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Poppy seed bagel leads to ‘traumatizing’ drug test result for expectant mom

The positive test result meant that her daughter had to stay in the hospital and be monitored for five days. WBAL-TV reports the case worker closed the file w...

CVS Health: 2Q Earnings Snapshot

Finally, Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on shares of CVS Health from $88.00 to $80.00 and set an overweight rating for the company in a repo...

Is a diverse diet healthy for you? - KVOA | KVOA.com | Tucson, Arizona

Instead of telling people to eat a variety of foods, the statement authors conclude that dietary recommendations should emphasize adequate consumption of plant ...

Congo's health ministry confirms 3 more cases of Ebola

In North Kivu, he said 43 cases are now being attended, of which, there are 16 confirmed and 27 probable cases of Ebola infection. At least four Ebola deaths ...

Laboring mom tests positive for opioids from eating bagel

Elizabeth Eden tells WBAL-TV she was in labor in April when a doctor told her she had tested positive for opiates - and had to be reported to the state. She was...

Want healthier sperm? Wear this type of underwear

More than half (345) wore boxer shorts, and only a slightly smaller number of the group wore snugger-fitting underwear: 311. Their sperm were 33 percent more mo...

West Nile Virus sweeps America: Cases reported from coast to coast

Officials say positive mosquito batches have been found in traps located in every community the district serves. The west nile virus is "out of control" right...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Medicare for all can save on funeral expenses

She earned the nomination by defeating Shri Thanedar, a chemical-testing businessman, and Abdul El-Sayed, an ex-Detroit health director who was vying to become ...

Female Heart Attack Patients Benefit Much More From Female Doctors, Study Shows

The study called for more women doctors on emergency wards, and for training to be improved so that heart attacks are not seen as a male-only issue. "But,...

Breast-Feeding Tips For New Moms..

In our community our ancestors have been breastfeeding till the child is 4-5 years also, even now in tribal community they do follow this. Prof. Osawaru Ovi...

Starving orca J50 finally spotted alive; emergency action could start Wednesday

However, added Teri Rowles, the marine mammal health and stranding coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA) fisheries divi...

West Nile Virus detected for second time this summer in Lambton County

They can be infected when they feed on the blood of infected birds. The majority of Culex mosquitoes breed in standing water and others are found in freshwater ...

How Selfies, Filters Affect Body Image- Trigger Dysmorphic Disorder

The public has reached a new level of body dysmorphic disorder , which some health professionals have dubbed as "Snapchat dysmorphia". The notion of 'beauty...

Fentanyl and cocaine-related deaths on the rise

Deaths linked to the drug have risen from 139 to 432 since 2012, with experts saying that people from all levels of society are being destroyed by the substance...

How fridges are helping Congo fight a resurgence of Ebola

He said so far, 26 case with haemorrhagic fever signs, including twenty deaths in the area of North Kivu have been reported. As with the previous outbreak, va...

Pentagon restricts use of location-logging fitness trackers

Following several incidents in which USA military bases and patrol routes have been compromised by fitness trackers used by soldiers deployed to sensitive locat...

Breastfeeding challenges: Paediatrician urges mothers to seek medical help early

Additionally, it threatened Ecuador, the sponsor country of the resolution, with retaliatory trade measures and removal of military aid if they continued to pur...

Cheers! It's International Beer Day!

International Beer Day is a global celebration of beer, taking place in pubs, breweries, and backyards all over the world. Do you often end up with a pile of ...

Selfies Are Apparently Driving Cosmetic Surgery Requests

The " Snapchat dysmorphia" is an offshoot of Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), a preoccupation with perceived flaws in appearance. This new technology has gone...

China reports 18,400 voluntary organ donors by July

Research shows that 82 per cent of people in this country support organ donation, but only 37 per cent have recorded their wishes on the NHS Organ Donor Registe...

Trump administration finalizes expansion of short-term health plans

Insurers will soon be allowed to sell these policies for just under a year. This is pure politics, It overlooks the nature of the plans: they are short-term...

Bioengineered Lungs Successfully Transplanted Into Pigs

On Wednesday, researchers from University of Texas Medical Branch published a new paper in the journal Science Translational Medicine . To do this, they ...

79 sickened by salmonella tied to Hy-Vee pasta salad

Two weeks after supermarket chain Hy-Vee recalled pasta salad at all of its 244 stores in eight states in the Midwest, federal health officials are almost quadr...

Trump restores rules allowing Obamacare alternatives with pared down 'short term' coverage

All have warned that consumers with bare-bones plans would be stranded when they need care - and that the defection of low-priced customers from ACA marketplace...

CDC warns sexually active people not to wash or reuse condoms

As a result of this concern, the CDC reminded people via their official Twitter account not to wash and reuse their condoms. The CDC then goes on to remind ...

Superbugs now also becoming resistant to alcohol disinfectants

Administered as a preventative and treatment against infections caused by thousands of animals living together in tight conditions with little access to fresh a...

Jennifer Aniston addresses "Jen can’t keep a man" rumors in new interview

For the most part I can sit back and laugh at the ridiculous headlines because they have gotten more and more absurd", she said. "Maybe I have other things I'm ...

After losing chunk of brain, boy recovers visual system

The complete occipital lobe if UD-that comprises the visual processing center of the brain-and the majority of his temporal lobe-that obtains both auditory and ...

DR Congo hit by EBOLA OUTBREAK as authorities call for calm

On July 24, Ilunga himself had declared the end to a 10-week outbreak that struck the northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, claiming 33 lives and prompti...

Lab-made organs successfully transplanted into LIVING PIGS in huge medical breakthrough

Department of Health & Human Services , 20 people die each day waiting for a transplant. As reported in Science Translational Medicine , the team built thes...