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Hospital offering flu vaccines next week Palomar Health is holding its annual community flu shot program, offering clinics next week.
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Jack Osbourne On His Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis: 'You Can't Take Good Health For Granted' Jack Osbourne, son of Ozzy, was just 26 -- and his daughter just weeks old -- when he was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis. "I had about four days of like, 'Pity party, woe is me, it's all over,'" he says i
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New 3D Mammograms Get a Thumbs Up in Locating Breast Cancer Pennsylvania researchers have determined that 3D mammography is significantly more effective than using standard mammograms when it comes to detecting breast cancer. The study included imaging taken of 15,633 women who underwent 3D mammography -- a proces
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Low Vitamin D Linked With Fatty Liver Disease Risk By Natalie San Luis Fatty liver disease develops when fat collects in the liver, preventing normal filtration and sometimes causing organ damage. A new study looked at vitamin D's role in this disease. Researchers compared vitamin D levels of non-obe
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TB Vaccine Might Help Prevent Multiple Sclerosis, Study Suggests A tuberculosis vaccine used in other parts of the world seemed, in a small new study, to be effective at preventing multiple sclerosis among people showing early signs of the condition. People showing early signs of multiple sclerosis -- a situation calle
Yahoo! News | Dec 5, 2013 1:40 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Depression Rates Have Dropped In Areas Hardest-Hit By Superstorm Sandy, Report Shows Rates of clinically diagnosed depression are going down in the areas hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy, according to a new Gallup report. Before Sandy hit, the percentage of residents with clinical depression in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut ZIP
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Heres What You Need to Know About the Bird-Flu Case in Hong Kong Health officials say the situation is serious after a domestic worker was hospitalized in November. H7N9, an influenza virus that normally infects birds such as chickens and wild geese, first jumped to human hosts in China early this year. The 36-year-old
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During Your Depression: A Letter to My Grandfather Continued from Part 2 of 4 Grandpa, As weeks passed, you slowly began returning to us in full attention. You became more cognitive and held longer conversations. The doctor said what you needed now is laughter. So we recounted stories from the past, to he
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Holiday Stress Can Amplify Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues In many respects, it is the most joyous time of year and should remain that way for your family. Still, the holidays serve as a perfect opportunity for parents to spend more time with their children and address alarming behaviors you may have missed durin
Yahoo! News | Nov 26, 2013 4:48 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

FDA's Cancer Czar Floats Idea That Would Speed Clinical Trials By Dina Fine Maron (Click here for the original article) Eachpassing year, evidence grows that there is no single type of"breast cancer" or "lung cancer." These broad categories simplyrefer to diverse tumors that just happen to origina
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