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• Over 75% of hospitals have records showing that doctors still prescribe more than one antibiotic unn…

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• Sep 11, 2014 06:01 AM EDT

• A recent New York study has reported that hospitals in the United States are prescribing multiple antibiotics.

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• Massachusetts Clinic Tests Over 500 People for Tuberculosis

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• Sep 11, 2014 01:20 AM EDT

• Lynn Health Care Center in Massachusetts is currently testing more than 500 people, both patients and health workers, for any signs of tuberculosis after one staff tested positive of the disease.

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• 150,000 Nigerian Women who Suffers Obstetric Fistula Sees Hope for Corrective Surgery

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• Sep 11, 2014 01:03 AM EDT

• 150,000 Nigerian women suffer from Fistula sees hope for corrective surgery as an international non-governmental organization launches a program that supports fistula surgeries in certain African countries.

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• Children in America at Risk for Hypertension and Heart Disease Due to High Salt Intake

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• Sep 11, 2014 12:01 AM EDT

• Federal health officials in the country say that the children in America are at high risk for developing high blood pressure and heart problems due to excessive salt in their daily diet.

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• Canadian Study Suggests Better Positions For Men With Back Ache

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• Sep 10, 2014 11:58 PM EDT

• Say goodbye to that "not tonight honey" excuse.

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• Contrave has now gotten approval from the FDA

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• Sep 10, 2014 11:46 PM EDT

• Contrave, a pill that can treat obesity, will soon be available to the U.S. market.

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• The Situation of Rape in the United States

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• Sep 10, 2014 11:24 PM EDT

• The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a report on rape and sexual violence, revealed in early September 2014.

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• Gates Foundation Pledged $50 Million in the Fight Against Ebola

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• Sep 10, 2014 11:02 PM EDT

• Earlier this week, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $50 million dollars, which will be made available to United Nations agencies and other international organizations that are working in the fight against the Ebola outbreak in Africa.

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• Enterovirus Sickens Hundreds of Children in Virginia

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• Sep 10, 2014 10:46 PM EDT

• A respiratory illness brought on by a virus identified as EV-D68 has been victimizing hundreds of children in Virginia since early this month.

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• Flavored Tobacco Use Increases among Canadian Teens, Alarms Cancer Society

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• Sep 10, 2014 07:57 PM EDT

• In a recent study, more teens are smoking flavored tobacco, alarming Canadian Cancer Society who now calls for its immediate ban.

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• Certain Minorities and Low-income Groups Have Limited Access to Quality Thyroid Surgery

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• Sep 10, 2014 07:21 PM EDT

• In a new research, minorities such as Hispanics and blacks, as well as low-income groups, have a limited access to better-quality surgeries.

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• With This New Birth Control by 2017, Men Can Forget about Condoms

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• Sep 10, 2014 06:54 PM EDT

• A nonprofit foundation is working on a male birth control that may encourage men to skip condoms by 2017.