", a group of MPs says.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from BBC News - HealthWoman who had dog excrement thrown at her loses 25 stone
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsFREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone has declared a state of emergency and called in troops to quarantine Ebola victims, joining neighboring Liberia in imposing controls as the death toll from the outbreak of the virus hit 729 in West Africa.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from FOXNews.comEdible marijuana comes with all kinds of warning labels in Colorado. But once those pot brownies and gummy bears are out of the package, they can look identical to straight-laced treats.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsCHICAGO/WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) - A U.S. aid worker who was infected with the deadly Ebola virus while working in West Africa will be flown to the United States to be treated in a high-security ward at Emory University Hospital in A...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from BBC News - HealthA project aiming to revolutionise medicine by unlocking the secrets of DNA is under way in centres across England.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from BBC News - HealthA hospital in Atlanta is preparing to receive a US aid worker infected with the deadly Ebola virus while working in West Africa.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comScientists are making exciting headway in the search for a treatment (and even a cure) for Alzheimer's disease. Earlier this month I joined some of the world's preeminent physicians and neuroscientists in Copenhagen, Denmark, for the Alz...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from CBS News - HealthFamily says even though 24-year-old tested negative for Ebola, they couldn't get him out of the country for treatment
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Reuters: Health News(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to review a case about whether the federal government can subsidize health insurance for millions of Americans, a party involved in the lawsuit said on Thursday.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from FOXNews.comEmory University Hospital in Atlanta plans to treat an American aid worker in Africa who has been diagnosed with Ebola, officials at the hospital said Thursday.
- The outbreak of the extraordinarily lethal Ebola virus has worsened in West Africa, with the contagion showing no sign of coming under control , prompting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday to warn Americans to av...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from NYT > HealthNew measures to combat the disease included house-to-house searches, advisories against travel and the deployment of the army and the police.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from NYT > HealthCritics are saying the updated regulations would keep chicken-processing lines running too fast, creating conditions for worker injuries and food-safety failures.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Thursday reforms to decades-old processes for inspecting poultry facilities in a bid to cut down on the number of foodborne illnesses, but dropped an industry-backed ...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from NYT > HealthDoctors in France are being challenged on their right to make end-of-life decisions for patients who cannot communicate, though some doctors insist that making such calls is better for the family.
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from CBS News - HealthAttorney General Eric Holder calls on law enforcement personnel to carry the antidote drug that reverses heroin overdose
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.com(Updates to add media reports of second U.S.-bound patient in paragraph 7) By Julie Steenhuysen and Colleen Jenkins CHICAGO/WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., July 31 (Reuters) - A U.S. aid worker who was infected with the deadly Ebola virus while wor...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. government will begin testing on people an experimental Ebola vaccine as early as September, after seeing positive results from tests on primates, according to media reports on Thursday.
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from BBC News - HealthA newly discovered way to make entire bodies transparent could pave the way for a new generation of treatments, scientists say.
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Health & Science: Science News, Health News, Scientific Developments, Healthcare & Nutrition - The Washington PostFederal officials are working to fast-track the development of an Ebola vaccine and hope to begin human trials in September, said a top National Institutes of Health official Thursday, as the outbreak of the deadly disease worsened in We...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsCHICAGO (Reuters) - A salmonella outbreak linked to California-based poultry producer Foster Farms' contaminated chicken appears to be over, more than 17 months after it began, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thurs...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comSPECIAL FROM Next Avenue By Linda Melone Hanging out with friends does a person good. But if you're a woman and your female friends make you feel bad, the positive benefits of the friendship can be diminished. In fact, bad friends can be...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.com"Really? Is that all you want to eat?" That is what the cashier at Panera Bread asked me a few years ago. I was in line, ordering lunch. I was around 380 pounds at the time. I made a promise to myself to lose weight. I'd already lost 40 ...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comLanguages and cultural idioms oftentimes teach powerful lessons. For example, Yiddish, a Jewish-spoken dialect that is primarily a blend of Hebrew and German, offers users a few different ways through which to inquire about another's wel...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comWe recently adopted a puppy, a joyful, bouncing, and playful, eat your shoes, nip your heels puppy. There is just something so delightful about having a puppy constantly at your feet, looking up at you with those big brown eyes, or in ou...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comThe days of the passive patient and omnipotent Marcus Welby-like physician are long gone. Since the 1990s, consumer empowerment in health care has been increasing, most notably with the advent of direct-to-consumer advertising for prescr...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comBy Anna Maltby , SELF If you're like me, the first place you want to go after a tough day at work is the couch. (Unless it's a really tough day, in which case that place would be the bar.) But it turns out, using media like TV and video ...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from NYT > HealthObama administration officials said they were assigning new work to contractors in an effort to prevent a repetition of the problems that crippled HealthCare.gov last fall.
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comAbout a month ago, the Centers for Disease control told Americans that, in no uncertain terms, one in 10 of us will die as a result of excessive alcohol consumption . One in 10. Yes, you read that right. And yes, it's a big number. These...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comMost nurses are great! But I've decided that there are two kinds of nurses -- those who are just punching a time clock and getting a paycheck, and those who are nursing from the heart -- helping improve not just your mood, but your healt...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Reuters: Health News(Reuters) - A U.S. humanitarian aid worker who was infected with Ebola in West Africa will be transferred back to the United States and treated in a special high security ward at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, hospital officials s...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.com"The USA remains one of the world's largest and most profitable cigarette markets," proclaimed a recent press release from Imperial Tobacco, one of the world's biggest tobacco companies. Unfortunately, this statement is correct. Each yea...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[SIM]Charlotte, NC -The condition of Nancy Writebol, a missionary who recently contracted Ebola while serving in Liberia, has worsened, according to SIM (www.simusa.org), the Christian missions organization with which she serves. She con...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comWhen Ernest and Anneke Robison’s son died, they wanted his final resting place to represent what his trying yet inspiring life embodied -- hope. Matthew developed a number of disabilities when he was born in 1988 due to a lack of oxygen....
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from NYT > HealthThe company’s Ethicon unit, responding to safety concerns, asked that hospitals return three models of power morcellators, which are used to remove fibroids.
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comA new study could be the key to creating a blood test that can screen people for suicide risk. Such a test, experts say, could improve treatment in hospitals, clinics or even help military leaders assess which active-duty members and vet...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from CBS News - HealthAuthorities plan to evacuate 2 Americans battling deadly virus in Liberia; aid worker given sole dose of experimental serum at stricken colleague's request
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For heterosexual men, women who are “nice” are also “attractive,” according to a new study, but the same doesn’t hold true for women meeting a man for the first time.
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comThere are days when everyone needs and wants to be held and there isn't a second I can find to myself. One of the children in the group is either unhappy, throwing a tantrum, crying or shrieking, and I think, Please go play. Mommy needs ...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Thursday it will modernize its decades-old inspection methods for poultry in an attempt to crack down on food-borne illness.
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comWe live in a culture that hates the body. Don't believe me? Look around. We set unsustainable standards of physical beauty and enlist models to represent them. We then slather these models in oils and makeup, place them under "flattering...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who smoke, or have smoked a large number of cigarettes over time, are more likely to develop age-related macular degeneration or to have it worsen sooner, according to a long-term study.
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from CBS News - HealthA public interest group slams the chain's calorie-laden food, but customers aren't deterred
