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Yale Researchers Urge More Street Work When Studying People With Both HIV, Hepatitis C
The Hartford CourantResearchers need to work harder to screen high-risk populations for people who are infected with both HIV and hepatitis C, say the authors of a new Yale University study on the incidence of co-infection in the New Haven area. The study, published Tuesday...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Hepatitis C , Waterbury, HIV, New Britain
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Angelina Jolie double mastectomy: Brad Pitt reacts
Angelina Jolie was "heroic" for undergoing a preventive double mastectomy, her fiance, Brad Pitt, said Tuesday after she wrote an op-ed piece revealing her decision and describing the mastectomy process, which began in February. "Having witnessed...Tags: Social Media, Brad Pitt, American Cancer Society, The New York Times, Angelina Jolie
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What is a BRCA mutation?
BRCA1 and BRCA2 stand for breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 and breast cancer susceptibility gene 2. BRCA1 and BRCA2 are genes that are part of a class known as tumor suppressors, according to the National Cancer Institute. BRCA genes are found in males...Tags: Ovarian Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Colon Cancer, Skin Cancer, Stomach Cancer
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Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD
If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...
Tags: Social Media, AIDS, Heart Disease, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Crime, Law and Justice
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Lehigh County 9th in U.S. in newborn deaths
When the international child welfare organization Save The Children began crunching the data for its latest report on mortality rates of newborn babies, it came up with a locally stunning finding: Of the largest counties in the United States, Lehigh...
Tags: Allentown, Family, Apples, Nursing, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Eating insects could help fight obesity, U.N. says
ReutersROME (Reuters) - The thought of eating beetles, caterpillars and ants may give you the creeps, but the authors of a U.N. report published on Monday said the health benefits of consuming nutritious insects could help fight obesity. More than 1,900 species...Tags: Obesity, Weight
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Small restaurants serving big calories, salt: studies
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite public health progress in cutting calories, as well as salt and fat from fast foods and supermarket products, neighborhood restaurants are still packing big helpings of each into their meals, a trio of studies suggests....Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, American Heart Association, Health, Weight, Heart Disease
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Coronavirus epidemic awaits, not certain to be severe -discoverer
Reuters* Doctor first identified virus in Saudi Arabia last year * Disease has killed at least 18 people worldwide * Doctor says world in better position than with SARS By Alexander Dziadosz CAIRO, May 13 (Reuters) - The doctor who discovered a new SARS-like...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Cairo (Egypt), Hospitals and Clinics, Pneumonia, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
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The Great Debate
While marijuana use is still illegal under federal law, the general direction of state laws regarding marijuana is clearly moving in the direction of leniency. Two states in November, Colorado and Washington, legalized it for recreational purposes....
Tags: Epilepsy, Seizures, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Food and Drug Administration, Crime, Law and Justice
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Public can sign up for cancer prevention study this week
Interested in participating in the American Cancer Society's third cancer prevention study? This week is your chance to sign up. Broward County residents can enroll in the study Tuesday at Pembroke Pines City Hall, 10100 Pines Blvd., from 7 a.m. to 11...
Tags: Pembroke Pines, American Cancer Society, Broward County, Medical Research, Jupiter
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Iowa court: Married same-sex parents must be on birth certificate
Iowa parents in same-sex marriages must be allowed to have both their names listed on their newborn’s birth certificate, the state’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled. Officials with the state’s Department of Public Health have...
Tags: Social Issues, Family, Health, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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28 solar workers sickened by valley fever in San Luis Obispo County
Epidemiologists are investigating an outbreak of valley fever that has sickened 28 workers at two large solar-power construction sites in San Luis Obispo County. Staff from the California Department of Public Health, and investigators from the...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Flu, Renewable Energy, Health and Safety at Work, Environmental Issues
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