Officials declare health emergency in Connecticut city after string of overdoses and other top stories.

• Officials declare health emergency in Connecticut city after string of overdoses

  

  Officials in a Connecticut city said Thursday they are experiencing a major public health crisis after more than 20 overdoes were reported, including two fatal cases. New Haven health officials told WTNH-TV that they activated the emergency notification system to warn residents about the tainted life-threatening heroin on the streets. According to the New Haven Independent the batches of heroin were laced with fentanyl. Officials said by Thursday night there were about 22 overdoses and two deat..

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• Healthy Living Slashes Cancer Risk

  

  THURSDAY, June 23, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A healthy lifestyle that includes regular exercise and eating nutritiously can lower your risk of developing cancer by as much as 45 percent, a new evidence review concludes.The review also found that people who followed cancer prevention guidelines for diet and activity were up to 61 percent less likely to die from cancer, the researchers reported."Overall, we saw there is quite a reduction in getting cancer or dying from cancer if you follow [cancer..

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• Receipt of pharmaceutical industry-sponsored meal associated with increased prescription rate

  

  Recent findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine showed that receipt of a pharmaceutical industry-sponsored meal was associated with increased prescription rates by physicians. Featured. Zika Resource Center. More Featured: At Issue: HIV Resource ...

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• Everything You Need to Know About 'Foreign Accent Syndrome'

  

  What if you woke up one day suddenly speaking with a Southern twang or French lilt or British accent? In rare cases this happens to people when a brain injury leads to a rare condition called Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS). Lisa Alamia, of Rosenberg, ...

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• Southern States Lagging in Tough Smoking Bans, CDC Says

  

  By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay) THURSDAY, June 23, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Smokers in southern states can still find plenty of places to spread secondhand smoke to others, a new report finds. In fact, no states in the U.S. Southeast have comprehensive smoke-free laws to protect nonsmokers from tobacco fumes, a federal government report says. This type of law bans smoking in all indoor areas of workplaces, restaurants and bars. Dr. Tom Frieden directs the U.S. ..

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• Abortion pill requests spike in Zika outbreak countries

  

  In this Monday, May 23, 2016 photo, an Aedes aegypti mosquito is kept in a glass tube at the Fiocruz institute which has been screening for mosquitos naturally infected with the Zika virus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For every 100 pregnancies involving women infected early in their pregnancy, 1 percent to 15 percent will develop severe birth defects, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) syndication.ap.org NEW YORK (AP..

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• Drug Monitoring Programs Do Curb Overdose Deaths: Study

  

  THURSDAY, June 23, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Drug monitoring programs appear to help reduce deaths from prescription painkillers called opioids, a new study finds.In an effort to curb overdose deaths from powerful painkillers such as OxyContin and Vicodin, all states except Missouri have implemented prescription-drug monitoring programs to track high-risk patients and prescription providers. But there have been conflicting findings about the effectiveness of these programs.For instance, a study ..

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• 'Brain-eating amoeba' blamed in teen's death following church trip - Pittsburgh Post

  

  It’s referred to as the “brain-eating amoeba.” Naegleria fowleri resides in warm freshwater, hot springs and poorly-maintained swimming pools. When the single-celled organism enters a person’s body through the nose, it can cause a deadly infection that leads to destruction of brain tissue. These infections are extremely rare; 138 people have been infected since 1962, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But over the weekend, the amoeba claimed another victim when an 18-y..

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