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• Dec 12

  • Stethoscopes loaded with bacteria, including the one that causes Staph infection

    A new study suggests stethoscopes need to be cleaned more diligently.

    Dec 12

• Dec 12

  • Cuba health mystery: Diplomats had inner-ear damage early on

    Doctors: American diplomats affected by mysterious health incidents in Cuba showed damage in the inner ear shortly after they complained of weird...

    Dec 12

• Dec 12

  • Kotex recalls some tampons after reports of 'pieces left in the body'

    Some users had to "seek medical attention to remove tampon pieces left:" Kotex.

    Dec 12

• Dec 12

  • 'We're fighting for our lives': Diabetic activists take on drug companies

    Diabetic activists demand drug makers answer for sky-high insulin prices.

    Dec 12

• Dec 12

  • Health law sign-ups lagging as Saturday deadline is looming

    Health insurance sign-ups for the Affordable Care Act are down with just a few days left to enroll, and it's happening even though premiums are...

    Dec 12

• Dec 12

  • Minnesota lawmakers discuss reining in soaring insulin costs

    Minnesota lawmakers are considering steps they could take to rein in the soaring cost of insulin, which one couple says has become so expensive that...

    Dec 12

• Dec 12

  • This diet can cut your risk of developing heart disease

    You really do need to eat your vegetables.

    Dec 12

• Dec 12

  • When drinking to overcome social anxiety backfires the next day

    People who drink to overcome social anxiety may experience a rebound effect.

    Dec 12

• Dec 12

  • This workout is beloved by Victoria's Secret models

    P.Volve is a workout that many V.S. models swear by before the runway.

    Dec 12

• Dec 12

  • What does it really take to get a Victoria's Secret model body?

    Get runway ready with these 8 at-home Victoria's Secret workouts.

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• Dec 12

  • Meth playing bigger role in US drug overdose crisis

    Methamphetamine is playing a bigger role in the U.S. drug overdose crisis, officials say

    Dec 12

• Dec 12

  • Water from sewage rivers used to grow vegetables in Bolivia

    What gets flushed down in Bolivia's capital city is used to irrigate crops.

    Dec 12

• Dec 11

  • Elderly man evicted over medical marijuana hits another snag

    A 78-year-old New York man who was evicted from federally subsidized housing because he uses medical marijuana says the conflicting state and federal...

    Dec 11

• Dec 11

  • A tale of 2 implants: How the price depends on who is picking up the tab

    Costs often depend on who is paying the bill.

    Dec 11

• Dec 11

  • Women having heart attacks wait longer to get help: Study

    Women with heart attack symptoms wait approximately 37 minutes longer than men before reaching out for potentially life-saving medical care,...

    Dec 11

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• Dec 11

  • Man alerted to life-threatening problem on his Apple Watch

    An Apple Watch feature detected a potentially deadly heart condition called AFib, which an estimated 700,000 people have but don't know it.

    Dec 11

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• Dec 11

  • Apple Watch alerts man to life-threatening heart problem

    Ed Dentel wasn't expecting an Apple Watch update to potentially save his life.

    Dec 11

• Dec 11

  • New Zealand law to make medical marijuana widely available

    New Zealand's government has passed a law that will make medical marijuana widely available for thousands of patients over time

    Dec 11

• Dec 10

  • Nobel Peace winner: international action on sex abuse needed

    Nadia Murad says she wants world leaders to take action on sexual violence.

    Dec 10

• Dec 10

  • Record count reported for mysterious paralyzing illness

    Health officials are reporting the most cases ever of a mysterious paralyzing illness in children

    Dec 10

• Dec 10

  • Justices won't hear states' appeal over Planned Parenthood

    The Supreme Court is avoiding a high-profile case by rejecting appeals from Kansas and Louisiana in their effort to strip Medicaid money from Planned...

    Dec 10

• Dec 10

  • Mental health workers start weeklong strike in California

    Thousands of Kaiser Permanente mental health professionals throughout California started a weeklong strike Monday to protest what they say is a lack...

    Dec 10

• Dec 10

  • Slovak hospitals hold new Roma mothers against their will

    An AP investigation has found that women and their newborns in Slovakia are often unjustifiably detained in hospitals across the European Union...

    Dec 10

• Dec 10

  • Romania hospital says 39 babies now diagnosed with superbug

    Romania hospital says 39 babies now diagnosed with drug-resistant superbug, triple last month

    Dec 10

• Dec 10

  • Deadline for enrolling in Obamacare's marketplaces is fast approaching

    The deadline is Dec. 15 in most states.

    Dec 10

• Dec 10

  • Don't eat raw cookie dough: CDC

    With the holidays upon us, the CDC has a warning for cookie dough lovers.

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• Dec 10

  • South Sudan to begin Ebola vaccinations as 'very high risk'

    The WHO says the country is at "very high risk" in the current Ebola outbreak.

    Dec 10

• Dec 10

  • New mothers and babies often detained in Slovak hospitals

    An AP investigation has found that women and their newborns in Slovakia are often unjustifiably detained in hospitals across the European Union...

    Dec 10

• Dec 10

  • AP Investigation: Slovak hospitals detain new moms, babies

    AP Investigation: Slovak hospitals detain new moms, babies

    Dec 10

• Dec 9

  • More than half of California nursing homes try to avoid new staffing laws

    The new regulations require more time spent caring for patients directly.

    Dec 9

• Dec 9

  • After marijuana helps patriarch with Alzheimer's, his family pushes for more research

    The Spier Family Foundation is funding research into the benefits of marijuana.

    Dec 9

• Dec 9

  • UK nerve agent survivor fears poison will soon kill him

    A British man who was exposed to the deadly nerve agent Novichok says he is struggling with his eyesight and mobility, and fears the poison will kill...

    Dec 9

• Dec 9

  • Nobel peace winners demand action against sex abuse

    One of the winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize says the attention the prize has drawn to sexual violence against women in war zones must be...

    Dec 9

• Dec 9

  • Plant a tree: Milan's ambitious plans to be cleaner, greener

    The color for Italy's fashion capital now is gray _ due to its stone buildings and polluted skies _ but Milan is embarking on a new plan to go green,...

    Dec 9

• Dec 9

  • Italian police probing deadly stampede find pepper spray can

    Italian police investigating a disco stampede have found a pepper spray can

    Dec 9

• Dec 8

  • Ho, ho, ho -- don't eat raw cookie dough: CDC

    With the holidays upon us, the CDC has a warning for cookie dough lovers.

    Dec 8

• Dec 8

  • Asian longhorned tick is a growing threat in the US, but it's not the main threat

    The tick is capable of reproducing up to 2,000 offspring without a mate.

    Dec 8

• Dec 8

  • New study shows alarmingly low rates of metabolic health

    The study looked at blood glucose, triglycerides, HDL, blood pressure, and waist circumference among Americans.

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• Dec 7

  • Medical marijuana user, 78, evicted from subsidized housing

    A man who uses a wheelchair and takes marijuana for back pain has been evicted from his federally subsidized apartment in upstate New York

    Dec 7

• Dec 7

  • Correction: Cheaper EpiPen Rival story

    Correction: Cheaper EpiPen Rival story

    Dec 7

• Dec 7

  • UNAIDS found in 'crisis' after sex harassment claims

    Independent experts looking into allegations of sexual harassment inside UNAIDS says the U.N agency's leadership is "in crisis" and says it should...

    Dec 7

• Dec 7

  • Ebola spreads to major Congo city as vaccines a concern

    Health experts worry whether the stock of an experimental vaccines are enough.

    Dec 7

• Dec 7

  • Chile court declares abortion regulation unconstitutional

    Chile's Constitutional Court has thrown out a regulation that prohibited some private hospitals and clinics from refusing to perform legal abortions

    Dec 7

• Dec 6

  • Generic drugmaker to sell alternative to EpiPen injectors

    Generic drugmaker Sandoz to sell prefilled syringe alternative to EpiPen emergency allergy medication

    Dec 6

• Dec 6

  • Secondhand smoke still a problem for Americans: CDC

    Fifty-eight million Americans are still exposed to secondhand smoke, according to a new report from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. ...

    Dec 6

• Dec 6

  • Groups sue to block medical marijuana compromise in Utah

    Advocacy groups in Utah sued to block a compromise agreement legalizing medical marijuana, accusing the Mormon church of unconstitutional interference...

    Dec 6

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• Dec 6

  • Nobel laureates: Despite progress, cancer won't be wiped out

    The winners of this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine say they expect substantial advances toward treating cancer in the next several decades although...

    Dec 6

• Dec 6

  • Surgeon General: Federal drug classification needs changes

    U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams has told police officers from across the country that he believes the nation's classification system for illegal...

    Dec 6