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Liberia fights Ebola in capital, West Africa toll tops 1200 MONROVIA/GENEVA (Reuters) - Liberia battled on Tuesday to halt the spread of the Ebola disease in its crowded, run-down oceanside capital Monrovia, recording the most new deaths as fatalities from the world's worst outbreak of the deadly virus rose ...
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California lawmakers pass bill banning inmate sterilizations SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) - California lawmakers sent a bill to ban sterilization surgeries on inmates in California prisons to Governor Jerry Brown on Tuesday, after media reports and a later audit showed officials failed to follow the state's rules for ...
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US Department Of Justice Ends Investigation Of AstraZenca Trial AstraZeneca announced today that the US Department of Justice has ended its investigation into alleged misconduct associated with the pivotal PLATO trial. The company said it had fully cooperated with the investigation, which began in October of 2013.
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AstraZeneca and Mitsubishi Tanabe link on diabetes research LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma said on Wednesday they said signed a three-year research collaboration into diabetic nephropathy, or kidney failure due to diabetes. The deal will focus on early-stage research and the hope ...
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California Hospital Treating Possible Ebola Patient A Northern California hospital said it is treating a patient who may have been exposed to Ebola as the worst outbreak of the deadly virus on record continues to spread across Africa. Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center said in a statement it ...
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New Mexico woman, other patient in Calif. both being tested for Ebola virus A New Mexico woman is being tested for the Ebola virus in Albuquerque after recently returning from Africa, according to state health officials. And in Sacramento, Calif. hospital officials say a patient “who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus” is also in ...
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Ebola Virus Outbreak Threatens Africa's Tourist Industry A man holds a sign reading 'Ebola, go away' during a march to raise awareness of the outbreak on Tuesday in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. NAIROBI—The outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa is hitting many African ...
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Peanut, almond butters recalled due to salmonella risk NEW YORK -- nSPIRED Natural Foods is recalling some peanut and almond butter because of possible salmonella contamination, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The company, a unit of Hain Celestial Group, said Tuesday there have been ...
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Ice Bucket Challenge breaks records, shows no signs of cooling Houston Texans Coach Bill O'Brien, center, joins others taking the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS research. Houston Texans Coach Bill O'Brien, center, joins others taking the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS research. (David J. Phillip / Associated Press).
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| German stocks - Factors to watch on August 20 FRANKFURT/BERLIN Aug 20 (Reuters) - The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on Wednesday: Morphosys. Morphosys and Emergent Biosolutions signed a license agreement to co-develop and commercialize prostate cancer ...
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Medicaid insurers prod state on funds Buckling from more than $140 million in losses since the start of the year, companies that insure Medicaid patients are pressing the Patrick administration to increase payments they receive from the state for serving low-income residents. The health insurers ...
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My ice bucket list: Elena Kagan, Eric Zorn and Karen Lewis Unlike some employees, I don't get in trouble for dipping into Facebook at work. In fact, it's part of my job. So midafternoon Monday, my first day back at the office after a two-week vacation, I hop online, poke around and see what's trending and, oh look, I've ...
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Ebola crisis: Liberia finds 'missing patients' Seventeen suspected Ebola patients who went missing in Liberia after a health centre in the capital was attacked have been found, a minister has said. "They were traced and finally they turned themselves in" at a treatment centre, Lewis Brown told the BBC.
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Patient checked for Ebola virus at Kaiser hospital in Sacramento (08-19) 18:19 PDT SACRAMENTO -- A person who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus was checked into Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center, health officials said Tuesday. Hospital officials alerted the Sacramento County ...
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Ebola Test Under Way For Patient In Sacramento, California A patient at a California hospital has been placed in isolation and is being tested for possible exposure to the Ebola virus, according to multiple reports. The CDC will test blood samples taken from the patient, who is at the Kaiser Permanente South ...
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Peanut, Almond Butter Recalled for Salmonella Risk A unit of Hain Celestial Group Inc. is recalling some peanut and almond butter because of possible salmonella contamination. The company said Tuesday that there have been reports of four illnesses that may be related to the nut butters. They were sold ...
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Derek Jeter does ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, calls out Michael Jordan Derek Jeter is the latest athlete to take part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, a fundraising effort where people dump ice water on their heads and then (hopefully) donate money to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research. Before he was dunked, Jeter ...
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What is the ice bucket challenge? The internet has gone viral with videos of celebrities and other popular personalities taking the "Ice Bucket challenge" and daring three more to do the same. Here is what you need to know about it: What is the ice bucket challenge? It's an effort to raise ...
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Florida to suffer most for not expanding Medicaid, studies show Of the two dozen states that rejected the Medicaid expansion, Florida will lose out on the most federal health care money for the poor, according to two nonprofit policy research groups that support the Affordable Care Act. A joint report from the Robert Wood ...
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Sanofi wins FDA's blessing for an oral Gaucher drug Sanofi's ($SNY) rare ailment-focused Genzyme unit won FDA approval for a new Gaucher disease treatment, providing an oral alternative to its own trailblazing intravenous therapy. The drug, developed as eliglustat, is designed to treat the symptoms of ...
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Liberia fights Ebola in capital, W Africa toll tops 1200 Health workers wearing protective clothing prepare to carry an abandoned dead body presenting with Ebola symptoms at Duwala market in Monrovia August 17, 2014. Wednesday, Aug 20, 2014. Reuters. MONROVIA/GENEVA - Liberia battled on Tuesday to ...
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Obamacare: Californians of all political stripes increase support of health law ... The nation's new health care law is surging in popularity in the Golden State, according to the Field Poll, which finds more Californians today — of all political stripes — support the Affordable Care Act than at any time since it was signed into law four years ago ...
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Five Ebola patients are discharged from hospital in Nigeria UN figures show that 1,229 people have now died of Ebola since the beginning of this year - the worst affected countries are Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia and Nigeria. In Nigeria, four people have died from the outbreak. The country's President Goodluck ...
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Fitness may boost kids' brainpower (CBS) - Exercise and brainpower in children may not seem closely related, but a small new study hints that fitness may supercharge kids' minds. The finding doesn't prove that fitness actually makes children smarter, but it provides support for the idea, the ...
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Nut butter recall includes brands sold at Whole Foods, Safeway, Trader Joe's NEW YORK (AP) -- A unit of Hain Celestial Group Inc. is recalling some peanut and almond butter because of possible salmonella contamination. The company said Tuesday that there have been reports of four illnesses that may be related to the nut butters.
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The Ticker The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a new capsule-based drug developed by Cambridge's Genzyme Corp. that treats Gaucher's disease. Regulators approved the new drug, Cerdelga, for patients with the Type 1 form of the rare genetic ...
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A New Study Proves Girls Care More Than Boys In a new study of “stuff we thought we already knew but apparently needed research to prove,” it turns out that daughters tend to be much more caring for aging parents than sons. According to the study, actually, daughters are twice as likely to care for their ...
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Affordable Care Act Improves Health Care Availability But Not State of Health Care It's been about six months since the Obama administration rolled out the Affordable Care Act and for the most part everything seems to be going according to plan. This health care measure was intended to improve availability of health care among ...
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Study: Daughters way more helpful than sons in caring for elderly parents Did we really need a study to say that when mom and dad get long in the tooth, junior makes himself scarce but sis shows up day after day to help out? Apparently, we did — because now we have one. And it confirms what most any senior citizen would say.
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City that never sleeps revealed and it's not the city you think it is Thanks to data collected by UP, statisticians have determined the cities that get the least amount of sleep, most amount of sleep, go to bed the earliest, go to bed the latest, wake up the earliest and wake up the latest. According to Jawbone, UP “is a fitness ...
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Sierra Leone's 365 Ebola deaths traced back to one healer A boy stands near posters displaying a government message against Ebola at Duwala market in Monrovia August 17, 2014. Wednesday, Aug 20, 2014. AFP. KENEMA, Sierra Leone - It has laid waste to the tribal chiefdoms of Sierra Leone, leaving hundreds ...
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Are we really that different from Robin Williams? Have you ever had a moment, even if it was fleeting, where you considered suicide? Loading… Post to Facebook. Are we really that different from Robin Williams? Have you ever had a moment, even if it was fleeting, where you considered suicide? Check out ...
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Derek Jeter latest to participate in ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Derek Jeter is the latest big-name sports star to participate in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, a fundraising effort where people dump ice water on their heads and then donate money (or are supposed to anyway) to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research.
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Funding Ebola fight is draining economies Health workers prepare disinfectant in containers to spray at an Ebola treatment centre in Monrovia, Liberia. The country has, like Guinea and Sierra Leone, issued debt to pay for treatment. Photo: AP. Chris Kay Lagos. THE WORST Ebola outbreak is straining ...
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The city that never sleeps- Singapore 2 According to a recent study, Singapore is one of the cities with less hours of sleep at 6 hours and 32 minutes only. The most awake city is Tokyo with 5 hours and 46 minutes of slumber time in a day. Next to Japan is South Korea with their 5 hours and 55 ...
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Does fitness boost kids' brainpower? Exercise and brainpower in children may not seem closely related, but a small new study hints that fitness may supercharge kids' minds. The finding doesn't prove that fitness actually makes children smarter, but it provides support for the idea, the researchers ...
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Salmonella risk on your favorite peanut and almond butter 1 NY Associated Press reported today that some unit of Hain Celestial Group Inc. are being recalled after a possible salmonella contamination, the unit includes peanut and almond butter. Advertisements. The decision of the company to pull out their units ...
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Singapore among cities in the world with least hours of sleep Singapore is among the cities in the world with the least hours of sleep, clocking an average of 6 hours and 32 minutes a day. At the bottom of the list is Tokyo, where people sleep for just 5 hours and 46 minutes per night on average. South Korea comes close ...
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The lowdown: Gisele Bundchen, Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick Gisele Bundchen takes the Ice Bucket Challenge in a video posted to her Facebook page. 1. Wednesday, August 20, 2014. Print Email Comments. By: Gayle Fee. The Ice Bucket Challenge, the viral fundraiser that took flight thanks to supporters of former BC ...
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'Bubble Boy' Disease May Be More Common Than Thought A rare birth disorder that dismantles a baby's immune system is twice as common as once believed, a new study of more than 3 million infants says. This is the first evaluation of the effect of screening newborns for the life-threatening but treatable condition ...
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When parents need care, daughters carry the burden, study says It's no secret that daughters seem to bear the brunt of caregiving duties for elderly parents, but a new study suggests that conscientious daughters often fill the gaps left by sons. "Sons provide a lower relative share of total parent care if they have a sister, ...
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Antibiotic 'linked to heart deaths' A commonly used antibiotic has been linked to a higher risk of deaths from heart problems, new research suggests. Experts found that patients treated with clarithromycin, the fifth most commonly prescribed antibiotic in England last year, had a significantly ...
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'Bubble boy' disorder more common than thought A potentially fatal but treatable immune disorder known as "bubble boy" disease is rare but twice as common as previously believed, according to a UCSF-led study published Tuesday. Researchers, in what's considered the first look at the national impact of ...
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DOJ closes investigation into clinical trial for ticagrelor The US Department of Justice has closed its investigation into the PLATO trial of ticagrelor, according to a press release from AstraZeneca. PLATO included more than 18,000 patients with ACS across 43 countries and compared ticagrelor (Brilinta, ...
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Liberia's President Orders Curfew, Quarantine of Slum to Curb Ebola Liberian soldiers Tuesday help nurses retrieve items looted from a school that was used as an Ebola isolation unit in the West Point slum of Monrovia. European Pressphoto Agency. MONROVIA, Liberia—Liberia's president declared a curfew and ordered ...
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Adult Daughters Provide More Elder Care Than Sons TUESDAY, Aug. 19, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- The gender of siblings appears to influence parent caregiving, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, held from Aug. 16 to 19 in San Francisco.
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Potential Ebola case in isolation in California hospital A sign designates a workstation dedicated to Ebola in the Emergency Operations Center at the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Photo / AP. A patient who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus has been put in isolation at a hospital in ...
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Renowned yogi BKS Iyengar has died “Live happily and die majestically,” Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja “BKS” Iyengar said. The world-renowned yoga guru died on Wednesday at a private hospital in the western Indian city of Pune, according to the Times of India. There is disagreement over ...
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Florida Denies Medicaid Expansion As the Affordable Care Act attempts to equate the medical industry playing field during a time when many people can barely afford to get to work, let alone pay for insurance, one group of people may be getting the short end of the stick. Two-dozen states have ...
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US hospital breach biggest yet to exploit Heartbleed bug-expert Aug 20 (Reuters) - Hackers who stole the personal data of about 4.5 million patients of hospital group Community Health Systems Inc broke into the company's computer system by exploiting the "Heartbleed" internet bug, making it the first known large-scale ...
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