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Evidence suggests Ebola toll vastly underestimated: WHO CONAKRY (Reuters) - Staff with the World Health Organisation battling an Ebola outbreak in West Africa see evidence the numbers of reported cases and deaths vastly underestimates the scale of the outbreak, the U.N. agency said on its website on Thursday ...
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| Deadly US pig virus can be carried in animal feed: study CHICAGO (Reuters) - A research study has shown for the first time that livestock feed can carry a virus that has killed about 13 percent of the U.S. hog herd, the study's lead author said, confirming suspicions among farmers and veterinarians battling outbreaks ...
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Santos Endorses Medical Marijuana for Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday endorsed newly introduced legislation that would legalize marijuana for medicinal and therapeutic use in this drug war-afflicted Andean nation. Santos, a proponent of rethinking prohibitionist drug policies, made ...
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Ebola Puts Focus on Drugs Made in Tobacco Plants It's an eye-catching angle in the story of an experimental treatment for Ebola: The drug comes from tobacco plants that were turned into living pharmaceutical factories. Using plants this way — sometimes called "pharming" — can produce complex and ...
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Ebola Regional Spread Puts African Airline Links at Risk Airport security staff, wearing face masks and gloves are seen at work at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The cases of Ebola in Nigeria, Africa's most-populous nation of 170 million and its biggest economy, have sparked concern about ...
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Experimental chikungunya vaccine shows promise in human trial WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An experimental vaccine being developed by U.S. government scientists to prevent the painful mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya has shown promise in its first human trials but remains years away from approval for ...
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WHO: Evidence shows Ebola crisis 'vastly underestimated' (CNN) -- The magnitude of the Ebola crisis in West Africa is "vastly" underestimated, the World Health Organization said this week, as the death toll rose to more than 1,000. Ebola has infected at least 1,975 people in Nigeria, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone ...
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Mark Zuckerberg Takes The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, Dares Other Tech ... Zuck took on the #ALSIceBucketChallenge, and the Facebook CEO seemed pretty soaked stoked about the whole thing. On Tuesday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie challenged Mark Zuckerberg, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Jimmy Fallon to the ice bucket ...
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WHO: Ebola toll may 'vastly underestimate' crisis There is evidence the numbers of dead and sickened by Ebola in West Africa may "vastly underestimate the magnitude of the outbreak," the World Health Organization said Thursday. The U.N. health agency said it was prepared for the crisis to continue for ...
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Study Hints at Link Between Poor Sleep, Suicide Risk (HealthDay News) -- Sleeping difficulties may increase the risk of suicide in older adults even when other symptoms of depression aren't present, a new study suggests. The study focused on adults 65 and older, and poor sleep included difficulty falling or ...
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WHO: Magnitude of Ebola Outbreak 'Vastly' Underestimated The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that the magnitude of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has been "vastly" underestimated. Already 1,069 people have died of Ebola this year in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Nearly 2,000 have ...
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1.7 million deaths due to too much salt in diet: Study MUMBAI: Almost 1.65 million people across the world die due to heart problems brought on by excess intake of salt, said a research analyzing populations from 187 countries. The paper, published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on Thursday ...
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Vaccine Developed for Chikungunya, Mosquito-Borne Illness The World Health Organization reports there have been almost two million cases of the mosquito-borne illness, Chikungunya, throughout parts of Asia since 2005. Researchers are testing an experimental vaccine to prevent outbreaks, which also occur in ...
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| UK cost body backs pricey Gilead hepatitis pill for some patients ... * Sovaldi recommended after U.S. firm provides more data. * Gilead says decision potentially covers most patients. * Hepatitis C drug 30 percent cheaper in UK than in U.S.. * J&J cancer drug Zytiga rejected for use pre-chemotherapy. By Ben Hirschler.
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Watch Conan O'Brien Take the ALS Ice-Bucket Challenge Conan O'Brien is the latest high-profile star to take on the ALS ice-bucket challenge — and outdoes everyone in the process. That's because he seemed to have misunderstood the whole point of the ALS campaign. “Apparently if I get ice water poured on my ...
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Surrogacy crackdown: Thai authorities holding babies 'to ransom', says lawyer Bangkok: Thai authorities have been accused of holding the babies of Australian biological parents to ransom amid a crackdown on Thailand's booming commercial surrogacy industry. Three Australian couples carrying their babies born to Thai surrogate ...
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Manitobans get doused for ALS in ice bucket challenge A recent video of people dumping buckets of ice water over their heads to raise money for Lou Gehrig's Disease research has gone viral, raising over $1 million in the last few weeks as a result. Ismaila Alfa Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS. CBC's Ismaila Alfa ...
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Thailand stops US and Australian couples leaving with surrogate babies: advocate SYDNEY (Reuters) - U.S. and Australian couples attempting to leave Thailand with babies born by surrogate mothers have been stopped at the airport and prevented from leaving the country in recent days, an Australian surrogacy advocate said on Friday.
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Media: Thailand bans surrogate babies from leaving CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Four couples from the United States and Australia have been prevented from leaving Thailand with surrogate babies as part of a government crackdown on the burgeoning commercial surrogacy industry, an Australian ...
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Aspirin, NSAID painkillers may reduce breast cancer recurrence for some Obese women who have battled breast cancer might halve their chances of a recurrence if they take aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) regularly, new research suggests. The researchers followed 440 breast cancer survivors ...
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| Experts concerned about discrepancies in old, new PTSD criteria A. A common practice among doctors is to give a pill to a service member suffering from insomnia.- 08/5/2014. Honor the Fallen · Hall of Valor · Milestones · CFC Giver's Guide · Blogs · Forums · Shopping. DON'T MISS: 2014 BAH Rates · Pay Charts · Hall of ...
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Fox News poll: More than 6 in 10 worried about Ebola spreading to US Aug. 12, 2014: The body of a man found in the street, suspected of dying from the Ebola virus, is sprayed with disinfectant in the capital city of Monrovia, Liberia.AP. While there is widespread concern about the latest Ebola outbreak, most agree with the ...
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Thailand stops US, Australian couples leaving with surrogate babies U.S. and Australian couples attempting to leave Thailand with babies born by surrogate mothers have been stopped at the airport and prevented from leaving the country in recent days, an Australian surrogacy advocate said on Friday. We did not abandon ...
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Vaccine for mosquito-borne infection shows promise in test MINNEAPOLIS — A novel vaccine developed by U.S. government researchers is showing promise against chikungunya, a debilitating mosquito-borne virus that started spreading this summer in the southern United States. The virus has sickened millions of ...
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Intel wearable technology to aid Parkinson's disease research Intel and Michael J. Fox Foundation collaborated to help in the research and treatment of Parkinson's disease through the use of wearable technologies or devices in monitoring the symptoms and developments. (Photo : Intel ). Intel Corporation and Michael J.
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Hampton businesses take ALS Ice Bucket Challenge HAMPTON — Shane Pine is always on the lookout for a new way to raise money for charity. He's raised $60,000 this year with just his restaurant, the Community Oven. So when Pine started seeing the "Ice Bucket Challenge" on Facebook to raise awareness ...
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Ice Bucket Challenge: Fairborn Couple Calls out Mayors, Police, Fire FAIRBORN-- You might have already seen it on your Facebook feed, or heard about it from friends; the "ALS Ice Bucket Challenge" is sweeping social media and doing more than just making people very cold. The goal of the frigid challenge is to raise ...
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New Hampshire Declares Emergency Over Synthetic Drug 'Smacked' MANCHESTER, N.H. – Gov. Maggie Hassan declared a state of emergency on Thursday in response to 44 reported overdoses linked to people smoking or ingesting "Smacked," a synthetic marijuana-like product sold in convenience stores as potpourri.
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Outbreak of Tuberculosis in Alabama Prisons Nine cases of tuberculosis have been diagnosed in the prisons in Springville Alabama which is the highest recorded till date. State director of TB control, Pam Barrett, has advised not to accept new inmates as the prison is already housing too many prisoners.
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Alabama Facing 'Serious' Tuberculosis Outbreak In Prisons A detainee at the Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois. Close living conditions in Alabama prisons has led to a TB outbreak there, health officials say. Reuters. Alabama prisons are facing their worst outbreak of tuberculosis in five years, a state health official ...
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Ebola striking women more frequently than men As the number of lives claimed by the Ebola epidemic in West Africa rises above 1,000, the rate of infection among women is outpacing that among men because women are the caregivers, nurses and cross-border traders, health officials report. Outbreaks are ...
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Prostate cancer patients 'unjustly' denied drug Men with prostate cancer will be refused a drug that can extend life by five years unless they go through a 'painful' bout of chemotherapy first, the NHS drugs rationing body has ruled, which experts have branded 'unjust' and a 'kick in the teeth'. The drug ...
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Smart watch, app latest research weapon in understanding Parkinson's disease Wearable tech can collect and transmit data from individuals who have Parkinson's in real time, and big data can analyze it, giving researchers an edge in treatment. Intel and the Michael J. Fox Foundation team up to push the effort forward.
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Advocates: Stop glamorizing suicide After Robin Williams passed away on Monday, media was flooded with tributes to the actor and comedian, as well as the details of his last moments. Patrick Tenney, suicide prevention coordinator for the West Virginia Council for the Prevention of Suicide, said ...
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VA in Process of Firing Accountable Workers MEMPHIS, Tenn. | The Veterans Affairs Department is in the process of holding bad employees accountable amid a scandal about long wait times for patients and other problems, VA Secretary Robert McDonald said Thursday, but he declined to say how ...
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Researchers Say Experimental Chikungunya Vaccine Shows Promise (NEW YORK) -- Researchers may have laid the groundwork for a vaccine to prevent the Chikungunya virus that has spread to a number of U.S. states after originating in the Caribbean. According to a study published in The Lancet medical journal, ...
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Temporary tattoos power electronics with sweat In the future, sensors placed in a temporary tattoo – or even inside your underwear – could use your sweat to power small electronic devices. The tiny, cheap biobatteries can harvest enough power to power wristwatches and LED lights. Future designs could ...
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Vaccine years away from approval Infection with the virus, spread by two mosquito species, typically is not fatal but can cause debilitating symptoms including fever, headache and severe joint pain lasting weeks or months. Washington - An experimental vaccine being developed by US ...
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'Spice' overdoses prompt state of emergency in NH Gov. Maggie Hassan has declared a state of emergency to allow public health officials to investigate and quarantine synthetic drugs linked to recent overdoses in Manchester and Concord. Gov. Maggie Hassan has declared a state of emergency to allow ...
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TYR Supports Breast Cancer Research August 14, 2014. TYR Supports Breast Cancer Research. For the second year, the company will donate up to $5 for each item purchased from its Tyr Pink collection to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. By Jean E. Palmieri. fashion-scoops/news ...
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Liberia Battles Spreading Ebola Epidemic MONROVIA, LIBERIA - AUGUST 14: A burial team prepares to collect the dead body of a woman suspected of dying of the Ebola virus on August 14, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Teams of undertakers wearing protective clothing are collecting victims from all ...
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An Expert's Perspective: Why Salt Is Not Like Tobacco And Why Guidelines Are ... At the center of this week's renewed debate on salt was Salim Yusuf, the long influential and often controversial cardiology researcher and clinical trialist based at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. I spoke with Yusuf before the publication of the New ...
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New 'virus-like particle' may offer protection against chikungunya A new study has revealed that a new vaccine developed using non-infectious virus-like particles (VLP) appears likely to offer protection against chikungunya virus. According to the study, new vaccine consists of VLP composed of the outer structural proteins ...
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Ticking of actual clock can affect women's biological response, says study The tick-tock of a clock can literally make women want to have children. — AFP picMIAMI, Aug 15 — It's more than a metaphor: The sound of an actual ticking clock can ignite a woman's desire for children — that is, if she comes from a background in which ...
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What should your salt intake be? A new study from the New England Journal of Medicine says more 1.5 million heart-related deaths worldwide can be blamed on eating too much salt. Dr. Tara Narula, a cardiologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, says thousands of American lives ...
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Kenya ill-prepared to deal with Ebola outbreak: KMA Kenyan Medics distanced themselves from their government reports indicating that Kenya is well prepared to deal with the ebola virus.(SABC). Tags: Kenya · Ebola · Kenya Medical Association · KMA · World Health Organisation · Kenya Airways · Dr Elly Pot.
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| Experts concerned about discrepancies in old, new PTSD criteria Changes to the diagnostic criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder made in 2013 provide flexibility for new PTSD diagnoses in troops, but leave out some who would have been diagnosed with PTSD under the old standards, according to a new study ...
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NewLink Genetics says it is ready to start human testing for Ebola vaccine An Iowa drug developer is preparing to test a possible Ebola vaccine in humans, as scientists race to develop ways to prevent or fight a virus that has killed more than 1,000 people in a West African outbreak. NewLink Genetics is planning an initial phase of ...
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WHO: Ebola toll vastly underestimated Conakry - Staff with the World Health Organisation battling an Ebola outbreak in West Africa see evidence the numbers of reported cases and deaths vastly underestimates the scale of the outbreak, the UN agency said on its website on Thursday. The death ...
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Aspirin, Ibuprofen can Lower Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk in Some Women Common drugs such as aspirin or ibuprofen might reduce recurrence of breast cancer in some women, a new study has found. The study was conducted by the researchers at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center at the University of Texas Health Science ...
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