Articles filed under Health Crises
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Medicare to foot the bill for treadmill therapy for leg painAug 29, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Three times a week, Rita Driscoll steps onto a treadmill at a Minnesota hospital under the eye of a rehab therapist. She walks until it hurts - pushing he...
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A first: Drug lowers heart risks by curbing inflammationAug 27, 2017 7:00 am - For the first time, a drug has helped prevent heart attacks by curbing inflammation, a new and very different approach than lowering cholesterol, the focus for many year...
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Life with disabilities inspires newfound abilities in othersAug 26, 2017 1:00 am - Strangers in a freshman-year seminar at Elmhurst College in 2015, students Lili Herrera and Katie Mantych were about to join together on a life-altering path. "It starte...
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Western brand, Chinese characteristics: Club Med at GuilinAug 23, 2017 7:00 am - GUILIN, China (AP) - After 10 days of crisscrossing southwestern China by high-speed train with two young children in tow, exploring minority villages amid rugged scener...
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Lab-made "mini organs" helping doctors treat cystic fibrosisAug 23, 2017 7:00 am - UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) - Els van der Heijden, who has cystic fibrosis, was finding it ever harder to breathe as her lungs filled with thick, sticky mucus. Despite tak...
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Indiana Animal Health Board warns of canine influenzaAug 22, 2017 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana State Board of Animal Health says dog owners should be watchful for signs of canine influenza. The board says a handful of cases have bee...
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FDA OKs Pfizer drug for rare, fast-killing type of leukemiaAug 17, 2017 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new medicine for use against a rare, rapidly progressing blood cancer after other treatments have fa...
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Science Says: DNA test results may not change health habitsAug 17, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - If you learned your DNA made you more susceptible to getting a disease, wouldn't you work to stay healthy? You'd quit smoking, eat better, ramp up your e...
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Is it really Lyme? Researchers developing a new test to tellAug 16, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Diagnosing if a tick bite caused Lyme or another disease can be difficult but scientists are developing a new way to do it early - using a "signature" ...
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US teen drug overdose deaths inch up after years of declineAug 16, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - After years of decline, teen deaths from drug overdoses have inched up, a new U.S. government report shows. The drop in teen deaths had been a rare brigh...