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• Ticks and tick-borne diseases may spread with climate change

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• Feb 28, 2015 06:12 PM EST

• Climate change is causing disease-carrying ticks to show up earlier in the year and is expanding their territory. This could increase the risk for contracting Lyme disease, one of the tick-borne diseases that are common in the northeaster U.S.

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• Can't Sleep Often? See How It May Lead To Higher Risk Of Death

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• Feb 28, 2015 09:24 AM EST

• A new study reveals that there might be a connection between insomnia and increased inflammation and mortality.

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• Coffee May Lower Risk Of Multiple Sclerosis

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• Feb 28, 2015 09:22 AM EST

• People who drink four to six cups of coffee daily may be less likely to develop multiple sclerosis.

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• Even after you come in from the sun, your skin is being damaged

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• Feb 27, 2015 07:19 PM EST

• Skin damage caused by ultraviolet A rays from the sun continues even after you have gone indoors. Half the damage to skin due to sun exposure appears to occur up to 4 hours after you have come in out of the sun.

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• C. diff killed 29,000 people in 2011

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• Feb 27, 2015 07:12 PM EST

• In 2011 there were nearly half a million cases of infection with Clostridium difficile, a severe gastrointestinal infection that can be deadly.

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• Biomarker for chronic fatigue syndrome Shows condition is biological

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• Feb 27, 2015 07:04 PM EST

• Researchers have announced finding biomarkers in patients, which helps to show that the conditions is biological rather than a psychological disorder.

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• Why Too Much Red Wine May Be Bad For You

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• Feb 27, 2015 07:52 PM EST

• Resveratrol has been proven to be good for the health, but too much of everything is not good for the body.

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• “Filthy Kitchen” Pays Over $30K

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• Feb 26, 2015 11:54 PM EST

• A kitchen in a 3-star hotel in Swindon has been recently fined with $30,000 (£20,000) after the conditions were deemed to be very “appalling.”

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• Depression Leads to Thousands of Crimes Each Year, a Study Says

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• Feb 26, 2015 11:36 PM EST

• Can depression lead to violence and crime? One study seems to suggest that.

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• This Bug Is Responsible for Almost Half a Million Infection Annually

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• Feb 26, 2015 11:16 PM EST

• While there are several types of bacteria that can cause infection, one of the most harmful and deadliest is responsible of almost half a million infections and as many as 27,000 deaths in 2014.

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• Energy Drinks Contain Up To 20 Tablespoons Sugar

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• Feb 27, 2015 07:33 PM EST

• A group of health campaigners warns that an average energy drink contains up to 20 tablespoons of sugar.

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• Study to see if financial incentives for HIV pattients work shows they don't

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• Feb 26, 2015 06:55 PM EST

• Patients in the Bronx and in Washington, DC, were paid up to $280 a year to take their medications daily, but this incentive did not help them adhere to their treatment.