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| New Drug Could Fight Flu in One Dose Doctors could soon have a new weapon to fight one of the deadliest viruses in the United States after researchers announced a new drug to treat the flu. Peramivir, which only needs to be administered once as an intramuscular shot, could be safe and ... | |
| San Diego Catholic bishop dies after battle with cancer Cirilo Flores, as auxiliary bishop of Orange County, during a Mass at the Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Orange. Named bishop of San Diego in 2013, he died Saturday of cancer. Cirilo Flores, as auxiliary bishop of Orange County, during a Mass at the Holy ... | |
| American Doctor With Ebola 'Slightly Improved' The latest American doctor to be infected with Ebola in West Africa is "slightly improved," his wife said after visiting him in a Nebraska hospital today. SIM missionary Dr. Rick Sacra, who contracted EbolaVirus Disease in Liberia, arrived in Nebraska Friday and ... | |
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| Wife says US doctor infected with Ebola 'slightly improved' The wife of an American doctor infected with the Ebola virus was described by his wife as being "very sick and weak, but slightly improved" late Saturday. Debbie Sacra visited Dr. Rick Sacra at the Nebraska hospital where he is receiving treatment along with ... | |
| Wife, son of Ebola patient visit him at Nebraska center OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) — A doctor who became infected with Ebola while working in Liberia visited Saturday with two of his family members at the Nebraska hospital where he's receiving treatment, a spokesman said. Debbie Sacra and the couple's oldest ... | |
| Govt Orders Ebola Lockdown Authorities in Sierra Leone are ordering people to stay at home for three days this month as part of an effort to stop the spread of the Ebola virus, which has killed more than 2,000 people in West Africa. A spokesman for the government said Saturday that ... | |
| New Ivory Coast era without Drogba starts with a win ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast began a new era without the talismanic Didier Drogba on Saturday, defeating Sierra Leone 2-1 in their opening African Nations Cup qualifier. The Ivorians came from behind to beat their west African rivals who were severely affected by ... | |
| Low-carb vs. low-fat: Which diet wins? A new study chips away at long-held assumptions about the best food habits for health and weight loss. hide. People shop for produce at a Wal-Mart in this 2014 file photo. Photo: Sarah Bentham, ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP. Camera Star Tribune photo ... | |
| New Study Finds Electronic Cigarettes A Safer Alternative In a recent study to learn more about electronic cigarettes, doctors have discovered that they can provide a healthier and more stable means of quitting smoking. By providing a little nicotine without the traditionally harmful chemicals associated with tobacco ... | |
| Study Proves Electronic Cigarettes More Helpful I... Amid all the controversy regarding whether or not electronic cigarettes are actually better for you than traditional cigarettes a new study has shown that they are better for people who are trying to quit smoking. According to the University College London's ... | |
| Pathogens that are Deadly Found in U.S Laboratories The National Institutes of Health or the NIH, has found pathogens that are deadly in different laboratories of the U.S government. These NIH reported the finding of a container of ricin, that was apparently, 100 years old. It also found samples of pathogens that ... | |
| Cheetah has surgery at Safari Park; dog is nearby, concerned Ruuxa, a cheetah cub, underwent surgery this week at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. His buddy, a Rhodesian ridgeback puppy named Raina, was nearby. Ruuxa, a cheetah cub, underwent surgery this week at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. His buddy, a ... | |
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| Nigerian Tourist Does Not Have Ebola, Israeli Docs Say Israeli Flag A 28-year-old female tourist from Nigeria who was quarantined in Shaare Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem Friday does not have Ebola, doctors said today. Nigerian Tourist Does Not Have Ebola, Israeli Docs Say Shmarya Rosenberg ... | |
| Double mastectomy doesn't help survival for most CHICAGO – Removing both breasts to treat cancer affecting only one side doesn't boost survival chances for most women, compared with surgery that removes just the tumor, a large study suggests. The results raise concerns about riskier, potentially ... | |
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| Wearing a Bra Does Not Cause Breast Cancer: Study Wearing a Bra Does Not Cause Breast Cancer: Study This might come as good news to many women. A new study focusing on bras and breast health, published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, has found out that there is no link ... | |
| Deadly pathogens discovered 2 After the NIH ordered government labs to check all their pathogens and submit a report about it, more and more deadly pathogens are being found. Founding deadly pathogens is alarming but the way they were being stored is more alarming. Finding them ... | |
| San Diego Catholic bishop dies after battle with cancer (Reuters) - Roman Catholic Bishop Cirilo Flores, the first Hispanic bishop to preside over San Diego's nearly one million Catholics, died Saturday after a battle with cancer, according to church officials. He was 66. "Bishop Cirilo Flores passed away peacefully ... | |
| Potassium-rich foods offer health benefits for older women HEALTHY post-menopausal women reduce their risk of stroke if their diet is rich in potassium, according to a research team led by Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, Ph.D., of Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. According to Dr. Wassertheil-Smoller, ... | |
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| Many in W. Africa thought to be immune to Ebola A child watches as a healthcare worker disinfects a house where a suspected Ebola victim died in Monrovia Sept. 3. (NEW YORK TIMES PHOTOS). By Donald G. McNeil Jr. THE NEW YORK TIMES. Add a comment. Although few medical experts realize it, part ... | |
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| Baby Lachlan Lever Hears For the First Time There is a viral video circulating on YouTube. A small child, 7 weeks old Lachlan Lever, from Australia is able to hear for the first time. Many people might shrug this off as another attention seeking video, but the reaction of the baby hearing for the first time is ... | |
| Condition of third US health worker with Ebola 'improving' An American doctor who caught the Ebola virus while working in a Liberian maternity ward is showing signs of improvement, relatives said. Rick Sacra, 51, arrived at the Nebraska Medical Center early on Friday, becoming the third US health care worker to be ... | |
| Lockdown plan to stop ebola spread SIERRA Leone is going to be put into lockdown for three days later this month to try to stop the spread of ebola. SIERRA Leone is going to be put into lockdown for three days later this month to try to stop the spread of ebola. The government will order people ... | |
| Rare virus sends dozens of Colorado children to ICUs DENVER - A rare virus has sickened dozens of Colorado children, filling up intensive care units at hospitals around the state, CBS Denver reports. Human enterovirus 68 has the same symptoms of the common cold, but within hours those affected are ... | |
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| One Dose of Flu Drug Shortens Fever Meeting Coverage. One Dose of Flu Drug Shortens Fever. Published: Sep 6, 2014. By Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today. save. |. A. A. Post Test Complete · Take Posttest. Action Points. Note that this study was published as an ... | |
| Drug and vaccine makers in race against Ebola Time is running out as major phamaceutical entities thrive to produce a drug that protects against or cures Ebola patients. Nevertheless, it is estimated that not until 2015 would something of the sort surface. Reuters, Sunday 7 Sep 2014. Print · Send · Tweet. | |
| US missionary with Ebola showing signs of improvement, wife says The third U.S. medical missionary to become infected with the Ebola virus is showing signs of improvement at a Nebraska hospital, but is still very ill, his wife said Saturday. Dr. Rick Sacra, a 51-year-old Boston physician, arrived Friday at the Nebraska Medical ... | |
| New Drug Can Treat Flu Symptoms After Infection Influenza is one of the most common afflictions in the world. Known more commonly as “the flu” it is usually little more than a nuisance in the United States thanks to vaccinations that help Americans build up immunity to the buy. Other parts of the world, ... | |
| Deaf Baby Hearing for the First Time Video Goes Viral [Video] The adorable reaction that a deaf baby boy had the first time he ever heard this parents voices has gone viral on YouTube. The Australian baby was born deaf, and his parents, who filmed the moment when he was fitted with a hearing aid, recently released ... | |
| Ebola vaccine developed in Canada may be 1st approved for use A World Health Organization official says an Ebola vaccine developed in Canada may be the first to be approved for use, possibly before the year is out. Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone declares temporary 'lockdown'. Marie-Paule Kieny says data from the first ... | |
| Volusia County woman contracts West Nile virus Florida health officials issued a mosquito-borne illness advisory Thursday in Volusia County, after a 34-year-old woman contracted what may be the West Nile virus. Health officials would not comment on the woman's condition or where in Volusia she lives. | |
| Respiratory virus suspected in Midwest children's hospitalizations (CNN) -- A respiratory virus is sending hundreds of children to Missouri hospitals and possibly throughout the Midwest, officials say. The virus causes symptoms like a cold, except worse, and is prompting up to 30 children a day to seek care at one Kansas City ... | |
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| 'Vape' shop owners defend e-cigarettes as quit-smoking aid The owners of some Winnipeg shops that sell e-cigarette products say Health Canada should leave them alone, as they believe their products are helping people quit smoking. Health Canada says selling e-cigarettes with nicotine, or those with a health claim, ... | |
| Proton Therapy Centre: 'We're ready to treat Ashya King' When Naghemeh and Brett King arrive in Prague, the first person they should call is Martina Novak. More than anyone, Martina, a 37-year-old admin worker, knows exactly how the British couple, who have been to hell and back to get proton-beam therapy for ... | |
| Older Women: Eat More Bananas, Cut Risk Of Stroke Postmenopausal women who eat foods higher in potassium, like bananas, are less likely to have strokes and die than women who eat less potassium-rich foods, according to new research in Stroke. Yet surprisingly few do. Researchers studied 90,137 ... | |
| Puppy helps cheetah cub BFF recover from surgery Raina the puppy and Ruuxa the cheetah cub have been besties at the San Diego Zoo for a while now, so it was no surprise when Raina was right there to comfort Ruuxa this week after he underwent surgery on his forelegs. The zoo posted a video of Raina, ... | |
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| As students, we must address mental health Mental health is a significant issue for students. Anyone who has ever experienced an anxiety attack, panic attack, or bout of depression while coping with the stresses attending university knows how challenging it is to be a student with mental health ... | |
| Ebola: How bad can it get? This isn't just the worst single Ebola outbreak in history, it has now killed more than all the others combined. Healthcare workers are visibly struggling, the response to the outbreak has been damned as "lethally inadequate" and the situation is showing signs ... | |
| NIH finds old ricin, other forgotten germs in labs 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 its laboratories for improperly stored hazardous materials. | |
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| UNICEF helps Sierra Leone combat Ebola With funds from the World Bank, UNICEF has facilitated the delivery of medicines and other supplies worth over $825,000 for the treatment of people who have contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone. A chartered UN cargo aircraft landed at the Lungi International ... | |
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