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Family gives update on mom fighting flesh-eating bacteria
Fellow paramedics sponsored a prayer vigil on Sunday for an Upstate mom who has been diagnosed with a flesh-eating bacterial infection. Lana Kuykendall gave birth to twins on May 7 at an Atlanta hospital, but felt severe pain in her leg after she and her husband, Darren, brought their newborns home ...
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CDC urges Baby Boomers to get tested for Hep C
ATLANTA -- 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 Disease Control and Prevention said in draft recommendations ...
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Pa. health care company seeks gas drilling facts
By BY KEVIN BEGOS Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) - Some people are absolutely sure gas drilling threatens public health, while others are absolutely sure it doesn't. Geisinger Health Systems is looking for more facts on the debate. "Our concern is getting reliable data so we know what to do for ...
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CDC: Half of overweight teens have heart risk
ATLANTA?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 of obese adolescents have such a risk, according to the ...
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NEW LUNG CANCER SCREENING GUIDELINES
New lung cancer screening guidelines recommend annual CT scans, but only for older, current or former heavy smokers. The American College of Chest Physicians, The American Society of Clinical Oncology and The National Comprehensive Cancer Network say the risks of screening younger people outweigh ...
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Researcher apologizes for study of gay therapy
NEW YORK?A prominent retired psychiatrist is apologizing to the gay community for a decade-old study that concluded some gay people can go straight through what's called reparative therapy. Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, formerly of Columbia University, now says he no longer believes his work showed that ...
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Salinas grower recalls bagged iceberg lettuce
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A Salinas lettuce grower has voluntarily recalled certain bagged salads after routine sampling detected listeria contamination. The contaminated packages of shredded iceberg lettuce were distributed in retail stores in California and Colorado. The bagged salads were ...
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Seat belt enforcement campaign begins
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Osceola County deputies will be enforcing seat belt laws around the clock. The seat belt enforcement campaign called Click It or Ticket begins Monday and runs through June 3. The Osceola County Sheriff's Office is joining with other state and local law enforcement officers and ...
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Colorado springs to stay open, despite frozen cows
A popular hot springs area in Colorado will remain open after U.S. Forest Service rangers carved up several frozen cows in an attempt to prevent the carcasses from contaminating the water. But Scott Snelson, a ranger in the White River National Forest, is still warning hikers that cow feces is in ...
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