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Shoe Trick Will Prevent Child Deaths in Hot Cars
Cobb County police investigate an SUV where a toddler died June 18, 2014, near Marietta, Ga., when the father forgot to drop his child off at day care and went to work. Justin Ross Harris, 33, was...
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CDC to Sleepy Drivers: Hit the Hay, Not the Road
In this May 23, 2014 file photo, traffic moves on the Interstate 495, the Capital Beltway, in Hyattsville, Md., outside Washington. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its latest...
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Free Birth Control is Emerging Standard for Women
This May 28, 1999, file photo shows a new birth control pill container designed to look like a woman’s makeup compact for Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc., of Raritan, N.J., displayed at the...
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‘Remote Control’ Contraceptive Chip Available ‘by 2018′
(BBC News) — A contraceptive computer chip that can be controlled by remote control has been developed in Massachusetts. The chip is implanted under a woman’s skin, releasing a small dose of...
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Concussions: A Greater Problem for Black Youth
Dr. Gary Harris hopes to improve the way the Howard University Bison football team combats concussion, using this “Lilypad” Arduino chip to measure impact during games. (Photo courtesy of Howard...
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What’s More to Blame for Obesity: Lack of Exercise or Eating Too Much?
(CBS Sports) – Both lack of exercise and consuming too many calories can certainly contribute to gaining extra pounds, but a new study suggests that the former may be the main culprit in the obesity...
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‘Stand Up to Cancer’ Telecast to Return Sept. 5
In this Oct. 18, 2010, file photo, actress Gwyneth Paltrow arrives at a ELLE magazine’s 17th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute in Beverly Hills, Calif. Paltrow and Joel Gallen are returning to produce...
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Downsides of Statins Will Outweigh Benefits for Some
(AP Photo/Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc., Bill Gallery) By Dr. Janice B. Schwartz, SAN FRANCISCO GATE (San Francisco Gate)—I recently wrote about new recommendations for managing high cholesterol that...
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Brain Switch that Turns off Consciousness Discovered
(Business Standard)—For the first time, researchers have been able to switch off consciousness in a woman by electrically stimulating a single brain area. The discovery suggests that a single area –...
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Alcohol Does Not Benefit the Heart, Claims New Study
The researchers found that people with a particular gene consumed 17% less alcohol per week, were less likely to binge drink, and were more likely to abstain from alcohol altogether, than non-carriers....
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Girl Hoped to Have Been Cured of HIV has Relapsed
In this undated file image provided by Johns Hopkins Medicine in 2005 Dr. Deborah Persaud, a pediatric HIV expert at Johns Hopkins’ Children’s Center in Baltimore, holds a vial. On Thursday, July 10,...
View ArticleSleep Disorders May Raise Risk of Alzheimer’s, New Research Shows
(The Washington Post) – Sleep disturbances such as apnea may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, while moderate exercise in middle age and mentally stimulating games, such as crossword puzzles,...
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School Officials Try Healthier Cafeteria Options
Leonardo Guerra, of Don Pancho Authentic Mexican Foods, holds a school lunch tray, featuring his company’s whole wheat tortillas, at the School Nutrition Association conference in Boston, Monday, July...
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Study: US Alzheimer’s Rate Seems to be Dropping
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer The rate of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is falling in the United States and some other rich countries — good news about an epidemic that is...
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States Told to Find Way to Clear Medicaid Backlog
Medicaid enrollee Mark Mullin, 36, poses for a photo at his home in Whittier, Calif. on Monday, July 14, 2014. Mullin enrolled for Medicaid in February and was told his application was being reviewed....
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Report Reveals Characteristics of Uninsured Minorities
Despite advances made by the Affordable Care Act, which requires that everyone in the United States obtain health insurance, African-American males and Latinos still represent the highest proportion of...
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New Guidelines Could Help Many Pregnant Workers
Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Jacqueline Berrien speaks at a Middle Class Task Force event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across from the White House in Washington,...
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CDC Admits Pattern of Lapses in Lab Safety
In this Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,in Atlanta. The agency released its first progress report Thursday, and...
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Studies See New Risks for Cholesterol Drug Niacin
In this Wednesday, May 15, 2013, file photo, a pharmacist works at his desk located next to the prescription pick up counter in New York. New details from two studies reveal more side effects from...
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Health Officials: Food Label Changes Not Enough
In this Wednesday, May 15, 2013, file photo, a pharmacist works at his desk located next to the prescription pick up counter in New York. New details from two studies reveal more side effects from...
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