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Many children go to primary care for concussions, not the ER

AP Health News - Fetched: May 31st, 2016, 4:00pm UTC

New research confirms that relying on emergency room data to estimate the prevalence of childhood concussions doesnamp;apos;t deliver a complete picture because many seek treatment in primary care....

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Sisters diagnosed weeks apart fight breast cancer together

AP Health News - Fetched: May 31st, 2016, 4:00pm UTC

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Two Utah sisters grew up in the same bedroom, went to the same college, worked for almost a decade at the same company and have visited over 50 countries side by side. Now every three weeks, they sit together in matching chairs and chat as their bodies are pumped full of chemotherapy drugs....

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Already hurting for doctors, Louisiana could lose even more

AP Health News - Fetched: May 31st, 2016, 2:00pm UTC

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Louisianaamp;apos;s deep, persistent budget troubles are endangering the future of state medical training programs....

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Denmark plans to delist transgender identity as mental issue

AP Health News - Fetched: May 31st, 2016, 2:00pm UTC

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Denmark is preparing to change the law so that being transgender will no longer be considered a mental disorder....

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UN: Sex transmission of Zika more common than first thought

AP Health News - Fetched: May 31st, 2016, 10:00am UTC

GENEVA (AP) -- The U.N. health agency says sexual transmission of Zika is more common than first thought. It is updating its a href="http://who.int/csr/resources/publications/zika/sexual-transmission-prevention/en/"advice/a to women who have been in areas hit by the virus, telling them to wait even longer to conceive....

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Puerto Rico's tourist industry feels economic sting of Zika

AP Health News - Fetched: May 31st, 2016, 10:00am UTC

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- It was the wedding of one of her best friends, and Natalie Kao was going to be a bridesmaid in a fun, tropical setting on a small island just off the east coast of Puerto Rico. But the prevalence of the Zika virus across the U.S. territory gave her pause....

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UN health agency trumpets 'plain packaging' for tobacco

AP Health News - Fetched: May 31st, 2016, 7:00am UTC

GENEVA (AP) -- The UN health agency says amp;quot;plain packagingamp;quot; on tobacco products has shown to be an effective complement to health warnings, advertising restrictions, and curbs on misleading packaging to help save lives....

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Sisters diagnosed weeks apart fight breast cancer together

AP Health News - Fetched: May 31st, 2016, 5:00am UTC

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Two Utah sisters grew up in the same bedroom, went to the same college, worked for almost a decade at the same company and have visited over 50 countries side by side. Now every three weeks, they sit together in matching chairs and chat as their bodies are pumped full of chemotherapy drugs....

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Chest protectors guard against deadly blows to chest

AP Health News - Fetched: May 31st, 2016, 5:00am UTC

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jack Crowley was 15 when a baseball hit him in the chest and stopped his heart. The Long Island teen survived, thanks to a police officer who grabbed a defibrillator and shocked his heart back into rhythm....

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