An Australian woman became seriously ill, collapsed and was unable to walk after wearing a pair of skinny jeans, news.com.au…
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Wrestler who lost his leg after car crash hopes to recover
The Nebraska high school wrestling champion who lost his left leg after a car accident this spring is looking forward…
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Nuclear accidents pose little risk to health, NRC says
The risk to public health from a severe nuclear power plant accident in the United States is “very small” because…
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Prescription drugs that lead double lives
We usually view side effects as a bad thing, but sometimes they point the way to a whole new use…
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Paramedic may have tampered with drugs, infected up to 57 patients
Boston health officials say a paramedic may have tampered with vials of drugs and infected dozens of people. A city…
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Health officials and doctors have tracked down most of the 14,000 people potentially at risk for fungal meningitis, blamed for…
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Emory Healthcare patient information missing
Officials with Emory Healthcare say patient information affecting hundreds of thousands has been reported missing from a storage facility. According…
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U.S. Bio-Security Officials Sound Warning After Scientists Create Deadly New Strain of Bird Flu
The U.S. government is sounding the alarm after reports that Dutch scientists have created a highly-contagious and deadly airborne strain…
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Meningitis outbreak prompts discussion of pharmacy conditions
Four weeks after the recall of tainted steroids amid a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak, it remains unclear how widespread the…
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Report: Women have rare egg-producing stem cells
For 60 years, doctors have believed women were born with all the eggs they’ll ever have. Now Harvard scientists are…
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