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| Ebola Infects Spanish Nurse, a First in West BARCELONA, Spain — A nurse in Spain has become the first health worker to be infected with the Ebola virus outside of West Africa, raising serious concerns about how prepared Western nations are to safely treat people with the deadly illness. The nurse ... | |
| Cancer Diagnosis Can Take Toll on Mental Health MONDAY, Oct. 6, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- One out of three people diagnosed with cancer also wind up struggling with a mental health disorder such as anxiety or depression, a new study from Germany reports. Many people seem to cope with the natural ... | |
| US working on new screenings for Ebola but no travel ban WASHINGTON/DALLAS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday that the government would develop expanded screening of airline passengers for Ebola, both in the West African countries hit by the disease and the United States. The first patient ... | |
| Spanish Nurse First To Contract Ebola Outside West Africa MADRID (AP) — In the first known transmission of the outbreak of Ebola outside West Africa, a Spanish nurse who treated a missionary for the disease at a Madrid hospital has tested positive for the virus, Spain's health minister said Monday. The female nurse ... | |
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| Fetal Exposure to Plastics Chemical & Future Risk MONDAY, Oct. 6, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure in pregnancy to a chemical commonly found in plastics and cans -- known as bisphenol A, or BPA -- may increase a child's risk of breathing problems, researchers say. In a study of nearly 400 pregnant ... | |
| New Concern Worldwide as Nurse in Spain Gets Ebola Raising fresh concern around the world, a nurse in Spain on Monday became the first person known to catch Ebola outside the outbreak zone in West Africa. In the U.S., President Barack Obama said the government was considering ordering more careful ... | |
| BPA tied to breathing problems in kids: Study Exposure in pregnancy to a chemical commonly found in plastics and cans -- known as bisphenol A, or BPA -- may increase a child's risk of breathing problems, researchers say. In a study of nearly 400 pregnant women and their children, researchers found ... | |
| Dr. Peter Piot made history with '76 Ebola discovery Dr. Peter Piot was just 27, a budding virologist with a thirst for adventure, when he was dispatched to the heart of Africa to track down a terrifying virus that he had helped discover. It was 1976, and the virus had arrived at his laboratory in Antwerp, Belgium, in a ... | |
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| NJ preschooler is 1st confirmed enterovirus death A preschool student in Hamilton, N.J., is the country's first confirmed death linked to enterovirus D68, a serious respiratory illness that has swept the U.S.. Eli Waller, 4, died in his sleep on Sept. 25, according to officials. Test results over this past weekend ... | |
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| Obama Vow on Ebola Screening Means Plugging Airport Gaps Members of the Cleaning Guys Haz Mat clean up company are seen as they sanitize the apartment where Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan was staying before being admitted to a hospital in Dallas, Texas, on Oct. 6, 2014. Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty ... | |
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| Poll: Most Americans not worried about getting Ebola Most Americans have little fear they or a family member will contract Ebola, the infectious disease now spreading through parts of Africa, according to the results of a nationwide poll released Monday. About 67 percent of respondents in the poll, taken by the ... | |
| Dallas Ebola patient being treated with experimental drug City Council member Jennifer Staubach Gates gave an update Monday on the Ebola response. With her at the Commissioners Courtroom were Mayor Mike Rawlings (left), Texas Health Commissioner David Lakey and Zachary Thompson, director of Dallas ... | |
| Mystery illness causing paralysis in children Health officials are scrambling to see if it's linked to enterovirus D68 and could be this generation's version of polio. By Shannon Pettypiece. Bloomberg News. Related. Reader Comments. Read all comments · Post a comment. advertising. Amid fears of ... | |
| Ebola unfairly taints Dallas neighborhood, residents say DALLAS — In Vickery Meadow, a large immigrant community in Northeast Dallas, there's always a need. Ebola only exacerbated it. Fear is tangible here in the area where Thomas Eric Duncan became the first person in the U.S. diagnosed with the Ebola ... | |
| Stiffer testing under review for passengers from Africa LM Otero/Associated Press. A hazardous materials worker took a break from cleaning an apartment in Dallas, where an Ebola patient stayed last week. WASHINGTON — President Obama said Monday that the US government is considering ordering more ... | |
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| | International Business Times | Enterovirus And Children: How To Protect Your Kids Enterovirus D68 spreads much like the common cold. Experts say it might be on the rise in the U.S. because school just started, which means children can pass the virus around more easily. Reuters/Michaela Rehle. Since the middle of August, 594 people in ... | |
| Cancer: 1 in 3 Patients Struggle With Anxiety or Depression A new study found that one-third, or 32 percent, of people diagnosed with cancer, are struggling with mental health disorders, such as anxiety and depression. (Photo : Reuters). A new study found that one-third, or 32 percent, of people diagnosed with cancer, ... | |
| Ebola patient getting experimental drug DALLAS — Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian national who is fighting a severe Ebola infection here, is getting an experimental treatment, the hospital announced Monday. The drug is an investigational medication, brincidofovir. Duncan began receiving it ... | |
| Nurse in Spain gets Ebola, raising global concern An ambulance transporting a Spanish nurse who believed to have contracted the ebola virus from a 69-year-old Spanish priest leaves Alcorcon Hospital in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. The nurse who treated a missionary for the disease at a Madrid ... | |
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| Ebola survivor is re-quarantined after exhibiting new symptoms After contracting Ebola in Liberia and surviving, Dr. Richard Sacra was admitted into the hospital again for similar symptoms. Dr. Rick Sacra of Massachusetts is reported to be free of the Ebola virus after having survived it earlier this year. Sacra had taken ... | |
| Custom motorcycle raises breast cancer awareness SAN ANTONIO - October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and while most people are aware of breast cancer, many fail to make a detection plan to catch the disease in its early stages. A motorcycle may not be the first thing you think of in the effort to raise ... | |
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| Boy seemed OK at bedtime, died from enterovirus that night Eli Waller, 4, the last born of triplets, has been confirmed to have died of enterovirus D68, according to the New Jersey Department of Health. (Photo: the Waller family). CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. A preschool student in Hamilton, ... | |
| Fighting Ebola requires common sense and humanity When the CDC announced two American humanitarian aid workers were coming home to be treated for Ebola, the reaction was mixed. But the truth is, fighting Ebola requires common sense and compassion almost as much as it needs good medicine. | |
| Fight The Battle of Breast Cancer Pink is everywhere, and it's not because it's everyone's favorite color. It's October, and pink helps represent it's Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Medical Experts say that it's imperative to get checked for any signs of the disease. For years, Diane ... | |
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| Enterovirus D68: Parent anxiety increasing When news first broke about a month ago about enterovirus D68, also known as EV-D68, with hundreds of children hospitalized across the United States with respiratory illnesses, I definitely took notice. Related. Opinion: How China controls media · 7Up ... | |
| Massachusetts Ebola Survivor Leaves Hospital Dr. Rick Sacra, an American doctor who contracted the Ebola virus in Africa, listens to a reporter's question during a media availability at the University of Massachusetts Medical School Friday Sept. 26, 2014 in Worcester, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia). | |
| Doctor Sacra infected with Ebola A third American is in a direct battle against Ebola. It is a Dr. Rick Sacra, who was infected with the virus while working in Liberia. He came to Nebraska this Friday and immidiately went to the hospital where he received treatment. Americans Nancy Writebol ... | |
| Enterovirus D68: Parent anxiety increasing When news first broke about a month ago about enterovirus D68, also known as EV-D68, with hundreds of children hospitalized across the United States with respiratory illnesses, I definitely took notice. | |
| Womb transplant couple 'had no doubt' of success A Swedish woman who gave birth to a baby boy using a transplanted womb has spoken about the breakthrough procedure. The 36-year-old mother, who was born without a uterus, received a donated womb from a friend who was in her 60s. The woman, who ... | |
| Report claims success treating Alzheimer's memory loss But experts won't embrace this 36-point program of lifestyle changes and supplements without more research. (HealthDay)— A researcher is reporting success in a small study of reversing memory problems associated with early stage Alzheimer's disease by ... | |
| ECMC goes pink for breast cancer BUFFALO N.Y. (WIVB) — If you drove by Erie County Medical Center Monday night, you may have noticed something different. Staff lit the hosp… lackawanna meeting · Controversial land in Lackawanna sold to Yemenite group. October 6, 2014. | |
| Moderate exercise found to help breast cancer patients recover While going through treatment for breast cancer, many women are nauseated, sore, hormonal and cranky — and exercising is not on the top of their to-do list. But doctors are recommending that they prioritize it to increase their chances of beating breast ... | |
| Ministry of Health monitoring suspected Marburg cases The ministry of health has confirmed that there are eight suspected cases of the Marburg Viral Disease from in Uganda from Kasese, Mpigi and Kampala districts. The ministry of health has confirmed that there are 8 suspected cases of the Marburg virus in ... | |
| Study: Sexting is the 'new normal' for teenagers Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston say sexting often precedes intercourse and not just for at-risk teens. Loading… Post to Facebook. Study: Sexting is the 'new normal' for teenagers Researchers at the University of Texas ... | |
| Ebola outbreak: Spanish nurse diagnosed with virus A Spanish nurse who treated two victims of Ebola in Madrid has tested positive for the disease. The unnamed woman is said to be the first person in the current outbreak known to have contracted Ebola outside Africa. Meanwhile US President Barack Obama ... | |
| Gluten Sensitivity Is Real: Researchers A growing body of research indicates that many people who react to gluten may be suffering a condition called non-celiac gluten sensitivity, or NCGS. Supermarket shelves are packed with foods labeled gluten-free (including some that naturally lack gluten). | |
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