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Fake prom crash brings home lesson of drinking and driving
Beneath a cloudless blue sky, a simulated fatal car crash was depicted in horrifying detail at Lake Zurich High School. The deadly post-prom tragedy included a lifeless teenage girl wearing a blood-splattered dress splayed over the hood of a...
Tags: Accidental Death, Transportation Industry, American Academy of Pediatrics, Disasters and Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Childhood ADHD tied to obesity decades later
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Boys who are diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in elementary school are more likely to grow up to be obese adults than those who don't have the condition, a new study suggests. Researchers surveyed...Tags: Culture, ADHD, Family, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Arts and Culture
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What is osteoporosis, and who does it affect?
Clark County Health DepartmentWe hear people causally speak about osteoporosis; however, it can be a very serious health problem. Bone is living tissue, which is constantly being absorbed and replaced. Osteoporosis occurs when the creation of new bone does not keep up with the...Tags: Menopause, Eating Disorders, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health, Diets and Dieting
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Newer whooping cough vaccine not as protective
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A newer version of the whooping cough vaccine doesn't protect kids as well as the original, which was phased out in the 1990s because of safety concerns, according to a new study. During a 2010-2011 outbreak of whooping...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Family, Medical Specialization, Science and Technology, Diseases and Illnesses
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Lawsuit in Ohio cancer cluster will take years
JOHN SEEWER,Associated PressTOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The wait for answers is far from over for parents who for years have lived with the worry of not knowing what's behind the mysterious cancers that have sickened dozens of children in a rural area of northern Ohio. Despite a...Tags: Leukemia, Whirlpool Corp., Crime, Law and Justice, Family, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes
Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...
Tags: Health Organizations, National Institutes of Health, Drugs and Medicines, Teachers, Research
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Spotlighting a terrorism risk, and profiting
WASHINGTON — Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Human Genome Sciences Inc., National Institutes of Health, DARPA, GlaxoSmithKline PLC
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Technology may find ovarian cancer cells at an earlier stage
New technology for identifying early stage ovarian cancer in uterine and cervical cells could have the potential to one day stem this often deadly disease, according to a recent study in the International Journal of Cancer. Using equipment that can...Tags: Mayo Clinic, Medical Specialization, Gynecology, Technology, Lung Cancer
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Abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell found guilty of murdering three babies
ReutersPHILADELPHIA -- Dr. Kermit Gosnell was found guilty on Monday of murdering three babies during abortions at a Philadelphia clinic serving low-income women in a case that cast a spotlight on the controversial practice of late-term abortions. Gosnell, 72,...Tags: Punishment, Lawyers, Kermit Gosnell, Prisons, Planned Parenthood
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Star's preventive surgery sparks breast cancer debate
Angelina Jolie's announcement Tuesday that a genetic predisposition to breast and ovarian cancer led her to undergo a preventive double mastectomy has raised both awareness about the procedure and concerns among physicians and other experts. The actress...
Tags: Internists, Collagen Injections, Rush University Medical Center, Angelina Jolie, Breast Cancer
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Ewwww -- poop in pools more common than you may think, CDC warns
Attention swimmers: More than half of the public pools tested in a new study contained bacterial evidence that someone may have pooped in the pool. Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention worked with state and local public...
Tags: Medical Research, E. coli Infection, Diarrhea, Disease Prevention, Swimming
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China reporta tres nuevas muertes por gripe aviaria, total asciende a 35
ReutersPEKIN, 13 mayo (Reuters) - Tres personas más murieron en China debido a la nueva cepa de gripe aviaria H7N9, lo que elevó el total de vÃctimas fatales a 35 mientras la cantidad de infectados trepó a 130, dijeron el lunes medios estatales. Sin brindar...Tags: China, Viral Diseases and Infections, Flu
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