El Al flight attendant dies months after contracting measles: reports – Fox News

An El AL flight attendant, who was hospitalized in April after contracting measles, has died, according to Israeli media reports. Rotem Amitai, A mother of three, reportedly passed away at a hospital in Israel early Tuesday after slipping into a coma and suf…
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22 people hospitalized with vaping-linked breathing problems. Doctors don’t know why. – AOL

Almost two dozen people in the Midwest have been hospitalized with severe breathing difficulties linked to vaping, and doctors aren't sure why. It's unclear exactly what the patients many of whom are young adults had been inhaling or what type of devices the…
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Scientists unlock secrets of gender within sperm for first time in major breakthrough – Telegraph.co.uk

Sperm can be segregated easily into male and female, scientists have shown for the first time, in a breakthrough which experts said could have disruptive social consequences if applied to humans. Japanese researchers discovered that sperm bearing the X chrom…
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Worker at Washington, Mo. Bob Evans diagnosed with Hepatitis A; mass vaccination planned – KTVI Fox 2 St. Louis

WASHINGTON, Mo. – A food handler at a Washington Bob Evans restaurant was recently diagnosed with Hepatitis A, prompting the Franklin County Health Department to announce a round of vaccinations for people who recently dined there. This employee worked at th…
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A Doctor Tested a New Treatment on Himself. Now, It May Help Others with This Rare Disease. – Livescience.com

A doctor's quest to understand his own rare disease led him to test an experimental treatment on himself, and it may have worked. The physician, Dr. David Fajgenbaum, an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine, has …
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Controlling blood pressure may help ward off dementia – CBS News

Staying sharp and warding off dementia might rely, in part, on doing your best to keep high blood pressure at bay. So finds a new study that suggests strict control of hypertension may help prevent dementia. In the study, researchers at the U.S. National Ins…
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It’s code red for EEE in nine communities south of Boston – The Boston Globe

There will be no more evening concerts on the lawn at Middleborough Town Hall this summer forget about hearing the Vegas Valentinos and all outdoor activities, including youth football, have been canceled in Carver from dusk to dawn. Similar restrictions are…
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Social media use may harm teens’ mental health by disrupting positive activities, study says – CNN

Social media use may harm teens' mental health by disrupting positive activities, study says - CNN
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Inmates at Holman prison being treated for scabies – AL.com

Twenty-six inmates at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore are receiving treatment for a condition that is possibly scabies, the Alabama Department of Corrections said. The ADOC said two inmates at Holman were seen in the prison infirmary with a rash on Fr…
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Why stress is dangerous – and how to avoid its effects – BBC News

In November 2017, two eye surgeons from a hospital in Beirut reported an intriguing case of visual loss in a colleague. A specialist in the retina, the colleague had suddenly developed a patch of blurry vision in one eye just a day or two after an intensely s…
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