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Life expectancy to keep rising; S. Korean women could hit 91

AP Health News - Fetched: February 21st, 2017, 8:00pm UTC

LONDON (AP) -- While most people born in rich countries will live longer by 2030 - with women in South Korea projected to reach nearly 91 - Americans will continue to have one of the lowest life expectancies of any developed country, a new study predicts....

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State lawmakers channel grief into fight against opioids

AP Health News - Fetched: February 21st, 2017, 6:00pm UTC

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- In statehouses across the country, lawmakers with loved ones who fell victim to drugs are leading the fight against the nationamp;apos;s deadly opioid-abuse crisis, drawing on tragic personal experience to attack the problem....

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Correction: Suicidal Teens-Marriage Laws story

AP Health News - Fetched: February 21st, 2017, 6:00pm UTC

CHICAGO (AP) -- In a story Feb. 20 about same-sex marriage laws and teen suicides, The Associated Press, relying on figures published in a JAMA Pediatrics study, reported erroneously the number of surveyed students who said they were gay, lesbian or bisexual. Johns Hopkins researcher Julia Raifman said Tuesday that the number was 26,252, not about 230,000....

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Rise in premiums lays bare 2 Americas on health care

AP Health News - Fetched: February 21st, 2017, 2:00pm UTC

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Michael Schwarz is a self-employed business owner who buys his own health insurance. The subsidized coverage amp;quot;Obamacareamp;quot; offers provides protection from lifeamp;apos;s unpredictable changes and freedom to pursue his vocation, he says....

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Mosquito saliva vaccine? NIH tests new way to fight illness

AP Health News - Fetched: February 21st, 2017, 2:00pm UTC

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wanted: 60 people willing to be bitten by mosquitoes to test a new kind of vaccine - one that acts against the bugsamp;apos; saliva....

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School district teams with Sandy Hook mom to teach empathy

AP Health News - Fetched: February 21st, 2017, 12:00pm UTC

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) -- Nelba Marquez-Greene believes the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, which killed her 6-year-old daughter, could have been avoided if more had been done years earlier to address the social isolation and mental health problems of the shooter, Adam Lanza....

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Testosterone gel shows no benefit for older men's memories

AP Health News - Fetched: February 21st, 2017, 12:00pm UTC

CHICAGO (AP) -- Testosterone treatment did not improve older menamp;apos;s memory or mental function in the latest results from landmark government research that challenges the anti-aging claims of popular supplements....

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AP Exclusive: Missing drugs a problem at VA medical centers

AP Health News - Fetched: February 21st, 2017, 4:00am UTC

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal authorities are stepping up investigations at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers due to a sharp increase in opioid theft, missing prescriptions or unauthorized drug use by VA employees since 2009, according to government data obtained by The Associated Press....

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Cases involving alleged drug theft at VA health facilities

AP Health News - Fetched: February 21st, 2017, 4:00am UTC

Government data obtained by The Associated Press show that incidents of drug loss or theft at federal hospitals have jumped nearly tenfold since 2009 to 2,457 last year, spurred by widespread opioid abuse in the U.S. Federal authorities report that doctors, nurses or pharmacy staff - mostly in the Department of Veterans Affairs health system - had siphoned away controlled substances, while in other cases, drugs intended for patients simply disappeared....

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School district teams with Sandy Hook mom to teach empathy

AP Health News - Fetched: February 21st, 2017, 2:00am UTC

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) -- Nelba Marquez-Greene believes the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, which killed her 6-year-old daughter, could have been avoided if more had been done years earlier to address the social isolation and mental health problems of the shooter, Adam Lanza....

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