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New York just became the latest state to end religious exemptions for vaccines, after the CDC confirmed more than 1,000 cases of measles — the highest number in decades and an increase of more than 200 confirmed cases in just one month — across the country in 2019. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the bill on Thursday, citing public health as […]
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It was an incident that might shock non-parents and have working moms nod their heads sadly in recoginition at yet another case of workplace discrimination towards mothers. Drew Zachary, a director at the U.S. census bureau, was recently attending the GEOINT Symposium — as she does every year. The only difference? This year, she had her daughter Dasha, who is […]
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Opioids remain a mainstay of treatment for chronic and surgical pain, despite their side effects and risk for addiction and overdose. While conventional local anesthetics block pain very effectively, they wear off quickly and can affect the heart and brain. Now, a study in rats offers up a possible alternative, involving an otherwise lethal pufferfish toxin. In tiny amounts, in […]
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A Ludwig Cancer Research study has deciphered a complex molecular conversation between cancer and immune cells that is key to orchestrating the successful invasion of tumors by T cells that kill cancer cells. “We show that two key chemokines, CCL5 and CXCL9, are universally implicated in T cell infiltration across all solid tumors,” said George Coukos, who directs the Lausanne […]
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(HealthDay)—There seems to be no evidence of a legacy effect or mortality benefit for intensive glucose control among military veterans with type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in the June 6 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Peter D. Reaven, M.D., from the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System, and colleagues report 15-year follow-up for intensive […]
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A new study by University of Manitoba, CancerCare Manitoba and Mayo Clinic researchers has found that when women at high risk are provided with the results of genetic testing, they are more likely to take preventive medications to reduce their chances of developing breast cancer. Studies have shown that the risk of breast cancer can be reduced by half using […]
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So scary. Kylie Jenner’s 16-month-old daughter, Stormi, was hospitalized on Sunday, June 2. “Spent the day in the hospital with my baby,” the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, 21, wrote on her Instagram Story at the time. “She had an allergic reaction but is 100% okay now and we are home. Nothing else matters when these things happen.” The […]
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(HealthDay)—Shoot ’em up video games might be making your children far too comfortable with how they approach and handle real-life firearms, a new study argues. Kids who played a version of Minecraft featuring guns were much more likely to handle a happened-upon but unloaded firearm than kids whose Minecraft game featured swords or no weapons at all, researchers found. Worse, […]
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Gushing about his girl! Jamie Bell spoke about his newborn daughter with Kate Mara for the first time. “It’s kind of jumping back into the trenches a little bit,” the actor, 33, who has a 6-year-old son from a previous relationship, told Extra on Wednesday, May 29. “We’re very happy everyone is doing well. It’s great.” He added: “So much stuff […]
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(HealthDay)—In conjunction with the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, the American Academy of Pediatrics has updated its guidance for monitoring and managing pediatric dental patients during sedation; the guidelines were published online May 28 in Pediatrics. Charles J. Coté, M.D., and colleagues from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry present updated guidance on delivering […]
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