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Product RecallsJimmy Dean sausage recalled over potential metal contaminationMore than 29,000 pounds of certain Jimmy Dean sausage products were recalled following reports they possibly contained pieces of metal.
CANCERTerminally ill mom dies week after dream weddingA terminally-ill mother has died just days after friends organized her dream wedding in just 36 hours.
Drug and Substance AbuseDoctors caught between struggling opioid patients and crackdown on prescriptionsDoctors are opting to stop prescribing legal opioids – even to people who are left bedridden without them -- as insurers, pharmacies, state medical boards and state and federal law enforcement authorities warn them about overstepping federal opioid prescribing guidelines (issued in 2016 by the Centers for Disease Control) and the regulatory or third-party limits that followed on the number of pills and daily dosage they can give patients. Some have stopped prescribing opioids after being faced with losing their medical license or getting arrested.
Rare DiseasesBoy, 6, diagnosed with flesh-eating bacteria after positive strep testA 6-year-old boy in Mississippi is fighting for his life after a flesh-eating bacteria infection sneakily spread through his legs for days.
Surgery11 hours agoSurgeons separate 3-day-old conjoined twins in 5-hour operationSurgeons in India posed for a celebratory selfie after successfully separating 3-day-old conjoined twins in a painstaking operation.
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HEALTH1 day agoAs doctors taper or end opioid prescriptions, many patients driven to despair, suicideDoctors and medical establishments are sharply reducing doses of – or altogether no long prescribing -- pain medications, leaving many among the estimated 20 million Americans who suffer from daily debilitating chronic pain to consider ending their lives, and many others to kill themselves.
Outbreaks1 day agoRomania hospital reports 39 babies diagnosed with superbugRomanian authorities say the number of babies diagnosed with a drug-resistant superbug at a maternity hospital in the capital has risen to 39.
Children's Health1 day agoHenna tattoo leaves girl, 3, with chemical burn in shape of catA 3-year-old girl has been left with horrific chemical burns and permanent scars covering her arm - thanks to a black henna tattoo she got on vacation.
HEALTH1 day agoPatient coughs up blood clot in shape of lung passage: reportA patient dying from heart failure last month coughed up a blood clot in the shape of his right lung’s bronchial tree nearly 6-inches in length, according to a photo from the New England Journal of Medicine.
