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• The Most Obese States in the US

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• Sep 04, 2014 11:32 PM EDT

• Data released by Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation revealed that the rates of obese Americans have increased in the last year in 6 U.S. states.

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• Sleep Deprivation Is Linked to Brain Shrinkage

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• Sep 04, 2014 11:24 PM EDT

• New study shows lack of sleep and brain volume decline may be related.

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• Compound in Marijuana May Help in Treating Alzheimer's Disease

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• Sep 04, 2014 11:22 PM EDT

• Researchers from the University of South Florida found a compound in marijuana called THC that can help treat Alzheimer disease and whilst slowing down it’s advancement.

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• Vaccine Trial Cuts Dengue Fever Incidence in Latin America by 60%

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• Sep 04, 2014 10:29 PM EDT

• Sanofi's dengue vaccine has shown huge promise after cutting down the dengue incidence in Latin America by 60.8%.

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• Joan Rivers Dies

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• Sep 04, 2014 10:07 PM EDT

• After almost a week of being in the ICU because of cardiac arrest, Joan Rivers died on September 4, 2014, at 1:17 p.m.

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• Airline Pilots and Crew Are Twice Likely to Develop Melanoma

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• Sep 04, 2014 03:23 AM EDT

• In a review of previous studies, pilots and airline crew are twice at risk to develop melanoma than the general population.

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• 10-year-old Girl Develops Allergies from a Pesticide Trace in a Blueberry Pie

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• Sep 04, 2014 02:52 AM EDT

• A Canadian girl developed a severe allergic reaction after eating a blueberry pie with traces of pesticide antibiotic.

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• Calico, AbbVie Building an Anti-aging Facility

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• Sep 04, 2014 02:24 AM EDT

• Two biotech companies have recently partnered to build an anti-aging facility in Bay Area.

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• Tech Startup in Korea Creates a Wearable for Alzheimer’s Patients

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• Sep 04, 2014 01:15 AM EDT

• Ybrain is a medical wearable that, when becomes commercially available, may help reduce the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.

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• Connecticut’s Website Gives Help to Teens with Mental Health Problems

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• Sep 04, 2014 12:07 AM EDT

• The state of Connecticut recently launched a website that aims to help teens suffering from mental health problems.

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• Another American Doctor With Ebola Virus

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• Sep 03, 2014 11:33 PM EDT

• One more American Doctor affiliated with the international Christian organisation SIM USA has become infected with the Ebola virus while on a mission in West Africa. Sources have yet to confirm if the patient will be transported back to United States to rece…

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• Respiratory Viral Outbreak Affects Hundreds of Children in Kansas City

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• Sep 03, 2014 11:30 PM EDT

• Nurses and doctors in pediatric wards and children's hospitals in Kansas City have their hands full when a respiratory viral outbreak sickened hundreds of children in the city.