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Rochester, Minnesota - Developing an advance directive is just one part of the advance care planning process. In this process, you look at your goals and values, and express your preferences for certain types of medical care based on those goals and values. It’s a process you should work through with the people you trust: your family, friends and medical providers.
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Rochester, Minnesota - Truck drivers who don't stick to their sleep apnea treatments have a five times greater risk of serious, preventable crashes. That's according to a new study from the University of Minnesota Morris published in the journal Sleep.
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Scottsdale, Arizona - High blood cholesterol can lead to cholesterol buildup and blockage in your arteries, which can cause complications such as stroke and heart disease. What you eat may significantly affect the amount of cholesterol in your blood. Here are some tips for adopting a heart-healthy diet that's designed to keep your cholesterol at optimal levels.
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Sacramento, California - California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Director and State Public Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith today is inviting people in California to observe World Tuberculosis (TB) Day. On this day, events are being held around the world to raise awareness about TB on the anniversary of the 1882 discovery of the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the cause of TB.
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Sacramento, California - California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Director and State Public Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith today announced the first confirmed case of Zika virus acquired in California. This case involves transmission of Zika virus through sexual contact with a Zika infected partner who returned from a country where Zika virus was circulating, not from a mosquito bite. The woman who was infected was not pregnant and had not traveled out of the country. She and her partner have fully recovered.
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Los Angeles, California - The immune system is equipped to fight many types of invasions by germs or viruses, but often is unable to fight against deadly diseases such as cancer. Lili Yang, a member of the UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center, is working to change that. With new funding awarded by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), Yang hopes to engineer the body’s immune system to give it the ability to attack and kill cancerous cells, while leaving the body’s healthy tissues unharmed.
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