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Month: May 2015

What We Know About Tattoo Reactions Only Goes Skin-Deep

For about as long as there have been humans, it seems there have been tattoos. Ötzi the Iceman, the 5,000-year-old mummy discovered in the Alps in 1991, had 61 tattoos […]

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DA: Cause Most Likely Accidental In Sagamore Carbon Monoxide Death

SAGAMORE – The District Attorney’s office has released the name of the man who died of carbon monoxide poisoning at a business in Sagamore last night. Donald Shulman, 62, was apparently […]

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CDC: Raw tuna suspected as Salmonella source in outbreak

No deaths have been reported. But 10 people have been hospitalized, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday in a statement. The majority of those who fell […]

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Canada salmonella outbreak leaves 34 people sick after poultry contact

Canadian health authorities are investigating after 34 people became sick with salmonella infections after contact with live baby poultry, the country’s Public Health Agency said on Monday. The agency said […]

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To prevent whooping cough in newborns, vaccinate pregnant moms

Vaccinating pregnant women against whooping cough is the best way to protect their newborns from respiratory infections that can prove fatal, according to new recommendations from the Global Pertussis Initiative […]

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Fact or Fiction?: A “Base Tan” Can Protect against Sunburn

As the weather warms, many of us would prefer to look like we passed our winter days lounging by the pool instead of hunched before a computer screen or lab […]

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South Korea confirms second case of MERS virus; third case possible

South Korean health officials have confirmed the country’s second case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in a patient who nursed her infected husband before he was diagnosed with the […]

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Single motherhood tied to poorer health in later life

Raising a child alone may take a lasting toll, leading to poorer health and more struggles with daily tasks after age 50, according to a new international study. Social safety […]

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2015 Mercy Otis Warren Award Recipient Michelle DeSilva

The Mercy Otis Warren Award recipient for 2015 is Michelle DeSilva of Cape Cod Cares for the Troops.  DeSilva has run the organization with her son, Dylan, since 2005.  The organization has […]

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