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Clashes Erupt As Liberia Sets A Quarantine MONROVIA, Liberia — Soldiers and police officers in riot gear blocked the roads. Even the waterfront was cordoned off, with the coast guard stopping residents from setting out in canoes. The entire neighborhood, a sprawling slum with tens of thousands of ...
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Blood Transfusions May Cut Stroke Risk From Sickle Cell WEDNESDAY, Aug. 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Monthly blood transfusions may lower the chances of "silent" strokes in some children with sickle cell anemia, a new clinical trial indicates. The study, reported in the Aug. 21 issue of the New England Journal ...
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Mortality Rises With Changes in Urologic Care Hospital-Based Medicine. Mortality Rises With Changes in Urologic Care. Published: Aug 20, 2014. By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today. Reviewed by F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE; Instructor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the ...
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BKS Iyengar dies at 95; Indian guru helped popularize yoga in West Yoga master B.K.S. Iyengar with his fans and followers in 2005 in Los Angeles.Ali MacGraw and Annette Bening were among his followers. Yoga master B.K.S. Iyengar with his fans and followers in 2005 in Los Angeles.Ali MacGraw and Annette Bening were ...
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| High-Risk Melanomas Often on Head or Neck WEDNESDAY, Aug. 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- The speed at which cancer cells grow may help doctors diagnose and treat the most aggressive melanomas, researchers say. Using this measure, investigators have found that the deadliest skin cancers ...
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BKS Iyengar, Who Helped Bring Yoga to the West, Dies at 95 The New York Times correspondent Bill Broad remembers B.K.S. Iyengar, who helped introduce the practice of yoga to the Western world. Iyengar, 95, died on Wednesday in the Indian city of Pune. Video Credit By Carrie Halperin on Publish Date August 20, ...
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| Contraception, abstinence push US teen birthrates to historic lows Billboards like this and other measures to promote abstinence and contraception have helped bring the U.S. teen birthrate to a historic low, a new report says. Billboards like this and other measures to promote abstinence and contraception have helped bring ...
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Chinese Hackers Vacuum Data From US Health Industry For four years, a sophisticated group of Chinese cyberspies has cut a digital swath through the health-care industry, stealing everything from trade secrets to trial data, say security firms probing the campaign. The group infiltrated one U.S. drugmaker by ...
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50000 quarantined in Liberia slum to contain spread of Ebola Over the weekend, residents angry about the placement of an Ebola center in Monrovia's West Point slum attacked the facility, chasing away sick patients and carrying off bloody sheets and other, possibly contaminated items. The Associated Press and The ...
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Liberia police fire on protesters as West Africa's Ebola toll hits 1350 MONROVIA (Reuters) - Police in the Liberian capital fired live rounds and tear gas on Wednesday to disperse a stone-throwing crowd trying to break an Ebola quarantine imposed on their neighbourhood, as the death toll from the epidemic in West Africa hit ...
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Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. to Participate in Upcoming Morgan Stanley ... Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EVHC) (Company) today announced that Bill Sanger, president and chief executive officer, and Randy Owen, CFO/COO, will participate in the upcoming Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference in New York, ...
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Boston Companies Do the #IceBucketChallenge Many Bostonians gathered with their workplaces and completed the Ice Bucket Challenge this month. What better way to raise awareness for a good cause, bond with your co-workers, and seize the chance to get out of the office? If we missed your workplace ...
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The historic and uneven decline in teen births New evidence from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wednesday points to the ongoing and significant drop in the US teen birth rate over the past 20-plus years. The birth rate for teenagers ages 15-19 was 26.6 births per 1,000 in 2013, down 57 ...
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Knot Standard ups the ante for the Ice Bucket Challenge A detail of a Knot Standard promotional banner for its spin on the Ice Bucket Challenge. A detail of a Knot Standard promotional banner for its spin on the Ice Bucket Challenge. (Knot Standard). By Susan Denley contact the reporter · InstagramReddit Inc.
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Life and times of BKS Iyengar The 96-year-old yoga exponent BKS Iyengar passed away on Wednesday. In an overheated, billion-dollar market, Iyengar yoga stands apart, with its no nonsense, classicist approach. (TOI file photo) ...
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Reports: 'Ice Bucket Challenge' pioneer drowns "Today Show" host Matt Laurer joins in on the ice bucket challenge by getting ice water dumped on his head by Savannah Guthrie and Carson Daly. Michelle Wie Takes the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Photo: YouTube. Photo By YouTube. Michelle Wie Takes ...
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Why getting older can make sleep a struggle: We lose the brain cells that 'switch ... Elderly people may struggle to sleep as well as they did in their youth because they lose the 'switch' that enables them to nod off, scientists believe. Researchers have identified a group of cells in the brain which block off conscious thoughts, allowing us to ...
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Liberia's Defense Minister: Soldiers Did Not Fire on Protesters Liberia's Defense Minister said troops enforcing Monrovia's West Point slum Ebola quarantine did not shoot directly at residents Wednesday. Brownie Samukai said a large crowd, mostly youths, attacked the soldiers who were sent to rescue the female ...
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Pryor's 'Obamacare' ad highlights his cancer fight FILE - In this file photo taken June 14, 2014, Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, left, campaigns for re-election with his father, former U.S. Sen. David Pryor, D-Ark., center, in Warren, Ark. Mark Pryor is reaching into his own medical ... more >. By KELLY P.
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Pryor's 'Obamacare' ad highlights his cancer fight LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor reached into his own medical history Tuesday to explain his vote on the nation's new health care law, telling Arkansans his battle with a rare cancer 18 years ago influenced him. The two-term Democrat, who is ...
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Clashes Erupt as Liberia Imposes Quarantine to Curb Ebola MONROVIA, Liberia — Liberia's halting efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak spreading across parts of West Africa quickly turned violent on Wednesday when angry young men hurled rocks and stormed barbed-wire barricades, trying to break out of a ...
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Foreign assisted suicide cases in Switzerland double in four years Zurich: The number of foreigners travelling to Switzerland to commit assisted suicide doubled over four years, a study published in the Journal of Medical Ethics has found. In 2012, 172 foreigners took their lives in Switzerland, which has liberal euthanasia ...
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India yoga guru BKS Iyengar dies aged 95 The man regarded by many as the father of modern yoga, B. K. S. Iyengar, has died, aged 95. The guru himself practiced the form of yoga he described as both an art and a science for about eighty years. Until Mr Iyengar fell ill last year, he could still hold a ...
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Ice Bucket Challenge benefiting ALS groups, researchers in Michigan As icy water cascades over the heads of athletes, celebrities, politicians and every day men, women and children in a social media frenzy, the phones at ALS of Michigan keep ringing. “I've never seen anything like it,” said Sue Burstein-Kahn,who has headed ...
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BKS Iyengar, Who Helped Bring Yoga to West, Dies at 95 New Delhi: B.K.S. Iyengar, who helped introduce the practice of yoga to a Western world awakening to the notion of an inner life, died Wednesday in the southern Indian city of Pune. He was 95. The cause was heart failure, said Abhijata Sridhar-Iyengar, his ...
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Teenage pregnancy takes a dip, says CDC. Taxpayers save $$$$ Pregnancies among teenage girls in the United States are down, and one report looks at what that change could mean for the American teenager. (Photo : Petr Kratochvil). Teenage pregnancy is down in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease ...
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'Bubble Boy' Disease Twice as Common as Once Thought: Study Researchers examined data on close to three million newborns screened for the disease in 10 states, including the Navajo Nation. (Photo : Flickr). Researchers have found that the rare and potentially fatal "Bubble Boy" disease could in fact be twice as ...
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Noodles: Friend or foe? S. Koreans defend diet SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Min-koo has an easy reply to new American research that hits South Korea where it hurts — in the noodles. Drunk and hungry just after dawn, he rips the lid off a bowl of his beloved fast food, wobbling on his feet but still ...
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California patient tested for Ebola as health officials assure no threat of spread This colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) reveals some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion. (Photo credit: Frederick A. Murphy/Courtesy of CDC). By Susan Abram, Los Angeles Daily News. Posted: 08/20/14, 4:55 ...
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Officials: Low Chance Sacramento Patient has the Ebola Virus The chance that the Sacramento patient has the Ebola Virus is low, according to the California Department of Public Health. Still, that person was in West Africa earlier this month, and is now very sick- sick enough that a blood sample has been sent to the ...
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Albuquerque family who lost son to ALS happy that challenge is raising awareness It is cold, wet, and on fire right now online. The Ice Bucket Challenge continues to spread across social media. But there is a local woman, who has been directly impacted by the disease the challenge is raising money for, who only recently found out about it.
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Increased Physical Activity Lowers Risk of Irregular Heartbeat in Older Women Older obese women can ward off the risk of irregular heartbeat by adhering to regular physical exercise. Like Us on Facebook. Irregular heartbeat is also addressed as arrhythmia or abnormal heart rhythm. This condition occurs with rapid heart rate i.e. faster ...
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California patient low risk for Ebola infection In "an abundance of caution," a patient in California is being isolated in a Sacramento hospital, but public health officials said they think the person is at low risk for Ebola. Health authorities would not identify the person's age, gender or where he or she had ...
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Deadliest melanomas found in specific parts of the body Mitotic rate refers to the cell division of the tumors in skin cancer or melanoma. Researchers have found that the deadliest melanomas are located in specific parts of the body: the neck and the head. In addition, men who have spent many years exposed to the ...
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Botox Tested on Stomach Cancer in Mice WEDNESDAY, Aug. 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Botox, the wrinkle fighter, might be a cancer fighter, too, according to a new animal study. Researchers working with mice are using Botox to try to combat stomach cancer by silencing nerves that connect to ...
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Jim Kelly's follow-up exam shows no sign of cancer Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly received encouraging news in his battle with cancer. An initial physical exam showed no evidence of sinus cancer three months after the former Buffalo Bills quarterback completed radiation and chemotherapy treatments, ...
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High Survival from Severe Combined Immunodeficiency with Screening Programs (HealthDay News) — Newborn screening programs in the United States have identified severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) in one in 58,000, with high survival seen in SCID-affected infants, according to a study published in the August 20 issue of the ...
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Studies Reveal the Reasons of Sleeplessness in Elders A team of researchers has conducted few tests and surveys to know the reason behind the lack of sleep in older people. Sleeplessness is a major concern, which leads to obesity, diabetes, brain disorders and heart diseases. According to the studies, the ...
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Botox could halt stomach cancer Botox injections could provide an effective new treatment for stomach cancer, research has shown. The rejuvenating anti-wrinkle treatment used by numerous celebrities slows tumour growth by blocking nerve signals that stimulate cancer stem cells.
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Study underscores importance of newborn screening for Bubble Boy disease The Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF) applauds a new study published August 19, 2014 in the Journal of the American Medical Association that underscores the importance of newborn screening for Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID), also ...
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Noodles: Friend or foe? S. Koreans defend diet In this Aug. 19. 2014 photo, a cook prepares "ramyeon" instant noodles for Han Seung-youn, left, during an interview at a ramyeon restaurant in Seoul, South Korea. Instant noodles are an essential, even passionate, part of life for many in South Korea and ...
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CA Nurse Association calls for Transparency, Preparedness during Ebola Scare The California Nurses Association, the nation's largest nurses union, is calling for transparency, preparedness, and strict adherence to medical guidelines in light of a potential Ebola case in Sacramento. According to Kaiser Permanente and public health ...
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San Diegan with ALS pleased by success of the Ice Bucket Challenge The Ice Bucket Challenge is meant to raise awareness, and money, to find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer got in on the challenge Wednesday morning in Balboa Park's ...
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Seals, sea lions likely spread tuberculosis to humans "This study and further research will help us understand how the disease is transmitted and how the disease may evolve," said Jane Buikstra. By Brooks Hays | Aug. 20, 2014 at 6:50 PM | Comments. share with facebook. 1. share with twitter. 5. share with ...
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Sacramento Patient Being Tested for Ebola The California Department of Public Health says there's no confirmed cases of Ebola in the state. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is testing the blood of a patient who checked into Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Sacramento yesterday.
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Commonly Used Antibiotic Clarithromycin Linked to Higher Risk of Cardiac Deaths A recent research has suggested a link between a commonly used antibiotic called clarithromycin and a higher risk of cardiac death. For the research, a group of Danish experts examined around 160,000 people across Denmark. They were all aged between ...
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Blood transfusion lowers risk of silent strokes in children with sickle cell anemia Giving children with sickle cell anemia, who already experienced a stroke blood transfusion every month, can reduce their risks of experiencing a new stroke by more than 50 percent. (Photo : GreenFlames09 on Flickr). Sickle cell anemia, a disorder ...
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Botox 'could be used to treat stomach cancer' The rejuvenating anti-wrinkle treatment used by numerous celebrities slows tumour growth by blocking nerve signals that stimulate cancer stem cells. In laboratory tests, Botox - made from the toxin of botulism bacteria - proved "highly effective" at suppressing ...
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Health Officials: West Africa Ebola Death Toll Rises To 1350 MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - The World Health Organization says the death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is now at least 1,350 people. The latest figures Wednesday show that the deaths are mounting fastest in Liberia, which now accounts for at ...
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Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disorder Twice as Common as Previously ... A UCSF-led study has revealed that an immune disorder, known as bubble boy, is rare but twice as common as previously believed. The disorder is potentially fatal but treatable. Researchers found that one in 58,000 newborns is affected by severe combined ...
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