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Relay For Life Honors Cancer Survivors And Lost Loved Ones

The objective of Relay For life to unite cancer survivors and also raise money so that others may also claim victory over the deadly disease. "Along with that...

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Though should you find a tick on yourself, loved one or pet, dont panic as you can manage a tick bite. Most ticks are found in grassy, brush-filled areas or den...

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In 2006, 41 percent of fatally-injured drivers had alcohol in their systems.in 2016, the same proportion of people killed that way - 38 - had been drinking as h...

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The five dead were reportedly from Arkansas, New York, California and, with two cases, Minnesota. The outbreak is the largest in the United States since 2006,...

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In its trial stage, the test proved particularly successful in detecting genetic diseases, including pancreatic and ovarian cancers . The new study analyze...

Virginia General Assembly votes to expand Medicaid

Hanger Jr. of Augusta, and all 19 Senate Democrats. Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam is expected to sign the budget in coming days that continues the plan. "It...

Smoking dips, awareness yet to rise: World Health Organization study

Yusuf Hasan made these remarks at an awareness campaign organized in connection with World No Tobacco Day here on Thursday. Dr Kyaw Kan Kaung, director of t...

Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in Illinois

Mosquitoes acquire the virus by feeding on infected birds. DHS said Wisconsin had a higher than average number of all cases of West Nile virus in 2017, incl...

People Who Wear Glasses Are Indeed More Intelligent, Genetic Study Reveals

Is reading glasses linked to higher intelligence? Scientists explored how an individual's hereditary traits may impact their cognitive function . Researchers...

Death Toll From Nipah Rises to 16 in Kerala

Days after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) banned the import of fruits and vegetables from Kerala following the recent Nipah virus outbreak, the state of Andhra ...

5 dead, almost 200 sickened in romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak

Five people have now died in a major E. coli outbreak in the U.S. involving romaine lettuce, with 197 cases reported across 35 states. Two deaths from the c...

Why this Orillia cancer survivor is walking at Relay for Life

CANSA's Care Centre staff in partnership with the Reservoir Hills CANSA Relay for Life Committee have embarked on a number of projects, aimed at assisting the...

Nipah virus could evolve to spread globally, Stanford researcher says

Meanwhile, two more patients with symptoms of Nipah virus has been admitted at Infectious Diseases Hospital in Beliaghata in north Kolkata . The Kozhiko...

Start colon cancer screening at 45, not 50, American Cancer Society urges

Dr. Thomas Weber, who is the co-chairman of an early-age onset colon cancer task group for the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable but who was not involved ...

Mental Illness Necklaces Criticized For 'Romanticizing' Mental Health

Reedy said so much of the problem comes back to the stigma that most people have about people with a mental health condition. That's when the pieces to Strong...

Scientists Create First 3D-Printer Corneas

However, the study's authors said it will likely take years for patients to actually start receiving 3D-printed corneas . It means the technique could be use...

1 in 25 Children In England Have Been Classified As 'Severely Obese'

The figures have shown that 23.6 per cent of year six children London-wide are obese and 10.3 per cent in reception are obese. Dr Max Davie, officer for hea...

Is cockroach milk the new superfood?

According to 2016 research, milk found from the Australian native Pacific beetle cockroach was found to contain protein sequences packed with essential amino ac...

Tobacco Still Number One Cause of Preventable Death in NL: ACT

Active or passive smoking kills more than seven million people every year. Tobacco smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals, including tar and others that c...

Purdue Pharma knew its opioids were being abused, per new report

As lawsuits mount against the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma over its knowledge that one of its best-selling drugs was addictive and unsafe, a newly- un...

Walking While Chewing Gum May Help You Lose Weight, Japanese Study Says

It looks like, from all the age groups and genders, the most favorable result in the physical effort was in men over 40. "Our research has shown that chewing ...

High-protein diet can help heart failure patients, study finds

Researchers said more trials should be done to determine a recommended daily protein intake for patients with heart failure. While eating protein rich foods...

Trump endorses Rep. Dan Donovan for re-election over Michael Grimm

All the endorsements in the world can't change the facts: Donovan has failed to pass even one substantive bill into law, and has voted against President Trump ...

Tom Arnold: Conspiracy theories played a part in Roseanne's downfall

But what about TV viewers without millions of social media followers? That prompted Roseanne to accuse Fishman of throwing her under the bus. Arnold, who ...

Virginia's General Assembly passes Medicaid expansion

The turning point came in April when State Senator Frank Wagner, a Republican from Virginia Beach, said he had changed his position and would support Medicai...

Chewing gum while you walk might help you to lose weight, apparently

Researchers studied 46 men and women (ages from 21 to 69) with a body mass index (BMI) between 22 and 30. At the European Congress on Obesity in Vienna, the t...

Soldier dies of suspected Nipah virus infection in Kolkata

Meanwhile, Seenu Prasad, 28, a soldier from Palakkad, suspectedly died due to the virus in Kolkata . He was posted at the Eastern Command Headquarters at For...

Virginia Senate Backs Medicaid Expansion, Promising Health Coverage To Almost 400,000

The state House of Delegates, also controlled by Republicans, will have to vote on the measure and is expected to adopt it; every House Democrat and 19 Republic...

One Million French Smokers Quit Last Year

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AI better at finding skin cancer than doctors

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