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  • Administration sends states $1B in grants to battle opioids

    The Trump administration is awarding more than $1 billion in grants to help states confront the opioid epidemic, with most of the money going to...

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  • Monsanto asks judge to throw out $289M award in cancer suit

    Agribusiness giant Monsanto is asking a San Francisco judge to throw out a jury's $289 million award to a former school groundskeeper who said the...

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  • Surgeon denies negligence in removing woman's healthy kidney

    A South Dakota surgeon denies he breached the standard of care when he removed an Iowa woman's healthy kidney instead of her adrenal gland

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  • From Syria to California: Refugees seek care for wounds of war

    Mahmoud said his captors tortured him and shot him in the leg.

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  • Biopharmaceutical company fined for misleading investors

    A Colorado-based biopharmaceutical company must pay more than $20 million for misleading investors about the efficacy of a lung cancer drug under...

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  • Doctor, girlfriend accused of drugging, raping women

    Attorneys say a California surgeon and his girlfriend deny allegations they preyed on two intoxicated women and then drugged and raped them

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  • Rumors, conflict challenge Ebola response in eastern Congo

    Rumors, risk of conflict challenge Ebola response in eastern Congo, Red Cross official says

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  • Yogurt: A good source of vitamins, minerals…and sugar

    Most store-bought yogurt is packed with sugar, UK-based study shows

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• Sep 19

  • What to know about added sugars in yogurt

    Dr. Jennifer Ashton breaks down the key takeaways from a new study that looks at the levels of added sugars in popular yogurts at the grocery store.

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• Sep 18

  • California: Drugmaker paid doctors to overprescribe Humira

    California has filed a lawsuit accusing pharmaceutical giant AbbVie of illegally plying doctors with cash, gifts and services to prescribe one of the...

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  • Canadian marijuana imports OK'd by US for California study

    Congress is considering whether to increase the amount of marijuana grown in the U.S. for research. But in the meantime, scientists at the University...

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  • Judge to consider suspending Idaho's abortion reporting law

    Lawyers are asking a U.S. judge to issue a preliminary injunction blocking a new Idaho law requiring doctors to report extensive personal information...

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  • Infant walkers provide no benefit, cause much harm: Study

    Despite efforts stretching back to 1992, infant walkers are still a thing.

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  • Rhode Island union wants courthouse shutdown due to bedbugs

    Union workers say a Rhode Island courthouse should be shut down over reports of bedbugs

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  • Senate backs bill to avert shutdown, boost military spending

    Senate backs $854B bill to avert shutdown through Dec. 7, boost military spending

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  • Day-tripping to the dispensary: Seniors in pain hop aboard the canna-bus

    As more states legalize marijuana, the cannabis industry is booming

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  • Healthy, elderly adults should think twice before starting aspirin: Study

    A new study suggests the risks for some older adults may outweigh the benefits.

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  • Microbead researcher among 6 recipients of Heinz Awards

    A scientist who warned about the environmental threat of microbeads is one of six people being honored with $250,000 cash awards from the...

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  • Macron announces changes to France's health care system

    French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled plans to make France's health care system, considered one of the best in the world, more efficient and...

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  • Burkina Faso arrests 30 over illegal female circumcisions

    Burkina Faso arrests 30 over illegal female circumcisions on girls as young as 10 months old

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  • South African court says marijuana use in private is legal

    The court says an adult can cultivate cannabis in "a private place."

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  • Inspiring grocery store coworkers lose over 200 pounds on keto diet

    Five coworkers at a Sprouts grocery store in Texas help each other lose weight.

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  • Italy confirms Legionnaires' outbreak from cooling towers

    Officials in northern Italy say they have confirmed that commercial water cooling towers were the source of a Legionnaires' outbreak that sent more...

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• Sep 17

  • Coca-Cannabis? Coke analyzing cannabis in wellness drinks

    Coca-Cola adds ... cannabis? Company says it's "closely watching" the growth of non-psychoactive element of cannabis in wellness drinks

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  • GOP, Dems unite behind Senate bill fighting addictive drugs

    Republicans and Democrats are joining forces to speed legislation combating the misuse of opioids and other addictive drugs through the Senate

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  • Half as many people tried heroin for the first time in 2017 as in 2016: Survey

    The survey found that marijuana use increased in 2017.

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  • Mormon leaders call for new medical-marijuana plan in months

    Mormon church leaders are calling for Utah lawmakers to pass medical-marijuana legislation by the end of the year even as they urge residents to vote...

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  • Aspirin and your heart health

    A new study finds no benefits for healthy people over 70 who are on a low-dose aspirin regimen.

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  • Watchdog slams safeguards for foster kids on psych drugs

    Federal watchdog agency slams safeguards for foster kids prescribed powerful psychiatric drugs

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  • Survey finds 2M US teens are vaping marijuana

    Nearly 1 in 11 U.S. students used marijuana in electronic cigarettes in 2016, heightening concern about the new popularity of vaping

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  • Meet My Special Aflac Duck who brings smiles to the faces of kids fighting cancer

    Aflac brought its beloved icon to life to be a companion, and friend to children

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  • Doctors group recommends support for transgender children

    A doctors group is taking a stand in support of transgender children

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  • Trainer to the stars shares her own 5-step wellness routine

    Jeanette Jenkins is also the creator of the Hollywood Trainer Club.

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  • To avoid overdoses, some test their heroin before taking it

    The newest tool in the fight against opioid overdoses is an inexpensive test strip that can detect the presence of a potentially deadly painkiller

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  • FEMA chief: Too much blame around on Puerto Rico deaths

    The Trump administration's disaster relief chief says that "the numbers are all over the place" from studies on the death toll from last year's...

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  • Family of Smart's kidnapper won't take her in: Niece

    Days before het release from prison, fears about whether a woman who helped in the kidnapping of then-teenager Elizabeth Smart remains a threat and...

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  • Infection, electrocution and injury: Florence's floodwaters may carry hidden dangers

    Floodwaters carry hidden risks that cause electrocution, injury and infection.

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  • Parents, take note: Kids, teen, college student mental health problems on the rise

    A new WHO report adds to a wave of studies about teen mental health problems.

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• Sep 14

  • Las Vegas shooting survivors, health care providers reunite

    Survivors of the mass shooting in Las Vegas have reunited with the doctors and nurses who cared for them at an area hospital after the massacre

    Sep 14

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  • New US survey shows some progress against opioid crisis

    A U.S. government survey shows some progress in the fight against the ongoing opioid addiction crisis

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  • Lawsuit aims to block Trump 'short-term' health plans

    Patient advocates sue to block Trump administration's 'short-term' health insurance plans

    Sep 14

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  • FDA plans meeting to discuss safety data on breast implants

    U.S. health officials say they'll convene a public meeting of medical advisers next year to discuss new science on breast implant safety

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  • Zimbabwe's government criticized over cholera outbreak

    Zimbabwe's government criticized over cholera outbreak that has killed 25, spread from capital

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  • 4 takeaways on Puerto Rico’s death toll after Trump’s tweet storm

    “3000 people did not die” in Puerto Rico, the president tweeted.

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  • Some Bob Evans sausage links recalled, may contain plastic

    The Agriculture Department says Bob Evans Farms is recalling nearly 47,000 pounds of pork sausage links because they might contain pieces of plastic

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  • Romania: 4 dead from West Nile virus this week, 30 new cases

    Health authorities say mosquito-borne viruses have killed four people in Romania this week bringing the total deaths to 21

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  • We tried it -- Stretch*d

    Feeling a little tight after tennis or in pain after Pilates? Try Stretch*d.

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• Sep 13

  • No progress as US, Cuba meet on mysterious 'health attacks'

    Cuba said Thursday the United States is continuing to withhold important information that could help in the investigation into mysterious incidents...

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