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| Panel Urges Overhauling Health Care at End of Life The country's system for handling end-of-life care is largely broken and should be overhauled at almost every level, a national panel concluded in a report released on Wednesday. The 21-member nonpartisan committee, appointed by the Institute of Medicine ... | |
| PTSD Link to Food Addiction Seen in Report WEDNESDAY, Sept. 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Women who have the largest number of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms are almost three times more likely to develop an addiction to food, a new study suggests. The findings don't prove a direct ... | |
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| S.F. Supervisor Wiener says he's taking HIV-prevention drug San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener on Wednesday became what appears to be the first public figure in the country to disclose that he's taking a drug that prevents HIV infection - a pill that public health officials said could save lives but has remained ... | |
| Your Healthy Body is a Wonderland of Viruses FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2009 file photo, Walgreen's pharmacy manager, The findings from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis revealed strains ofAdenoviridae, a virus linked to the flu and pnemonia, in asymptomatic healthy adults. | |
| End-of-Life Care in US Is Lacking, Report Says WASHINGTON—The U.S. needs to revamp its approach to end-of-life care and conversations about dying to save costs and improve patient care, according to a sweeping report released Wednesday by an influential health committee. End-of-life ... | |
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| Diabetes Device Regulation Lagging Meeting Coverage. Diabetes Device Regulation Lagging. Published: Sep 17, 2014. By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today. save. |. A. A. Post Test Complete · Take Posttest. VIENNA -- Diabetes experts in the U.S. are joining their European colleagues ... | |
| US to begin Ebola hospital equipment lift to Liberia WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first planeload of hospital equipment in the U.S. military's battle against West Africa's deadly Ebola outbreak will arrive in Liberia on Friday, a senior administration official said on Wednesday. The United States hopes its ... | |
| GSK melanoma pill backed by UK cost watchdog with price cut LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's healthcare cost agency NICE has recommended a third new drug for melanoma, this time from GlaxoSmithKline, after the drugmaker offered to supply it at a discount to the state-run National Health Service. GSK currently markets ... | |
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| Panel presses for sweeping changes to end-of-life care Share via e-mail. To. Add a message. Your e-mail. Print. Comments. NEW YORK — The country's system for handling end-of-life care is largely broken and should be overhauled at almost every level, a national panel concluded in a report released on ... | |
| GSK melanoma pill backed by UK cost watchdog with price cut LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Britain's healthcare cost agency NICE has recommended a third new drug for melanoma, this time from GlaxoSmithKline, after the drugmaker offered to supply it at a discount to the state-run National Health Service. | |
| Liberian President Thanks Obama for Ebola Support WASHINGTON—. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has thanked President Barack Obama and the American people for their additional offer to help Liberia and other West African countries combat the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. The World ... | |
| Lab tests confirm D68 enterovirus strain in Minnesota Obscure enterovirus strain has hit Midwest like a bombshell, health officials say, leading to a surge in hospitalized children. 0 · comments; decrease font size resize text increase font size; print · buy reprints · Tweet Share via Email. An unusually harsh strain of ... | |
| Congress worries Ebola could hit US, become more contagious Lawmakers are increasingly concerned about the spread of Ebola and worry that it could jump to the United States and become more contagious. President Obama on Tuesday unveiled new plans to surge U.S. support to West Africa that includes sending ... | |
| Insulin pumps capable of saving lives: study VIENNA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The use of insulin pumps to improve therapy for type 1 diabetes patients has provided very positive results including saving the lives of patients, it was revealed at the annual meeting for the European Association for the Study of ... | |
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| Migraines in Middle Age, Parkinson's Risk Later? WEDNESDAY, Sept. 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Migraines in midlife may be associated with increased odds of developing Parkinson's disease or other movement disorders in later years, new research suggests. The study, which did not prove a ... | |
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| New ads push safe pot use Marijuana advocates, frustrated with what they say are ineffective state-backed ad campaigns to promote responsible pot use, unveiled their own Wednesday. The first ad in the campaign, on a billboard at West Eighth Avenue and Federal Boulevard in ... | |
| Respiratory virus suspected as Ontario children hospitalized A vicious respiratory virus suspected in the hospitalization of hundreds of children across North America has now reached Ontario. The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) confirmed Wednesday that four children have been infected with the ... | |
| Artificial Sweeteners Alter Metabolism, Study Artificial Sweeteners Alter Metabolism, Study Artificial sweeteners may disrupt the body's ability to regulate blood sugar, causing metabolic changes that can be a precursor to diabetes, researchers are reporting. That is "the very same condition that we often ... | |
| Artificial Sweeteners May Disrupt Body's Blood Sugar Controls Artificial sweeteners may disrupt the body's ability to regulate blood sugar, causing metabolic changes that can be a precursor to diabetes, researchers are reporting. That is “the very same condition that we often aim to prevent” by consuming sweeteners ... | |
| Pumpkin-Flavor Season Is Back and Doctors Are Not Happy It is that time of year and everything is coming up pumpkin. The harvest season is notorious for the large, hard-to-miss, orange squash because, of course, the Halloween holiday and its jack 'o' lanterns, but the prevalence of the fruit makes it the perfect ... | |
| World Alzheimer's Report Suggests Dementia Can Be Preventable The Alzheimer's Disease International organization commissioned a group of research scientist to produce the World Alzheimer's Report. This report involved the study of 8,000 people across the U.K., China, Spain, Chile, Poland, and Australia. The report ... | |
| American doctor with Ebola expected to make "full recovery" (CBS) - Health officials said Wednesday that Dr. Richard Sacra -- who contracted Ebola while volunteering in West Africa -- is expected to make a full recovery. Doctors at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, where Sacra is being treated, based their ... | |
| Polyethylene found in Crest toothpaste prompts changes 24-Hour News 8 took a look at what that means for the tube already in your medicine cabinet. Trish Walraven a Dental Hygienist wanted people to take a good look at the blue specks in their toothpaste. Walraven said she had no clue what they were when ... | |
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| Doctors Are Not Happy While Pumpkin-Flavor Season Is Back Every year Americans consume about $300 million worth of the pumpkin-flavored products with most of this activity falling between the months of September and November.While this could be a good thing for people who want their fiber and vitamins the drink ... | |
| Plastic beads in toothpaste could be harming your health Amarillo, TX - A new dental discovery shows tiny plastic beads in toothpaste could be harming your oral health. We've all been told to brush our teeth and floss, but looking for small plastic pieces in our gums and in between our teeth has never been a ... | |
| Crest 'microbeads' might cause gum disease Lots of little bits of plastic, called polyethylene, that dentists say gets trapped under people's gums and gives food and bacteria a way to get in. A Dallas dental hygienist named Trish Walraven says she was finding the tiny bits of plastic during cleanings, asked ... | |
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| Insulin pumps capable of saving lives: Study Vienna: According to a study, the use of insulin pumps to improve therapy for Type 1 diabetes patients has provided positive results, including saving lives of patients. The study was revealed at the annual meeting for the European Association for the Study of ... | |
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| Study: Artificial sweeteners may promote diabetes NEW YORK • Using artificial sweeteners may set the stage for diabetes in some people by hampering the way their bodies handle sugar, a preliminary study done mostly in mice suggests. The authors say they are not recommending any changes in how ... | |
| Too few people know that lifestyle can cut risk of dementia According to the Alzheimer's Society charity, by the next general election (next year) 850,000 people in the UK will have dementia. The pro rata figure for Northern Ireland is around 25,000 people. This represents about one person in 70 in the overall ... | |
| Fatal CVD Risk, Insulin Pumps Reduce Mortality: EASD According to a study presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, held from Sept. 15 to 19 in Vienna,For patients with diabetes, use of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) is associated with reductions in ... | |
| Using technology to educate our children during Ebola outbreak Can the use of basic technology such as television, radio, and possibly internet access, be a useful tool in educating particularly Sierra Leonean children during this Ebola crisis? What is the relative role of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in ... | |
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| Ebola vaccine trial starts Colourised scanning electron micrograph of Ebola virus particles (blue) budding from a chronically infected VERO E6 cell (yellow-green). Credit: flickr.com/NIAID. A healthy British volunteer became the first person to receive a new vaccine for the Ebola virus ... | |
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| Novo Nordisk may base obesity-research drive here Novo Nordisk, which closed a Seattle research hub two weeks ago, is hinting the location could become its chief site for a broad new initiative targeting obesity and employing many scientists. By Rami Grunbaum. Seattle Times deputy business editor ... | |
| Can Cycling Crimp Sex for Men? Dr. David Samadi is the chairman of urology and chief of robotic surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City and is a board-certified urologist and oncologist specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of urologic diseases, kidney cancer, bladder cancer ... | |
| Sweeteners do boost diabetes risk Promoted as an aid to good health, artificial sweeteners may in fact be boosting diabetes risk, said a study Wednesday that urged a rethink of their widespread use and endorsement. Also called non-calorific artificial sweeteners, or NAS, the additives are ... | |
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| Acrux dumped on fears of tighter testosterone drug controls The US government has been asked to tighten labelling of testosterone drugs following a sharp rise in sales and concerns of possible adverse effects from prescribing the drugs to some patients. Speculation of tougher controls over testosterone drugs saw the ... | |
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