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3 min ago | KEPR CBS 19

Consumer Reports: Mechanically tenderized beef risk

Before you fire up the grill for some great summer meals, Consumer Reports has a caution.

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Related Topix: Meat, Life, Beef, Food, Health, E. Coli

1 hr ago | WALB-TV Albany

Brooks Co. horse tests positive for EEE

The Georgia Department of Agriculture has confirmed one positive case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in a horse found in Brooks County.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Biotech, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

3 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Teen exercise: Physical activity shown to help teens stop smoking

New results published May 22, JAMA , indicate that of the teens who smoke, those who incorporate exercise are more likely to decrease or quit their daily cigarette use than those who do not.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, West Virginia University, Biotech, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Healthcare Industry

4 hrs ago | Science Daily

Phthalates -- chemicals widely found in plastics and processed food...

Once perceived as harmless, phthalates have come under increasing scrutiny. A growing collection of evidence suggests dietary exposure to phthalates may cause significant metabolic and hormonal abnormalities, especially during early development.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, University of Washington

4 hrs ago | Sheepshead Bites

Shorefront Community Stands Together for the Third Annual Autism Walk

When the Southern Brooklyn community wants to raise awareness for a good cause, they know how to do it - even in stormy weather.

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Related Topix: Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, Weather

4 hrs ago | CBC News

Controlling hospital infections a continuing concern

A micrograph image of C. difficile bacteria is shown in a handout photo. Hospital-acquired infections such as MRSA and C. difficile remain a problem in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Related Topix: MRSA, Health, North America, Canada, World News,

5 hrs ago | The Raw Story

Two dead as mystery illness sickens 7 in Alabama

An unknown flu-like respiratory illness has killed two people and sickened five others in southeastern Alabama.

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Related Topix: Dothan, AL

9 hrs ago | Reuters

U.S. government taps GlaxoSmithKline for new antibiotics

The U.S. government has signed an antibiotics development deal worth up to $200 million with GlaxoSmithKline to tackle the dual threats of drug resistance and bioterrorism.

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Related Topix: GlaxoSmithKline, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

12 hrs ago | CNN

They discovered the cure for...

Before the term "vaccination" was coined, millions died every year from infectious diseases such as smallpox, tuberculosis and yellow fever.

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Related Topix: Infectious Diseases, Medicine, Immunology, Biology, Science, Health, Chickenpox

14 hrs ago | MLive.com

West Nile virus warning: 'People are not afraid enough,' says woman who survived infection

Michelle Dann applies bug spray outside her home Tuesday, May 21, 2013. In August 2013 Dann spent 3 weeks hospitalized with a neuroinvasive form of the West Nile virus.

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Related Topix: West Nile Virus, Health, Grand Rapids, MI

Tue May 21, 2013

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Korea Confirms First Death from Tick-Borne Virus

The first death due to a tick-borne virus has been confirmed in Korea, setting off alarm bells in the country following reports of deaths from the virus in Japan and China.

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CBS News

Peers of suicide victims more likely to think about killing themselves

Children and teens who had a peer commit suicide may be more likely to think about and attempt suicide themselves, an effect that appears to be more pronounced in younger kids.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Suicide

CBS News

Bed sharing may increase risk of SIDS by five times

Sharing a bed with an infant significantly increases their risk of dying from sudden infant death syndrome , according to a new study published online on May 20 in BMJ Open .

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Business Opportunities Weblog

Salt is Back

After years of telling consumers that eating too much salt was bad for their health, a new report from the Institute of Medicine at the behest of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention turns conventional wisdom on it's head: There [is] no rationale for anyone to aim for sodium levels below 2,300 milligrams a day.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, University of Pennsylvania

Examiner.com

Can vitamins be used to repel mosquitoes and ticks?

Getting enough vitamin B1 in your diet is essential for maintaining a healthy body.

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Related Topix: Supplement, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B, Entomology, Science, Chemistry

Drugs.com

Americans Still Making Unhealthy Choices: CDC

The overall health of Americans isn't improving much, with about six in 10 people either overweight or obese and large numbers engaging in unhealthy behaviors like smoking, heavy drinking or not exercising, a new government report shows.

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The Washington Post

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The fight has drawn comment from bands including the Dandy Warhols and the Decemberists The medical establishment near universally supports fluoridation.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids, MI, Dentistry, Sports

ABC News

Portland Set to Vote on Fluoride

Residents of Portland, Ore., will vote today on whether to add fluoride to their drinking water - a move hailed by some as one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century .

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Dentistry

Science Daily

Gym class reduces probability of obesity, study finds for first time

The study represents some of the first evidence of a causal effect of PE on youth obesity, and is forthcoming in the Journal of Health Economics .

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Related Topix: Cornell University, Lehigh University, Emory University

Patch.com

Official: Cobb Swimming Pools Safe

Despite a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that found fecal bacteria in more than half of the water samples taken from metro Atlanta public swimming pools , Cobb officials said the county's pools are safe.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicine, Healthcare Industry