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Romaine lettuce warning looms over Thanksgiving dinner

NEW YORK – Avoid all romaine lettuce, but don’t worry about your turkey. With two food poisoning outbreaks making headlines before Thanksgiving, the messages about what’s safe to ...

DATE: Nov 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Why a salmonella outbreak shouldn’t ruin your Thanksgiving

NEW YORK – There’s no reason to skip Thanksgiving dinner because of a salmonella outbreak linked to raw turkey. That’s according to health officials who’ve been monitoring the yea...

DATE: Nov 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Baby aspirin linked to reduced ovarian cancer, study finds

A study published last month offers some new hope for helping prevent ovarian cancer - in the form of a baby aspirin - and may add to the growing body of evidence that inflammation plays a r...

DATE: Nov 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Jennie-O recalling ground turkey in salmonella outbreak

NEW YORK – Jennie-O Turkey recalled ground turkey in a salmonella outbreak, and regulators say additional products from other companies could be named as their investigation continues. ...

DATE: Nov 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. officials report a record number of tick diseases

NEW YORK – U.S. health officials say a record number of tick-borne diseases were reported last year. The 2017 tally of more than 59,000 cases is a 22 percent increase from the pre...

DATE: Nov 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Cross talk: Federal agencies clash on cellphone cancer risk

WASHINGTON – Two U.S. government agencies are giving conflicting interpretations of a safety study on cellphone radiation: One says it causes cancer in rats. The other says there’s no reason...

DATE: Nov 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Ahead of action by FDA, Juul pulls flavors and social media

E-cigarette giant Juul Labs will stop some selling some sweet flavored e-cigarette pods in retail stores and quit promotion via social media. The statement from CEO Kevin Burns said that as ...

DATE: Nov 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Three tips for surviving the holidays

Worried your willpower will let you down this holiday season? You should be, but read on because there’s still hope. As the holidays kick off, it usually means extra time with fa...

DATE: Nov 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

New exercise guidelines: Move more, sit less, start younger

CHICAGO – Move more, sit less and get kids active as young as age 3, say new federal guidelines that stress that any amount and any type of exercise helps health. The advice is th...

DATE: Nov 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Long trip: Psychedelic advocate nears goal of legal ecstasy

WASHINGTON – Growing up amid the tumult of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War, Rick Doblin says he became convinced that humanity was “crazy” and “inherently destructive.” As a tee...

DATE: Nov 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

FDA OKs powerful opioid pill as alternative to IV painkiller

TRENTON, N.J. – U.S. regulators on Friday approved a fast-acting, super-potent opioid tablet as an alternative to IV painkillers used in hospitals. The decision by the Food and Dr...

DATE: Nov 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Don’t spank: Pediatricians warn parents of long-term harms

The nation’s leading pediatricians’ group has strengthened its advice against spanking and other physical punishment because of the potential for long-term harm. In an updated pol...

DATE: Nov 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health