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Gene study clears ‘Patient Zero’ as cause of US HIV epidemic
CHICAGO – Genes taken from archived blood samples show the U.S. AIDS epidemic started in New York in the early…
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Unhappy Target customers send strong message on pill bottles
Longtime customers of Target’s pharmacies are finding a change in pill bottle design hard to swallow. After CVS began operating…
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A third of children in poor nations fail to meet mental development milestones, researchers say
LONDON – One third of young children living in developing nations are failing to meet basic mental development milestones, which…
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Is social media fueling a national epidemic of teen suicide?
The recent suicides of Ritu Sachdeva and Hillary “Kate” Kuizon, both 17-year-old seniors at Plano East Senior High School, in…
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Social and economic factors tied to pancreatic cancer surgery, survival
Social and economic factors may influence who is most likely to get surgery for early-stage pancreas cancer, a new U.S.…
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Hospital ordered to pay $10M for late meningitis diagnosis
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has been ordered to pay $10 million to the mother of a boy whose bacterial meningitis…
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AMA: Pot use in pregnancy may pose risks, warnings needed
Warning: Marijuana use during pregnancy and breast-feeding poses potential harms. That message would be written on medical and recreational marijuana…
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US sexually transmitted disease epidemic worsening, CDC says
A U.S. sexually transmitted diseases epidemic is increasing and the most common infection, chlamydia, has risen to record levels, government…
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