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No Mahomes, as Packers and Chiefs Meet on Sunday Night Football
It was supposed to be a Sunday night celebration of two of the NFL’s storied franchises, the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs, teams that played in the first Super Bowl and each led these days by transcendent quarterbacks.
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CT LIVE!: Make Wellness a Priority with Griffin Health
Dr. David Marks explained why wellness check-ups are key to preventative health.
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Brain Exams Aim to Predict Who Is at Risk of Committing Murder
Cutting-edge research is revealing new ways to potentially prevent violent acts, including mass shootings, years before the thought of violence ever crosses the minds of murderers. A study of roughly 1,000 prisoners revealed across-the-board brain abnormalities in those who committed homicide, leading researchers to believe such behavior, if identified early enough, can be quashed with therapy and medication.
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Is Pot Safe When Pregnant? Study Seeks Answer, Draws Critics
Pregnancy started out rough for Leslie Siu. Morning sickness and migraines had her reeling and barely able to function at a demanding New York marketing job, so like rising numbers of U.S. mothers-to-be, she turned to marijuana. “l was finally able to get out from under my work desk,” said Siu, who later started her own pot company and says...
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More Women Are Using Cannabis Before and During Pregnancy Study Shows
The Kaiser Permanente study examined over 250,000 women living in California before the legalization of cannabis.
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Warning Signs Missed? 23-Year-Old Mom Dies Days After Returning From Vacation With Back Pain
Xavier Soto has been desperately looking for answers since his 23-year-old partner, Jeimily Morales, died last June at a hospital in Puerto Rico, nine days after the pair returned from a vacation to the Dominican Republic. Soto, 27, believes Morales, the mother of a 4-year-old boy, was in good health during their trip in the neighboring Caribbean island. She had...
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Daughters To Honor Late Mother In Their First Closer to Free Ride
Two weeks after the birth of her fifth grandchild, June Rice told her daughter Kim Crowley she wasn’t feeling quite right.
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Another American Tourist Dies While Staying at a Dominican Republic Resort
The son of a New York City woman who died celebrating her birthday amid a spate of reported illnesses and deaths in the Dominican Republic is blaming the Caribbean country for her death, NBC News reported. Leyla Cox, 53, an MRI technician from Staten Island, was staying at the Excellence resort in Punta Cana when she died Tuesday, just a...
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Another American Tourist Dies While Staying at a Dominican Republic Resort
The son of a New York City woman who died celebrating her birthday amid a spate of reported illnesses and deaths in the Dominican Republic is blaming the Caribbean country for her death, NBC News reported. Leyla Cox, 53, an MRI technician from Staten Island, was staying at the Excellence resort in Punta Cana when she died Tuesday, just a...
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Serena Williams Turns Match Around to Win at French Open
This was one mistake too far for Serena Williams. Sure, the bad backhand put her behind only 15-30 at the outset of the second set of her opening match at Roland Garros on Monday. What made the miscue so bothersome? She’d already dropped the first set against 83rd-ranked Vitalia Diatchenko — and Williams’ unforced error total already was at 15...
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Warriors Beat Blazers 119-117 in OT for NBA Finals Berth
Experience bred confidence for the Golden State Warriors, even when challenged by the upstart Portland Trail Blazers. No matter how far they were down, they’ve been through too much to ever think they’re out. “We just really understand what we’re capable of on both sides of the basketball,” Draymond Green said. “We’re never out of the fight. That’s just always...
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Out of Our Element: 5 Things to Know About Helium During the Global Shortage
A global helium shortage is popping a giant hole in Party City’s sales, forcing the retailer to close 45 stores across the United States. Here are some must-know facts about everyone’s favorite noble gas.
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Wife of Lions Quarterback Matthew Stafford Has Brain Tumor
Kelly Stafford, the wife of Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, plans to have surgery to remove a brain tumor.
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Making Sense of Hospital Pricing
A federal law aimed at helping patients better understand the cost of their medical care may have missed the mark.
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Scientists Seek Ways to Finally Take a Real Measure of Pain
Is the pain stabbing or burning? On a scale from 1 to 10, is it a 6 or an 8? Over and over, 17-year-old Sarah Taylor struggled to make doctors understand her sometimes debilitating levels of pain, first from joint-damaging childhood arthritis and then from fibromyalgia. “It’s really hard when people can’t see how much pain you’re in, because they...
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Concussion Impact: Are Football's Days Numbered?
Although football is still the top boys sport at high schools across the country, fewer students are playing, according to the National Federation of High School Associations (NFHS), which tracks sports participation.
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Ellen DeGeneres Gives Dying ‘Top Chef' Contestant the Ultimate Gift
After being diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma, doctors have given 29-year-old Fatima Ali a year to live
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‘Dance Moms' Star Abby Lee Miller May Never Walk Again: Source
Abby Lee Miller has been told by doctors “there is a chance she may never walk again.” The dance instructor was diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma, a form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph nodes in April. A source told E! News, “Her prognosis is bleak, but she is vowing to beat this and not only walk, but dance...
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Lowering Blood Pressure Helps Prevent Mental Decline: Study
Lowering blood pressure more than usually recommended not only helps prevent heart problems, it also cuts the risk of mental decline that often leads to Alzheimer’s disease, a major study finds. It’s the first time a single step has been clearly shown to help prevent a dreaded condition that has had people trying crossword puzzles, diet supplements and a host...
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Mom Thought She Had ‘Pregnancy Brain,' But It Turned Out to Be Symptom of Deadly Cancer
When Danielle Dick was frustrated at being unable to find the right words, her obstetrician told her it was probably “pregnancy brain” brought on by the twins she was carrying. But “Today” reported that when one day she wasn’t able to speak at all, an emergency MRI revealed three masses nestled in her brain, which turned out to be melanoma....