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Another Meningitis Scare Emerges, Targeting NYC's Gay Men
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Laboratory technician Ruth Rutledge packages cerebrospinal fluid of the three confirmed meningitis cases in Minn., to send to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta for further testing, at the Minnesota Department of Health in St. Paul, Minn., on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. The number of people sickened by a deadly meningitis outbreak has now reached 119 cases, including 11 deaths, according to the CDC.
Cases of deadly bacterial infection are rising sharply among HIV-infected males, health officials report
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Health Tip: Using an Antihistamine
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM October 11, 2012 CommentBefore you take one, speak to your doctor
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Health Tip: Avoid Spreading Pinkeye
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM October 11, 2012 CommentTeach kids to wash hands often
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Bioethics panel urges more gene privacy protection
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:06AM October 11, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — It sounds like a scene from a TV show: Someone sends a discarded coffee cup to a laboratory where the unwitting drinker's DNA is decoded, predicting what diseases lurk in his or her future.
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Soldiers claim illness after guarding KBR in Iraq
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:07PM October 10, 2012 CommentPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A war contractor knew a critical southern Iraq oilfield plant was riddled with a well-known toxin but ignored the risk to soldiers while hurrying the project along, firing a whistleblower and covering up the presence of the chemical when faced with exposure, the soldiers' attorney said in opening arguments Wednesday in a federal civil suit.
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Blood Test May Spot Rare Lung Cancer
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM October 10, 2012 CommentMarker in plasma rises when asbestos-linked mesothelioma is present, study says
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Many Hospitalized Children Experience Severe Pain: Report
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM October 10, 2012 CommentPain assessment should be integral part of treating kids, researchers say
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Tragic News Reports Weigh More Heavily on Women: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM October 10, 2012 CommentPhysiological response was evident in reaction to later events
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Medicare/Medicaid Policy Shift Didn't Budge Hospital Infection Rates: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM October 10, 2012 CommentResearchers found rates started dropping before reimbursements for such infections were withdrawn
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West Nile Cases Continue to Climb, CDC Says
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM October 10, 2012 CommentNumber of deaths now stands at 168, up from 163 last week
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Pinball Analogy May Help Grief-Stricken Move Forward
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM October 10, 2012 CommentKnowing that mourning takes an unpredictable course provides a sense of relief, researcher says
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U.S. Stroke Patients Are Getting Younger
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM October 10, 2012 CommentStudy found rise in rates among adults aged 20 to 54
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In Terms of Drinking, the Rich
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM October 10, 2012 CommentCertain groups in poor neighborhoods are more likely to become problem drinkers, researchers find
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What Drives Your Daily Biological Clock?
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM October 10, 2012 CommentWork with fruit flies leads to promising discovery, researchers say
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Experimental Vaccine Might Help Women Already Infected With HPV
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM October 10, 2012 CommentSmall study found it spurred an immune response in women who had precancerous cervical lesions
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Meningitis outbreak toll: 137 cases, 12 deaths
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:54PM October 10, 2012 CommentAn outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has been recalled.
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Leaves Decay Faster in Warmer Temperatures, Scientists Say
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM October 10, 2012 CommentFinding may advance research on climate change
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Meningitis Toll Now 11 Dead, 119 Sick: CDC
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM October 10, 2012 CommentOutbreak has spurred federal legislators to push for more oversight of 'compounding pharmacies'
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Science Reveals Secrets of Hypnosis
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM October 10, 2012 CommentMRIs show differences in brains of people who could or couldn't be put into a trance
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Melanoma Odds Doubled for Transplant, Lymphoma Patients: Study
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM October 10, 2012 CommentEarly detection of this serious skin cancer is critical
