Health Rewind: Woman Given Life Sentence for Killer Butt Injections
Plus, Ebola epidemic is nowhere close to being contained.
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Woman Sentenced to Life for Killing With Lethal Butt Injections - Tracey Lynn Garner was given a life sentence by a Mississippi judge for the murder of 37-year-old Karima Gordon. Her crime? Illegally injecting toxic silicon into Gordon’s behind. Gordon died a few days after the procedure took place. Garner is also facing similar charges in Alabama for killing another woman with injections, Reuters reported.(Photo: AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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Wine May Be Healthy, But Only for Those Who Exercise - Moderate wine drinking — red and white — only has heart health benefits for those who exercise, a new study found. Researchers found that those who drank 1-2.5 drinks a day for five days and worked out twice a week had significant improvement in cholesterol levels, The Atlantic reported. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images for JUSTIN Vineyards & Winery)
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How to Talk to Kids About Ferguson - With so many powerful and tragic images and stories coming from Ferguson, it’s no surprise that emotions are high. But how are children handling it? A new series of USA Today videos highlights the need to talk to kids about what’s happening and address their anxieties and your own, too. Watch the videos in their entirety here.(Photo: Getty Images/Image Source)
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CVS No Longer Sells Cigarettes - CVS made big news this week, when, on Wednesday, the pharmacy pulled all remaining tobacco items off their shelves. Despite losing 2 billion dollars in annual revenue, the company announced earlier this year that they could no longer say they cared about the health of their customers and sell cigarettes at the same time. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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WHO: $600 Million Needed to End Ebola Epidemic - We are nowhere near eradicating the Ebola epidemic, WHO officials admitted this week. They group stated that they need $600 million in funding in order to contain the disease, Health Day reported. It’s estimated that nearly 20,000 more people could become infected in the next three months. Thus far, an Ebola vaccine has been performing well in clinical trials. (Photo: AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)
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