Articles filed under Health Crises
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Native Hawaiians not very healthy, first national study saysJul 21, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Hawaii consistently ranks among the healthiest states, but a federal survey found Native Hawaiians are in unusually bad health. Native Hawaiians - descen...
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No dye: Cancer patients' gray hair darkened on immune drugsJul 21, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Cancer patients' gray hair unexpectedly turned youthfully dark while taking novel drugs, and it has doctors scratching their heads. Chemotherapy is notori...
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West Nile found in Lake CountyJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - A batch of mosquitoes sampled July 14 in Zion has tested positive for West Nile virus, the Lake County Health Department reported Friday in a news release. It is the fir...
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For 1st time, over half of people with HIV taking AIDS drugsJul 20, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - For the first time in the global AIDS epidemic that has spanned four decades and killed 35 million people, more than half of all those infected with HIV ar...
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Hints that lifestyle changes might guard against dementiaJul 20, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - Seek a good education. Control blood pressure and diabetes. Get off the couch. There are some hints, but no proof yet, that these and other lifestyle change...
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Doctors consider next treatment for McCain's brain tumorJul 20, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. John McCain's tumor is one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer, and his doctors are determining next treatment options even as the senato...
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Brain scans may change care for some people with memory lossJul 19, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Does it really take an expensive brain scan to diagnose Alzheimer's? Not everybody needs one but new research suggests that for a surprising number of ...
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McCain's brain tumor is particularly aggressive typeJul 19, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. John McCain's tumor is one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer, and his family and doctors are deliberating next treatment options. The s...
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Lifestyle changes to stave off Alzheimer's? Hints, no proofJul 19, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - There are no proven ways to stave off Alzheimer's, but a new report raises the prospect that avoiding nine key risks starting in childhood just might d...
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Hearing is believing: Speech may be a clue to mental declineJul 17, 2017 7:00 am - Your speech may, um, help reveal if you're uh ... developing thinking problems. More pauses, filler words and other verbal changes might be an early sign of mental decli...