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Patients' Ebola Symptoms Raise Concern in New York A patient went to Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan on Sunday with symptoms consistent with Ebola. Credit Tina Fineberg for The New York Times. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story Share This ...
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US government, military research program helped identify experimental Ebola ... August 2, 2014: An ambulance arrives with Ebola victim Dr. Kent Brantly, right, to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. (AP Photo/WSB-TV Atlanta). The experimental drug used to treat two American aid workers who have been infected with the Ebola virus has ...
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| Statin guidelines change, but your doctor may not go along NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association would change the way doctors prescribe cholesterol-lowing statin drugs, but not every doctor agrees with the new strategy. Under the ...
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WHO reports 163 new Ebola cases and 61 new deaths Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the number of new Ebola cases and the survival rate for those infected. A second American health worker infected with Ebola was likely to arrive for treatment in Atlanta on Tuesday.
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American Ebola patients become serum test subjects Dr. Kent Brantly, shown working at a mission hospital outside Monrovia, Liberia, received an experimental serum with the help of two U.S. health agencies. Dr. Kent Brantly, shown working at a mission hospital outside Monrovia, Liberia, received an ...
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Two Americans who contracted Ebola in Africa received an experimental serum As the health of two Ebola-stricken American missionaries deteriorated late last month, an international relief organization backing them hunted for a medical miracle. The clock was ticking, and a sobering fact remained: Most people battling the disease do not ...
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Ebola Drug Provided for Two Americans by Nine-Employee Company An ambulance arrives with Ebola victim Dr. Kent Brantly, right, to Emory University Hospital, on Aug. 2, 2014, in Atlanta. Photograph: WSB-TV Atlanta via AP Images. An Ebola drug developed by a company with just nine employees has been used to treat two ...
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Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City Tests Patient for Ebola Pedestrians stand outside Mount Sinai Medical Center Monday where a man with symptoms consistent with the Ebola virus is being tested for the disease. Associated Press. A man who recently returned from West Africa with symptoms consistent with the ...
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Man who traveled to Africa being tested for Ebola at Mt. Sinai It took about seven minutes for a man to be whisked into isolation at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital on Monday after he arrived at the emergency room with symptoms common to Ebola, health officials said as they awaited test results on the patient. The man ...
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UPDATE 1-Medicare raises US hospital payment rates for FY2015 (Adds American Hospital Association statement). WASHINGTON Aug 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Monday that it will increase the operating payments that acute-care and long-term care hospitals receive from Medicare for inpatient care for the ...
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Gammy Chanbua and the surrogate babies left behind Gammy Chanbua may be only six months old, but this little boy – allegedly abandoned by his West Australian parents because he has Down's syndrome – has stolen more than a few hearts worldwide. Yet, Gammy, born to a surrogate Thai mother along with ...
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US hepatitis C burden may ease in coming decades: study NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hepatitis C may become a “rare” disease in the U.S. in about 20 years, according to a new computer model. About one in 100 people are currently infected with the hepatitis C virus in the U.S. but that may drop to about one in ...
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Australia may intervene in surrogate baby case Pattaramon Chanbua, right, kisses her baby boy Gammy at a hospital in Chonburi province, southeastern Thailand Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014. The Australian government is consulting Thai authorities after news emerged that Gammy, a baby with Downs ...
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Ebola deaths soar to 887 as Nigeria confirms 2nd case Authorities in Nigeria on Monday announced a second case of Ebola in Africa's most populous country, an alarming setback as the total death toll from the disease in several West Africa countries shot up by more than 150 to 887. Most of the newly reported ...
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Screening and Drug Therapy Predicted to Make Hepatitis C a Rare Disease via PRWEB - Newly implemented screening guidelines and improved, highly effective drug therapies could make hepatitis C a rare disease in the United States by 2036, according to the results of a predictive model developed at the University of Pittsburgh ...
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World Bank Pledges Up to $200 Million to Fight Ebola WASHINGTON—The World Bank on Monday pledged as much as $200 million in emergency funding to help three West African nations fight the deadly Ebola epidemic following requests from the World Health Organization and officials from the three ...
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What are your chances of getting Ebola? News about the widening Ebola outbreak seems to get more alarming by the day. So far, 1,600 people have been infected and nearly 900 have died. Last Friday, the World Health Organization said the spread of the virus was outpacing their response.
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Experimental Ebola Serum Grown in Tobacco Leaves Aug. 4, 2014 -- ZMapp, the experimental treatment rushed to two Americans infected with Ebola in Africa, is grown in specially modified leaves of tobacco -- a plant better known for harming health than healing. “We complied with a request from Emory ...
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Thai surrogate mother disturbed at pedophile father reports, happy to take child ... SRI RACHA, Thailand – A Thai surrogate mother left with a Down syndrome baby who was abandoned by his Australian biological parents says she would be happy to have the baby's healthy twin returned, especially because of her concern over reports that ...
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Ebola death toll in West Africa hits 887 The World Health Organization reported 887 deaths attributed to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa as of August 4, 2014. Print. print. Email. Email this article. |. Tweet. MORE. MORE! X; Digg · Delicious · Tumblr · LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Newsvine · Reddit ...
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Video gaming for less than an hour daily benefits kids LONDON: Young people who indulge in a little videogame-playing are better adjusted than those who have never played or those who play for three hours or more, Oxford researchers say. Video game-playing for less than an hour a day was linked with ...
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No law to stop convicted child sex offender from adopting surrogate babies ... The Australian father accused of abandoning baby Gammy obtained a child via a surrogate mother in Thailand despite being a convicted child sex offender because there were no laws to stop him. There are currently no restrictions in place in Western ...
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Report that father of surrogate baby Gammy has child indecency conviction Gammy's mother theatens to sue Australian parents. An allegation of a child-indecency conviction against the Australian father in the baby surrogacy furore has prompted Gammy's mother to demand his sister be returned to her in Thailand. Channel Nine has ...
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A little video game playing linked to better social skills: study LONDON, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Children who play video games for less than an hour daily are more sociable than their peers, a new Oxford University study suggests. The study, published in the American medical journal Pediatrics on Monday, involved nearly ...
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The race to find a vaccine or treatment to stop Ebola (CBS) - As the Ebola virus outbreak continues to rage in West Africa, the pressure is on to fast-track drug research that could potentially stop or slow its spread. Last week, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), a division of the National ...
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Experimental Ebola drug based on research discoveries from Canada TORONTO -- Canadian research is at the heart of an experimental Ebola therapy recently given to two American aid workers infected while caring for patients in Liberia. The unlicenced drug, called ZMapp, is made of three monoclonal antibodies, disease ...
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Experimental Ebola drug based on research discoveries from Canada's national ... TORONTO - Canadian research is at the heart of an experimental Ebola therapy recently given to two American aid workers infected while caring for patients in Liberia. The unlicenced drug, called ZMapp, is made of three monoclonal antibodies, disease ...
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Wawona Packing expands recall of fruits in US, Canada due to possible listeria ... Organic 2lb clamshell Nectarines, Peaches and Plums - one of the many products being recalled by Wawona Packing owing to probable Listeria contamination. (Photo : FDA | Tech Times). California-based Wawona Packing Company has expanded its recall ...
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Link discovered between eating fish and college education A new study finds that lifestyle may be more important than omega-3 in preserving cognitive and memory functions in the brain. By Vanessa Blanchard, Daily Digest News Monday, August 04, 2014. Link discovered between eating fish and college education.
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Here's the Secret to Keeping Your Brain "Younger" Longer New research confirms that eating fish does keep your brain healthy. More important, this research has also uncovered a way to make you smarter when you're eating fish. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences have found ...
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Kyprolis Succeeds In Phase 3 Relapsed Multiple Myeloma Trial – Approval ... Amgen this morning announced initial results of its Phase 3 “ASPIRE” trial comparing Kyprolis-Revlimid-dexamethasone to Revlimid-dexamethasone in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma. Patients in the trial who received the ...
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Amgen's blood cancer drug is working wonders Amgen's new drug for treating multiple myeloma, Kyprolis, when combined with standard treatment, significantly extended life compared with the standard treatment alone, according to an interim report on a late-stage study.
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War on Sugar Labels The battle on how much you should know about sugar in your food is heating up in Washington. US food regulators state that the consumer of these products should be informed by company, in which the food item is manufactured, about how much sugar is ...
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Baby abandoned to surrogate mother could happen in Canada: experts The case of an Australian couple that abandoned a Down syndrome baby with his Thai surrogate mother has prompted outrage around the world, but there's nothing to prevent the scenario from being repeated by a Canadian couple, experts say. NICOLAS ...
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Company expands voluntary fruit recall (CNN) — If you've bought California nectarines, peaches, plums or pluots lately, even the organic kind, check the label carefully. The Wawona Packing Co. in Cutler, Calif., announced late last week it's expanding a voluntary recall of its products. The fruit may ...
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Fish Consumption Linked to College Education New research reveals more evidence that fish consumption keeps the brain healthy. Researchers found that having a baked or broiled fish weekly can help boost brain health by keeping it younger for longer. The latest study, conducted at the University of ...
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Hepatitis C Will Be a Rare Disease By 2036, Scientists Predict Computer models predict that hepatitis C rates will plummet in the next two decades, but experts say it's a pipe dream that everyone who should be tested will be and that new medications will become widely available. Hepatitis C Rare Disease. Research ...
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Eating fish regularly may improve your brain A new study has found a link between college education and eating fish, which suggests that eating fish will actually keep your brain healthier and younger. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences discovered that not only ...
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'Odds are, this is not Ebola': Man being tested for Ebola virus at New York City ... A man who recently returned from a West African country is being tested for the deadly Ebola virus after showing up Monday at the Mount Sinai hospital emergency room, officials said. The man, who wasn't identified, had gastrointestinal symptoms and a high ...
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Study finds that hepatitis C in the US could become 'rare' within 20 years Researchers using a computer model say that hepatitis C could become "rare" — affecting no more than 1 in 1,500 people — in the United States by 2036. Right now, roughly 1 in 100 people have hepatitis C in the U.S., but newer medicines and expanded ...
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Gammy: Neighbour of Bunbury parents speaks | photos, video WA media outlets camped outside this South Bunbury house for most of the day, hoping to speak to the parents of Down syndrome twin Gammy. The scene at a South Bunbury house this morning where media were hoping to speak to the parents of Down ...
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California company expands recall of fruit sold at Trader Joe's, Costco If you have purchased nectarines, peaches, plums or pluots recently -- even if they're organic -- check the label. The Wawona Packing Company outside Fresno is expanding a voluntary recall of those fruits because they may be contaminated with listeria.
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Ebola pushes experts to find a vaccine In this handout photo provided by Emory University, an isolation room is seen at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Picture: Jack Kearse/Emory University via Getty Images. WASHINGTON - There is no vaccine on the world market to protect against ...
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Tuesday's business briefs, Aug. 5 Franklin, Tenn.-based hospital company Community Health Systems will pay more than $98 million to settle a Department of Justice investigation into the company's billing practices. Community Health Systems acquired Naples-based Health Management ...
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Ebola death toll in West Africa reaches 887 The death toll from the Ebola epidemic in West Africa has reached 887, according to the World Health Organisation. The WHO has described the response of some of the affected countries to the outbreak as being "woefully inadequate". Hundreds of troops ...
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Wawona Packing Company extends fruit recall The Wawona Packing Company has extended the date and products included in a voluntary fruit recall. On Monday, the recall, which originally included white and yellow peaches and nectarines from the California-based company packaged from June 1 ...
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US government had role in Ebola drug given to aid workers This Oct. 7, 2013 photo provided by Jeremy Writebol show his mother, Nancy Writebol, with children in Liberia. Writebol is one of two Americans working for a missionary group in Liberia that have been diagnosed with Ebola. Plans are underway to bring back ...
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Racial Life Expectancy Gaps Narrow in Some Parts of US Gaps in life expectancy between blacks and whites in the United States as a whole have narrowed since the 1990s, but in some places, such as the District of Columbia, large disparities remain, a team of epidemiologists has found. From 1990 through 2009, ...
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A little video gaming does young good Playing video games for less than an hour a day can lead to children being better adjusted, a study has found. Playing video games for less than an hour a day can lead to children being better adjusted, a study has found. The research by Oxford University ...
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Sierra Leone, Liberia deploy troops as Ebola toll hits 887 Liberians stage a protest outside president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's residence against the burying of Ebola victims in their Johnsonville community, Monrovia, Liberia. The Liberian government has ordered that the bodies of people killed by the Ebola virus must ...
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