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US doctor will be treated without experimental drug With all supplies of an experimental drug exhausted, doctors and nurses caring for the third Ebola patient to return to the USA will rely on conventional methods of treating symptoms and preventing complications. Physician Richard Sacra, 51, arrived Friday at ...
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What We Can Really Learn From That Low-Fat vs. Low-Carb Diet Study A new study comparing low-carbohydrate diets to low-fat diets is making waves with the finding that cutting down on carbs not only results in more dramatic weight loss, but is also more successful at reducing the risk of cardiovascular heart disease than a ...
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UN to establish Ebola crisis center to stop spread in 6-9 months UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R) speaks as Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Margaret Chan looks on during a press briefing at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, on Sept. 5, 2014. UN Secretary-General ...
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| Illinois hospital asks children not to visit due to unknown virus (Reuters) - A hospital in Illinois has barred children under 12 from visiting the facility until further notice due to an outbreak of an unknown respiratory virus that has affected more than 70 young children in the area, hospital officials said on Friday. More than 70 ...
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Two Vaccines to Protect Against Ebola Could Be Available Within Weeks Two potential vaccines against the deadly Ebola virus ravaging West Africa could be available as soon as November and would first be given to health care workers most at risk of exposure to the disease there, the World Health Organization announced on ...
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Many in West Africa Are Thought to Be Immune, but Finding Them Will Not Be Easy Although few medical experts realize it, part of the population in West Africa is immune to the Ebola virus, according to virologists who specialize in the disease. Assuming they are correct, and if those people can be identified, they could be a great help in ...
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US doctor infected with Ebola in stable condition A doctor who became infected with Ebola while working in Liberia is sick but in stable condition and communicating with his caregivers at the Nebraska Medical Center, officials said Friday. Dr. Rick Sacra, 51, is being treated at a 10-bed special isolation unit, ...
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WHO endorses blood transfusions to combat Ebola, despite skepticism A man infected with the Ebola virus lies unconscious in his house outside Monrovia, Liberia. Health officials say blood transfusions could be used to help some patients. A man infected with the Ebola virus lies unconscious in his house outside Monrovia, ...
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US Doctor Infected With Ebola Heading to Nebraska A doctor who became infected with Ebola while working in Liberia — the third American aid worker sickened with the virus — is expected to arrive Friday at a Nebraska hospital for treatment. Officials at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha have said Dr.
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US approves use of novel cancer drug The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first of an eagerly awaited new class of cancer drugs that unleashes the immune system to fight tumours. The drug, which Merck will sell under the name Keytruda, was approved for patients ...
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Human trials begin for Ebola vaccines The first human trials of Ebola vaccines are getting underway and more than 10,000 healthcare workers could begin getting vaccinated by the end of the year, World Health Organization Assistant Director-General Marie Paule Kieny said Friday. Potential ...
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WHO's Call for E-Cigarette Ban Criticized Sept. 5, 2014 -- A report commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) into e-cigarettes, which called for them to be banned in public places and workplaces, has been criticized as misleading by a group of U.K. tobacco and addiction specialists.
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NIH finds old ricin, other forgotten germs in labs The National Institutes of Health began an intensive investigation of all its facilities after a scientist in July found vials of smallpox dating from the 1950s, along with other contagious viruses and bacteria that had been forgotten in one lab. By LAURAN ...
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No, Your Bra Won't Give You Cancer According to Study The potential link between wearing a bra and developing breast cancer has long been the subject of chain emails, water cooler chats and whispered rumors. While most women relish the thought of flinging their brassiere at the end of the day, few of us ...
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Study Shows Little Difference in Results between Low-Carb and Low-Fat Diets Diets are never fun. Whether you're giving up bagels or cheese (or god forbid both), weight loss always proves to be a challenge. However, a study released by JAMA this week not only finds that all diets show results, but that people should pursue the method ...
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No alarm in SD with Ebola An ambulance transporting Dr. Richard Sacra, 51, who was infected with Ebola while serving as a family doctor in Liberia, arrives Friday at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Sacra, a family physician in Worcester, Mass., was serving as a medical ...
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Harris County has record high of West Nile virus A GASOLINE STATION ON I-45 AT F.M. 1488 OF POLICE ARE ON THE SCENE INVESTIGATING. DEVELOPING STORY, A WEST NILE ALERT, HARRIS COUNTY MOSQUITO CONTROL SAYS THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST YEARS ON RECORD FOR OUR ...
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Mosquitoes bug Northwest Chicagoans AN INFLUX OF mosquitoes caused by sporadic weather conditions has led city officials to begin targeting mosquito breeding grounds to protect Chicagoans from possible West Nile virus infections. The Chicago Department of Public Health began spraying ...
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Does Wearing a Bra Cause Cancer? New Study Says No Over the last twenty years, preventing cancer has been the focus of scientists and doctors worldwide. The explosion of the number of cases of breast cancer in developed countries, lead many to blame the restrictive practice of bra wearing. The theory was that ...
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Bras Not Accountable For Breast Cancer: Myth Busted by Scientists Busting a prevalent myth, a new study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention revealed that there is no connection between bra wearing and breast-cancer risk. “We found no evidence that wearing a bra is associated with breast cancer,” ...
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The Stigma Of Mental Health Is A Barrier To Getting Care Millions of Americans are thought to experience mental illness in a given year, and the impacts of mental illness are undoubtedly felt by millions more in the form of family members, friends, and coworkers. Though there are concerns about a lack of ...
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Concern for ill doctor, but pride in Omaha Share via e-mail. To. Add a message. Your e-mail. Print. Comments. Officials at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha have said Dr. Rick Sacra, 51. REUTERS/File. Officials at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha have said Dr. Rick Sacra, 51, will be ...
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Little Aysha to finally gets treatment as parents vow never to go back to Britain The parents of critically-ill five-year-old Ashya King have been granted permission to fly him to Prague for treatment that it's hoped will save his life. Share. Go To. Comments. Last night a private jet was expected to take the boy to Prague for proton beam ...
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People with mental illness suffers alone 4 Culture and society force people with mental illness to suffer alone according to a new study. With more than 60 million Americans having mental illness and a lot of medical treatment options they have, the stigma attached to someone seeking mental illness ...
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Melanoma drug to be tested on human in SA 2 In a recent poll, it shows that melanoma or skin cancer causes five percent of cancer deaths in the US alone and at least 10,000 deaths are being expected from the said medical condition this year. This only shows a significant increase of skin cancer case ...
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Potassium rich food helps decrease risk of stroke for senior women 3 A new study published in the American Heart Association's journal shows that postmenopausal women who regularly eats potassium rich food has a lower risk of suffering and dying from stroke. This support previous studies where in potassium can lower ...
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DHH: 2 new West Nile deaths this week BATON ROUGE – Louisiana confirms two new West Nile virus deaths, bringing this year's total to four. The Department of Health and Hospitals on Friday, in its weekly Arbovirus Surveillance Report, also notes 19 new infections, of which six were the more ...
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New Drug Approved to Treat Advanced Melanoma Tom Stutz didn't think he'd make it when his melanoma spread to his lungs, liver and spine three years ago. "I was not eating. I was on oxygen, I couldn't breathe. I couldn't walk." Traditional drug therapies didn't work, so the 74 year old joined a trial at UCLA ...
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Stigma prevents many mentally ill people from seeking help In spite of the availability of effective treatment illness, 40 percent mentally ill people do not receive care and many who begin with an intervention do not finish it, says a report by the Association for Psychological Science. Researchers studied the role that ...
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Senator urges mental health care reform after son commits suicide Virginia state senator Creigh Deeds called on Congress Thursday for a complete overhaul of the country's failing mental health care system to prevent more tragedies like one that befell his own family following the suicide of his son last November. Deeds was ...
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New drug to treat melanoma approved by the FDA The FDA has approved a new drug for patients with advanced melanoma that has spread or cannot be removed. The drug, called 'Keytruda', is manufactured by MERCK, and is the first of a new class of cancer medications that boost the immune system to ...
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Potassium-Rich Foods Reduce Stroke and Death Risk in Post-Menopausal ... Researchers have recently discovered that post-menopausal women who consume potassium-rich foods may be at lower risk of stroke and death compared to women who eat fewer potassium-rich foods. The study, entitled Potassium Intake and Risk of ...
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United Nations establishes Ebola Crisis Centre to stop spread of virus After a meeting with United Nations (UN) senior leaders and experts, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters on Friday, the agency will establish an “Ebola Crisis Centre” with the goal of stopping the transmission in affected countries within six to ...
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Hearing impaired baby's reaction to hearing parents for the first time AUSTRALIA -- Hearing: It's probably something we take for granted at times, but we all know how special it is to have this sense. But how many people actually remember how they felt when they first heard as a child? It may be safe to say, no one does.
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Wearing bras not linked with increased breast cancer risk A new research has suggested that there wearing a bra is not associated with increased breast cancer risk among postmenopausal women. The study characterized various bra-wearing habits in relation to breast cancer risk using a rigorous epidemiological ...
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Child Cancer Survivor Takes Message of Support, Hope for Cure on the Road In August 2010, Ashley Burnette was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma, a cancer that begins in immature nerve cells. She was 7. “I went through many, many treatments,” said Ashley of Raleigh, North Carolina. “It was just very hard for me and my family.
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See Who Really Runs the US Cigarette Game When CVS Caremark announced it was ending sales of cigarettes and tobacco products in stores, it was viewed as another step in the drive to get Americans healthy. But despite CVS leaving the tobacco market, the number of stores selling tobacco products ...
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Sierra Leone to impose 4-day, “no getting out” anti-Ebola campaign FREETOWN: Sierra Leone will impose a four-day, countrywide "lockdown" starting Sept 18, an escalation of efforts to halt the spread of Ebola across the West African country, a senior official in the president's office said on Friday. The move underscores the ...
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Ricin, plague bacteria among deadly pathogens found improperly stored in US ... Workers searching government laboratories in the United States in the wake of the July discovery of smallpox have found six more improperly stored, dangerous pathogens – including ricin, the neurotoxin botulism and the bacteria that causes plague.
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Texas Tech students making outfits for conjoined twins Knatalye Hope and Adeline Faith Mata are conjoined twins. They're preparing for surgery to be separated in about three months. They are the daughters of Lubbock natives Elysse and John Mata who found out last January that their daughters would be ...
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Sierra Leone launches nationwide 'lockdown' to halt spread of Ebola Sierra Leone will impose a four-day, countrywide "lockdown" starting Sept. 18, an escalation of efforts to halt the spread of Ebola across the West African nation, a senior official in the president's office said on Friday. Citizens will not be allowed to leave their ...
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CVS Tobacco Position Is A Great First Step For The Brand CVS has commemorated the sale of its last cigarette by changing its name to “CVS Health,” and hopes to thereby make its brand more relevant to consumers interested in healthy living. It's a brilliant move that could be hugely successful if the company's ...
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High potassium intake lowers stroke, mortality risk The association between ischemic stroke risk and potassium intake was strongest in nonhypertensive senior female patients. Bananas are high in potassium. High potassium intake lowers stroke, mortality risk. HealthDay News -- High potassium intake in ...
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Teen cancer patient makes parody of Jay Z and Kanye West rap song to raise ... Jay Z, are you listening? A Philadelphia teen with cancer has made a hilarious, on-the-spot rap video called "Bald So Hard," parodying a popular Jay Z and Kanye West rap. "I always saw depressing stories of young hospital patients, and I just had the idea of ...
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NIH finds old ricin, other forgotten germs in labs Share via e-mail. To. Add a message. Your e-mail. Print. Comments. WASHINGTON — The National Institutes of Health said it has uncovered a nearly century-old container of ricin and a handful of other forgotten samples of dangerous pathogens as it combs ...
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Ashya King: Inside the Czech Proton Therapy Centre Walking through the front doors of the Proton Therapy Centre in Prague you could be forgiven for thinking this is the entrance to a one of those internet start-ups where people are paid to write down their thoughts in computer code. Built into the right wall of the ...
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Australian parents describe moment deaf baby hears for first time The Australian parents of a deaf baby boy have described the "overwhelming" moment their son heard their voices for the first time. Lachlan Lever was diagnosed with moderate-to-severe hearing loss at birth, but was fitted with hearing aids when he was ...
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Why Polyester Fails the B.O. Test After Exercise The reason polyester clothes smell worse than cotton apparel after a hard workout is because odor-causing bacteria grow better on them. iStock. Travel Deals. $1963 & up -- Tuscan Castle & Rome Villa 8-Nt. Escape w/Air · See all travel deals ».
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Older women can reduce stroke risk with potassium-rich diets, study shows A new study shows that aging women whose diets are rich in potassium are less likely to suffer strokes and die than women who have less of the mineral in their diets. For more than a decade, research has shown that potassium can lower blood pressure.
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Merck's new cancer fighter gets FDA approval, is novel 'game changer' FDA fast-tracks approval for new drug to treat melanoma. Trials show shrinking of tumors, no re-growth, researchers report. (Photo : Merck). A drug to treat advanced cases of the type of skin cancer known as melanoma, which researchers have characterized ...
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