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| $1 Billion Needed For Ebola Response: WHO A area that was used to treat Ebola virus patients forming part of the Lumley Government Hospital, where medical doctor Olivet Buck worked before contracting the Ebola virus and passing away on Saturday near the city of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Monday, ... | |
| Citing security threat, Obama expands US role fighting Ebola ATLANTA/MONROVIA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday called West Africa's deadly Ebola outbreak a looming threat to global security and announced a major expansion of the U.S. role in trying to halt its spread, including deployment of 3,000 ... | |
| Belly Up: American Waistlines Are Still Expanding, Study Finds American adult waistlines are still spreading, a new study finds. While body mass index, a key measure for obesity, has stabilized, our bellies have increased an inch over the last decade — to a circumference of almost 39 inches. That's bad news, researchers ... | |
| Where Health Law Helps Voters but Saps Votes Despite the success of the Affordable Care Act in Kentucky, state Democrats are having a hard time winning over even those Republicans who admit they are benefiting from the law. Video Credit By Erica Berenstein on Publish Date September 16, 2014. | |
| Obama Urges Global Effort to Stem Ebola as Virus Spreads President Barack Obama urged aid groups and other nations to dramatically escalate their response to the Ebola outbreak in western Africa, warning that the epidemic is spiraling out of control. “If the outbreak is not stopped now, we could be looking at ... | |
| Targeted Drugs Among Successes Against Cancer TUESDAY, Sept. 16, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- About 14.5 million U.S. cancer survivors are alive today, compared to just 3 million in 1971, the American Association for Cancer Research reported Tuesday. These individuals amount to 4 percent of the ... | |
| Obama announces military response to Ebola WASHINGTON — Facing an unprecedented and out-of-control Ebola epidemic in West Africa, President Obama announced an equally unprecedented response Tuesday — dispatching 3,000 U.S. troops to the region with health care and aid workers in an ... | |
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| Cancer doc admits giving patients unneeded chemo DETROIT — In a crowded courtroom in downtown Detroit, the onetime prominent cancer doctor stood before the judge. With his hands cuffed and his head lowered, the man in the bright red jail suit made a surprise move. Dr. Farid Fata, who was charged with ... | |
| Obama: US ready to take the lead in Ebola fight (CNN) -- After an in-person briefing from the staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced a "major increase" in the U.S. response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The United States ... | |
| Reduce your risk of dementia right now (CNN) -- The statistics, unfortunately, are staggering. An estimated 44 million people worldwide are living with dementia, according to a report released Tuesday by Alzheimer's Disease International. As life expectancies continue to rise around the globe, that ... | |
| Urine Test for HPV Works Well, Analysis Finds TUESDAY, Sept. 16, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A simple urine test can routinely spot human papillomavirus (HPV), which is linked to the risk of cervical cancer, a new analysis found. "Our study shows that testing urine for HPV has good accuracy when ... | |
| Aid Workers Battle Ebola and Bullets as Crises Multiply An emergency-response team director for the aid group International Medical Corps, Sean Casey, center, travels dirt roads between Liberia's capital and the dense jungle of Bong County four hours away to help coordinate the construction of an Ebola ... | |
| Americans' bellies are expanding fast, CDC study says CHICAGO -- The number of American men and women with big-bellied, apple-shaped figures -- the most dangerous kind of obesity -- has climbed at a startling rate over the past decade, according to a government study. People whose fat has settled mostly ... | |
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| Greater risk of dementia for those with diabetes People who suffer from diabetes have a 50 per cent increased risk of dementia, a new global study suggests. Experts said changing lifestyles to reduce the risk of diabetes, and other associated health risks, such as obesity and heart disease, was key to ... | |
| Ebola vaccine trial begins A trial of an experimental vaccine against the Ebola virus is to begin in Oxford. The first of 60 healthy volunteers will be injected with the vaccine. It contains only a small portion of genetic material from the virus, so it cannot cause the disease. Normally it would ... | |
| Obama issues Ebola challenge Share via e-mail. To. Add a message. Your e-mail. Print. Comments. ATLANTA — President Obama challenged world powers on Tuesday to step up the global response to the Ebola outbreak ravaging three West African countries, warning that unless health ... | |
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| Death rate for children under 5 has plunged: UN Geneva: A United Nations report released on Tuesday says the number of children under five who die each year fell by 49 per cent between 1990 and 2013, from 12.7 million to 6.3 million, saving 17,000 lives every day. "There has been dramatic and ... | |
| CDC study: Americans' bellies are expanding fast CHICAGO • The number of American men and women with big-bellied, apple-shaped figures — the most dangerous kind of obesity — has climbed at a startling rate over the past decade, according to a government study. People whose fat has settled mostly ... | |
| Post-op, George the goldfish doing 'swimmingly' The owner of George the goldfish — who underwent surgery to remove a head tumour last week — said the little fish was coming along "swimmingly". Lyn Orton, the goldfish's owner, said George was expected to make a full recovery. "He's back in the pond ... | |
| Schizophrenia may consist of 8 genetic disorders A new study reveals eight genetic disorders are typically present in a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia. (Patrice6000/Shutterstock). Researchers have attempted for years to understand schizophrenia, a mental disorder consisting of hallucinations, ... | |
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| Urine test for HPV could be alternative to pap smear The urine test could make screening for cervical cancer easier to access and less uncomfortable to administer. Women may no longer be forced to rely on white-knuckling their way through annual pap smears as part of cervical cancer screening. A urine test ... | |
| Schizophrenia Is 8 Different Disorders, New Research Reveals (Photo : Reuters/Chris Helgren) New research reveals that schizophrenia is actually caused by eight distinct clusters of genes with its own set of symptoms. share on facebook. share on twitter. What psychiatrists diagnose as schizophrenia may actually be ... | |
| Panama is the happiest place on earth, survey finds In yet another demonstration of the old axiom that money can't buy happiness, Panama and Costa Rica turn out to have the most satisfied citizens even though both lag numerous other countries in terms of wealth, according to a new poll conducted by Gallup ... | |
| Study: half of cancer deaths are preventable The AACR released a report the discussed the number of cancer related deaths projected for 2015 and how nearly half of them could be prevented with lifestyle changes. A report from the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) has stated that ... | |
| Narcotic Painkillers overdose deaths rising at slower pace: CDC A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that the cases of overdose deaths due to prescription painkillers has continued to increase but their pace has slowed down in the recent years. The new report was released by ... | |
| Depression: It's In Your Blood A new test has been developed which may actually help doctors to identify clinical depression in patients. The new study was published in the journal Translation Psychiatry and it could change the way we look at psychology from here on out. This new blood ... | |
| Recent Study Shows America Has Bigger Bellies Without the BMI One of the more recent studies on the state of health in America point out adult waistlines are still getting larger. Strangely, however, while waistlines are expanding the average body mass index among adults—one of the key factors for determining ... | |
| Half of cancer deaths are preventable: Study shows The AACR says,the AACR reports that 33 percent, or close to 200,000 people, will die of cancers related to tobacco use in 2015. Despite the well known health complications associated with tobacco, nearly 800,000 people start using the substance each year. | |
| Marijuana industry battling stoner stereotypes DENVER (AP) — Tired of Cheech & Chong pot jokes and ominous anti-drug campaigns, the marijuana industry and activists are starting an ad blitz in Colorado aimed at promoting moderation and the safe consumption of pot. To get their message across, ... | |
| Pitt Study Giving New Hope In Fight Against Prostate Cancer PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Predicting how prostate cancer will progress has been much like flipping a coin. But a local discovery could change that. Researchers analyzed the genetic information in the cells of nearly 300 prostate cancer samples at the ... | |
| New Study Suggests HPV Urine Testing Could Soon Be Available According to the American Cancer Society, nearly 12,300 new cases of cervical cancer will be reported this year; a disease which will likely claim the lives of 4,000 women this year alone. Cervical cancer can be detected early and somewhat easily. When a ... | |
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| Walking for Annie Alzheimer's is a disease with America increasingly in its clutches. On Saturday, participants in one of over 600 Walk to End Alzheimer's events across the nation will gather in Suffolk to loosen the grip. One of them will be Carrollton's Sarah Smith, who lost her ... | |
| Deaths From Narcotic Painkillers TUESDAY, Sept. 16, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- The number of Americans dying from accidental overdoses of narcotic painkillers jumped significantly from 1999 to 2011, federal health officials reported Tuesday. Deaths from overdoses of drugs such as ... | |
| When Patients Set Science's Research Agenda, Who Loses? The federal government has poured more than $3 billion into breast cancer research over the past couple of decades, but the results have been disappointing. The disease remains a stubborn killer of women. So the National Breast Cancer Coalition is trying ... | |
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| Ban: UN 'Taking Lead' on Ebola Response U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the United Nations is "taking the lead" in efforts to combat the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. He told reporters Tuesday that he and World Health Organization Director General Margaret Chan will outline an ... | |
| No more smear test to check cervical cancer 5 A new research in London shows that a simple and easily done urine test can now determine whether you have a virus that causes cervical cancer. The research team used urine test and smear test and compared the result and so far, the readings are ... | |
| Death rate for children under 5 has plunged A UN report released says the number of children under 5 who die each year fell by 49 percent between 1990 and 2013. KAREN SCHIELY — MCT FILE. Recent Headlines. Death rate for children under 5 has plunged 21 minutes ago. Death rate for children ... | |
| Low sugar intake reduces tooth decay New York: Daily intake of sugar should make up no more than three percent of total energy intake and its reduction in consumption could lead to decrease in tooth decay, finds a new research. Representational picture. "Tooth decay is a serious problem ... | |
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| Study: Schizophrenia is 8 diseases What we know -- and psychiatrists have diagnosed for decades -- as schizophrenia may really be eight separate diseases, research published in The American Journal of Psychiatry suggests. Nursing student dies of 'apparent... 12 states confirm Enterovirus ... | |
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