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How to avoid being bitten by dogs
Of the 4.7 million Americans bitten by dogs annually, more than half are children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. TheU.S. Postal Service, the medical community, veterinarians and the insurance industry are working together to...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Health, Vaccines, Mail Order Industry, U.S. Postal Service
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CDC: Half of overweight teens have heart risk
ATLANTA (AP) — Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research says. And an even larger proportion...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Overweight, Weight, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Heart Attack
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CDC to baby boomers: Get tested for hepatitis C
ATLANTA (AP) — For the first time, the government is proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C. Anyone born from 1945 to 1965 should get a one-time blood test to see if they have the liver-destroying virus, the Centers for...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Cirrhosis, Liver Cancer, Emergency Health Procedures, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Clock ticking with new plan to fight Alzheimer's
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration declared Alzheimer's one of the country's biggest health challenges on Tuesday, adopting a national strategy that sets the clock ticking toward better treatments by 2025 — along with help for...Tags: Symptoms, Family, National Institutes of Health, Insulin, Diabetes
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Vomitus Doggy-Us
I think I am old enough now that I can use the phrase, “You remember the good old days.” If you listen to the “older than me timers” you could feed your dog scraps, bones, pork or anything else lying around. They wouldn’t...
Tags: Symptoms, Vomiting, Flu, Blood, Abdominal Pain
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Salmonella in dog food sickens 14 people in US
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Fourteen people in at least nine states have been sickened by salmonella after handling tainted dog food from a South Carolina plant that a few years ago produced food contaminated by toxic mold that killed dozens of dogs,...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Medical Procedures and Tests, Pets, Companies and Corporations, Salmonella Infection
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Cancer survivors urged to eat better, exercise
ATLANTA (AP) — A cancer diagnosis often inspires people to exercise and eat healthier. Now the experts say there's strong evidence that both habits may help prevent the disease from coming back. New guidelines issued Thursday by the American Cancer...Tags: Health Treatments, Overweight, Health Organizations, Mastectomy, Lung Cancer
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Woman who caused plane quarantine at Midway tells her story
WSBT-TV ReporterIt's a real fear for a lot of people – being stuck on an airplane because another passenger might have a highly contagious disease. But the woman whose rash caused passengers on a Delta Airlines flight from Detroit to Chicago to be quarantined on...Tags: Scabies , Health, Uganda, Midway Airport, Delta Air Lines
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Gov't to speed tracking of E. coli in meat
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government plans to speed up the process for tracking E. coli in meat, a move that will help authorities more quickly find the source of bacteria outbreaks and hasten food recalls. The new Agriculture Department program...Tags: Salmonella Infection, Health, E. coli Infection, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC
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SPECIAL REPORT: Teens & Tats ... Paying the price
WSBT-TV Anchor/ReporterAs tattoos have become more mainstream in our culture, more and more teens at younger and younger ages are hitting up their parents to be inked. But there are so many considerations besides just age, including health considerations. And one of the...Tags: Health, Hepatitis C , Family, Hepatitis
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Dole recalls bagged salad for salmonella risk
MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — Dole Food Co. said late Saturday that its fresh vegetables division is recalling 756 cases of bagged salad, because they could be contaminated with salmonella. The bags of Seven Lettuces salad are stamped with a use-by...
Tags: Salmonella Infection, Health, Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure, Marketing
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For 3rd straight year, Ind. deer free of bovine TB
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State officials have given Indiana's deer populations a clean bill of health for the third straight year for a disease that can spread to cattle. State and federal workers collected 366 tissue samples from wild, free-ranging...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Health, Tuberculosis
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