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| Clockwork heart pacemaker does away with batteries BARCELONA (Reuters) - Swiss engineers, famous for making the world's finest watches, are turning their hands to cardiology with a prototype battery-less pacemaker based on a self-winding wristwatch. Current pacemakers, which help the heart beat more ...
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Ebola Virus Arrives in Fifth Country During Worst-Ever Outbreak The Ebola virus arrived in a fifth country this week, after health officials reported that a man with Ebola symptoms showed up at a hospital in Senegal. The man was a student from Guinea, where the virus has affected 648 and killed 430. Across West Africa, the ...
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It was already the worst Ebola outbreak in history. Now it's moving into Africa's ... FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — The dreaded Ebola virus came to the children's hospital in the form of a 4-year-old boy. His diagnosis became clear three days after he was admitted. The Ola During hospital — the nation's only pediatric center — was forced to ...
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Novartis Study Shows New Heart Drug Cuts Cardiovascular Deaths Novartis has presented strong new data for its planned LCZ696 treatment for chronic heart disease. Reuters. A heart drug developed by Novartis AG NOVN.VX +0.43% Novartis AG Switzerland: SWX Europe CHF82.35 +0.35 +0.43% Aug. 29, 2014 5:30 pm ...
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Novartis drug shows promise on heart failure NEW YORK — An experimental drug has shown a striking efficacy in prolonging the lives of people with heart failure and could replace what has been the bedrock treatment for more than 20 years, researchers said Saturday. The drug, which is being ...
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1st case of West Nile virus reported in Maryland BALTIMORE — Maryland health officials say the first case of the West Nile virus in the state has been reported. Health officials said Thursday that the first case was detected in an adult who lives near Washington. The health department also says the virus has ...
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Experimental heart failure drug shows promise, study says FILE - In this April 1, 2013 file photo, a dove flies near the logo of Novartis India Limited at their head office in Mumbai, India. A new study released Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014, shows an experimental Novartis drug, which does not have a name, lowered the ...
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Celebration in Liberia slum as Ebola quarantine lifted MONROVIA/CONAKRY - Crowds sang and danced in the streets of a seaside neighbourhood in Liberia on Saturday as the government lifted quarantine measures designed to contain the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. Faced with the worst Ebola outbreak ...
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New drug shows big promise for heart patients An experimental drug has shown a striking effectiveness in prolonging the lives of people with heart failure and could replace what has been the bedrock treatment for more than 20 years, researchers said Saturday. The drug, which is being developed by the ...
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CDC Warns of Ebola 'Catastrophe' in Sierra Leone Health officials take the temperature of passengers as disembark a ferry in Freetown, Sierra Leone. It's the country's latest attempt to try to identify those who may have contracted the deadly Ebola virus. More than 400 people have died in Sierra Leone from ...
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Study shows non-invasive magnetic stimulation may be effective treatment for ... (TRFW News) A Northwestern Medicine Study reports that a non-invasive delivery of electrical current can stimulate the region of the brain that improves memory. (1). This research is hoping to bring new possibilities for treating memory impairments that are ...
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Kraft Voluntarily Recalls Some American Cheese Slices Featured NORTHFIELD, Ill. – August 29, 2014 – Kraft Foods Group is voluntarily recalling 7,691 cases of select varieties of regular Kraft American Singles Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product. A supplier did not store an ingredient used in this product in accordance ...
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8000 cases called back in a hurry by American Singles cheese A serious issue has hit the American Singles cheese; about 8000 cases were called back. The recall was for a batch of 7,691 cases of certain types of cheese. These were the American Singles products which were Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product.
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San Diego Zoo baby gorilla begins to crawl San Diego Zoo Safari Park gorillas baby Joanne and mother Imani are shown in this photo. (San Diego Zoo Safari Park). KABC. Saturday, August 30, 2014. SAN DIEGO, Calif. --. The San Diego Zoo Safari Park's baby gorilla that was born in a rare emergency ...
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Kraft Issues Voluntary Recall for Almost 7700 Cases of American Singles Kraft Foods Group has recently issued a voluntary recall for almost 7,700 cases of the company's American Singles Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product. The recall was made because a supplier failed to store one of the product's ingredients properly.
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Kraft American Singles Cheese Recall Check your refrigerator for Kraft American Singles cheese as there is a recall of certain lots because they have the potential make people sick. Kraft Foods Group announced today the company is recalling select varieties of Kraft American Singles Pasteurized ...
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West Nile virus patients increases in La 5 The Department of Health and Hospitals in Louisiana confirmed last Friday that they have increasing number of West Nile virus infections in the area. The patients came from East Baton Rouge, Caddo parishes and one in Ascension. The total number of ...
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West Nile Virus in Elkhart County ELKHART — Elkhart County has a confirmed presence of the West Nile Virus collected from a group of mosquitoes in Elkhart on Aug. 13. This has been expected since surrounding counties have had mosquitoes that tested positive for WNV. This is the time of ...
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Here's the Recall List for Kraft American Cheese Singles Just in time for last big outdoor grilling holiday of the summer, Kraft Foods Group has announced it's voluntarily recalling 7,691 cases of select varieties of regular Kraft American Singles Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product. According to a news release by ...
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Louisiana Town Water System Contains Brain-Eating Amoeba In the southeast Louisiana Baptist Parish, officials in St. John, have affirmed after the tests that deadly amoeba named Naegleria fowleri , has polluted the water system. In the lakes, rivers, hot springs, and other places with freshwater and soil Naegleria fowleri ...
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Clockwork heart pacemaker does away with batteries BARCELONA: Swiss engineers, famous for making the world´s finest watches, are turning their hands to cardiology with a prototype battery-less pacemaker based on a self-winding wristwatch. Current pacemakers, which help the heart beat more regularly, ...
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Health workers strike at Sierra Leone Ebola hospital A health worker, wearing head-to-toe protective gear, offers water to a woman with Ebola, at a treatment centre for infected persons, as a young boy stands nearby in Kenema Government Hospital, in Kenema, Eastern Province, Sierra Leone, in this handout ...
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ZMapp cures 100% lab monkeys An experimental Ebola drug, ZMapp, has cured all 18 of the laboratory monkeys infected with the deadly virus. According to Reuters, these include those suffering the fever and hemorrhaging characteristics of the disease and had been hours from death.
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Missing Ashya King found in Spain A five-year-old boy with a brain tumour whose parents removed him from hospital against medical advice has been found. Ashya King was found in Spain and police are questioning his mother and father, Hampshire Police confirmed. Assistant Chief ...
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Officials probing man charged in willful HIV infection Police are trying to find out whether there are more alleged victims of a man charged with knowingly infecting a partner with HIV. "There is an ongoing investigation as to whether there may be additional charges," said a spokesman for San Diego City Atty.
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Cancer Patients With Depression Don't Receive Adequate Therapy A new study found that the majority of cancer patients with clinical depression doesn't receive therapy or other forms of treatment. (Photo : REUTERS/WIN MCNAMEE). A new study found that the majority of cancer patients with clinical depression doesn't ...
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COPPS 2 - Gout med cuts complications after cardiac surgery, but side-FX are high BARCELONA, Spain – Patients who took the anti-inflammatory drug colchicine just before cardiac surgery had a significantly lower risk of developing a common complication called post-pericardiotomy syndrome (PPS), according to a new study presented at ...
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Richard Dawkins doesn't know much about people with Down syndrome Last week, the biologist Richard Dawkins sparked controversy when, in response to a woman's hypothetical question about whether to carry to term a child with Down syndrome, he wrote on Twitter: “Abort it and try again. It would be immoral to bring it into the ...
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Fatal Heroin Overdoses Double In NYC: Could It Have Something To Do With A ... Deaths attributed to heroin overdoses in NYC rise dramatically in the past four years. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock. An unfortunate reality of drug abuse is progression. For example, when prescription opioid painkillers such as OxyContin become unavailable ...
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Thomas Guerra charged in deliberate spreading of HIV to ex: 24 victims in all? A 29-year-old Fresno man is accused of knowingly exposing 24 other men to HIV. Thomas Guerra is charged with exposing his ex-boyfriend to the disease as the boyfriend is now testing positive, according to the Gawker on Aug. 29. The unnamed ex-partner ...
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ESC: Gout Drug Gets Thumbs Down in Heart Surgery Meeting Coverage. ESC: Gout Drug Gets Thumbs Down in Heart Surgery. Published: Aug 30, 2014. By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today. save. |. A. A. Post Test Complete · Take Posttest. BARCELONA -- Findings from two trials suggested the gout ...
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CDC finds ambiguous Trans-Fat cataloging CDC has found some companies which are not tagging their trans-fat substances their products. We know that the consumption of trans-fats is hazardous for people with cardiovascular ailment. Hydrogenated oils are classified by the Food and medicine ...
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'Yay lol, someone getting poz that day': Chilling text of landscape architect ... A landscaper from California who claimed to be related to a civil rights leader has been accused of intentionally infecting at least two dozen men with HIV. Spokesman Michael Giorgino said San Diego's attorney's office presented the court a complaint ...
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Electrical brain stimulation may boost memory Scientists have found that sending electrical currents through the scalp to a specific network of brain structures can enhance people's memories, for up to a day. In a small study of healthy young adults, researchers used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) ...
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St. John Parish water system's reporting of chlorine data comes under scrutiny Every monthly report that St. John The Baptist Parish sent to state health officials this year indicated the public water system had enough chlorine to control the occurrence of a deadly brain-eating amoeba. But on Aug. 12, when officials with the Department of ...
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Chinese High-Rise Worker Left Dangling After Annoyed Boy Cuts Rope A worker in southern China was left hanging from 100 feet up the side of a high-rise apartment building when a 10-year-old boy, apparently annoyed at the construction racket outside his window, decided to cut the safety line on the man's rappelling apparatus ...
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Why are we still so squeamish about breastfeeding? Editor's note: Kelly Wallace is CNN's digital correspondent and editor-at-large covering family, career and life. She is a mom of two girls. Read her other columns and follow her reports at CNN Parents and on Twitter. Every time I hear about another case of a ...
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The clod delusion: why Richard Dawkins is wrong on this one It is rare indeed I find myself disagreeing with anything said by the world's foremost atheist and one of the finest minds on the planet, Professor Richard Dawkins. But I take strong exception to a tweet of his earlier this week where his view was that those who ...
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Little Joanne is now five months old and eating solids, including kale and grapes Little Joanne and her mother, Imani, enjoy some fresh greens in their habitat at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Keepers say Joanne, now five months old, is more active and curious than ever. Friday, Aug 29, 2014 • Updated at 7:41 PM PDT. Like an active ...
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US FDA approves Elelyso for injection for paediatric indication to treat type 1 ... Pfizer Inc. and biopharmaceutical company, Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Elelyso (taliglucerase alfa) for injection for paediatric patients. Elelyso is therefore now indicated for long-term ...
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States with Medical Marijuana Have Fewer Painkiller Deaths Could medical cannabis help prevent the more than 16,500 deaths each year due to opioid overdose? By Marissa Fessenden. smithsonian.com. August 29, 2014. In the U.S., 23 states and the District of Columbia allow their residents to legally use medical ...
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| Whooping cough cases quadruple Brianna Collins of Wilmington kisses her 4-month-old son, Elijah Collins, who contracted pertussis - also known as whooping cough - in June at just 9 weeks old and spread it to his entire family. (Photo: SUCHAT PEDERSON/THE NEWS JOURNAL)Buy Photo.
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State: No West Nile testing will be done here in Bennington BENNINGTON -- While West Nile virus has been found in mosquitoes in the Brattleboro area, no testing will be done in Bennington. Erica Berl, infectious disease epidemiologist for the Vermont Department of Health said the Agency of Agriculture, Food and ...
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Ebola hits 5th WAfrican state as Senegal confirms first case Senegalese health minister Awa Marie Coll-Seck gives a press conference on August 29, 2014 in Dakar, to confirm the frist case of Ebola in Senegal. Senegal confirmed its first case of Ebola, as the country's health minister announced that a young Guinean ...
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| Silencio! Claiming Pressure From European Regulators, Trial Leaders Cancel ... Investigators of the much-anticipated and controversial SIGNIFY trial have told the European Society of Cardiology leadership that they will not participate in a previously scheduled press conference on Sunday at the society's main meeting in Barcelona.
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Missing Portsmouth boy Ashya King and his family could be in Spain Ashya was being treated in Southampton General Hospital for a brain tumour when his family took him and left the country on a ferry to France. The youngster, a long-term patient at the hospital, was there after undergoing extensive surgery – the latest was ...
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Ebola Outbreak: Life Inside the Hot Zone The worst-ever Ebola outbreak continues to spread in West Africa, where more than 3,000 people have contracted the virus –- a number projected to swell to 20,000 in the coming months. Full Coverage of the Ebola Outbreak. The numbers are staggering: ...
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Colorado walk raises suicide prevention awareness Actor Robin Williams' death is bringing to light suicide and those who are impacted by depression and other mental health illnesses. Loading… Post to Facebook. Colorado walk raises suicide prevention awareness Actor Robin Williams' death is bringing to ...
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DHH: 5 of 9 new West Nile cases in Baton Rouge BATON ROUGE - State health officials added another 9 confirmed cases of West Nile virus this week, including five new cases of the neuroinvasive disease type all reported in East Baton Rouge. The new numbers bring the total number of Louisiana cases ...
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