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Medical marijuana supporters and foes are eager to find out if they swayed Florida’s Supreme Court justices considering a proposed state ballot…
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Florida Supreme Court justices who will decide whether medical marijuana will come up for a vote next November kept asking the same question over and over…
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To find a cure for obesity-related diabetes. The three-year agreement was announced Tuesday, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Research will take a new path;…
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The number of babies born with the life-threatening disease will climb by a third in the next 40 years, scientists say. The vast majority of sickle cell cases will occur in developing countries, which don't have the resources to treat deadly complications arising from the genetic disorder.
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Officials with the Hillsborough County Health Department confirmed that a University of South Florida student has tuberculosis, the Tampa Bay Times…
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Obesity is now classified as a disease, according to the American Medical Association. David Kessler is the former Commissioner of the FDA and author of the book, The End of Overeating. He speaks to guest host Celeste Headlee about this week's decision, and how it could impact America's overeating epidemic.
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The American Medical Association has recognized obesity as a disease — a distinction that will help change the way medical issues related to obesity are handled — and paid for. The decision is a "catch-up" in many ways, since many doctors and the insurance community have recognized it for years.
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Two-year-old Savannah Hurst’s parents know that any day can be her last. The little girl has metachromatic leukodystrophy, a rare genetic disease with no…
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As the director of the University of South Florida’s MS Center explains, there’s no cure but there are new treatments for multiple sclerosis, which…
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Penny-pinching CEOs are relocating businesses to places with fitter workers and lower health costs. Colorado, where adult obesity rates are low, is playing up its health advantage as it tries to lure companies to move.