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US nurses hold strikes, protests over Ebola measures SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of nurses across the United States staged protest rallies and strikes on Wednesday over what they say is insufficient protection for health workers dealing with patients possibly stricken with the deadly ...
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India doctor blames tainted drugs for deaths after sterilization surgery PANDARI India (Reuters) - The doctor whose sterilization of 83 women in less than three hours ended in at least a dozen deaths said on Thursday the express operations were his moral responsibility and blamed adulterated medicines for the tragedy. Dr R. K ...
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| 2nd Surgeries After Breast Cancer Lumpectomy WEDNESDAY, Nov. 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- In a study of more than 240,000 women who had breast conservation surgery for breast cancer, nearly 25 percent needed a second operation, a new study finds. "There are very few operations where you ...
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Researchers to Start Trials of Two Antivirals in Ebola Patients in December Boots worn by health workers dry on racks at a Doctors Without Borders Ebola-care center in Conakry, Guinea, in August. Youssouf Bah/Associated Press. By. Peter Loftus. Peter Loftus. The Wall Street Journal. CANCEL. BiographyPeter Loftus · Peter.
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Falls Leading Cause of Serious Head Trauma for Kids WEDNESDAY, Nov. 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A new study of more than 43,000 children finds that falls are the most common cause of head injuries among younger kids. For children under the age of 2, falls accounted for 77 percent of head injuries.
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RPT-Women face hasty surgery, dirty clinics in Indian sterilisation drive (Repeats story with no changes to text). * Indian sterilisation programme puts women at risk. * Recent deaths highlight shortcuts. * Officials and doctors under pressure to meet targets. * Operations can take as little as two minutes. * Doctor at centre of scandal ...
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Outbreak in Mali Eclipses Early Success A police officer on guard outside the Pasteur Clinic in Bamako, Mali, where a patient with the country's second confirmed case of Ebola died. Credit Joe Penney/Reuters. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the ...
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Arrested Indian Doctor Says Toxic Pills Killed 13 Women Shiu Kumari Yadav, lies on a bed with her baby as she receives treatment following complications from a sterilization operation, at the CIMS hospital, Bilaspur. Photographer: Sanat Singh. The Indian doctor under fire after 12 women died among the 83 he ...
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Worst Ebola outbreak on record tests global response (Reuters) - Global health authorities are struggling to contain the world's worst Ebola epidemic since the disease was identified in 1976. The virus has killed at least 5,160 people. Here is a timeline of the outbreak: March 22: Guinea confirms a hemorrhagic ...
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US Scaling Back Troop Presence in Ebola-Hit Liberia The Pentagon doesn't plan to deploy the full 4,000 U.S. troops to Ebola-stricken Liberia — scaling back the number even as the virus makes rapid gains elsewhere in West Africa. Army Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, who's leading up the effort overseas, said the ...
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Deaths shine light on 'horrible' conditions in India's mass sterilization camps NEW DELHI — It's called sterilization season. In rural India, doctors and public health officials aiming to meet family-planning targets set up "sterilization camps" where women arrive by the jeep-loads. They lie on makeshift operating tables while doctors ...
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US Army tries to identify soldiers most likely to commit suicide The U.S. Army has a new analytical tool that officials hope will counter a surge in suicides by identifying soldiers whose history, age and injuries indicate they are at high risk of taking their own lives. In an analysis involving all 40,820 U.S. soldiers hospitalized ...
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Ebola outbreak deaths pass 5000 The number of people killed by the worst outbreak of Ebola has risen to 5,160, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. The frequency of new cases no longer appears to be increasing in Guinea and Liberia but remains high in Sierra Leone, the health ...
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Butting Heads: Town's Tobacco Ban Hearing Shut Down for Being Too Rowdy WESTMINSTER, Mass. — Only a handful of people were able to speak on a proposal that could make the tiny Massachusetts town of Westminster the first in the nation to ban all sales of tobacco products when boos and shouts from the crowd shut down the ...
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Unruly Crowd Shuts Down Westminster Tobacco Ban Meeting They may take our lives, but they'll never take . . . our cigarettes? Westminster may become the first municipality in the country to ban all tobacco sales, but some businesses and town members are not ready to give up their Marlboros, Camels and Parliaments.
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Chhattisgarh doctor blames tainted drugs for deaths after sterilisation surgery 1 of 3. R.K.Gupta (L), a doctor who performed sterlisation surgeries at a government mass sterilisation 'camp', sits at a police station as police and the media look on in Bilaspur, in Chhattisgarh, November 13, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee ...
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Wisconsin woman faces bankruptcy from hospital bills after cardiac arrest at 29 The day Megan Rothbauer's heart stopped beating, she racked up more than $250,000 in hospital bills. The Madison, Wisconsin woman is fighting off bankruptcy after being sent to the wrong emergency room - one out of her insurance network - when she ...
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Ducks' Corey Perry, Francois Beauchemin diagnosed with mumps The illness that has sidelined Ducks' goals leader Corey Perry and veteran defenseman Francois Beauchemin was diagnosed Wednesday as the common mumps, the team's doctor said. Perry, who missed his fourth game Wednesday, is cleared to resume ...
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US nurses hold strikes, protests over Ebola measures SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON: Tens of thousands of nurses across the United States staged protest rallies and strikes on Wednesday over what they say is insufficient protection for health workers dealing with patients possibly stricken with the deadly ...
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US Scales Back Ebola Response Numbers PENTAGON—. The U.S. military says it is scaling back its planned Ebola response deployments to West Africa from 4,000 troops to 3,000. Major General Gary Volesky, who heads the U.S. military's response to the Ebola outbreak, said in a call to reporters at ...
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Scientists Find Signs of Toxic Flame Retardants in Americans WEDNESDAY, Nov. 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists report that they found evidence of six kinds of toxic flame retardants in Americans. The researchers tested urine samples from California residents and found detectable levels of a rarely studied ...
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Ebola death toll tops 5000; Mali quarantines 90 BAMAKO/GENEVA, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The death of a nurse in Mali from Ebola promoted on Wednesday the quarantine of more than 90 people in the West African country's capital, as the World Health Organization said the disease had now claimed at least ...
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New fonts aim to help dyslexics read, but do they work? For the 5 to 10 percent of Americans who have dyslexia, reading can be a maddening experience of flipped, reversed, or unrecognizable letters. "It's total frustration. You read a word and one letter is turned around so the whole thing doesn't make sense," said ...
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Ebola victim's family settles suit against hospital DALLAS — The family of Thomas Eric Duncan — the Liberian Ebola patient who died at a Dallas hospital last month — walked out of a Dallas courtroom on Wednesday, not rejoicing... but relieved. "My family, we are okay," said Mai Wureh, Duncan's sister, ...
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After Takhatpur, death stalks women at Pendra & Marwahi RAIPUR: Two more women died of botched sterilisations in Chhattisgarh, taking the toll to 13 on Wednesday. Chaiti Bai, 34, who was operated at another health camp at Pendra block in Bilaspur district on Monday, succumbed to post-procedure complications ...
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US town hearing to debate outright tobacco ban ends early after crowd gets rowdy Only a handful of people were able to speak on a proposal that could make the tiny Massachusetts town of Westminster the first in the nation to ban all sales of tobacco products when boos and shouts from the crowd shut down the public hearing Wednesday ...
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Ebola survivor Dr. Craig Spencer, fiancée go out together in New York for first ... Reunited with his sweetie after surviving Ebola hell, Dr. Craig Spencer and his fiancée stepped out in public Wednesday in New York and tried to resume normal life. One day after being released from Bellevue Hospital, Spencer, 33, and his bride-to-be, ...
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Tragic deaths in India's makeshift contraception clinics Unidentified women wail beside the body of a woman, who underwent sterilisation surgery at a government mass sterilisation camp, inside an ambulance outside Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS) hospital in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, November ...
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India doctor arrested, denies role in women deaths NEW DELHI (AP) — The doctor who conducted sterilization procedures after which 13 women died in central India was arrested and blamed tainted post-surgery drugs for the deaths. Dr. R.K. Gupta, who had been hiding since Saturday's operations, was ...
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How an Innovative New Font Can Help Dyslexics Read (NEW YORK) -- As a child, Christian Boer had difficulty with reading and writing. The Dutch artist said he was eventually diagnosed with dyslexia, which explained why he often... Latest News: Late Ebola Patient's Fiancée Gets Nothing in Hospital Settlement ...
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Mali battles Ebola outbreak as African toll passes 5000 BAMAKO - Mali is scrambling to prevent a major Ebola epidemic after the deaths of an Islamic cleric and a nurse, as the official death toll in the worst ever epidemic of the virus passed 5,000. The two deaths in Mali have dashed optimism that the country was ...
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Two Antivirals Set to Be Tested on Ebola Patients in December China has developed the JK-05 vaccine to cure patients infected with the Ebola disease, but the drug still needs further clinical trials. Text size: Small · Medium · Large. Email; Share · Print; Comment. Tweet. Researchers will be testing two sets of antiviral ...
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Woman faces bankruptcy after being taken to wrong hospital "It was the closest hospital to where I had my event, so naturally the ambulance took me there. No fault to them," said Megan Rothbauer. By Brooks Hays Nov. 12, 2014 at 6:53 PM. Comments. share with facebook. share with twitter. share with google. Don't let ...
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Shocking! Americans Have At Least 6 Toxic Flame Retardants In Their Bodies A recent research study on the safety of a toxic flame retardant uncovered some unsettling news. Researchers found that Americans can show signs of chemicals known as tris-(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEPs) in their bodies. The researchers tested urine ...
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Atkins, Weight Watchers Or South Beach Diet - Which Diet Works Best? Over two-thirds of the American population is overweight, and over one-third is obese, according to The National Center for Health Statistics. These conditions add billions of dollars in annual medical costs. They also predispose people to heart disease, stroke ...
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Wisconsin Women Goes Bankrupt on Hospital Bills After Cardiac Arrest Megan Rothbauer's heart l ost beat and she was admitted to a hospital to have treatment. The whole episode ended with her racking up over $250,000 in hospital bills. Advertisement. According to a report by WISC-TV the Madison, Wisconsin woman has ...
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MSF centers in Guinea and Liberia to test Ebola drugs next month LONDON (Reuters) - Clinical trials of three potential Ebola treatments will begin in December in Guinea and Liberia at medical centers run by Medecins Sans Frontieres, the medical charity said on Thursday. The separate trials, involving up to several ...
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How an Innovative New Font Can Help Dyslexics Read dyslexiefont.com(NEW YORK) — As a child, Christian Boer had difficulty with reading and writing. The Dutch artist said he was eventually diagnosed with dyslexia, which explained why he often reversed letters in his head and why sentences on the page ...
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Paramedics Take Woman to Wrong Hospital Costing Her $250000 Instead of ... It was bad enough that 29-year old Megan Rothbauer suffered cardiac arrest that caused her heart to stop for nearly an hour. Taken to the wrong hospital, the Wisconsin woman was put into a medically-induced coma for ten days. After she was brought out of ...
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Gene error 'reduces heart attack and cholesterol risk' People who carry errors in a single gene could be protected against heart attacks and high cholesterol, American research suggests. The New England Journal of Medicine study reveals one in every 650 people could have genetic faults that halve the chance ...
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Dallas Hospital Will Pay Ebola Victim's Family, Create Foundation in His Name Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan, the only patient to die of the disease in the United States, was sent home from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas on Sept. 26, despite having a high fever and telling a nurse he had recently traveled from Africa.
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Williams case brings attention to dementia CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - Multiple news sources including C-B-S report actor Robin Williams' suicide may be connected to "Lewy Body Dementia". The reports all point to celebrity website T-M-Z, and a story it's running that claims the actor's family call ...
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'Nurses need better Ebola safeguards' San Francisco/ Washington - Tens of thousands of nurses across the United States staged protest rallies and strikes on Wednesday over what they say is insufficient protection for health workers dealing with patients possibly stricken with the deadly Ebola ...
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Texas: Ebola Victim's Family to Be Paid by Hospital Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, which treated the only Ebola patient to die in the United States, will pay his relatives an undisclosed sum and create a charitable foundation in his name, the family's lawyer said Wednesday. The agreement heads ...
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Ebola workers ask Congress for help Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas Frieden listens as left, listens as National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, before the Senate ...
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Mali Battles Ebola Outbreak as African Toll Passes 5000 Bamako, Mali: Mali is scrambling to prevent a major Ebola epidemic after the deaths of an Islamic cleric and a nurse, as the official death toll in the worst ever epidemic of the virus passed 5,000. The two deaths in Mali have dashed optimism that the country ...
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What Could Have Led Robin Williams To Commit Suicide? Robin Williams' suicide continues to haunt, so much so that the casting about for blame has settled on a little-known form of dementia. Loading… Post to Facebook. What Could Have Led Robin Williams To Commit Suicide? Robin Williams' suicide continues ...
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Town's tobacco ban hearing too rowdy, ends early WESTMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — Only a handful of people were able to speak on a proposal that could make the tiny Massachusetts town of Westminster the first in the nation to ban all sales of tobacco products when boos and shouts from the crowd shut down ...
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Fewer US troops than initially planned will be deployed against Ebola in West ... The number of U.S. troops deploying to West Africa to help battle the Ebola epidemic will peak at about 3,000 by the middle of December, well below the nearly 4,000 soldiers military officials anticipated they might need to send if the crisis continued to deepen ...
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Conquering flu season is a matter of hygiene, luck Washing your hands with soap and warm water is one of the simplest tasks in order to prevent germs from spreading. By doing so, this helps keep your body healthy and free of germs that could make you ill. (Photo Illustration by Cassandra Nguyen | The ...
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