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| Tech investor gets five towns to join social-health experiment SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Technology investor Esther Dyson thinks she has found the answer to America's growing health concerns, and has enlisted five smaller cities across the country to try and prove it. Dyson, an early investor in Square and board ...
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Charities Seek Their Own Ice Bucket The runaway success of the ice-bucket challenge—garnering as many as 1,887 tweets a minute Monday—has other health charities hoping to capture some of the boost in awareness and fundraising that ALS has received during the past few weeks.
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After stepping up to Ice Bucket Challenge, time for Joe Torre, new MLB ... This was a year after Pete Frates, once a baseball star at my school, Boston College, had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known to the world as Lou Gehrig's Disease. He was 27 years old when he received the diagnosis, and was ...
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Red panda from National Zoo dies of encephalitis FRONT ROYAL, Va. — A red panda best known as the mate of a younger male who escaped last year from the National Zoo was euthanized over the weekend, zoo officials said Monday. Shama, 7, gave birth to three cubs June 26 but developed a ...
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US clears AstraZeneca over heart drug trial LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has cleared AstraZeneca Plc over a major clinical trial used to win marketing approval for its important new heart drug Brilinta, following an investigation which had cast a shadow over its prospects. The drugmaker ...
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| Tech investor gets five towns to join social-health experiment SAN FRANCISCO Aug 18 (Reuters) - Technology investor Esther Dyson thinks she has found the answer to America's growing health concerns, and has enlisted five smaller cities across the country to try and prove it. Dyson, an early investor in Square and ...
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WHO urges Ebola screening for travelers in affected countries FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2014 file photo, a Nigerian port health official uses a thermometer on a worker at the arrivals hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa grows, airlines around the globe are closely ...
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How a promising new drug may help combat baldness caused by alopecia A new study out of Columbia University offers hope for those who suffer from baldness caused by alopecia areata. A new study out of Columbia University offers hope for those who suffer from baldness caused by alopecia areata. (Columbia University Medical ...
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Ebola crisis: Liberia confirms West Point patients missing Seventeen suspected Ebola patients are "missing" in Liberia after a health centre in the capital was attacked, the government says. The government had previously denied they were missing, saying all patients had been moved to another facility. The Ebola ...
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Community Health says data stolen in cyber attack from China BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Community Health Systems Inc (CYH.N), one of the biggest U.S. hospital groups, said on Monday it was the victim of a cyber attack from China, resulting in the theft of Social Security numbers and other personal data ...
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City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito praised for disclosing she has HPV The city Health Department applauded City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito Monday for disclosing that she has HPV and urged New Yorkers to be vigilant about the disease. “Bravo for sharing @MMViverito,” Health Commission Mary Bassett tweeted, ...
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Health network reports 4.5 million patients had information hacked SAN FRANCISCO — A rural health company with hospitals across the nation on Monday said hackers, possibly from China, had gotten the names, addresses, birth dates, telephone numbers and Social Security numbers of about 4.5 million patients.
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Corey Griffin, Ex-Bain Capital Manager in ALS Drive, Dies at 27 Corey Griffin was a former Bain Capital Ventures worker who associates say raised over $100,000 for the ALS Association in the past week through the Ice Bucket Challenge and was killed in a diving accident. He was 27. Source: Family Photo via Bloomberg.
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UM coach Al Golden decicates his ALS Ice Bucket Challenge video to Duke ... The Hurricanes have joined in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge frenzy sweeping the nation, posting a video Monday of Al Golden and his Hurricanes at Greentree Field getting dumped with ice water coming from every direction. Golden said the team was ...
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Missionaries deserved access to untested Ebola drug, expert writes Nancy Writebol, an American aid worker infected with Ebola while working in West Africa, arrives at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Ga., in early August. Nancy Writebol, an American aid worker infected with Ebola while working in West Africa, arrives at ...
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Cancer Screening in Seniors Yields Few Benefits Geriatrics. Cancer Screening in Seniors Yields Few Benefits. Published: Aug 18, 2014. By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today. Reviewed by F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE; Instructor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of ...
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| Doctors ID New Ways to Get More Kids Vaccinated MONDAY, Aug. 18, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors are still struggling to find effective ways to convince wary parents of the importance of vaccinating their infant children. The whooping cough epidemic of 2011-12 made no significant difference in ...
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CWRU Class of '18 takes the Ice Bucket Challenge Fill out this form to tell us when and where your next garage sale will be. We will take… ENTRY FORM: Tell us about your next garage sale! More Marketplace. About Us. Back All About Us NewsChannel5 Expo Staff Seen On 5 Our History Jobs Contests ...
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UAE airline jet disinfected when Nigerian passenger is suspected of having Ebola The national airline of the United Arab Emirates said Monday it has disinfected one of its planes after health authorities there announced that a Nigerian woman who died after flying to the capital, Abu Dhabi, may have been infected with the Ebola virus.
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HPV vaccine safe, effective over eight years A vaccine against a very common sexually-transmitted virus that can cause cervical cancer has proven safe and effective over eight years, which should spur more to get it, a Georgia Regents University researcher said. In the longest follow-up yet of boys and ...
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New Drug Helps Some Bald Patients Regrow Hair Undated handout photos of hair regrowth over time on the head of a patient with alopecia areata taking a drug called ruxolitinib during during a clinical study. Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease afflicting about 1 percent of men and women that caus.
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Heart Diseases, Stroke related Deaths and Hospitilizations decreased American Heart Association in a press release yesterday has revealed that in the last 10 years, the number of patients died as a result of stroke or cardiovascular related ailments has been significantly decreased. The study was conducted based on the data ...
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US heart attacks, strokes drop significantly in last decade DALLAS — U.S. hospitalizations and deaths from heart disease and stroke dropped significantly in the last decade, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. “Interestingly, these improvements happened in a period ...
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Elizabeth Vargas Back In Rehab; Continues Battle Against Alcohol Dependency The "20/20" anchor has confirmed in an emailed statement that she has entered a treatment facility while on vacation in California over the weekend. Like Us on Facebook. "As so many other recovering alcoholics know, overcoming the disease can be a long ...
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Elderly Patients Are Over-Screened for Cancer In 2 different studies, researchers found that cancer screening in older patients provides minimal benefits with high costs and rather invasive procedures. Advertisements. The results have brought concerns to the surface regarding whether elderly patients are ...
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UN calls for tests on passengers in Ebola crackdown Health workers wearing protective clothing prepare to carry an abandoned dead body presenting with Ebola symptoms at Duwala market in Monrovia. Reuters. Ebola-affected countries should immediately begin exit screening all passengers leaving ...
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More Intensive Colorectal Cancer Screening than Recommended Often Harmful ... Answer: Many U.S. elderly are screened for colorectal cancer more frequently than recommended: One in every five elderly with a negative screening colonoscopy result undergoes another screening colonoscopy within 5 years' time instead of after the ...
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Prevention is the best medicine for West Nile virus Mosquito populations are up 80 percent from last year—a particularly frightening statistic in the midst of West Nile virus season. By Greg Elwell, For The Oklahoman • Published: August 19, 2014. Advertisement ...
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Love thy neighbour, it might just save your life People with friendly neighbours and strong community ties are less likely to suffer heart attacks, new research suggests. Those with the highest neighbourly scores could reduce their risk of a heart attack by up to 70 per cent, the authors said. Researchers ...
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Ebola-hit countries 'must screen all departing travellers' Authorities in countries affected by the ebola virus should check people departing at international airports, seaports and major border crossings and stop anyone with signs of the virus from travelling, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday.
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Study: Kids' stress cited as disorders increase American children are experiencing a higher rate of neurological-development and mental health disorders and behavioral problems than they did a decade ago, with a surprisingly high increase among children from more affluent households. But the good ...
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Elderly doesn't need to undergo too many cancer screening- study says 3 In a new study including elderly samples, it shows that the benefit of cancer screening seniors is not that beneficial after all. Once a person gets older, the types of cancer screening test they need to go through also decreases. If there is a potential risk, then ...
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Diseases involving the heart is getting lower AHA says 5 After studying heart strokes and heart conditions that causes hospitalization, it is now announced by the American Heart Association that deaths related to heart conditions have significantly decreased. This data is based on the record of 34 million Free for ...
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Ebola Patient at Emory Hospital Reunites With Husband The husband of an American aid worker who got infected of Ebola virus in Liberia had a chance to see her for the first time since her return to U.S. earlier this month. Advertisements. Soon after David Writebol was released from quarantine, he visited his wife, ...
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The celeb craze that's also a good cause: top 10 Ice Bucket Challenges Smart idea or the end of charity fund-raising? It's a peculiar charity that encourages people not to donate to its cause, but the ALS Association appears to have struck gold with the counter-intuitive Ice Bucket Challenge. The global phenomenon has a simple ...
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Drowning victim's death ruled accidental NANTUCKET — The death of 27-year-old Corey Griffin has been ruled an accidental drowning, the state Office of Public Safety and Security said Monday. While out with friends, Griffin jumped off the Nantucket Ice Cream and Juice Guys building on Straight ...
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Reported mental disabilities Reported mental disabilities in kids are up, though physical disabilities have decreased, says a study led by the Univ. of Pittsburgh that found disabilities in U.S. kids were up overall. Children of affluent families had more reported disabilities than others.
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Death and hospitalization due to heart disease, stroke in US significantly lower A large study involving millions of Medicare patients found that the number of deaths and hospitalizations due to heart disease and stroke has significantly declined in the last decade. (Photo : Public Domain). The growing awareness among Americans on the ...
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Network cyberattack could include Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Easton hospitals Community Health Systems Inc. said Monday that its computer network was a target of an external criminal cyberattack in April and June that affected nonmedical patient identification data related to some 4.5 million individuals, according to The Wall Street ...
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Elbit Imaging Announces Gamida Cell Signs Option and Investment Agreements ... Elbit Imaging Ltd. ("EI" or the "Company") (TASE, NASDAQ: EMITF) announced today that Elbit Medical Technologies Ltd. ("Elbit Medical") (tase:EMTC-M), a subsidiary of the Company in which it holds approximately 86% of the voting power, announced that ...
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| Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim's Basaglar (insulin glargine injection) gets FDA's ... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today granted tentative approval for Basaglar™ (insulin glargine injection), which is indicated to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes and in combination with mealtime insulin in adults and ...
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The Complicated Fight Against Ebola As the WHO declared this past week that Ebola was now a global threat, many felt that this was long overdue—and for good reason. For an epidemic that began insidiously back in March of this year–and now traced back to an index case in December of ...
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Community Health says data stolen in cyberattack from China HUGE HACK: Community Health Systems Inc said on Monday it was the victim of a cyberattack from China, resulting in the theft of Social Security numbers and other personal data belonging to 4.5 million patients. — Reuters. BOSTON/NEW YORK: ...
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Kids' brains reorganize when learning math skills Sometime in elementary school, you quit counting your fingers and just know the answer. Now scientists have put youngsters into brain scanners to find out why, and watched how the brain reorganizes itself as kids learn math. Loading… Post to Facebook.
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Giant hack steals patient info from Yakima Regional's parent company YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center's corporate owner, Community Health Systems, reported Monday that the company was the target of a massive data breach between April and June, with 4.5 million patients' information stolen ...
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Elizabeth Vargas Returns to Rehab for Alcohol Addiction ABC “20/20” anchor ElizabethVargas checked into rehab Saturday for alcohol addiction while on vacation in California. "While on vacation this weekend, I decided to return to a recovery center. As so many other recovering alcoholics know, overcoming the ...
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Education campaigner Malala Yousafzai urges young people to start working ... UNITED NATIONS – Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education, told more than 500 young people Monday that they should start working right now to change the world. The 17-year-old said raising ...
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'Some' Lutheran Health Network patients' info stolen in Community Health ... •Contact one of the three credit reporting companies nationally and place a fraud alert on your credit report. That company must notify the two other companies to do the same. The companies are Equifax (1-800-525-6285), Experian (1-888-397-3742) and ...
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Bond with neighbours to reduce heart attack risk Friendly neighbours may be good for your heart. Researchers have found that bonding well with your neighbours might extend social support network which is linked to lower cardiovascular disease risk. "Perceived neighbourhood social cohesion could be a ...
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Quadrivalent HPV Vaccine Has Lasting Benefit for Teens MONDAY, Aug. 18, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- The quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV4) vaccine seems safe and effective for adolescents, according to a study published online Aug. 18 in Pediatrics. Daron Ferris, MD, from Georgia Regents University ...
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