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| Health Officials Promise Extra Airport Screening Passengers moving through a screening area after arriving at Newark Liberty International Airport from Brussels. Credit Viorel Florescu/Northjersey.com, via Associated Press. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue ... | |
| US to toughen Ebola screening at airports WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials said on Tuesday they would unveil within days new screening procedures for the deadly Ebola virus at the country's airports to address public concern over the possibility of an outbreak. “We're working very ... | |
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| Ebola patient in Dallas rues bringing virus to 'love of my life' DALLAS — Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan told his fiancee the day he was diagnosed last week that he regrets exposing her to the deadly virus and had he known he was carrying Ebola, he would have “preferred to stay in Liberia and died than bring this ... | |
| Dallas Ebola patient on ventilator and receiving kidney dialysis DALLAS (Reuters) - The Ebola patient fighting for his life in a Dallas hospital is on a ventilator and a kidney dialysis machine to help stabilize his health, the hospital said on Tuesday. Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with the ... | |
| Hospital Antibiotic Use and Germ Resistance TUESDAY, Oct. 7, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- About half of all U.S. hospital patients receive antibiotics, and these drugs are commonly the ones more likely to promote the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a new study found. "This is where the bad bugs ... | |
| Smokers at higher risk for oral HPV: study NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Tobacco users are more likely than others to test positive for oral human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16),according to a report online Tuesday in JAMA. “We know from other research that most people who have HPV clear that ... | |
| Health Care Workers Face Ebola Risks Hospital staff members walk back into the Carlos III hospital in Madrid, Spain, on Tuesday. Associated Press. The Ebola infection of a Spanish nurse's aide, the first suspected transmission outside West Africa, is part of a chain of illness in health workers dating ... | |
| Radiologists use MRIs to find biomarker for Alzheimer's disease A brain imaging technique that uses no radiation and no contrast agent appears to detect the earliest signs of impending cognitive decline in the elderly, a new study says. Paired with an assessment that looks for other warning signs, researchers said the ... | |
| New York Hospitals Prep for Ebola Public and private hospitals around New York are quietly conducting Ebola drills, sending fake patients to test emergency-room staff in the proper methods to identify and safely isolate a person suspected of having the virus. Key to the protocol is one simple ... | |
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| Family too upset to see Ebola patient via video FILE - This 2011 photo provided by Wilmot Chayee shows Thomas Eric Duncan at a wedding in Ghana. In September 2014, Duncan became the first patient in the U.S. diagnosed with Ebola. Karsiah Duncan, center, son of Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan ... | |
| WHO warns Europe to expect more cases of Ebola The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday that Europe would almost certainly see more cases of Ebola after a nurse in Spain became the first person known to have caught the virus outside Africa. With concerns growing that the worst Ebola ... | |
| Tobacco Tied to Higher Risk of Oral HPV Infection TUESDAY, Oct. 7, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Tobacco use in any form appears to be linked to an increased risk of infection with oral human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16), a virus that can cause cancers of the mouth and throat, according to Johns Hopkins ... | |
| Ebola patient's family in media fishbowl Josephus Weeks, nephew of Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, was followed by reporters after the family was escorted to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital by the Rev. Jesse Jackson to meet with doctors. | |
| FDA warns some over-the-counter meds may impair driving The use of some common over-the counter medications may make you too drowsy to drive safely, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cautioned consumers on Tuesday. Some of the most common over-the-counter medicines that can cause drowsiness ... | |
| US Troops Going to West Africa to Fight Ebola The Pentagon said of the 4,000 U.S. troops going to West Africa, only a small number of them will work with blood samples. VIDEO TRANSCRIPT. IRAQ-FIRST STRATEGY. >> RICHARD ENGEL ON THE SITUATION IN SOUTHERN TURKEY TONIGHT. | |
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| Ebola Burial Teams In Sierra Leone On Strike Over Hazard Pay A volunteers in protective suit (R) walks on his way to spray disinfectant onto the walls of homes that were inhabited by people who died of Ebola, in Waterloo, some 30 kilometers southeast of Freetown, on October 7, 2014. Dozens of British military personnel ... | |
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| CDC considers tougher air passenger screening to combat Ebola The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is looking at tougher screening for travelers entering the U.S., including checking for fever and requiring a questionnaire, as a way to combat the spread of infectious diseases such as Ebola, the head of the ... | |
| Polk County girl has Enterovirus D68, state says The Florida Department of Health said on Wednesday the state had its first case of Enterovirus D68 in a 10-year-old Polk County girl. The health department said the girl is recovering, but didn't provide any other details. The Center for Disease Control and ... | |
| Ebola care: Sierra Leone compared to the US While Ebola cases are now being treated in Africa, Europe and the US, there is a staggering difference in the standard of care. BBC News met Francis Samuka in Sierra Leone, who was initially turned away from a treatment centre. He was later told a bed was ... | |
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| 5 tips for talking to your kids about Ebola As a mom of three and a professor of public health, the ongoing Ebola epidemic is of particular interest and concern. My children (ages 5, 9 and 11) are old enough to have it on their radar but too young to understand the significance of the information they're ... | |
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| Atul Gawande, just what the doctor ordered Atul Gawande is expanding the conversation about care at the end of life with his new book, Being Mortal. Will people take notice? The introduction to his book came a few days ago in his opinion piece “The Best Possible Day,” in the New York Times. It fueled ... | |
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| Pink lights, survivor raise awareness for breast cancer LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) – October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It's a time intended to honor survivors and remember those who lost the battle. That happened at the YWCA's Light Up Riehle Plaza event Tuesday evening. If you count the ribbons on ... | |
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| MRI Can Detect Condition Which Causes Dementia The medical industry has made a lot of strides this year in researching potential treatments for dementia and, more importantly, Alzheimer's disease. The new research this week has to do with magnetic resonance imaging—MRI—technology which doctors ... | |
| DNA linked to how much coffee you drink FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 6, 2009 photo, the owner of a coffee shop serves cappuccinos to judges during a barista competition in Cranberry, Pa. Scientists have long known that one's genes influence how much of coffee one consumes, and a study released ... | |
| Health Risks After Stroke May Linger for at Least 5 Years: Study TUESDAY, Oct. 7, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Stroke survivors remain at high risk for another stroke or other serious medical problems and death for at least five years, a new study suggests. The findings may mean that stroke survivors require closer follow-up ... | |
| Go pink in food and drink to raise breast-cancer awareness A portion of the sales from Rabbit's Original Corkscrew in pink will be donated to breast cancer research. 1, of, 5, Next Image. By Gail Ciampa. Gail Ciampa The Providence Journal. Journal Food Editor. gciampa@providencejournal.com. Published: October ... | |
| Sexting teens more likely to have sex More than one-quarter of teens engage in sexting, and those who send explicit photos of themselves are more likely to become sexually active a year later, according to a study published on Monday. But the study, reported in the journal Pediatrics, did not find ... | |
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| Why you need that morning caffeine fix iol scitech oct 8 Coffee Genes AP Scientists have long known that one's genes influence how much of coffee one consumes, and a study released by the journal Molecular Psychiatry has identified some genes that may play a role. New York - How much ... | |
| Broad Spectrum Antibiotics Cause Broad Bacterial Resistance A big problem in the medical industry right now is that doctors tend to prescribe “broad-spectrum” antibiotics out of “fear of targeting the wrong pathogen or missing a resistant organism, especially in a sick patient,” explains Dr. Mary Anne Jackson. She is the ... | |
| Mind Your GPS The 2014 Nobel in physiology or medicine has been given to three scientists—John O'Keefe of University College London, and the wife-husband team of May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology—who ... | |
| CDC Monitoring Second Possible Enterovirus D68 Case Vassey said, “He's out of the woods for now, but who knows what could happen. Anything can happen and turn this around since we're still wheezing and shortness of breath.” Kyle attends the same Hamilton township school as 4-year-old Eli Waller, who died ... | |
| 3 new cases of respiratory virus confirmed Three new cases of enterovirus D68 have been confirmed by North Carolina health officials, bringing the total to nine. The new cases are children, 10 and younger, with pre-existing respiratory illnesses. Enteroviruses are transmitted through contact with an ... | |
| Tobacco use linked to oral HPV-16 Study participants who reported tobacco use or had higher levels of biomarkers of tobacco exposure had a higher prevalence of the sexually transmitted infection, oral human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16), according to a study in the October 8 JAMA, ... | |
| How can a nurse in an Ebola treatment ward become infected? Watching a medic robing up before entering an Ebola treatment ward, it is hard to imagine how they could possibly end up being infected by the virus. As the video above shows, the process takes nearly 20 minutes, and involves donning up to four different ... | |
| Spain health officials order Ebola nurse's dog to be killed SPANISH health officials have quarantined four people at a Madrid hospital after a nursing assistant there became infected with the Ebola virus and have obtained a court order to kill the woman's dog in a race to contain the disease before it spreads further. | |
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| Living When Body Parts Fail Public Health & Policy. Living When Body Parts Fail. Published: Oct 7, 2014. By Shara Yurkiewicz , Staff Writer, MedPage Today. save. |. A. A. Post Test Complete · Take Posttest. I thought it would be difficult to read Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in ... | |
| Woman from plane that landed in Texas being checked for Ebola Last Updated Oct 8, 2014 8:14 AM EDT. A woman on a plane that landed at Midland International Airport in Texas late Tuesday night was brought to a hospital with symptoms that made paramedics think she should be checked for the Ebola virus, reports CBS ... | |
| How This Year's Nobel Prize Winners Changed My Life How do we know where we are? How can the human brain possibly relate our internal experiences to the exterior world? As it turns out, we make a map in our head. Simple as that. Yesterday, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to John ... | |
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