Articles filed under Health Crises
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Fake pot likely tainted with rat poison kills 3, sickens 100Apr 10, 2018 7:00 am - Fake marijuana likely contaminated with rat poison has killed three people in Illinois and caused severe bleeding in more than 100 others, including a few in four other ...
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New way of defining Alzheimer's aims to find disease soonerApr 09, 2018 7:00 am - Government and other scientists are proposing a new way to define Alzheimer's disease - basing it on biological signs, such as brain changes, rather than memory loss and...
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Study: Stop-smoking drugs Chantix, Zyban pose no heart risksApr 09, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two popular stop-smoking drugs are as safe for the heart as nicotine patches and dummy pills, according to research requested by U.S. and European regulat...
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Indiana flu deaths nearly triple this seasonApr 07, 2018 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Deaths from influenza have nearly tripled in Indiana this season. The Indianapolis Star reports that State Department of Health data show that there ...
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Getting kids to a good weight by 13 may help avoid diabetesApr 04, 2018 7:00 am - There may be a critical window for overweight kids to get to a healthy level. Those who shed their extra pounds by age 13 had the same risk of developing diabetes in adu...
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Correction: Science Says-Coffee-Cancer Risk storyApr 03, 2018 7:00 am - In a story March 30 about coffee and cancer risks, The Associated Press misspelled the name of a University of Wisconsin-Madison health expert. She is Amy Trentham-Dietz...
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Midlife 'wealth shock' may lead to death, study suggestsApr 03, 2018 7:00 am - A big financial loss may shorten your life, a new study suggests. Middle-aged Americans who experienced a sudden, large economic blow were more likely to die during the ...
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CDC: Drug-resistant 'nightmare bacteria' pose growing threatApr 03, 2018 7:00 am - "Nightmare bacteria" with unusual resistance to antibiotics of last resort were found more than 200 times in the United States last year in a first-of-a-kind hunt to see...
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Antacids, antibiotics for infants linked to later allergiesApr 02, 2018 7:00 am - Infants who are given antacids like Zantac or Pepcid are more likely to develop childhood allergies, perhaps because these drugs may alter their gut bacteria, a new larg...
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Studies link legal marijuana with fewer opioid prescriptionsApr 02, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Can legalizing marijuana fight the problem of opioid addiction and fatal overdoses? Two new studies in the debate suggest it may. Pot can relieve chronic...