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- TODAY
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A federal judge’s ruling on Obamacare could mean that patients would have to pay for some cancer screenings like lung cancer and skin cancer screenings.
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Are There Health Benefits To Donating Blood? Here's What Experts Say.
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Journalist Jenna Wolfe, 49, had a hysterectomy after testing positive for a BRCA1 gene mutation. Here's what experts want you to know.
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- Us Weekly
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Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. They say if the shoe fits, wear it. But what they forgot to mention is if the shoe hurts, definitely don’t wear it! And one of the most common sources of heel pain is plantar fasciitis. This condition
- Eating Well
Why You Might Be Tested For Type 2 Diabetes at Your Next Physical, Even if You Don't Have Family History
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Can a beach trip to Florida’s Gulf Coast make you sick? What the red tide experts say
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Man has new outlook on life after colon cancer battle
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Driver, passenger injured after jumping off I-20 bridge in downtown Atlanta during chase, GSP says
The driver and passenger of a Dodge Challenger were transported to a nearby hospital after officials said they both jumped off the Interstate 20 overpass during a chase.
- Prevention
New Study Finds This Body Part Might Be Key to Early Alzheimer’s Detection
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Peninsula drug maker Cytokinetics ends late-stage study in ALS
Cytokinetics Inc. is discontinuing its late-stage study of a drug aimed at amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the potentially deadly neuromuscular condition commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. The South San Francisco company (NASDAQ: CYTK) said Friday a data monitoring committee recommended the Phase III clinical trial of the drug reldesemtiv be stopped after finding no evidence of effect in patients relative to placebo on improving a disease scale over 24 weeks. Cytokinetics' stock was up $1.09 per share, or more than 3%, to $35.30 in Friday morning trading.
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Lilly says experimental Alzheimer's drug reduces amyloid in small study
Eli Lilly and Co on Friday said early data from the first human study of its next-generation Alzheimer's treatment showed that it lowered levels of toxic amyloid plaques in the brains of people in the earliest stages of the mind-wasting disease. The higher the dose of the antibody drug, the larger the effect, Lilly said. The treatment, remternetug, was given by intravenous infusion but has the possibility of a more convenient method of administration via subcutaneous injection.
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CDC says multi-state salmonella outbreak that hospitalized 3 is linked to flour
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- TODAY
Nurse urges parents to know these unusual signs of strep in viral video
Strep throat is a common bacterial infection in children and teens, but a recent "explosion" in cases, many of which with few or atypical symptoms, is concerning experts.
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There's an Active Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Flour—Here's What to Know
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Rich Kynast says getting your colonoscopy is key with a personal story that could save a life.