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Reuters
US isolates troops, Australia slaps visa ban on Ebola-hit West Africa states
WASHINGTON/SYDNEY (Reuters) - The U.S. military has started isolating soldiers returning from an Ebola response mission in West Africa and Australia became the first rich nation to impose a visa ban on the affected countries amid global anxiety about the ...
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NPR
UPDATE 8-US CDC says returning Ebola medical workers should not be ...
(Rewrites throughout to add quotes and details on CDC policy, New York boy tests negative). By Ellen Wulfhorst and David Morgan. NEW YORK/WASHINGTON Oct 27 (Reuters) - Federal health officials on Monday revamped guidelines for doctors and nurses ...
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ABC News
Ebola Today: Child in NYC Hospital Tests Negative ; CDC Outlines Plan to ...
6:15 p.m. ET: Ending the day on good news. A child who was being monitored at Bellevue Hospital in New York City for Ebola-like symptoms has tested negative for the virus, according to the New York City Department of Health. According to city health ...
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TIME
US Moves to End Patchwork of Policies on Returning Ebola Workers
WASHINGTON — The federal government on Monday announced a new set of monitoring guidelines for people arriving from West Africa that stopped short of the tough measures instituted in New York and New Jersey last week, an effort to bring uniformity to ...
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Wall Street Journal
US Soldiers Being Monitored for Ebola In Italy
Maj. Gen. Darryl Williams, the U.S. Army Africa commanding general shown here on Oct. 9 in Monrovia, Liberia, is one of about a dozen U.S. military personnel placed in a controlled facility in Italy to monitor for signs of Ebola. Getty Images. By.
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USA TODAY
CDC says people at high risk for Ebola should stay home
New guidelines from the Obama administration would restrict the movement of people at high risk of Ebola but would not require mandatory quarantines. The guidelines, issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday, individualize ...
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BBC News
Body clock: 'Rush hour' transformation discovered
A pair of "rush hours" every day rapidly change the way tissues throughout the body work, scientists have discovered. The animal study, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, monitored the function of cells, in 12 tissues, through the day.
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NPR
CDC Issues Updated Ebola Guidance To State And Local Officials
An ambulance drives near University Hospital of Newark, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, in Newark, N.J. Nurse Kaci Hickox, who was quarantined at the hospital after working in West Africa with Ebola patients, was released Monday and left the hospital in a private ...
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ABC News
UPDATE 3-US isolates soldiers after Ebola response mission in West Africa
(Adds Army statement, paragraph 3). By Phil Stewart and Steve Scherer. WASHINGTON/ROME Oct 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Army has started isolating soldiers returning from an Ebola response mission in West Africa, even though they showed no symptoms of ...
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Business Insider
US judge slashes $9 billion award vs Takeda, Lilly over diabetes drug
The logo of Japanese Takeda Pharmaceutical Co is seen at an office building in Glattbrugg near Zurich. The logo of Japanese Takeda Pharmaceutical Co is seen at an office building in Glattbrugg near Zurich. (Arnd Wiegmann Reuters,). Reuters. Trials and ...
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Headlines & Global News
Brain Injuries in Older Age Could Boost Dementia Risk, Study Finds – WebMD
We will provide you with a dropdown of all your saved articles when you are registered and signed in. {shareThisContent}. {fontSizerContent}. WebMD News from HealthDay. By Randy Dotinga. HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Oct. 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) ...
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WBAL Baltimore
Baltimore hospital says it's assessing potential Ebola patient
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore said on Monday it had admitted a potential Ebola patient for further assessment. The facility said in a tweet the patient was transferred there at the direction of Maryland's Department ...
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CBS News
Army Troops Isolated After Africa Duty Tour
An Army two-star general and 11 of his staff are being isolated at the base in Italy upon returning from serving in West Africa to help with the Ebola fight. The general and his staff were met by Italian security officials wearing full hazardous materials suits when ...
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New York Daily News
CDC issues new guidelines for medical workers who treated Ebola patients in ...
WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials Monday issued new Ebola guidelines that stop short of the quarantines imposed by New York and New Jersey for medical workers who've treated Ebola patients overseas. The new guidelines, issued by the U.S. Centers ...
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ABC News
Amid questions, NJ officials lift quarantine, release nurse
NEW YORK — Even as New Jersey officials on Monday released a nurse they had kept quarantined in a tent since her return from treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, Governor Chris Christie dismissed questions about his handling of the case and denied ...
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CBS News
Boy quarantined with 103F fever after returning from west Africa tests NEGATIVE ...
A five-year-old boy who was quarantined with a 103F fever after a family trip to west Africa has tested negative for Ebola. The child was reportedly vomiting with bloodshot eyes when emergency medical workers wearing protective Hazmat suits rushed him ...
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Washington Times
FEULNER: The facts behind Obamacare's numbers
This undated file image shows the website for updated HealthCare,gov, a federal government website managed by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service. HealthCare.gov, the online portal for health insurance under President Barack Obama's ...
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Herald Sun
RPT-Defying stigma, survivors join the Ebola fight in West Africa
(Repeats story from Monday). * Survivors often ostracised by their communities. * Survivors are believed to have immunity from Ebola. * Antibodies in their blood. * Powerful weapon in a fight against the virus. By Michelle Nichols and James Harding Giahyue.
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NBC4 Washington
Potential Ebola patient is transferred to U-Md. Medical Center
A patient was being evaluated for a possible Ebola infection Monday night at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, authorities said. The state health department said the initial evaluation suggested a diagnosis "other than Ebola infection.".
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Boston Globe
Sarepta stock falls as drug is delayed
Sarepta Therapeutics stock plunged 32.5 percent Monday after the Cambridge company said the Food and Drug Administration wants more data about its muscular dystrophy treatment, eteplirsen. The agency asked for three years of data on patients who ...
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Chron.com
US official: Welcome home medics fighting Ebola
American ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power speaks to media in the city of Freetown , Sierra Leone, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014. The United States will help fight Ebola over "the long haul," the American ambassador to the United Nations said on ...
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UPI.com
Ibuprofen the ideal painkiller for kids with broken bones
Nearly a quarter of childhood injuries are fractures, which makes choosing the proper form of pain relief a vital endeavor. By Brooks Hays | Oct. 27, 2014 at 6:05 PM | Comments. share with facebook share with twitter share with linkedin share with google.
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The Utah People's Post
More Kids Harmed by Pregnant Drinking Than Thought
MONDAY, Oct. 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Although drinking during pregnancy has long been considered taboo, new research suggests that as many as one in 20 U.S. children may have health or behavioral problems related to alcohol exposure before ...
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ABC News
Texas hospital's misleading Ebola statements
First, health care workers at the facility sent a feverish Thomas Eric Duncan home the first time he came to the emergency room, even though he'd informed the nurse he'd recently been in Africa. Then, after Duncan was admitted and diagnosed with Ebola, ...
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Reuters
US isolates soldiers after Ebola response mission in West Africa
WASHINGTON/ROME (Reuters) - The U.S. Army has started isolating soldiers returning from an Ebola response mission in West Africa, even though they showed no symptoms of infection and were not believed to have been exposed to the deadly virus, ...
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Headlines & Global News
Brain Injuries in Older Age Could Boost Dementia Risk, Study Finds
MONDAY, Oct. 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A mild concussion after age 65 might boost your risk of developing dementia, a new study suggests. Head injuries seem to pose special hazards for seniors compared to those in upper middle age, the researchers ...
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KUNC
Colorado lab developing Ebola vaccine for military use
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Research scientists at Colorado State University are helping develop an Ebola vaccine that could protect soldiers and the public from the deadly disease, the university announced Monday. BioMARC, a high-containment ...
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NBC4 Washington
Ebola in Baltimore? Patient quarantined at Maryland hospital as New Jersey ...
Ebola in Baltimore? Patient quarantined at Maryland hospital as New Jersey nurse is released to go home after threatening to sue over involuntary isolation. 'Ebola patient' quarantined at University of Maryland Medical Center; It is one of just three hospitals in ...
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Marietta Daily Journal
One more sacrifice for Ebola
No, it was not OK Dr. Craig Spencer ran around New York City upon his return from treating Ebola patients in Guinea. He took the subways, went bowling in Brooklyn, strolled the crowded High Line park and patronized a meatball joint in Greenwich Village.
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WallStreet OTC
Ibuprofen better alternative to oral morphine in kids
Children are at higher risk of developing fractured limb. A new study has found that ibuprofen is a better alternative to oral morphine in bringing relief for the kids from the severe pain caused by the broken limb, especially in the first 48 hours of the injury.
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Diabetes Insider
New Study Shows Ibuprofen Often Safest, Most Effective Option For Children
There's more than one way to skin a cat. There's also more than one way to medicate a child. Fortunately, a new study from the Canadian Medical Association is helping guide caregivers to provide children with the medication that is best for them. Seeing that ...
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Delhi Daily News
Ibuprofen is the best painkiller for this condition
Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug that words by decreasing hormones that can cause inflammation and pain in the body. According to a statement from the Canadian Medical Association Journal, ibuprofen is the ideal painkiller for kids with ...
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ABC News
5-Year-Old Boy Tests Negative for Ebola at NYC Hospital
A 5-year-old boy who returned home from Guinea on Saturday has tested negative for Ebola at New York City's Bellevue Hospital where he is in isolation with his mother, officials said this evening. "Out of an abundance of caution, further negative Ebola tests ...
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Capital Wired
Study Reveals; Ibuprofen Perfect Painkiller to Treat Kids Fracture
A scientific study revealed that children experiencing bone fracture should intake ibuprofen instead of oral morphine. Generally, doctors recommend oral morphine in order to relief the pain caused by the fracture. The oral morphine is usually prescribed to ...
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Beta Wired
Ibuprofen the Ideal Pain Killer for Kids with Fractures
A new study that was publishe d this week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal says that children who had to deal with pain of bone fracture can be better treated with ibuprofen. Ibuprofen is better than oral morphine, the study says. Advertisement.
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MedPage Today
Genes Confirm LDL Causes Aortic Stenosis
Cardiovascular. Genes Confirm LDL Causes Aortic Stenosis. Published: Oct 27, 2014. By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today. save. |. A. A. Post Test Complete · Take Posttest. High LDL cholesterol appears to cause aortic stenosis, even ...
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New York Daily News
Cocoa Drink May Reverse Age-Related Memory Loss
A compound found in cocoa may help reverse the effects of aging-related memory, according to research conducted at Columbia University Medical Center. The study, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, gave high doses of a cocoa drink, prepared ...
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The Denver Post
CSU wins $2 million Pentagon contract to develop Ebola vaccine
A health worker holds a baby infected with the Ebola virus on October 18, 2014 at the Doctors Without Borders Ebola treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia. (Zoom Dosso, AFP/Getty Images). Oct 27: New York boy with fever tests negative for Ebola; Oct 26: ...
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MiamiHerald.com
5-year-old boy at NYC hospital tests negative for Ebola
A 5-year-old boy is still being monitored at a New York City hospital, although he has tested negative for Ebola so far. Doctors plan to test him again for Ebola and for other illnesses, as well. (Source: New York Times). The boy, who recently visited Guinea with ...
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NBCNews.com
Maine's Ebola protocols mean quarantine for nurse
FORT KENT, Maine (AP) - A nurse who treated Ebola patients in West Africa agreed to be quarantined at home in Maine upon her return from a weekend of confinement in New Jersey, but her lawyer disagrees with officials over how long she'll have to stay in ...
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Tech Times
5-year-old boy in New York being tested for Ebola: Child recently visited West ...
Another child could be suffering from the Ebola virus, as he recently visited West Africa before returning to the United States. Reports claim the boy is showing Ebola-like symptoms and is currently in isolation. (Photo : Eden, Janine and Jim | Flickr) ...
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Diabetes Insider
Compound In Cocoa May Helps Overcoming Memory Loss
The researchers have recently found the effects of compounds in cocoa beans on human health. These cocoa beans are mostly used in the preparation of chocolate that stimulates the recovery of memory loss in adults. A study was conducted in which a ...
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MiamiHerald.com
Who's responsible for the death of Thomas Eric Duncan?
Believe it or not, there was a time, before television, when there was no such thing as an instant replay. If a touchdown or an out was called, it stayed a touchdown or an out. For better or worse, there was no way to review a referee's or an umpire's decision, ...
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Boston Herald
No quarantine consensus as John McCain calls for probe
PRECAUTIONS: A health worker sprays disinfectant onto a colleague after they worked with the body of a man, suspected of contracting and dying from the Ebola virus, on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, yesterday.
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New York Times
Could chocolate reverse memory loss? Maybe
A recent study found a link between a natural compound in cocoa and reversing age-related memory loss. (Source: CNN). Live WellLive WellMore>> · Upbeat walking style might lift your mood · Upbeat walking style might lift your mood. The way you walk can ...
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NBCNews.com
Quarantined nurse leaves New Jersey for Maine
A nurse who worked in West Africa with Ebola patients and was quarantined at a New Jersey hospital over the weekend was returning home to Maine on Monday as her lawyer criticised the state's policies that had her fighting to be released from an isolation ...
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New York Daily News
Cocoa as a memory helper?
Columbia Univ. researchers have found that dietary cocoa flavonols boosted the memory and brain scans of a small group of study participants aged 50-69. Subjects who began with the memory of a 60-year-old were performing with the memory of a 30- or ...
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Medical News Today
Opioids prescribed by doctors led to 92000 overdoses in ERs in one year
Prescription drug overdoses, a dangerous side effect of the nation's embrace of narcotic painkillers, are a "substantial" burden on hospitals and the economy, according to a new study of emergency room visits. Overdoses involving prescription painkillers ...
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NDTV
RPT-In race for Ebola vaccines, technical hurdles loom large
(Repeats story from Monday). * Quality approvals, sterile filling potential bottlenecks. * Debate continues over best clinical trial design. * Companies hope to make millions of vaccine doses in 2015. By Ben Hirschler. LONDON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Drugmakers ...
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ANINEWS
Why medication only works when taken on time
London, Oct 28 (ANI): A new study has suggested that one should take the prescribed medication at the right time of day or it might not work as different drugs work at different times on human body clocks. Scientists for the first time mapped the daily and ...
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