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• CDC Releases Data On ‘Alarming’ Increase In Americans Who Have Diabetes

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• Dec 07, 2014 09:59 AM EST

• According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 29 million American adults have diabetes, and one fourth of them don’t know that they have it.

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• How Do Medicines Work? NIGMS Explains

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• Dec 06, 2014 10:38 PM EST

• Have you ever wondered how drugs travel through the body?

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• Move over therapy dogs, miniature therapy horses are here!

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• Dec 06, 2014 06:31 PM EST

• Miniature horses can offer comfort and affection to patients who are in the hospital.

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• Women who smoke are more likely to have painful periods.

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• Dec 06, 2014 06:24 PM EST

• Smoking, and starting to smoke at an early age, have been linked with a greater risk of having several menstrual cramps.

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• Sources Claim 2 Doctors Died of Ebola in Sierra Leone in One Day

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• Dec 06, 2014 04:46 AM EST

• Sierra Leone continues to be one of the hardest-hit nations in this current Ebola outbreak. According to two sources, for example, two doctors died of the virus within one day.

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• FDA Advisory Wants Panel to Exercise Caution over Lifting Ban on Blood Donation among Gays

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• Dec 06, 2014 02:26 AM EST

• Despite the strong calls from the gay community, blood organizations, and medical experts, advisors from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) still remains unconvinced at lifting the ban on gay blood donation, even recommending the agency panel to be cautiou…

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• Some People in India Became Blind after Surgery

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• Dec 05, 2014 10:50 PM EST

• Every surgery carries certain risks, but what happened to more than 10 people in a poor rural district in India is a tragedy.

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• Specialists Recommend Simple Measures to Reduce Ebola Death Toll

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• Dec 05, 2014 10:37 PM EST

• If you're going to ask specialists of tropical diseases, a very simple measure can significantly reduce the death toll of Ebola.

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• A blood chemical may allow doctors to find out who is more seriously injured after a concussion.

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• Dec 05, 2014 07:07 PM EST

• Some people develop serious and lasting problems after a concussion. A chemical in the blood may be able to predict who will have lasting problems and who will not.

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• Smoking Causes Men to Lose their Y Chromosome

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• Dec 05, 2014 06:59 PM EST

• Men who smoke are more likely to have lost the Y chromosome in their blood cells than are men who don't smoke. This mutation may increase their risk of developing and dying from cancer.

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• Trials of two vaccines against Ebola virus have shown few problems in early results.

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• Dec 05, 2014 06:49 PM EST

• Two different vaccines against the Ebola virus are being tested. These early trials are done primarily to check for safety.

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• Oregon Hospital: Cancer Patient Dies After Being Given Wrong Medicine

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• Dec 04, 2014 10:48 PM EST

• Three employees committed a medication error that caused the death of a cancer patient in Oregon.