Articles filed under Health Crises
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'Magic mushroom' psychedelic may ease anxiety, depressionDec 01, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The psychedelic drug in "magic mushrooms" can quickly and effectively help treat anxiety and depression in cancer patients, an effect that may last for m...
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Science panel urges rewrite of food allergy warning labelsNov 30, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - "Made in the same factory as peanuts." ''May contain traces of tree nuts." A new report says the hodgepodge of warnings that a food might accidentally ...
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Drug epidemic stalls HIV decline in whites who shoot upNov 29, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The long decline in HIV infections among white people who inject drugs has stalled, another grim side effect of the nation's drug abuse epidemic. Health ...
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Northwest Community Hospital recognized for stroke programNov 29, 2016 12:00 am - Employees and former stroke patients at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights gathered Tuesday to celebrate the facility's recent recognitions for its neurol...
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Sweat it out! Skin patch aims to test sweat for healthNov 23, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Breaking a sweat? Researchers are creating a skin patch that can test those droplets while people exercise and beam results to their smartphones, possi...
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An Alzheimer's drug fails, but many others still in testingNov 23, 2016 6:00 am - Another major Alzheimer's drug study has failed, leaving patients and families wondering if there ever will be a treatment to slow or reverse the most common form of dem...
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Zika-caused birth defect may become clear only after birthNov 22, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Researchers say a severe birth defect caused by Zika infection may not be apparent at birth but develop months afterward, further confirmation that the v...
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Dementia rate declines but aging America may halt the trendNov 21, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - New research documents another decline in dementia rates but experts say the rising numbers of older Americans may halt that trend unless better ways are ...
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DIY breast reconstruction: Device lets women do part at homeNov 16, 2016 6:00 am - This might be the ultimate do-it-yourself project: Doctors are testing a device that would let women do part of their own breast reconstruction at home. It's aimed at no...
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Evansville medical school campus on pace for 2018 completionNov 16, 2016 6:00 am - EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Officials say the medical school campus being built in downtown Evansville by Indiana University and two other schools is on pace for completion ...