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High school warned of TB exposure
SAN DIEGO -- Someone at San Ysidro High School recently was diagnosed with tuberculosis and may have exposed students and staff to the disease, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency reported Friday. The unidentified person might have...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Sweetwater, Health, Symptoms, Tuberculosis
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Study: More kids have autism than previously diagnosed
Fox 5 San Diego ReporterSAN DIEGO - A recent study by Centers for Disease Control found that one in 88 children now have autism. Eric Estepp looks like your typical 14-year-old, but at the age of two, he was diagnosed with autism. Most know it as a developmental disorder...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Human Body, Health, Behavioral Conditions
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Chickenpox break out at county jail
OTAY MESA, Calif. -- An outbreak of chickenpox at George Bailey Detention Facility has left two inmates quarantined, authorities reported Thursday.
One of the inmates was diagnosed with the highly contagious disease at the Otay Mesa-area county jail...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Skin Conditions, Prisons, Health, Preventative Medicine
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The Help
Fox 5 San Diego StaffIt has its heart in the right place. It has a great cast. It will get nominated for lots of awards. It’s an entertaining film, but very flawed. It’s the story of black maids in Mississippi in the ‘60s, working for rich white families...Tags: Emma Stone, Richard Jenkins, Movies, Services and Shopping, Rentals
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Locally developed drug may halt Alzheimer's
SAN DIEGO -- A new drug developed by San Diego researchers may be the first capable of halting brain damage from Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published Wednesday.
The drug, called J147, was developed by scientists at the Salk Institute...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Medical Research, Brain, Human Body, Parkinson's Disease
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Woman agrees to stop selling suicide kits
Los Angeles TimesSAN DIEGO -- A former schoolteacher who sold suicide kits that she once touted as leaving people "eternally sleepy" pleaded guilty Friday to a tax evasion charge and agreed to stop encouraging people to commit suicide. Sharlotte Hydorn mailed more than...Tags: Colon Cancer, Suicide, Physical Conditions, Los Angeles Times, Health
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Young lacrosse player needs a liver transplant
Fox 5 San Diego SportsSAN DIEGO - A 12-year-old boy, who has a liver disease that requires a transplant, has decided not to sit and wait around. Nick Wallace has biliary atresia, which can lead to liver damage and is deadly if not treated. He doesn't let that slow him down....Tags: Charity, Diseases and Illnesses, Lacrosse, Health, Liver Disease
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A Degree In HPV
If you’re like me, you worry about any medicine you give your child let alone inject into their little body – whether it’s been around for a 100 years or it’s the latest cure all. I’m always leery.
So, I certainly...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Obstetrics, Jerry Brown, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Safety at School
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Donated liver saves 2 in first-of-its-kind surgery
SAN DIEGO - Two men’s lives were saved from one donated liver after doctors at UCSD Medical Center performed a first-of-its-kind surgical procedure in June, hospital officials announced Wednesday.
According to UCSD Health Sciences, the donated...Tags: Charity, Brain, Human Body, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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County promotes vaccinations to prevent flu deaths
FOX 5 San Diego StaffSAN DIEGO -- County health officials urged residents to get vaccinated in advance of flu season as part of a campaign to prevent influenza-related deaths. Last year was the second deadliest on record with 24 flu deaths in San Diego County, health...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Flu Vaccine, Flu, Vaccines, Health
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The Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Fox 5 San Diego StaffAs burned out as we all are with the reboots and prequels -- and we wish Hollywood would just come up with some original ideas -- if a movie is great we forgive all that. It’s always weird when you have a film that has cameos from a few of the...Tags: Movies, Slumdog Millionaire (movie), Freida Pinto, Tom Felton, John Lithgow
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Scripps geneticist wins Noble Prize in medicine
LA JOLLA, Calif. -- A geneticist at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla won the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine Monday, along with two other scientists.
Bruce Beutler, 53, learned that he had won the prize for his groundbreaking work in...Tags: Medical Research, Genes and Chromosomes, University of Texas at Austin, Awards and Prizes, Cancer
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