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 There's no need to wing it at Thanksgiving this year.
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 It's not what you know, it's who.
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 Runny noses. Sore throats. Stomachaches. All are common in households with children. In fact, more than 3 out of 4 children in the U.S. miss at least one day of school per year because they’re si...
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 A small but growing percentage of very young children aren't getting critical vaccines that protect them from infectious diseases such as measles and mumps, according to the Centers for Disease C...
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 A small but growing percentage of very young children aren't getting critical vaccines that protect them from infectious diseases such as measles and mumps, according to the Centers for Disease C...
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 Hurricane season is far from over on the East Coast of the U.S., and wildfires continue to rage across the west. If you're facing a storm or other major disaster, there are a number of measures y...
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 If you won’t be able to leave your house for a few days or if the power is out for longer than a couple of hours, what to feed your family becomes a major concern. The food experts at Consumer Re...
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 A well-stocked medication go bag can be used to soothe a cut or burn—or to save your life during a hurricane, flood, fire, or other emergency. But it’s important not to wait until you’re faced ...
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 A well-stocked medication go bag can be used to soothe a cut or burn—or to save your life during a hurricane, flood, fire, or other emergency. But it’s important not to wait until you’re faced ...
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 If you won’t be able to leave your house for a few days or if the power is out for longer than a couple of hours, what to feed your family becomes a major concern. The food experts at Consumer Re...
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 Almost half the sodium in the American diet comes from just 10 foods. Some of them, such as cheese, pizza, and salty snacks, are obvious. But sometimes sodium hides where you least expect it—and ...
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 Almost half the sodium in the American diet comes from just 10 foods. Some of them, such as cheese, pizza, and salty snacks, are obvious. But sometimes sodium hides where you least expect it—and ...
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 For decades, doctors and public-health officials have given those who have been prescribed antibiotics the same advice: Finish the whole bottle—even if you’re feeling better. But an analysis publ...
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 For decades, doctors and public-health officials have given those who have been prescribed antibiotics the same advice: Finish the whole bottle—even if you’re feeling better. But an analysis publ...
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What if you could live longer just by doing more of what you love to do most? 
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An 11th child has died and 23 additional children have become sick in connection with an adenovirus outbreak at a New Jersey health care facility, the state's Department of Health announced Friday. 
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Evacuees who fled the Camp Fire in California are facing norovirus outbreaks in shelters. The Butte County Public Health Department said that 145 people have been sick with vomiting and/or diarrhea since the shelters opened to evacuees and 41 people were experiencing symptoms at four different shelters as of Wednesday evening. 
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Alma Faz was just 19 when her right leg was amputated. 
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A 19-year-old died after inhaling deodorant spray to get high, according to a new case report, and doctors who treated the man in the Netherlands are using the case to highlight the fatal consequences of inhaling chemicals. 
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Your baby's pacifier falls on the floor. Before giving it back to your child, do you wash it in a sink or, perhaps reluctantly, clean it with your own saliva? 
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Men who work in construction and extraction had the highest rates of suicide in the United States, according to a report published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For women, suicide rates were highest among those who work in arts, design, entertainment, sports and media. 
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A new report a British advisory body has called for a 20%-50% cut in the number of sheep and cattle to help combat climate change -- adding to the growing international consensus that eating red meat is not only bad for your health, it is also bad for the environment. 
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Traffic control measures have improved air quality in London, but the number of children with poor lung capacity because of traffic pollution remains high, a new analysis says. 
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For years, researchers analyzing traumatic injuries found on Neanderthal fossils believed they had lived dangerous, violent lives. 
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Due to the wildfires raging in Northern California, San Francisco, Stockton and Sacramento were the world's three "most polluted cities" on Friday morning, according to Berkeley Earth, a nonprofit that aggregates data from air-quality monitoring sites. 
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As Thanksgiving nears, there are 74 more cases of salmonella, including 1 death, linked to raw turkey products, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and it's still a mystery as to where the tainted turkey products come from. 
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Vaping increased nearly 80% among high schoolers and 50% among middle schoolers since last year, prompting the US Food and Drug Administration to propose new measures against flavored nicotine products that have propelled the rise, the agency announced Thursday. 
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Despite their new-found independence, the Bhutanese conjoined twins who were separated by doctors in Australia last week still want to be close to each other, nurses have told reporters. 
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When Meghann Adams learned that she was pregnant in early 2015, she was ecstatic. Starting a family with her husband, Chris, had not been easy, but she was carrying twins. They were to be named Delly and Aubrey. 
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Parents of children who had a horrifying polio-like illness are accusing the Centers for Disease Control of hiding the deaths of two children who suffered from the condition. 
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There are 10 more confirmed cases of acute flaccid myelitis, a polio-like illness that mostly affects children, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 90 in 27 states this year. 
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Chinese authorities have announced strict new measures in an attempt to halt the country's fast-growing African swine fever crisis, which has spread to 18 provinces and led to the culling of more than 200,000 pigs. 
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President Xi Jinping recently described myopia as an epidemic affecting China's younger generations. 
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The best way to maintain weight loss may be to change your diet to one low in carbohydrates, according to new research. 
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There have been 80 confirmed cases of the polio-like illness known as AFM in 25 states this year as of Friday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. 
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Coca-Cola has slimmed down its Christmas truck tour through Britain amid opposition from health campaigners. 
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It sounds simple enough: juice a bunch of celery, drink it first thing in the morning on an empty stomach, and wait for the health benefits to roll in. 
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The CEO of e-cigarette maker Juul announced plans Tuesday to eliminate some of its social media accounts and halt most retail sales of flavor products as part of a plan to restrict access to minors. The plan came in response to the US Food and Drug Administration's September announcement that it would investigate major e-cigarette makers and review their sales and marketing practices. 
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An important transition is happening across the United States: Cancer was the leading cause of death in more counties in 2015 than 13 years earlier, a new study finds. However, the opposite was true for heart disease during that period; fewer counties reported it as the top killer. 
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The United States has more than double the rate of premature overdose deaths of at least 12 other countries, according to a new study. 
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The country's education ministry says 250 children took their own lives this year.
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Body clocks affect sleep, mood and general health - now researchers say they may also indicate cancer risks.
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Plastic surgeons are responding to a doubling in the number of firework injuries since 2010.
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An Oxford University study suggests worries about screen time causing a lack of sleep are overblown.
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Rebecca Shorrocks nearly lost her life to cardiomyopathy - a heart condition she never knew she had.
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When Nessa Wrafter suffered after the birth of her child, she decided to make a film about her experience.
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BBC presenter Rachael Bland's husband reveals moving words of their son, Freddie, after her death.
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Bobby was injecting heroin and crack cocaine up to six times a day. He's spoken to the BBC about what made him turn his life around.
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Malachi Ralph from Cornwall says he feels calmer when he is around animals as his tics reduce.
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Beauticians are giving cancer patients free workshops to help with the side effects of treatment.
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Ashleigh tells us how she copes with kidney disease
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Why one teenager walked from Leeds to London to raise awareness of mental health.
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Scientists design an antibody based on llama blood that is highly effective against flu strains.
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Children are behind the vast majority of cases presented at hospitals in England, research finds.
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Worldwide sales of blood plasma are increasingly strongly, but is it ethically right that people should be paid to donate it?
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This living laboratory could hold the key to controlling malaria and other conditions.
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Babies are being born at the world's first clinic to help woman who have a baby after being heart attack survivors.
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Gillian Assor was walking her dog when she heard crying and what followed would change multiple lives.
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Catherine Benfield was diagnosed with OCD as a young mum. Creating a character who personifies her condition helped her recovery.
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It's a year since movie mogul Harvey Weinstein checked himself into a sex addiction clinic - but does sex addiction really exist?
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Adrian Chiles says people don't ask him out for dinner any more - other vegans have their say.
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There are major concerns that the overuse of the drugs might lead to them becoming ineffective.
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Rather than impede learning, gaming can improve your manual dexterity and concentration skills, one surgeon says.
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Moses Musonga, a 67-year-old Kenyan, got a shock when he was diagnosed with the disease.
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A type of cell the body uses to destroy cancer gets clogged by fat and stops working, findings suggest.
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Oli Weatherall has to go to extreme lengths to keep himself alive because of a severe peanut allergy
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Authorities say complaints were made that the Marie Stopes organisation promoted abortion.
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The individual was on holiday in Morocco, a country deemed high risk by public health officials.
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Action on Sugar surveyed milkshakes on sale in the UK - one contained 39 teaspoons of sugar.
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Scientists hope the test may offer a new way to spot those at risk of dementia, before symptoms show.
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The mum of a premature baby explains why maternity leave is inadequate for parents like her.
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High blood pressure, smoking and diabetes increase heart attack risk more in women, a study has found.
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Half of the world's countries now have too few babies being born to maintain their populations.
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Too much iron in the blood, or haemochromatosis, is a little-known, debilitating condition, often undiagnosed.
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The 15-month-old girls from Bhutan are "doing very well", Australian surgeons say.
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