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This flu season continues to be mild

CDC: Flu Season Continues to Be Mild; Vaccine Is Effective

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Health officials report flu vaccine is 59 percent effective so far
Zika virus may be associated with hydrops fetalis and fetal demise

Research Links Zika Virus to Hydrops Fetalis, Fetal Demise

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Ultrasound demonstrated severe microcephaly, hydranencephaly, intracranial calcifications
Intellectual enrichment (high education and high midlife cognitive activity) has effects on biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease in older adults

Active Mind May Delay Alzheimer Symptoms, but Not Disease

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High midlife cognitive activity tied to lower amyloid deposition in APOE4 carriers with high education
Fourteen U.S. cases of possible sexual transmission of the Zika virus are now under investigation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC: 14 Potential New Cases of Zika Sexually Transmitted

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Men who've recently traveled to endemic areas should abstain from sex or use a condom, agency says
If current HIV rates continue

CDC: One in Two Black Men Who Have Sex With Men May Get HIV

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New national report highlights groups most at risk for the AIDS-causing virus
The first rapid detection test for the Zika virus has been developed by teams at two Texas hospitals.

First Rapid Test for Zika Virus Detection Developed in Texas

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But it will only be available at hospitals that developed it for now, research team says
Preoperative aspirin does not lower risk of death or thrombotic complications among patients undergoing coronary artery surgery

No Benefit From Aspirin Prior to Coronary Artery Surgery

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No link to decreased risk of death or thrombotic complications after surgery
A monthly vaginal ring containing dapivirine can reduce the incidence of HIV-1 infection

Reduced HIV-1 Infection Incidence With Vaginal Ring

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Monthly vaginal ring containing dapivirine reduces risk of HIV-1 infection among African women
In a study published online Feb. 24 in JAMA Cardiology

Normative Cardiac Data Identified for NBA Athletes

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Left ventricular size and mass proportional to body size; LV hypertrophy in 27.4 percent of athletes
Many Ebola survivors have neurological symptoms that last long after other signs of the infection are gone

AAN: Ebola May Leave Lasting Neurological Symptoms

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Six months after active illness, headaches, memory loss, depression were still being reported