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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from MedPage Today.com Latest Headlines(MedPage Today) -- Andrew Buelt, DO, co-producer of the regular "Questioning Medicine" podcast, says fasting for lipid panels and preventive therapy in low-risk patients are both superfluous.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from MedPage Today.com Latest Headlines(MedPage Today) -- Now that two of California's biggest health insurers have teamed up on a project to share patients' digitized medical records, they are planning to invite other companies to join.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from WebMD Health Headlines
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from MedPage Today.com Latest Headlines(MedPage Today) -- For the busy healthcare provider -- and who isn't? -- consultant Rosemarie Nelson offers time-saving apps and tips to help you get the most out of your day.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from MedPage Today.com Latest Headlines(MedPage Today) -- For the third time this year, the FDA has approved a new antibiotic to treat acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from WebMD Health Headlines
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from healthfinder.gov Daily NewsIncluding unexplained weight loss
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from healthfinder.gov Daily NewsIt helps improve self-esteem
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from MedPage Today.com Latest Headlines(MedPage Today) -- During 2012-2013 there were 20 cases of work-related heat illness or fatality. Thirteen of the 20 workers died, and nine deaths occurred on the first 3 days of the job.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from MedPage Today.com Latest Headlines(MedPage Today) -- Thrombolytic treatment for acute ischemic stroke appears to help even the oldest patients and in both mild and severe cases, a trial meta-analysis showed.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from POPSUGAR FitnessCelebrate Summer with a new pop-filled workout soundtrack - this one will be your go-to mix all season long! Subscribe to the Spotify playlist , and check out the full list of upbeat and inspiring tracks below. With so many awesome tunes...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from MedPage Today.com Latest HeadlinesORLANDO (MedPage Today) -- The combination of a monoclonal antibody and an immunosuppressant may send an extreme form of insulin resistance into remission, researchers reported here.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from WebMD Health HeadlinesFast Track For Primary Care Docs At One Calif. University
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from MedPage Today.com Latest Headlines(MedPage Today) -- A study about long-term aspirin use and cancer risk touched on issues overlapping several clinical and research disciplines, and representatives of those disciplines voiced their opinions in a video about the study.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from WebMD Health Headlines
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from MedPage Today.com Latest HeadlinesORLANDO (MedPage Today) -- It's easy to find heart-healthy or vegetarian-friendly meals labeled on restaurant menus, but diabetes patients are often left in the dark about options best suited to them.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from WebMD Health Headlines
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from MedPage Today.com Latest Headlines(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Psych Central NewsA new Finnish study discovers that aggressive adolescents are more likely to drink, and drink more, than their peers. Researchers also found, surprisingly, that depression and anxiety were not linked to increased alcohol use. Investigato...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from WebMD Health HeadlinesObamacare Creates 'Upheaval' At Free Clinics
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Psych Central NewsA new study of how female college students handle unwanted catcalls, demeaning stares, and sexual advances finds that some women may benefit from counseling to relieve internal distress and enhance coping skills. Researchers discovered s...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Medical DailyDoctors in Canada say stressed, pregnant mothers can pass certain information to their children that can lead to preterm births.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Medical DailyThis video depicts the consequences of drinking soda every day, and urges parents to refrain from giving their kids sugary drinks.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Medical DailyTeens already put themselves at risk of meningitis by being close to other teens, but a new study finds that their own biology may help meningitis grow.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Medical DailyA new study points out just how dangerous the high levels of sodium are in processed cheese.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Medical DailyRev up your metabolism without a trip to the gym by adopting these exercise-free everyday habits — from drinking coffee to laughing — to burn the fat.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Medical DailyGet a closer look at Rise's personalized approach to weight loss, and whether or not it really works. (Hint: basically.)
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Medical DailyA survey finds there's an age of popularity and it doesn't necessarily equal happiness for most people.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Medical DailyTeenagers across the world are once again sharing videos of themselves choking until they pass out, thanks to the sudden resurgence in popularity of The Choking Game.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Medical DailyThree factors may identify those children who, following urinary tract infections, end up with scarring on the kidneys and increased risk of kidney failure later in life.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Medical DailyAfter surviving an extremely risky operation to be separated, two conjoined twins have lived to age 12 and are doing well.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from THE MEDICAL NEWSPay-for-performance schemes - which reward hospitals financially for improving the quality of care provided to patients - only reduce patient death rates in the short term, according to new research by The University of Manchester.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Health24 NewsNigerian authorities have disclosed five more cases of Ebola and a death; officials are racing to keep the gruesome disease confined to a small group of patients.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from THE MEDICAL NEWSMutations in a gene that helps regulate when genes are switched on and off in cells have been found to cause rare cases of Wilms tumour, the most common kidney cancer occurring in children.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from THE MEDICAL NEWSResearchers from the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered new information about the genetic alterations that may contribute to the development of a subtype breast cancer typically associated wit...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from THE MEDICAL NEWSToday's headlines include stories about how uninsured people fare with the health law's exemptions.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from THE MEDICAL NEWSAuxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a fully integrated specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced financial results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2014. The Company highlighted important corporate, commercial, regulatory an...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Psych Central NewsA Dutch study has found that those diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) have a fourfold increased risk of developing dementia or Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and that stroke and other vascular damage are important risk facto...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from THE MEDICAL NEWSStratified medicine, which uses the genetic make-up of patients and their differing responses to drugs to create more personalised and effective forms of treatment, has been hailed as one of the most important concepts to emerge in 21st ...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Medical Xpress - spotlight medical and health news stories(Medical Xpress)—The mosquito that transmits Dengue Fever probably arrived in California by plane or railway from the southeastern United States—and not from Mexico—a DNA analysis by Yale University researchers has found.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Medical Xpress - spotlight medical and health news stories(Medical Xpress)—Cancer cells that break away from tumors to go looking for a new home may prefer to settle into a soft bed, according to new findings from researchers at the University of Illinois.
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Bipolar disorder is a serious mental disorder caused due to environmental, genetic and neurochemical factors. Continue reading → -
Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Medical Xpress - spotlight medical and health news storiesSyphilis, among the more pernicious sexually-transmitted infections, is on the rise; nearly 16,000 cases were reported in the U.S. in 2012, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Psych Central NewsA new study provides strong evidence of noticeable differences in brain function through the day for older adults. Canadian researchers discovered older adults perform better on demanding cognitive tasks in the morning. Moreover, brain i...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Medical Xpress - spotlight medical and health news storiesResearchers from the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered new information about the genetic alterations that may contribute to the development of a subtype breast cancer typically associated wit...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Medical Xpress - spotlight medical and health news storiesMutations in a gene that helps regulate when genes are switched on and off in cells have been found to cause rare cases of Wilms tumour, the most common kidney cancer occurring in children.
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Amaranth leaves contain a wide range of health essential nutrients such as iron, potassium, vitamin C and vitamin E. Continue reading → -
Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsFREETOWN/MONROVIA (Reuters) - The army blockaded rural areas hit by the deadly Ebola virus in Sierra Leone on Thursday, a senior officer said, after neighboring Liberia declared a state of emergency to tackle the worst outbreak of the di...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsLONDON (Reuters - Scientists who believed they had started to decipher links between a GlaxoSmithKline H1N1 pandemic flu vaccine and the sleep disorder narcolepsy have retracted a study after saying they cannot replicate their findings.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Researchers have more evidence linking a diet with lots of fruits and vegetables to better health outcomes.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from FOXNews.comCambridge-based biotech company Sarepta says it has an antiviral medicine that can cure a person of the deadly Ebola virus
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is setting up a special Ebola working group to consider broad "principles of decision-making" for the potential use of experimental drugs to help those infected by the deadly disease in Afr...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from CBS News - HealthBacteria in tattoo ink can cause problems right away or even years later
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from CBS News - HealthOne in three women with the PALB2 mutation will develop the disease by age 70
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from FOXNews.comA teenager living with a rare form of gigantism will start the school year off with some new shoes – thanks to the kindness of strangers who first heard his plight on Indianapolis’ WXIN-TV
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from BBC News - HealthA Spanish priest infected with Ebola while working in Liberia returns home, as Liberia's president declares a state of emergency over the the world's worst ever outbreak of the virus.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from BBC News - HealthThe BBC's Tulip Mazumdar looks around the isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital where any confirmed Ebola cases in the UK would be taken.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from FOXNews.comAfricans battling to contain the spread of Ebola will have to wait for months until a potentially life-saving experimental drug used on two Americans infected with the dreaded disease would even be manufactured, officials said.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from FOXNews.comWhen well-known British artist William Utermohlen was diagnosed in 1995 with Alzheimer’s disease, he started a series of self-portraits to help him deal with the difficult diagnosis
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from BBC News - HealthLiberian soldiers set up an Ebola blockade for the capital as troops in Sierra Leone seal off two districts to stop the virus spreading.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from FOXNews.comThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has raised their emergency response to the Ebola outbreak to level 1.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from BBC News - HealthLiberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg calls for mental health research to be given the same attention as physical health - and says a pledge to put £50m into research would feature in the party's next election manifesto.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from NYT > HealthA major European study has shown that blood test screening for prostate cancer saves lives, but doubts remain about whether the benefit is large enough to offset the harms caused by unnecessary biopsies and treatments that can render men...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from BBC News - HealthA study suggests people who lose weight report a lower mood than those who stay the same size - even when losing weight will improve their health.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from FOXNews.comI just returned from a trip to Washington, D.C. where I served as a consumer reviewer for a government-funded breast cancer research program's scientific peer review. It was so inspiring to be surrounded by medical and scientific experts...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comI have to be honest, I am about to lose it over here. Seriously, we are getting to the point where this is ridiculous. As a life coach who works with singles and just even as a woman, if I hear one more person tell me how they want men t...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comThe high tide crashed onto the cement boat ramp as he struggled to strap three 10-foot steel poles and several lengths of rebar to my two pink plastic sit-on-top kayaks. They were the "single mom" kayaks I bought on Craigslist because th...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from CBS News - HealthResearchers say women who have mutations in the PALB2 gene have a one in three chance of developing breast cancer. Also, Canadian researchers say stress during pregnancy could affect pregnancies for several generations. Craig Boswell rep...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comFitness at the YWCA club in California (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) The YWCA has been providing fitness opportunities to women since 1870, when the Boston branch installed weights on pulleys to help women fr...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comFor a long time I struggled to find my calling. Once I thought I would become a computer programmer and create video games. Then my interests shifted to politics, and I imagined one day running for office, maybe even becoming a congressm...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from FOXNews.comOn returning from deployment to regular civilian life, everyday stresses like marriage problems or healthcare issues could trigger a drinking problem, according to a new study.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comBy Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer Published: 08/05/2014 07:39 PM EDT on LiveScience Ebola is a frightening, highly lethal virus — in the current outbreak in West Africa, about 60 percent of people infected with the pathogen have died. Al...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comBy Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer Published: 08/06/2014 05:54 PM EDT on LiveScience People with a type of rare and fatal brain disease linked to eating tainted beef have prions — infectious proteins that cause the disease — in their urin...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comBy Tia Ghose, Staff Writer Published: 08/06/2014 12:51 PM EDT on LiveScience The Ebola outbreak is spreading within West Africa, with 158 deaths reported in the last week, according to the World Health Organization. But despite what may ...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - On returning from deployment to regular civilian life, everyday stresses like marriage problems or healthcare issues could trigger a drinking problem, according to a new study.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from FOXNews.comA Spanish missionary priest who tested positive for the Ebola virus was in stable condition at a Madrid hospital on Thursday after being evacuated from Liberia, health officials said
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from FOXNews.comAn Indian woman’s family thought she was under the spell of black magic — but it turns out she had been swallowing metal objects, according to The New Indian Express.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from FOXNews.comResearchers have found the largest and most robust link between dementia and vitamin D deficiency in older adults
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Health & Science: Science News, Health News, Scientific Developments, Healthcare & Nutrition - The Washington PostI’m not about to start ranking the horrors visited on the human body this summer, from Ebola in West Africa to bombs and bullets in Gaza and Israel . But thousands of particularly excruciating deaths may soon be added to the list by the...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comMADRID (AP) — A Spanish missionary priest who tested positive for the Ebola virus was in stable condition after being evacuated from Liberia, health officials said Thursday. The priest, Miguel Pajares, was helping to treat people infecte...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comMONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Soldiers clamped down on people trying to travel to Liberia's capital Thursday from rural areas hard-hit by the Ebola virus hours after the president declared a national state of emergency. Reports have emerged o...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comBy now, you likely have a go-to coping mechanism for when stress and problems arise. Hopefully it's something on the healthy side of the spectrum, such as seeking comfort from the ones you love, or getting those endorphins flowing with s...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comName: Christie Dougherty Age: 21 Height: 5'2" Before Weight: 230 pounds How I Gained It: I grew up in a very healthy household. My parents have both run marathons and both were always very health conscious. But I rebelled against this li...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comThe question: Is it safe to sleep in my contacts? The answer: If you're a contact lens wearer , chances are you've snoozed with your contacts in at least a time or two. Maybe you only do it once in awhile, when you fall asleep in front o...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comWhile most adults are recommended to get seven to eight hours of sleep a night, the fact of the matter is that there are some of us who need more sleep than that, and some who are perfectly capable of functioning on less. Members of the ...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.com[image source: istock.com] Have you lost your passion? Sometimes, at the end of the day, do you come home from work and find that you are emotionally and even physically drained, overwhelmed and completely exhausted? If you can answered ...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.com"If only I had more time..." How often do you say this to yourself in the course of one day? I'd wager more than once. In our recent survey , "What Does Stress Look Like to You?" 40 percent of respondents said they would feel less stress...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from BBC News - HealthWhat are experimental drugs and is their use justified?
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Health & Science: Science News, Health News, Scientific Developments, Healthcare & Nutrition - The Washington PostThe World Health Organization said Wednesday that it would convene a group of medical ethicists early next week to wrestle with questions about the use of experimental drugs in the deepening Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which has now c...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from BBC News - HealthThe Duke of Cambridge is to become an air ambulance pilot next spring, it is announced.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsCHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - With hundreds of patients in Africa suffering the devastating effects of Ebola, health experts are scrambling to determine which drugs might offer the best experimental treatment, and researchers are being pr...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsCOPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk <NOVOb.CO said on Thursday it could launch its new long-acting insulin Tresiba, a crucial future growth driver for the Danish company, at the start of 2016 in the United States.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from BBC News - HealthScientists in the United States say they have found the strongest evidence yet that older people who do not develop enough vitamin D by getting out in the sunshine may be more likely to develop dementia.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from NYT > HealthA former state trooper begins wasting away, losing body hair and falling down. Can you solve a medical mystery that stumped the man’s doctors?
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from CBS News - HealthMount Sinai Hospital placed the man in isolation after he got sick following a trip to West Africa
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from NYT > HealthMr. Steinfeld, the surgeon general in Nixon’s first term, brought new attention to the risks cigarettes posed to women and to people exposed to secondhand smoke.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from BBC News - HealthPlans to cap the amount of money people in England and Wales spend on their social care could be jeopardised by a lack of funding, councils say.
