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12 Tips for Eating Healthy on a Budget

Eating healthy doesn’t have to come with a hefty price tag. It’s possible to make good nutritional choices without breaking the bank, and easier if you know the ...
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AIDS & HIV: Treatment & Prevention

While 1.1 million Americans currently live with HIV/AIDS, the incurable virus is no longer a quick death sentence and has become a chronic, manageable condition. First reported in ...
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10 Medical Myths that Just Won’t Go Away

Intro From recommendations of drinking eight glasses of water a day to warnings about staying in from the cold when sick, some medical myths endure no matter how ...
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West Nile Outbreak Concerns Rise: Is Pesticide Spraying Safe?

The use of pesticide spraying to combat mosquitoes and curb outbreaks of West Nile virus has sparked concern regarding the health effects of the chemicals used, but experts ...
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5 Things You Need to Know About West Nile Virus

In the wake of 10 deaths due to West Nile virus, and hundreds of infections, authorities in Texas are spraying insecticide in the Dallas region, hoping to curb ...
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Severe West Nile Virus Cases Rose in 2010, CDC Says

Cases of the severe form of West Nile virus rose in 2010, says a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There were 1,021 ...
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How Safe Is the Nation’s Blood Supply?

Researchers announced this week that the parasite that causes babesiosis, a malarialike illness transmitted by ticks, is passing undetected through the nation’s blood supply. The study found 162 ...
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Ward Off Disease-Carrying Skeeters with… Chocolate Fragrance?

You can slather on the DEET and light citronella candles this summer, but you still divulge your location to hungry mosquitos just by breathing. Like a smoke signal, ...
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Tick-Borne Trouble: More Than 1,100 Babesiosis Cases Reported in 2011

People who live in or travel to the Northeast or upper Midwest this summer should take precautions to avoid contracting babesiosis, a tick-born disease native to those areas, ...
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1st West Nile Case Reported in NY as Virus Hits 17 States

A 50-year-old Staten Island man is the first person in New York to be diagnosed with West Nile virus this year, according to a statement today (July 26) ...
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