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What could cancer have in common with broken heart? These researchers are working to find out.

1. Overdoses Decline In Provisional Data But Some States See Steep Increases : Shots - Health News  NPR
2. Drug Overdose Deaths Fall in U.S. for First Time in Nearly Three Decades  Breitbart
3. Pa. overdose deaths fell about 20 percent, part of an apparent nationwide trend  lehighvalleylive.com
4. New CDC overdose estimates are nothing to celebrate | TheHill  The Hill
5. Number of US overdose deaths appears to be falling  10TV
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Researchers are testing exercise in people at high risk for Alzheimer's. The goal of a federally funded study is to learn whether aerobic physical activity can ...

1. Pentagon Ordered to Admit if it Weaponized Ticks that Spread Celeb-Plaguing Lyme Disease  TooFab
2. Secret government tick experiment created Lyme disease, congressman claims  AL.com
3. Lawmakers Want The Pentagon To Investigate A Bizarre Conspiracy Theory That The Government Weaponized Ticks And Spread Lyme Disease  BuzzFeed News
4. Congressman says rise in Lyme disease is due to secret tick experiment; scientist says no  INFORUM
5. Were Lyme infected ticks used as biological weapons? Congress calls for investigation into Defense Department  SILive.com
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1. Woman who wore contact lenses while showering, swimming nearly blinded in one eye from rare infection  Fox News
2. Another person goes blind after showering with contacts left in  New York Post
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1. Kansas schools to require two new vaccines this year  WIBW
2. Meningococcal, Hep A vaccines to be required for 2019-20 school year in Kansas  KWCH
3. Hep A and Meningococcal Vaccines to be required for 2019-20 School Year  Hays Post
4. 2 new vaccines required for the 2019-20 school year in Kansas  KoamNewsNow.com
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1. Neuroscientists discover neuron type that acts as brain's metronome  Medical Xpress
2. "Metronome" Neurons Act Like Timekeepers in Mouse Brains  Scientific American
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1. What is a healthy blood pressure?  NBCNews.com
2. Study: Top, bottom blood pressure numbers each predict cardiovascular risk  UPI News
3. Both the "top" and "bottom" blood pressure numbers can increase your risk of heart attack and stroke, study says  CNN
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1. FDA warns that ‘Big Penis’ supplement works a little too well  BGR
2. FDA warns ‘Big Penis’ stimulant has hidden drug ingredient  Fox Business
3. Big Penis supplement contains hidden ingredient, FDA warns  USA TODAY
4. ‘Big Penis’ stimulant contains undeclared drug, FDA warns  New York Daily News
5. Big Penis Comes With A Hidden Surprise  Gizmodo Australia
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A reader asks about the cause of uterine fibroids and their consequences.

A large study, published in JAMA Psychiatry, found that autism spectrum disorders are over 80 percent reliant on inherited genes.

1. Doctor shares ways to keep safe from flesh-eating bacteria  WKYT
2. Kentucky man caught flesh-eating bacteria on camping trip  New York Post
3. Flesh-eating bacteria linked to more deaths: How to avoid it  AOL
4. Flesh-Eating Bacteria Linked To More Deaths: How To Avoid It | TODAY  TODAY
5. Vanderbilt doctors: Flesh-eating bacteria quick to develop, difficult to diagnose  WZTV
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1. Know the signs of heat stroke and heat exhaustion as record-breaking temps grip the U.S.  CBS News
2. Impending heat wave could pose health risks  WCPO.com | 9 On Your Side
3. 6 ways to keep your kids cool, safe during a heat wave  MLive.com
4. Heat exhaustion vs. heat stroke: Knowing the difference is key to preventing illness  WWMT-TV
5. Here's how outdoor workers and the public can stay safe during the heat wave this week  LancasterOnline
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1. Ebola outbreak declared a public health emergency of international concern  Boing Boing
2. The WHO Finally Sounds Its Loudest Alarm Over Ebola in the Congo  The Atlantic
3. Ebola outbreak in Congo declared global health emergency  CBS News
4. Ebola outbreak worries, impeachment effort falls short, Spacey charge dropped & more: What's trending today  cleveland.com
5. The Guardian view on Ebola in the DRC: help needed – and dialogue too  The Guardian
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1. Scientists discover new way to kill disease-carrying mosquitoes  New York Post
2. Scientists wiped out mosquitoes on two islands using new method  Inkstone
3. Mosquitoes have been almost completely wiped out on two Chinese islands  CNN
4. Chinese scientists' new technique to wipe out mosquito populations may provide vital new weapon against range of deadly diseases  Yahoo News
5. Mosquitoes have been almost completely wiped out on 2 Chinese islands  fox6now.com
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Female yellow fever mosquitoes can smell you from more than 100 feet away, and just a whiff of your breath likely enhances their vision and triggers a flight ...

More than half of the FDA-approved biologic drugs received the agency's severest warning — only after the drugs were already on the market.

1. Medical mistakes harm more than 1 in 10 patients. Many are preventable.  NBCNews.com
2. Prevalence, severity, and nature of preventable patient harm across medical care settings: systematic review and meta-analysis  The BMJ
3. Half of all injuries, disabilities and deaths that occur due to medical errors could be prevented  Daily Mail
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WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES BELOW. While the majority of cases diagnosed as flesh-eating bacteria involve a body of water, one California woman who lost ...