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Nearly Half Of The People Who Contract 'Nightmare' Superbug Will Die, CDC Warns
Health & Wellness  (tags: adults, americans, bacteria, children, death, disease, drugs, environment, healthcare, illness, investigation, medicine, protection, research, safety, risks, science, society )

Kit
- 71 days ago - thinkprogress.org
The CDC is sounding the alarm about a potentially deadly superbug, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), on the rise in hospitals around the country.
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7 Mind-Bending Facts About Dreams
Health & Wellness  (tags: AlternativeMed, Body-Mind-Spirit, Dreams, environment, exercise, food, healthcare, illness, humans, investigation, medicine, research, science, society, Sleep, study )

Kit
- 121 days ago - livescience.com
Why do some people have nightmares while others really spend their nights in bliss? Like sleep, dreams are mysterious phenomena. But as scientists are able to probe deeper into our minds, they are finding some of those answers. Here's some of what --->
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Clinton Talking to Staff as She Recovers From Clot
Health & Wellness  (tags: government, Secretary Clinton, safety, health, medicine, treatment, illness )

Carrie
- 137 days ago - usatoday.com
Doctors continue to monitor Clinton's progress and her response to blood thinners intended to dissolve the clot. Aides said there was no update Wednesday on her condition, but emphasized that the secretary remained engaged with staff in Washington.
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Doctors Should Not Give ADHD Drugs to Healthy Kids
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, AlternativeMed, children, drugs, environment, exercise, ethics, food, family, healthcare, investigation, medicine, prevention, protection, research, safety, science, society, study, treatment, warning )

Kit
- 62 days ago - livescience.com
The practice of prescribing stimulant drugs to healthy kids who are looking for a mental boost is not justifiable, and should come to an end, a group of doctors says.
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Elvis Presley Song May Reveal Clues to Genetic Disorder
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, disease, environment, genetics, healing, healthcare, investigation, medicine, research, science, society, study, treatment )

Kit
- 335 days ago - livescience.com
The 13 participants with Williams syndrome -- a genetic disorder that can bring developmental delays and mild mental retardation, along with an overly friendly and trusting personality -- experienced a spike in both hormones when music played.
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How Big Pharma Is Killing Americans
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, Big Pharma, cancer, children, disease, drugs, environment, ethics, family, food, government, healthcare, medicine, prevention, protection, research, safety, science, society, treatment )

Kit
- 20 days ago - truth-out.org
Thanks to America's for-profit health insurance industry, prescription drugs are a big business.
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AWESOME NEWS VICTORY Harvard Announces Closure of Primate Research Center
Animals  (tags: AWESOME NEWS, medicine, research, protection, safety, treatment, animalwelfare, animalcruelty, abused, animaladvocates, conservation, cruelty, death, endangered, GoodNews, protection, rescued, sadness, suffering, wildlife, killed, killing, humans, goodnews )

Kelly
- 25 days ago - all-creatures.org
Harvard Medical School has issued a statement announcing that the New England Primate Research Center will be closing within 24 months. Harvard's New England Primate Research Center has been embroiled in an ongoing controversy following the negligent
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Why Are We Testing Newborns for Pot?
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, babies, family, government, New Born Testing, marijuana, medicine, research, safety, science, society, study )

Kit
- 170 days ago - alternet.org
Screen-positive cannabinoid results from infant samples should not be reported without confirmation or appropriate consultation, because they cannot currently be interpreted."
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The Alcohol Industry's Plan to Give America a Giant Drinking Problem
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, alcohol, americans, drugs, environment, health, illness, investigation, medicine, prevention, research, risks, society, status, warning )

Kit
- 175 days ago - alternet.org
Industry giants are threatening to swallow up America's carefully regulated alcohol industry, and remake America in the image of booze-soaked Britain.
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Top 10 Ways Algae Boost Science, Energy and Medicine
Science & Tech  (tags: Israel, environment, science, health, discovery, research, medicine )

Beth
- 192 days ago - israel21c.org
Israeli scientists find novel approaches to tap into the potential of this slimy plantlike organism for fuel, nutrition and innovative medical therapies.
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The Deadly Disease Most Women Ignore
Health & Wellness  (tags: disease, Body-Mind-Spirit, illness, humans, heart attacks, women, women's health, study, research, medicine, health, interesting, healthcare )

Cal
- 270 days ago - health.yahoo.net
Often thought of as a man's problem, heart attacks kill 267,000 American women annually: more than all forms of cancer combined. Every year since 1994, heart attacks have killed more US women than men.
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Norovirus Unleashes Its Misery Early, At Home and At Sea
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, sickness, humans, illness, medicine, protection, prevention, safety, study, treatment, family, research, risks )

Carrie
- 155 days ago - thedailybeast.com
It may be known as the 'winter vomiting disease,' but norovirus has already attacked schools, cruise ships, and elsewhere. Dr. Kent Sepkowitz profiles the hardy and extremely transmissible virus that each year hits Americans with nausea, diarrhea, fever.
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Marijuana Smoothie, Anyone?
Health & Wellness  (tags: AlternativeMed, cancer, disease, drugs, ethics, food, government, health, humans, illness, medicine, investigation, prevention, protection, research, science, society, study, treatment )

Kit
- 136 days ago - alternet.org
Could freshly blended cannabis become the health food craze of 2013?
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The Flu Vaccine Controversy
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, flu vaccine, drug companies, Big Pharma, warning, risks, medicine, prevention, treatment, society, humans, disease, government )

Cal
- 150 days ago - slate.com
Are drug companies really more dangerous than the flu virus?
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Emu Oil Helps Chemotherapy Patients
Health & Wellness  (tags: medicine, treatment, emu oil, protection, interesting, study, healthcare, health )

Cal
- 11 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Scientists in Australia have found that emu oil - taken from the fat of the native flightless birds - can help chemotherapy patients by repairing bowel damage.
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