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High costs and disappointing enrollment plague some state-run health...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- State-run health insurance markets that offer coverage under President Barack Obama's health law are struggling with high costs and disappointing enrollment. These challenges could...
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FDA bans some cilantro from Mexico, cites human feces in fields
(CNN) -- The Food and Drug Administration has issued a ban on some cilantro imported from Mexico after an investigation to determine the cause of hundreds of reported intestinal illnesses in the...
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NYC Targets Cooling Systems Linked To Legionnaires’ Outbreak
NEW YORK (AP) -- Lawmakers are rushing to draft New York's first regulations for a type of heavy-duty rooftop air conditioning equipment amid suspicions that bacteria-laden mist from these units could...
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16 states ask Obama admin to put power plant rules on hold
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The campaign to stop President Barack Obama's sweeping emissions limits on power plants began taking shape Wednesday, as 16 states asked the government to put the rules on hold...
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H-E-B Is In The Studio To Teach Us How To Prepare Healthy Back To School...
[ooyala code="NobHgwdzqEvC0BJcyVAEZcwcFkNfc_05" player_id="6dfaa960439444b1bb81de068212c464"] H-E-B Border Region Dietition brings in her little helpers to teach us how to prepare a variety of healthy...
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2016 Presidential Candidates hit the gym, try to skip pie on campaign trail
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Scott Walker is counting steps on his FitBit. Jeb Bush swears by the Paleo diet. Bobby Jindal is a "gym rat." With long travel days and a fresh slab of cherry pie never far...
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Second cancers are on the rise; 1 in 5 US cases is a repeat
Second cancers are on the rise. Nearly 1 in 5 new cases in the U.S. now involves someone who has had the disease before. When doctors talk about second cancers, they mean a different tissue type or a...
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Doctors recommend early exposure to peanuts builds tolerance to Peanut Allergies
CHICAGO (AP) -- A pediatricians' group is recommending that infants at high risk of peanut allergies be given foods containing peanuts before they turn 1. The interim guidance is in response to a...
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Woman to give birth to conjoined twins in Colorado
AURORA, Colo. (AP) -- An expectant mother of conjoined twins in Colorado has been told by doctors one of her babies won't survive, but she's hopeful one can be saved. Amber McCullough, of Hastings,...
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Q&A: Questions, answers in Planned Parenthood controversy
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Planned Parenthood Federation of America is defending its abortion practices and its donation of fetal tissue for medical research. It sent a letter Thursday to congressional...
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Tiny, wireless pacemaker could be surgery-free option
LONDON (AP) -- A tiny, wireless pacemaker could offer some heart patients a surgery-free alternative to the traditional devices, a new study says. Some doctors, however, say there are lingering safety...
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Midlife obesity may spur risk for earlier Alzheimer’s
WASHINGTON (AP) -- One more reason to watch the waistline: New research says people's weight in middle age may influence not just whether they go on to develop Alzheimer's disease, but when. Obesity...
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Regulators halt Risk of Cancer Study at 7 nuclear plants
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Federal regulators are pulling the plug on a five-year study of the risk of cancer in communities around six U.S. nuclear plants and a nuclear fuel site. Remaining work on a...
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New federal food safety rules issued after deadly outbreaks
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Food manufacturers must be more vigilant about keeping their operations clean under new government safety rules released Thursday in the wake of deadly foodborne illness outbreaks...
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Immigrants losing ‘Obamacare’ coverage
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A change in government procedures has led to a big jump in people losing coverage under the Obama health care law because of immigration and citizenship issues. More than 400,000...
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Panel backs aspirin for heart health in only certain adults
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A government task force says a daily low-dose aspirin could help certain people in their 50s and 60s prevent a first heart attack or stroke - and they might get some protection...
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Minnesota marijuana patients buy illegally for savings
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Just two months after Minnesota launched its medical marijuana program, some patients turned off by high costs say they are back to buying the drug illegally because it's the...
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Company says will cut price of Daraprim after accused gouging
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The company that sparked an angry backlash after it raised the price of a drug for treating a deadly parasitic infection by more than 5,000 percent says it will roll back some of...
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Some breast cancer patients can skip chemo thanks to Gene Test
Many women with early-stage breast cancer can skip chemotherapy without hurting their odds of beating the disease - good news from a major study that shows the value of a gene-activity test to gauge...
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Johnson & Johnson: Stelara fares well in Crohn’s disease
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Johnson & Johnson's immune disorder drug Stelara significantly reduced symptoms of the inflammatory bowel condition Crohn's disease with just one infusion in about half the...
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