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GE to divest healthcare unit, separate Baker Hughes

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Free and fast tests for National HIV Testing today

At Walgreens, My Brother's Keeper and the organization Greater Than AIDS help you with all of that when you get your free screening. "I tested positive myse...

Children's Hospital Los Angeles ranked best in West

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Amazon to acquire PillPack online pharmacy

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Wednesday is HIV Testing Day in Kalamazoo

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Exposure to radiation, carcinogens puts flight attendants at high risk of cancer

The FAHS included more than 5,300 flight attendants who were recruited through online and mailed surveys, and given in person at airports. Some 3.4 percent of...

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Walgreens pharmacist allegedly denies Arizona woman miscarriage medicine over his personal beliefs

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Mosquito Pool Tests Positive for West Nile Virus

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Evidence arises that viruses may play a role in Alzheimer's

Now, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Banner Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research at the Arizona State University, in Temple, USA...

Unusual lump on woman's face turns out to be a live worm

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Irish 'breakthrough of the century' on Alzheimer's disease

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Trump administration finalizes expansion of association health plans

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Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus found in Metro East

Mosquitoes in Orleans Parish tested positive for West Nile, according to the New Orleans Mayor's Office. "The risk of becoming seriously ill from West Nile ...

World Health Organization officially classifies gaming disorder

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May confirms NHS boost will come from tax rises

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Strike a pose for International Yoga Day

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International Yoga Day 2018

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Compulsive video game playing now classified as a…

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Doctor suspended for berating basketball player suffering from anxiety attack

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Compulsive video-game playing could be mental health problem

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UK PM vows big funding increase for National Health Service

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Gaming is now officially an addiction

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Woman strangles bobcat to death in front yard in Georgia

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Video game addiction is now being recognised as a mental health condition

Dr. Shekhar Saxena, director of WHO's department for mental health and substance abuse, said the agency accepted the proposal that gaming disorder should be ...

World Health Organization declares compulsive video gaming a mental disorder

Overall, the research suggest gaming addiction is very similar to a gambling disorder and substance use disorders - in fact, the 11th edition of the Internati...