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Flint's Flopping Fertility Possibly Conflated

A recently published working paper states that the water in Flint, Michigan is presumably responsible for startling drops in fertility rates, and increased fetal deaths, as compared to neighboring...

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Agent Orange and Hormone Imbalances in Today's Vietnamese Infants

Agent Orange was used as a defoliant during the Vietnam War. A recent paper indicates that the chemicals which comprise AO persist in high concentrations in some pockets of South Vietnam. In addition,...

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Monitoring Blood Sugar Made Less Prickly

Here's great news for diabetics who need to check their blood-glucose levels frequently: the FDA just approved a non-invasive monitor. It's a major mile-marker on the road to facilitating optimal...

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How Zika Evolved into a Raging Psycho

Zika virus has been around since at least 1947, causing mild symptoms. All of a sudden it went full-beast mode and started producing shrinking heads in babies, and other terrible neurological outcomes....

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The Good News About Breast Cancer

A new report from the American Cancer Society says that deaths attributable to breast cancer have decreased by 39 percent, with improvements in mortality rates observed in all races and ethnicities....

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Case For E-Cigs Continues to Strengthen

Researchers from Georgetown University recently published a study in the journal Tobacco Control demonstrating the potential to save millions of people from premature smoking-related deaths by...

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Mom Jailed for Disregarding Court Order to Vaccinate Son

A Detroit mother was sentenced to seven days in jail for failing to comply with a judge's orders to vaccinate her son, as she had agreed to do in her divorce agreement. Falsely claiming a religious...

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Most New Cancer Drugs Lack Evidence of Improved Survival or Quality of Life

A new study in the British Medical Journal suggests that the majority of new cancer drugs approved by the European Medicines Agency lacked evidence that they improved survival or the quality of life of...

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Home Brewed Death Tea

Believe it or not, researchers have shown that lethal levels of morphine and codeine could be extracted using poppy seeds purchased online, where recipes for home-brewed poppy seed tea could also be...

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Rural Suicide Rates Alarming

A recent report by the Center for Disease Control's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly reveals grim statistics on suicide, with the highest rates linked to rural America. Tags: mental healthrural mental...

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What Would You Do?

Doctors, like any other human being, are capable of snapping. In a viral video, a Florida physician is seen unleashing his fury on a patient in his waiting room. But before casting judgment, here are a...

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Cord Blood Banking is Not Insurance for the Future

Umbilical cord blood banking has gained notoriety ever since it was discovered that those cords are a rich supply of hematopoietic stem cells. Operating on the premise that cord blood samples are a...

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Reversal of Decision in Baby Powder Case

The Missouri Court of Appeals reversed a jury's decision that awarded $72 million to a plaintiff who claimed Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder products caused her ovarian cancer. But the court's...

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Oropharyngeal Cancer Prevalence Much Higher in Men

HPV-associated head and neck cancers are disproportionately higher in men. A recent study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, investigated the prevalence of HPV infections in the U.S....

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Lethal Jambalaya

In a fundraiser turned deadly, the folks of Columbia, Louisiana received a lot more than they signed up for.  The likely culprit was determined to be Salmonella contamination of Jambalaya. Tags: bloody...

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Governor Cuomo is a Public Health Enemy

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation banning the use of electronic cigarettes indoors. It's a move that ensures his position as being pro-cancer and anti-science. Tags: electronic...

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First They Came For My White Coat - America’s War on Doctors

A recent report on a pilot program to increase the availability of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses underscores the current anti-doctor climate in healthcare. Under-valuing physicians, and replacing...

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Are Pesticides The New Birth Control?

A recent study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, reveals a supposed association between high pesticide exposure and fewer pregnancies, as well as fewer live births in women receiving fertility...

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Premature Birth Rates in Mississippi Increase Second Year in a Row

According to the 2017 Premature Birth Report Cards, provided by the March of Dimes, not only did Mississippi rank the worst in preterm birth rates but the state even saw an increase from last year....

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Soup To Nuts of Testosterone Replacement - An Endocrine Disruptor That Should...

Testosterone replacement therapy is now a multi-billion dollar business. Treating a condition, propagated by marketers as "low T" or "manopause," carries the risk of serious adverse cardiovascular...

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Grow Your Mustaches Gents, It's Movember!

The mustaches are the symbolic equivalent of the pink ribbons associated with breast cancer awareness. Let's help the men in our lives take control of their health – and fight against preventable...

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Malpractice or Murder? How Law Enforcement Chooses to Prosecute Doctors

More and more doctors are being prosecuted for murder, for inappropriately prescribing opioids to patients, resulting in death. How is it determined when a physician's actions have gone beyond...

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How to Detox Bad Science from Your Holidays

Before you pay for the juice cleanse, learn how your body actually rids itself of harmful toxins absolutely free of charge. The American Chemical Society's video series explains how our very own bodies...

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Inexplicable Spike in Valley Fever in California

The California Department of Public Health says that there's been a 34 percent increase in the number of cases of valley fever over the past year. Nobody seems to know why.

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Undetected Parasitic Infection May Cause Deadly Cancer in Vietnam Vets

A pilot study of involving veterans from this war conducted by the Department of Veterans Affairs may indicate a decades-long infection with a parasite could be causing cancer of the bile duct. Tags:...

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