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Associated Press Nicole Andreacchio (second right), seven months pregnant, waits in line to receive the swine flu vaccine in Maple Glen, Pa. Recent research has found no evidence that the flu vaccine increases the risk of losing a fetus.
Large study confirms flu vaccine safe in pregnancy
NEW YORK — A large study offers reassuring news for pregnant women: It’s safe to get a flu shot. The research found no evidence that the vaccine increases the risk of losing a fetus, and may pre...
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Associated Press Dr. Doug Scharre (left) and Dr. Punit Agrawal prepare Kathleen Sanford's deep brain stimulation device for monitoring Dec. 17 in Columbus, Ohio. Sanford is an Alzheimer's patient who has a deep brain stimulation implant as part of a study at Ohio State University.
Scientists test pacemakers to ‘zap’ Alzheimer’s disease
WASHINGTON — It has the makings of a science fiction movie: Zap someone’s brain with mild jolts of electricity to try to stave off the creeping memory loss of Alzheimer’s disease. And it’s not e...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Mike Funk runs barefoot daily from his home in Altamonte Springs to his job in Maitland, Fla.
Barefoot runner turns heads during daily commute
ORLANDO, Fla. — Mike Funk jokes that he likes to feel the earth move under his feet. Five days a week, Funk, 37, jogs from his home in Altamonte Springs to his job as a web developer at a Maitla...
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Associated Press Vials of flu vaccine are displayed at Philly Flu Shots on Thursday in Philadelphia. The flu season arrived early in the U.S. this year, but health officials say it's too early to say this will be a bad one. Specialists say evidence so far is pointing to a moderate flu season -- it just looks worse because last year's season was so mild. Flu usually doesn't blanket the country until late January or February. Now, it's already widespread in more than 40 states.
Scramble for vaccine begins as flu season looms
WASHINGTON — Missed flu-shot day at the office last fall? And all those “get vaccinated” ads? A scramble for shots is under way as late-comers seek protection from a miserable flu strain already sp...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Mike Duclos sets up two disinfecting "robots" that vaporize hydrogen peroxide to fill sealed rooms and disinfect all surfaces at Johns Hopkins Hospital Dec. 29 in Baltimore.
Disinfecting robots prevent superbug infections
BALTIMORE — Even as epidemiologists worry about a shrinking arsenal of antibiotics to fight potentially deadly drug-resistant bacteria, researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital are betting on another ...
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Norovirus: The other kind of ‘flu’
While the public health emergency stemming from the nationwide outbreak of influenza continues, there’s another winter illness circulating that’s just as effective at delivering a knock out, but it...
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Red Cross sponsors blood drives
As people celebrate the New Year, the American Red Cross urges people to list blood donation as one of their resolutions. According to the Red Cross Tennessee Valley Blood Services Region, Janua...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Jay Feinberg (left) is founder and executive director of the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation in Boca Raton, Fla., that since 2000 has registered more than 200,000 potential donors and made nearly 10,000 matches between people who need the blood-producing matter to those willing to give it. With Feinberg is Gregg Francis, chief operating and financial officer.
Stranger to stranger: Gift of Life nears the 10,000-match mark
BOCA RATON, Fla. — For 13 years, a Boca Raton foundation has been transferring the stuff of life from one person to another — and saving countless lives in the process. Since the first time it m...
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Murray doctor offers free back, neck pain seminar
A Murray physiatrist will offer a free screening for community members interested in learning how to control back and neck pain with a non-surgical approach that excludes medication. Dr. Monte R...
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Snapshot of influenza activity in local states
Here is a snapshot of flu activity in Kentucky and bordering states: n Illinois: Intensive care unit hospitalizations and flu-related deaths surpass previous years and continue to climb, with 27...
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