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| Four people close to US Ebola patient quarantined in Dallas DALLAS (Reuters) - Four people close to the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States were quarantined in a Dallas apartment, where sheets and other items used by the man were sealed in plastic bags, as health officials widened their search ... | |
| Four close to US Ebola patient quarantined in Dallas apartment DALLAS (Reuters) - Four people close to the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States were quarantined in a Dallas apartment where sheets and other items used by the man were sealed in plastic bags as health officials widened their search for ... | |
| Delay in Dallas Ebola Cleanup as Workers Balk at Task The Sam Tasby Middle School in Dallas, attended by one of the children exposed to Thomas E. Duncan, the Ebola patient. The school has been thoroughly cleaned. Credit Cooper Neill for The New York Times. Continue reading the main story. Continue ... | |
| | Virtual-Strategy Magazine | Mini-Strokes May Lead to PTSD, Study Finds THURSDAY, Oct. 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A mini-stroke may not cause lasting physical damage, but it could increase your risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a small, new study suggests. Almost one-third of patients who suffered a ... | |
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| Lack of Qualified Staff Hurts Ebola Fight in Africa The U.S. and its allies have been in a desperate hunt for health workers who have the skills and courage to care for thousands suffering from ebola. Betsy McKay reports on the News Hub. Photo: Getty. The U.S. government and its allies combating Ebola in ... | |
| Prescription for avoiding Ebola airport screening: ibuprofen NEW YORK (Reuters) - People who contract Ebola in West Africa can get through airport screenings and onto a plane with a lie and a lot of ibuprofen, according to healthcare experts who believe more must be done to identify infected travelers. At the very ... | |
| Texas Hospital Makes Changes After Ebola Patient Turned Away The Dallas hospital that mistakenly sent home a man who had Ebola says flawed software and not human error caused doctors to miss the diagnosis. Health officials and local residents have been asking how the hospital could have missed what would have ... | |
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| Ebola outbreak: 5 things you need to know now The first case of Ebola in a patient diagnosed in a U.S. hospital was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday. The patient did not have symptoms when leaving West Africa, but developed symptoms approximately four days after ... | |
| Cancer risk from air pollution drops in Southern California Southern Californians' cancer risk from air pollution has dropped 65% since 2005 but is still too high in many areas, regional air quality regulators said in a report released Thursday. They attribute much of the improvement to tough state and local regulations, ... | |
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| American TV cameraman in Liberia tests positive for Ebola An American freelance TV cameraman working for NBC News in West Africa is being flown back to the United States for treatment after testing positive for Ebola, the network said Thursday. He is the fourth American to have contracted Ebola in Liberia. | |
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| 2nd Baby 'Cured' of HIV Suffers Relapse THURSDAY, Oct. 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- An Italian toddler thought cured of HIV with early aggressive treatment following birth has suffered a relapse, his doctors report. The 3-year-old child's viral levels of HIV rebounded two weeks after doctors took ... | |
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| Celiac Disease: New Data May Change Recommendations for Kids Timing of gluten exposure and duration of breast-feeding do not appear to influence the development of celiac disease in high-risk children, according to two new randomized controlled trials published in the October 2 issue of the New England Journal of ... | |
| US heroin deaths double in link to prescription painkillers -CDC NEW YORK Oct 2 (Reuters) - The over-prescribing of painkillers is fueling nearly 17,000 annual deaths from overdoses in the United States as well as a rise in heroin use, according to a study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on ... | |
| NBC News cameraman diagnosed with Ebola in Liberia An American cameraman helping to cover the Ebola outbreak in Liberia for NBC News has tested positive for the virus and will be flown back to the United States for treatment. NBC News President Deborah Turness said Thursday the rest of the NBC News ... | |
| Health officials probe enterovirus D68 link in 4 deaths Fears of enterovirus D68 and what it could mean for children are spreading nearly as quickly as the respiratory illness itself, with more than 500 cases confirmed across 42 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). | |
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| NBC cameraman tests positive for Ebola in Liberia NEW YORK — An American cameraman helping to cover the Ebola outbreak in Liberia for NBC News has tested positive for the virus and will be flown back to the United States for treatment. NBC News President Deborah Turness said Thursday the rest of ... | |
| Global HIV pandemic may originate in Kinshasa WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The present HIV pandemic is almost certain to have begun its global spread from Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an international team of researchers said Thursday. The team, led by ... | |
| No more injections? Yahoo! Swallow pill with needles? Boo! Researchers develop a microneedle pill as an alternative to deliver drugs that require injection. Patients will not feel any pain after swallowing the needle coated pill. (Photo : Christine Daniloff/MIT). If you do not like getting an injection then there is good news. | |
| HIV Signs Found in Child Thought Cured Disappointed researchers reported Thursday that a second child thought to have been cured of HIV is showing signs of infection. Treatment on the boy, born at a hospital in Milan in December 2009, had been stopped for only two weeks when his viral load ... | |
| Infant's Diet Doesn't Change Celiac Disease Risk THURSDAY, Oct. 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A newborn's risk of developing celiac disease isn't reduced by breastfeeding. Nor will delaying the introduction of gluten to an infant's diet help prevent celiac disease. These are the conclusions from a pair of ... | |
| Now hunger threat shadows Ebola in West Africa FREETOWN/DAKAR: The threat of hunger is tracking Ebola across affected West African nations as the disease kills farmers and their families, drives workers from the fields and creates food shortages. In the worst-hit states of Liberia, Sierra Leone and ... | |
| Loss Of Smell To Predict Risk Of Death Within Five Years A new study has found that the loss of smell can be a predictor of increased risk of death within five years for older adults, according to Fox News. Like Us on Facebook. Researchers in the U.S conducted a study on 3005 men and women aged 57 to 85 on ... | |
| FTC: Caffeine-infused underwear not weight loss aid SAN ANTONIO - If you bought caffeine-infused underwear because of promises it will slim you down, you'll soon be able to get your money back. Two companies, Wacoal America and Norm Thompson Outfitters, have agreed to refund a combined $1.5 million ... | |
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| Pink among fall colors in Heartland OTTUMWA, IA -- Heartland residents may notice pink along with the other fall colors, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. It's symbolized with a lot of pink. It serves as a reminder to both women and men to get mammograms and do ... | |
| Dead Ebola Victim Moves Arm (Video) Dr. Richard Besser was reporting for "Good Morning America" this morning from Monrovia, Liberia, about a suited burial team that was removing a victim of the Ebola virus from the road while an angry crowd looked on. An unidentified community leader ... | |
| Enterovirus: 5 Facts All Parents Need to Know Children all over this country are getting sick from enterovirus. It's hitting children with respiratory illnesses especially hard. It is nothing new that children get upper respiratory infections, but the strength with which this is affecting children is disturbing. | |
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| Loss of Smell: an Accurate 'Harbinger of Death' For aging adults, losing sense of smell is more of a tell that the grim reaper will be paying a visit very soon than any other symptom. That's according to a new study that explains how and why sense of smell is such a crucial indicator of mortality. (Photo ... | |
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| Local hospitals prepare for deadly Ebola virus Local hospitals are preparing for the deadly Ebola virus after a scare in Salt Lake City Thursday. Primary Children's Hospital said a patient came in with symptoms similar to Ebola. Doctors also said the patient had traveled to a part of Africa that does not have ... | |
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| NFL should wear less pink, more purple The NFL's idea of outreach to women was once described as "shrink it and pink it." That is, taking the same stuff the league was already selling to men, scaling it to size and then splashing on a lot of pink dye. That's not enough anymore. Fans will see ... | |
| What It Takes to Get Into an Ebola Ward Ebola is a deadly virus with no known cure, so when health workers treat patients in West Africa, they suit up in layers upon layers of protective gear to minimize their risk. The medical gear is vital for health workers because they run the greatest risk for ... | |
| Oregon Health Authority Says Ebola In Oregon “Unlikely” PORTLAND, Ore. — State public health officials say they are ready to respond in the unlikely event a person with Ebola arrives in Oregon, but they emphasize that risk of exposure is low. However, they do encourage people to talk to their doctors if they have ... | |
| Deaths due to heroin have increased in recent years A new report from the Centers for Disease Control looked at death certificate data from 28 states between 2010 and 2012. During that time period, the heroin death rate doubled. Experts suggest increases in prescription opioids could be partly to blame. | |
| Heroin Overdose Deaths Double In U.S. The new report included data from 28 states that account for 56 percent of the U.S. population. This big increase in heroin-related deaths is directly tied to the epidemic of narcotic painkiller abuse, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ... | |
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| CDC: Heroin Deaths Doubled in Much of the Country Deaths from heroin overdose doubled in just two years in much of the nation, a new government study says. The annual number of U.S. drug overdose deaths has been growing for more than 20 years. Officials have been most worried about a class of ... | |
| Five blunders US made in treating country's first Ebola patient Health officials are under fire for their handling of America's first Ebola case. Here are five questions being asked. Q: Why was Thomas Eric Duncan allowed to leave Liberia? A: Duncan had been in close contact with a 19-year-old woman who died of Ebola ... | |
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