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3 Questions to Ask Before Taking Prescription Pain Meds 07/02/2017 08:00pm • Over the last few decades, the prevalence of narcotic painkiller (also referred to as opioids) use in the United States has skyrocketed. This class of medications suppresses the body's perception of pain by blocking signals between the brain and the nervous system. In the past, usage of opioids for 'I Survived a Shark Attack' 07/02/2017 08:00pm • Tiffany Johnson was snorkeling off the coast of the Bahamas when she felt the bump on her arm. It didn't hurt, so she casually glanced to her right, angling to stay still so she didn't disturb the fish she'd been admiring. That bump turned out to be a shark, and her arm was in his mouth, and he was Doctor: No idea why he would be hospital shooter's target 07/02/2017 03:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A doctor who appears to have been the intended target of a former physician who started shooting at a New York hospital, killing one person and injuring six, said he has no idea why he would have been singled out. Dr. Kamran Ahmed told the New York Post he wasn't the only one Dr. H Maryland takes new steps to combat opioid crisis 07/02/2017 12:56pm • WASHINGTON — Maryland Medicaid now has a more rigorous authorization process required for prescription opioids and they are encouraging providers to consider non-opioids as a first-line treatment for chronic pain. They have also expanded reimbursement for substance abuse programs. These new tac Video game class introduces young girls to a potential future in science 07/02/2017 05:25am • WASHINGTON — For many kids, summer break is a time to goof off. But some D.C.-area middle school girls just wrapped up a weeklong program focused on building computer science skills. "I've been learning how to create video games," Phylisha Bowser, 12, said of attending the Envision Game & T Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 2-8 07/01/2017 09:36pm • Here are some celebrities having a birthday this week. July 2: Actor Robert Ito (''Quincy'') is 86. Actress Polly Holliday (''Alice'') is 80. Writer-director Larry David (''Curb Your Enthusiasm,'' `'Seinfeld'') is 70. Keyboardist Roy Bittan of the E Street Band is 68. Actress Wendy Schaal (''Amer AP FACT CHECK: When a swoopy line on a chart misleads 07/01/2017 06:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Oh, those charts. President Donald Trump passed one around on Twitter in recent days, and it showing spending on Medicaid rising for years in the future under the stalled Republican health care bill. You'd never know from his chart's mountain-climbing line , or his rhetoric, t Data Doctors: How vulnerable are Apple computers to ransomware? 06/30/2017 04:56am • Q: Should I be concerned about ransomware attacking my Mac? A: Ransomware continues to grow in popularity, as a sort of “gold rush” has been underway in the cyberunderworld. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been generated over the past couple of years, with one security firm reporting Are Women More Susceptible to COPD Than Men? 06/29/2017 08:00pm • For much of its history, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was considered a "man's disease," both because men traditionally smoked more and because they had higher exposure to occupational lung irritants like mining dust and certain chemicals. But the steady rise in cases of COPD diagnosed in w Accepting an Epilepsy Diagnosis Is Part of the Treatment 06/29/2017 08:00pm • Imagine a mother daydreaming about her son's upcoming eighth-grade graduation as she drops him off at school. But later that day, she gets a phone call: He's been taken to the hospital after experiencing a seizure in class. Soon after rushing to the emergency department, she learns he may have epil The Seriousness of Sepsis 06/29/2017 08:00pm • Nicole Taylor, 32, got the second opinion of a lifetime. In early 2016, she experienced abdominal pain similar to bouts she'd had with kidney stones and surgery years earlier. But this time, "unbearable" pain wasn't the only problem. "I couldn't stop shaking," Taylor recalls. "I wasn't urinating. I Steps to protect home computer, laptop from new ransomware threat 06/29/2017 07:23am • WASHINGTON — A new, inconvenient and potentially costly ransomware threat is a good reminder of the security steps consumers can take to protect home computers and laptops. The Petya ransomware is affecting companies and government systems worldwide. As computer security experts work to asc Can Exercise Help With My Breast Cancer? 06/28/2017 08:00pm • For years, scientists and doctors have sought the magic bullet for cancer. Drugs, therapies, surgeries and other medical interventions have been deployed in an attempt to cure the disease, but more recently, some doctors are beginning to think that a key to battling the disease -- one we've all got Diagnosed With Colon Cancer? How a Healthy Lifestyle Increases Longevity 06/28/2017 08:00pm • If you're one of the 1.1 million survivors of colorectal cancer, you're probably concerned about your prognosis and whether your cancer will come back. That's understandable. Colorectal cancer survivors are at higher risk for developing secondary cancers. However, you'll be happy to know that lifes 9 Extra Safety Assignments for Hospital Patients 06/27/2017 08:00pm • Going above and beyond the call of duty.As a hospital patient, your goal is to get treatment, get better and go home. Your top priority should be recovery, not worrying about data privacy, avoidable treatments or questionable billing practices. Being expected to adopt infection- and error-prevention