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| Dozens Of Volunteers Have Come Back Safe From Ebola Hot Zone Close to 50 volunteers have come back safe and well from the Ebola hot zone in West Africa, aid agencies tell NBC News, even as states debate whether to force such workers into quarantine. A look at the numbers from groups such as Doctors Without ... | |
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| Skin Cancer U? Students Tan on Campus at Top Colleges America's top universities may be teaching a dangerous lesson about tanning. Twelve percent of the nation's top colleges and universities have tanning beds on campus, and nearly half have them either on campus or in off-campus housing, according to a ... | |
| Maine nurse fights Ebola quarantine, says will not be bullied WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saying she will not be bullied by politicians, a Maine nurse is giving the state an ultimatum: Lift her Ebola quarantine by Thursday or she will disregard the restrictions and go to court. The saga of nurse Kaci Hickox illustrates how ... | |
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| Rate of new Ebola infections in West Africa is slowing, WHO says New Ebola infections in virus-ravaged Liberia appear to be declining for the first time in months, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. Until now, officials have been suspicious of this encouraging trend, thinking it might be an artifact of poor data ... | |
| Hagel Approves 21-Day Ebola Isolation Period For Military WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel approved Wednesday a recommendation from the Joint Chiefs of Staff requiring a 21-day isolation period for all military personnel returning from the West Africa region hard hit by the Ebola outbreak, ... | |
| Why Ebola quarantine is bad policy: From the front lines In my mind I didn't call it self-quarantine. I called it my "period of seclusion." But by the time Day 21 ticked by at the end of Monday, with no rush of fever nor corresponding rush of terror since leaving Liberia, I had begun to worry that this self-quarantine thing ... | |
| Bay Area doctors join Ebola fight despite quarantine risks Doctors and other care providers from almost all major Bay Area health institutions are on the ground, or about to be, in West Africa to battle the Ebola epidemic at its source. But many potential volunteers may be held back by uncertainty over the long ... | |
| This Diet May Help With Tough-to-Treat Epilepsy WEDNESDAY, Oct. 29, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Eating a low-carb, high-fat diet could help control epilepsy that is difficult to treat, according to new research. A review of five studies found that a ketogenic, or modified Atkins diet, that focuses on foods like ... | |
| Study points to new genetic risks for autism A massive international study has started to unpick the "fine details" of why some people develop autism, researchers have said. They looked at thousands of DNA samples from children with autism and their parents. The results, in the journal Nature, linked ... | |
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| Mounting crises raise questions on Obama team's ability to cope WASHINGTON: One day this month, as the nation shuddered with fears of an Ebola outbreak and as American warplanes pounded Sunni militants in Syria, US President Barack Obama's national security adviser, Susan Rice, invited a group of foreign policy ... | |
| Don't Let Food Allergies Scare You This Halloween Ah, Halloween: When candy is plentiful and hard to resist. But for people with food allergies, it's a time to be on the lookout for ingredients that might have horrific effects. In the efforts of making Halloween safer, Boston.com took 2014's most popular chocolate ... | |
| Crash Test Dummies Gain Weight to Save Lives Crash-test dummies are undergoing a makeover to reflect the thicker waistlines and larger rear ends of Americans. "Studies show that obese drivers are 78 percent more likely to die in a car crash," said Chris O' Connor, CEO of Humanetics, the only U.S. ... | |
| Aid groups scrambling to get help on Ebola front lines WASHINGTON — Dr. Sara Stulac trained for moments like this, when a deadly outbreak required her medical expertise and her global experience. But Stulac, deputy chief medical director at Boston nonprofit Partners in Health, faces the wrenching decision ... | |
| Health First surgeon brings new hope to breast cancer pateints As the county's only fellowship-trained female breast surgeon, she says her goal is simple: To build the best breast cancer program in the area. Loading… Post to Facebook. Health First surgeon brings new hope to breast cancer pateints As the county's only ... | |
| Nurse who survived Ebola benefited from youth, protective gear Dallas nurse Amber Vinson probably survived Ebola because she's young and was wearing protective equipment that prevented her from getting a large dose of the deadly virus, doctors familiar with her care said. Vinson, 29, Tuesday become the second ... | |
| Stem Cells Used to Grow Mini-Stomachs Seeking Treatments Researchers are using stem cells to grow tiny three-dimensional human stomachs that are structurally similar to the real thing, helping investigators seek treatments for gastric diseases such as ulcers and cancer. Researchers carefully added growth ... | |
| Nurse Says She Won't Have Officials Violate 'My Civil Rights' As Maine officials said they were preparing to get a court order to enforce a mandatory quarantine, Ebola nurse Kaci Hickox said tonight she is not willing to "stand here and have my civil rights violated." "You could hug me, you could shake my hand [and] I ... | |
| Egg Freezing for a Future Pregnancy: What to Know We will provide you with a dropdown of all your saved articles when you are registered and signed in. {shareThisContent}. {fontSizerContent}. By Kathleen Doheny WebMD Health News. Reviewed by Arefa Cassoobhoy, MD, MPH ... | |
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| Teal pumpkins signify a fun Halloween for all Oliver Nelson paints his pumpkin teal to place on the family doorstep alerting trick or treaters who have food allergies that they are offering non-food treats. Caption. (Heidi Litchfield – hlitchfield@shawmedia.com). The Teal Pumpkin Projects asks people to ... | |
| Explained: Australia's plan to tackle Ebola How well prepared is Australia for an Ebola outbreak, and what steps are being taken to protect the public? By Sarah Scopelianos and Tim Leslie. The risk of Ebola spreading to Australia is considered low but everywhere from airports to hospitals a wide ... | |
| Dismissal of Heart Disease Symptoms more common in Women Over the course of our lives, men and women both experience similar heart failure symptoms yet females tend to ignore these more often than not. And ignoring these warnings can lead to increased early fatalities, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada ... | |
| Grand Canyon visit completes terminally ill woman's bucket list PORTLAND, Ore. - A 29-year-old terminally ill woman who plans to take her life under Oregon's death-with-dignity law has fulfilled a wish on her bucket list: She visited the Grand Canyon. Brittany Maynard visited the national park with her family last week. | |
| Crash Test Dummies Just Got Bigger One of the biggest crash test dummy producers is upgrading the size of its dummies, another harsh reality of the rapidly growing obesity epidemic in the United States. Before those sleek vehicles are displayed in showrooms and travel country roads, they first ... | |
| Ebola may be slowing in Liberia, WHO says The World Health Organization said Wednesday that the spread of Ebola may be slowing in Liberia, one of the three West African countries most ravaged by the deadly virus. Dr. Bruce Aylward, the organization's assistant director general, said there had been ... | |
| Scientists find autism linked to dozens of genetic mutations Dozens of different gene defects are linked to autism, according to two major new studies of the developmental disorder led by University of California, San Francisco, scientists and involving more than 50 laboratories worldwide. The mutations — which may ... | |
| Tuberculosis Cases World Wide to Expand Due To Diabetes Tuberculosis cases are predicted to accelerate globally unless steps are taken to check diabetes, a serious condition that affects the immune system and increases the risk of developing the respiratory disease by a factor of three according to experts. | |
| Reuters Health News Summary Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday approved a strict, 21-day quarantine-like monitoring period for all U.S. troops returning from the Ebola relief mission in West Africa, the Pentagon said. Hagel, acting at the recommendation of top military ... | |
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| Why do some survive Ebola? iol scitech oct 30 Ebola Patient Zero AP Aperson holds a family photograph of a new-born Emile, known as patient zero and his mother and father. The first known victim of the current Ebola outbreak was 2-year-old Emile Ouamouno. Chicago - An analysis of ... | |
| World's first 'mini stomachs' built using stem cells Scientists using stem cells say they have built the world's first "mini-stomachs" - tiny clusters of human gastric tissue that could spur research into cancer, ulcers and diabetes. Called gastric organoids, the lab-dish tissue comprises buds of cells that are "a ... | |
| Quarantines rarely used, effectiveness questioned (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty). State troopers and a television reporter stand across from the home where Kaci Hickox, a nurse who treated Ebola patients in West Africa, is staying, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, in Fort Kent, Maine. (AP Photo/ Abbas Dulleh). | |
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| Scientists build 'mini-stomachs' in laboratory Scientists using stem cells said today that they had built the world's first "mini-stomachs". (Reuters). SummaryScientists using stem cells said today that they had built... Related Articles. Health and wealth more strongly connectedN-E tops cancer list, spike in ... | |
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| Drinking a lot of milk may be shortening women's lives Drinking three or more glasses of milk per day may be harmful to women's health, a study suggests. Women in the study who drank at least three glasses of milk a day were nearly twice as likely to die over the next 20 years compared with their peers who ... | |
| Scientists build 'mini-stomachs' in lab Scientists using stem cells say they have built the world's first "mini-stomachs" - tiny clusters of human gastric tissue that could spur research into cancer, ulcers and diabetes. The lab-dish tissue, called gastric organoids, comprises buds of cells that are "a ... | |
| Haliborange ebola facts - EBOLA SLOWING DOWN IN LIBERIA The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday reported that there has been a decline in the spread of the Ebola virus in Liberia, one of three West African countries hardest hit by the deadly outbreak, considered one of the worst global health emergencies ... | |
| | International Business Times UK | Human Stomach Made in the Lab Using Stem Cells In a first, a miniature stomach was created in the lab by scientists using stem cells. Pluripotent stem cells that can grow into any cell type were used by scientists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center to generate the artificial stomach. The scientists ... | |
| UK national sperm bank opens for business A UK national sperm bank - charged with reversing a growing shortage of donor sperm - has started work in Birmingham. Fertility clinics have become increasingly dependent on imported sperm giving rise to the so-called "Viking babies" phenomenon. | |
| More Than 100 Genes Tied To Autism Genetics have long been thought to be integral in the development of autism. Now, researchers say they've identified more than 100 genes likely at play in the developmental disorder. (Thinkstock). Scientists say they've identified scores of genes linked to ... | |
| Quarantines rarely used, effectiveness questioned advertisement | advertise on newsday. WASHINGTON - (AP) -- The Spanish flu pandemic a century ago prompted the last large-scale quarantines in this country. Now the Ebola outbreak is raising new questions about whether ordering quarantines is an ... | |
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| Chronic fatigue is real, new brain scans show It took two years and six doctors before Lindsay Sihilling was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. Though it helped to have an explanation for the crushing fatigue, mental fogginess and constant flu-like symptoms, Sihilling still faced the skeptics who ... | |
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