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1/7: More than 80,000 Americans died of this illness last winter, the highest number in over a decade:
Measles
Mumps
Flu
Meningitis
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2/7: Eating processed meats like bacon, ham and salami was tied to an increased risk of this form of cancer in women:
Cervical cancer
Ovarian cancer
Uterine cancer
Breast cancer
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3/7: The Mayo Clinic endorses all of the following complementary cancer therapies to relieve nausea or pain except:
Acupuncture
Aromatherapy
Music therapy
High doses of vitamin C
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4/7: Taking a daily baby aspirin has been tied to a reduced risk of:
Heart attacks and strokes
Colon cancer
Ovarian cancer
All of the above
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5/7: A new class of medications called PCSK9 inhibitors appear to be very effective in doing this, but insurers often won't pay for the expensive drugs:
Stopping cancer cell growth
Mitigating migraines
Lowering "bad" cholesterol
Easing arthritis pain
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6/7: Women who drank more of this got fewer urinary tract infections:
Cranberry juice
Water
Coffee
Tea
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7/7: James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their research on:
Cell death
How the immune system attacks cancer
The way infections spread across the globe
The artificial heart
