Articles filed under Health Crises
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Constable: Doctor sees Prince's death bring painkiller abuse awarenessJun 07, 2016 5:00 am - On a typical day in the United States, 46 people die from an overdose of a prescription painkiller. When one of those Americans is a 57-year-old rock legend named Prince...
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Would teens be slimmer if Katy Perry hawked kale & quinoa?Jun 06, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Would U.S. teens be any slimmer if Katy Perry hawked kale and quinoa? New research doesn't prove a link, but its authors think music stars popular with te...
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Minnesota farms mostly at full production after bird fluJun 06, 2016 7:00 am - ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota's turkey and chicken farms are mostly back to full production after last year's bird flu outbreak devastated more than 100 poultry opera...
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When to give up: Treatment or comfort for late-stage cancer?Jun 06, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two months before Joe Clark died of colon cancer at age 31, a doctor gently told him it was time to stop treatment. He had suffered through more than a ye...
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Constable: Wife tells of Alzheimer's toll on caregiversJun 05, 2016 1:00 am - By Burt Constable bconstable@dailyherald.com Love survives. No matter what new ruination Alzheimer's disease might inflict upon Marshall Brodien's mind today, the Geneva...
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Q&A: Parkinson's diseaseJun 04, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Before his death, Muhammad Ali was hospitalized with respiratory problems, his health complicated by advanced Parkinson's. The boxing great had lived w...
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Q&A: Parkinson's diseaseJun 03, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Muhammad Ali is in the hospital with respiratory problems, and while officials haven't given details about his condition, the boxing great's health in ...
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'Deaths of despair' drag life expectancy lower for whitesJun 03, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Rising drug and alcohol overdoses, suicides, and disease from chronic alcoholism - labeled "deaths of despair" by one expert - are cutting the lives of w...
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Panel: Treating hearing loss shouldn't be a pricey hassleJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Treating hearing loss shouldn't be such a pricey hassle. That's the message from a prestigious government advisory group that's calling on Medicare and...
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Halted in bird flu outbreak, federal egg inspections resumeJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has resumed inspections of egg-handling facilities in 21 states more than a year after they were suspended ...