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MRI may help find infection from tainted injection
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some people who received potentially contaminated steroid injections may benefit from a MRI to check for signs of infection, a new study suggests - even if they don't have obvious symptoms. Researchers screened 172 people...Tags: Meningitis, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disease Prevention, Symptoms, American Medical Association
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Shining a light on SPF labels: FDA's new regulation will take out the guessing game of which lotion to use while in the sun
marieg@herald-mail.comTeenagers don’t get skin cancer. At least, that’s what Katie Carmichael believed. But an indentation on her leg tells a different story — a scar that remains five years after a specialist removed an inch of flesh, half a centimeter...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Sunburn, Lupus, Sports, Symptoms
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Funding to improve drinking water has come at a slow drip
LANARE, Calif. — A bright metal drinking fountain is mounted on the wall in the community center of this tiny town west of Fresno. No one pays it any mind: The water is drawn from a well that has been contaminated with arsenic for years. "Can't...
Tags: Water, Environmental Politics, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, United Nations, Medical Procedures and Tests
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World Bank, U.N. join hands in conflict zones but face hurdles
Reuters(Reuters) - When the heads of the World Bank and the United Nations flew into the violence-wracked African city of Goma on a cloudy day last month, it was the first time the giants of international development had joined forces in the struggle to help the...Tags: Demographics, International Economic Institution, Africa, Travel, Poverty
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McDonald's and Coke should not sponsor dietitian association, petition says
Tribune reporterProtesting what he sees as a too-cozy relationship between the nation's top dietitian group and big food corporations, Nevada dietitian Andy Bellatti today launched a petition urging the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics to sever its financial ties...Tags: Coca-Cola, PepsiCo Inc., Food Industry, Finance, Healthy Diet
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Deaths from SARS-like coronavirus rise to 28 in Saudi Arabia
dpaRIYADH, Saudi Arabia Two more people have died in Saudi Arabia from the SARS-like coronavirus, the Health Ministry said Saturday, bringing to 28 the number of deaths from the respiratory illness in the kingdom. The two male victims were foreigners...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Germany, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Dr. Henry V. "Harry" Chase
Dr. Henry V. "Harry" Chase, a retired internist who served in the Navy during World War II and the Korean War, died June 9 of complications from Alzheimer's disease at Somerford Place, a Frederick assisted-living facility. He was 90. The son of Harry...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Histoplasmosis , Ellicott City, Loyola University Maryland, Colleges and Universities
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10th Annual Chambersburg Relay for Life a celebration of life
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comMembers of the Looney Patoneys pitched three tents and parked a camper at Norlo Park in Fayetteville on Friday to honor the memory of their beloved friend, Pat Moore. For the 20 members of her team, it wasn’t about sadness, it was about...Tags: Cervical Cancer, Breast Cancer, Human Interest, American Cancer Society, The Happiest News!
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Hepatitis A linked to frozen berries sickens 87
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says an outbreak of hepatitis A linked to a frozen berry mix sold at Costco has grown to 87 people with illnesses in eight states. The CDC said Tuesday that illnesses have been...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disease Prevention, Hepatitis A , Vaccines, Liver Disease
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Daniel Armstrong: After one full century, Cancer Society still on mission
It has been 100 years since a group of physicians and community leaders decided to create a small organization with the sole mission of curing cancer. Since that small beginning, the American Cancer Society has been the world's leader in the fight against...Tags: Breast Cancer, Science, Florida Legislature, Human Interest, Nobel Prize Awards
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Saudi Arabia says one more dead from MERS coronavirus
ReutersRIYADH (Reuters) - One more person has died and two more have fallen ill in Saudi Arabia from the new SARS-like coronavirus, MERS-CoV, the Saudi Health Ministry said on Friday. Saudi Arabia has been the country most affected by the respiratory-system...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Pneumonia, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Car crashes should be a global health priority, scientists say
Given the personal suffering caused by traffic accidents -- 1.2 million deaths a year worldwide -- there's far too little attention paid by health researchers, scientists argued Tuesday. In 2030, such accidents are projected to become the fifth-...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Disasters and Accidents, Medical Research, Science and Technology, Health
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