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June, 29, 2014 from NYT > HealthI continue to find new uses for quinoa, which keeps well in the refrigerator after it’s cooked and adds protein and textures to these easy salads, including some inspired by the ideas of the vegetarian cookbook author Deborah Madison.
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June, 29, 2014 from BBC News - HealthMore money should be spent on the NHS as demands on the service rise, say past and present chairs of the Commons health select committee.
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June, 29, 2014 from BBC News - HealthA new technique known as "supercooling" can preserve organs for days before they are transplanted, US researchers claim.
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June, 29, 2014 from BBC News - HealthGPs with a poor record in spotting signs of cancer could be named under government plans to boost NHS transparency.
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June, 29, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsCHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - When a Maryland lab accidentally sent a batch of live anthrax to a children’s hospital in California in 2004, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent a team of investigators to make sure such...
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June, 29, 2014 from FOXNews.comAs more women wait to start their families or turn to infertility treatments, more and more women are finding themselves pregnant with twins.
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June, 29, 2014 from FOXNews.comAs a quarterback for the New York Giants for more than 14 years, Phil Simms knew how to take a hit. But nothing could prepare the NFL hall-of-fame player for the blow of finding out he had skin cancer
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June, 29, 2014 from FOXNews.comThe most important blood tests for men. Plus, how to interpret the results of your blood work.
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June, 29, 2014 from BBC News - HealthDetails of how good GPs in England are at detecting and referring cases of cancer, could soon be published online under government plans to drive up standards.
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June, 29, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of Americans oppose letting employers, based on their religious views, exclude certain contraceptives from workers’ insurance coverage, says a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court dec...
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June, 28, 2014 from BBC News - HealthHelping babies survive the first 24 hours
- Ahmed Abu Khattala , a suspected ringleader of the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, was brought Saturday from a Navy warship to the federal courthouse in the District of Columbia, ...
- RENO, Nev. — Despite overall mustang numbers in the tens of thousands, advocates for the wild horse say it is on the verge of going extinct in North America for the second time in 13,000 years and deserves protection under the Endangered...
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June, 28, 2014 from CBS News - HealthThe latest battlefield in the tech war is your body, with wearable gadgets that receive texts, interact with your smartphone, monitor your health
- For the coming Independence Day weekend, in addition to watching spangled stars, consider wrangling planets and a moon. As the fireworks burst in the air — likely around 9:30 p.m. on July 4 — gaze into the southwest sky to spy the reddis...
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June, 28, 2014 from NYT > HealthGov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he would announce on Sunday a plan for more-aggressive testing and treatment, a result of months of negotiations with AIDS activists.
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June, 28, 2014 from MedPage Today.com Latest Headlines(MedPage Today) -- Danish children taking stimulant drugs for ADHD had roughly double the risk for cardiovascular problems compared with other ADHD kids, a large registry study found, although the absolute rate was still very low.
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June, 28, 2014 from MedPage Today.com Latest Headlines(MedPage Today) -- Two different antibodies had a similar impact on survival when added to chemotherapy for patients with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer, investigators reported. The study was among several notable reports from the Eur...
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June, 28, 2014 from The Washington Times stories: HealthSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Three times, Victor Mooney tried to row across the Atlantic. Three times he failed. One boat sank. Another lost its freshwater system. A third sprang a leak and left him drifting on a life raft for two weeks....
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June, 28, 2014 from The Washington Times stories: HealthMOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A Catholic broadcaster is asking for a U.S. Supreme Court injunction as it pursues a lawsuit against requiring employers to include contraception in their health care coverage. A federal judge dismissed the suit filed...
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June, 28, 2014 from NYT > HealthInternal documents depict a military medical-care system in which scrutiny is sporadic and avoidable errors are chronic.
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June, 28, 2014 from The Washington Times stories: HealthPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The emergency room manager at a Portland hospital had his nursing license suspended for 90 days after a state board said he failed to thoroughly investigate allegations involving a nurse accused of sexually abusing ...
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June, 28, 2014 from Health from NewserPostpartum depression affects up to 13% of women—including these nine celebrity moms rounded up by The Stir . A sampling: Amanda Peet suffered from "fairly serious" depression after her daughter was born, she revealed in 2008. "I want to...
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June, 28, 2014 from The Washington Times stories: HealthPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Authorities are tracking down and notifying people who may have been exposed to a patient with measles at Rhode Island Hospital and Roger Williams Medical Center. The Rhode Island Department of Health said on Satu...
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June, 28, 2014 from Underground Healthby Dr. Mercola – Mercola.com Defining happiness is difficult, as happiness is actually a state of mind. What brings on happiness is therefore unique to the individual person; what makes you happy may be quite different from what ma...
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June, 28, 2014 from The Washington Times stories: HealthCAIRO (AP) - Egypt's military said Saturday that a device it claimed it invented to cure AIDS and hepatitis C needs six more months of testing. The army had earlier promised to reveal the technology to the public this coming Monday after...
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June, 28, 2014 from The Washington Times stories: HealthHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Gov. Tom Corbett says he will soon put up a new round of television advertisements, with about four months to go before voters decide whether he deserves a second term. The Republican incumbent discussed his race a...
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June, 28, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comCrunches, side bends, leg lifts... If you're tired of doing the same ab exercises over and over again (and perhaps without seeing desired results), well then you've come to the right place! Click here to see All The Epic Ab Exercises for...
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June, 28, 2014 from Health from NewserIf your friend is feeling down, your first thought might be to tell her things aren't so bad—but that may not be helpful. People with low self-esteem get a much bigger boost from "negative validation" than from "positive reframing," sugg...
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June, 28, 2014 from The Washington Times stories: HealthSALINA, Kan. (AP) - A wet summer is spawning an outbreak of mosquitoes across Kansas. The Salina Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1wRCTXZ ) mosquitoes are again bringing with them diseases, viruses and itching. Last year, 91 cases of West ...
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June, 28, 2014 from The Washington Times stories: HealthCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - The head of a company seeking to set up a medical marijuana dispensary in Cambridge says he plans to appeal the decision by the Department of Public Health to overturn its earlier agreement to license his firm. Jo...
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June, 28, 2014 from CBC | Health NewsThe Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling two products from across Canada and another product from select provinces.
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June, 28, 2014 from Philly.com Health and ScienceWith less than two years remaining in his final term, an emotional Mayor Nutter bid farewell Friday to three members of his inner circle.
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June, 28, 2014 from Global News : HealthSaskatchewan privacy commissioner seeing snooping complaints, misdirected faxes.
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June, 28, 2014 from healthfinder.gov Daily NewsWear appropriate footwear, vary your activities, and stretch and warm-up, advises expert
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June, 28, 2014 from healthfinder.gov Daily NewsAfrezza is taken at mealtimes, along with long-acting insulin or standard diabetes pills
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June, 28, 2014 from The Washington Times stories: HealthBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana is suing drug maker Fresenius Medical Care North America and its nearly 100 Louisiana clinics over the use of two dialysis drugs - GranuFlo and NaturaLyte - that could contribute to fatal heart attacks. ...
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June, 28, 2014 from ABC News: HealthAlexandre and Ronaldo Antunes are home after months in the hospital.
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June, 28, 2014 from The Washington Times stories: HealthALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - While springtime swarms of bloodthirsty black flies and mosquitoes are common in the cool, moist woods and bogs of the Adirondacks, the disease-carrying ticks that plague southern New York and New England are rare in ...
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June, 28, 2014 from Philly.com Health and ScienceJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia became the newest country to mandate graphic photo warnings on cigarette packs on Tuesday, joining more than 40 other nations or territories that have adopted similar regulations in recent years. The w...
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June, 28, 2014 from Health from NewserIf there's one thing everyone who's ever had a hangover can probably admit to, it's that they'll try just about anything to minimize the anguish. Now, thanks to The "IV Doctor," a service started in December by New York urologist Dr. Ell...
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June, 28, 2014 from The Washington Times stories: HealthNEW YORK (AP) - Several times each month, a white bus picks up newly released ex-inmates at New York's Rikers Island jail complex and drives into Harlem, where helping hands await at a transition program run by a nonprofit called the For...
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June, 28, 2014 from The Washington Times stories: HealthST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A government study finds that measurable levels of antibiotics, detergents and other consumer chemicals are turning up in Minnesota's groundwater. The chemicals apparently come from landfills, septic systems and se...
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June, 28, 2014 from MedPage Today.com Latest HeadlinesWASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The Department of Health and Human Services followed last week's announcement of personnel changes with an announcement this week about automatic re-enrollment in health plans on the Affordable Care Act exch...
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June, 28, 2014 from The Washington Times stories: HealthST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The University of South Florida is transferring 1.4 acres of land to All Children's Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine. The university says the decision symbolizes its commitment to continuing the training of med...
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June, 28, 2014 from The Washington Times stories: HealthNEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Barbara Bush was struck by what she saw when she arrived in Africa more than a decade ago as her father, then-President George W. Bush, unveiled a plan to combat AIDS: Hundreds of people were waiting in the street...
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June, 28, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comA new study found America's Emerald City is filled with people who like to click their gifts away to charitable causes. Seattle took the top spot on Blackbaud's sixth annual ranking of the Most Generous Online U.S. Cities in 2013 . The r...
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June, 28, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comI think sometimes the word selfish gets a bad rap We grow up learning to play fair, be nice to others and above all else, be selfless, not selfish . But what happens when being selfless puts you on a track that's not leading to your own ...
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June, 28, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comBy Jacqueline Risser , SELF This fitness routine from Mari Melao and Kathy Robb, co-owners of BootCampWF in Westfield, New Jersey, will make your session fly by. Hit play below, then grab a partner and a set of weights. TOTAL WORKOUT TIM...
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June, 28, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comBy Karen Borsari for Life by Daily Burn Despite everything we know about the risks of sun exposure, skin cancer is still on the rise -- big time. In fact, in the last 35 years, rates of deadly melanoma have tripled . And those applying s...
