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| Surgeon stricken with Ebola in Sierra Leone arrives in Nebraska Your video will begin momentarily. STORY HIGHLIGHTS. The U.S. Embassy confirms an Ebola patient departed Freetown; An Ebola-stricken patient arrives in Nebraska, an official says; The patient is a surgeon and a Sierra Leone national; He also is a legal ... | |
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| Chinese team arrives in Liberia to staff Ebola clinic MONROVIA (Reuters) - About 160 Chinese health workers arrived on Saturday in Liberia, where they are due to staff a new $41 million Ebola clinic that, unlike most other foreign interventions, is being built and fully run by Chinese personnel. China, Africa's ... | |
| Chinese team arrives in Liberia to staff Ebola clinic MONROVIA Nov 15 (Reuters) - About 160 Chinese health workers arrived on Saturday in Liberia, where they are due to staff a new $41 million Ebola clinic that, unlike most other foreign interventions, is being built and fully run by Chinese personnel. China ... | |
| US Ebola victim Thomas Duncan remembered at memorial in Texas DALLAS (Reuters) - Family and friends remembered Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person in the United States to die from Ebola, at a memorial service in Dallas on Saturday. About three dozen mourners gathered for an intimate ceremony at Wilshire Baptist ... | |
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| Lung Cancer for Nonsmokers Still Stained by Stigma Tori Tomalia, a mother of three young children from Ann Arbor, Michigan, was diagnosed last year with stage IV lung cancer. She was only 37. "I actually thought it was impossible for a nonsmoker to get lung cancer at my age," she told NBC News. | |
| Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is over Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say the African country's Ebola outbreak has ended. Felix Kabange Numbi, the health minister of Congo, announced the good news on Saturday, saying there have been no new cases since Oct. 4. At least 49 ... | |
| Dying Eliza O'Neill's birthday wish is to LIVE The youngster, from Columbia, South Carolina, suffers from Sanfilippo Syndrome (Type A), a genetic and terminal disorder that means she lacks an enzyme vital for normal cellular function. The condition eventually causes a lethal buildup of a toxic material ... | |
| Sierra Leone doctor with Ebola evacuated to US Dr. Martin Salia, who contracted Ebola while working as a surgeon in Sierra Leone, is heading to the U.S. He was evacuated on a chartered flight early Saturday morning. Dr. Martin Salia, who contracted Ebola while working as a surgeon in Sierra Leone, ... | |
| CORRECTED-Chinese team arrives in Liberia to staff Ebola clinic (Corrects references to Chinese ambassador's surname in paragraphs 5 and 8). MONROVIA Nov 15 (Reuters) - About 160 Chinese health workers arrived on Saturday in Liberia, where they are due to staff a new $41 million Ebola clinic that, unlike most other ... | |
| Scientists use Wikipedia data to forecast flu Can public health experts tell that an infectious disease outbreak is imminent simply by looking at what people are searching for on Wikipedia? Yes, at least in some cases. Anonymous. Nov 15, 2014. (TNS photo/Ed Hille) David Thomsen, 74, is a Wikipedia ... | |
| Clonidine, Aspirin Fail to Lower AKI Risk During Surgery Meeting Coverage. Clonidine, Aspirin Fail to Lower AKI Risk During Surgery. Published: Nov 15, 2014. By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today. save. |. A. A. Post Test Complete · Take Posttest. PHILADELPHIA -- Neither aspirin nor clonidine reduced ... | |
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| | International Business Times | Scientists Use Wikipedia to Predict Disease Outbreaks Researchers say they can predict the outbreak of an infectious disease by watching people search Wikipedia for information and symptoms. The technique could yield a global disease-forecasting system, they suggest. (Photo : Wikipedia). Scientists say it may ... | |
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| Researchers use Wikipedia Data to forecast disease outbreaks Most academic researchers and private individuals use Wikipedia to research symptoms and treatments associated with various diseases, and scientists fully understand this. Scientists also understand that most people use Wikipedia to research various ... | |
| FDA approves Lemtrada for multiple sclerosis NEW YORK (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved Lemtrada, a treatment for relapsing multiple sclerosis made by the drugmaker Genzyme. The drug has already been approved by the European Medicines Agency for use in the European ... | |
| Pregnancy poses a high risk for kidney donors A new study has revealed shocking news about kidney donation. Living kidney donors are at a higher risk during pregnancy. The study says that women who undergo a kidney donation risk the development of gestational hypertension or some other ... | |
| China Sends 160 Workers To Liberia To Help Fight Ebola Chinese healthcare workers arrived in Liberia on Saturday to begin treating those infected with the Ebola virus. The team of medical professionals will be setting up shop in a new $41 million clinic designed specifically to treat the outbreak. This clinic will only ... | |
| Son Recalls Mother's Agonizing Death From Eating Cookie Dough As the holidays draw in closer, many people are baking and eating tons of raw cookie dough. The family of Linda Rivera, who died from consuming raw cookie dough, is now speaking out to increase nationwide regulations. Her son, Ricky Simpson, spoke to a ... | |
| FDA Approves Multiple Sclerosis Drug Lemtrada The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved on Saturday the multiple sclerosis drug Lemtrada to be sold in the United States. Lemtrada can now be used in the treatment of individuals who suffer from relapsing forms of MS. The ruling comes almost a ... | |
| China Sends 160 Army Medics to Liberia for Ebola Fight China has reinforced its contribution to the fight against the Ebola virus by deploying a team of 163 military medical staff to Liberia, the hardest-hit country in West Africa, China Daily reported. More Kaleidoscope News. Visitor Struck a Costly Painting to ... | |
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| New Online Tool to Check the Health of your Heart A website has been developed by the researchers at Harvard T.H Chan of Public Health to let users determine if they were at risk of developing cardiovascular disease. By understanding the symptoms, they could try and take measures to lower the risks. | |
| New Online Tool Will Screen Patients For Heart Disease For Free You can now check for your risk of heart disease online. A new online tool is available for free and is able to tell users what their risk of developing the deadly disease is. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health developed the website as a way for ... | |
| Mexico detects first case of mosquito-borne chikungunya virus MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has detected its first domestic case of the painful mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya in the southwest of the country, the state government of Chiapas said on Saturday. Chikungunya is spread by two mosquito species, ... | |
| Screening counters set up at two airports Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has established screening counters at Karachi and Islamabad airports to check Ebola suspects coming from various destinations, including West African countries. A spokesman for the CAA told Business Recorder on Saturday ... | |
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| Obamacare Train Not Wrecking As Sign-Up Period Kicks Off HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell visited an open-enrollment event on Saturday, the first day for Obamacare sign-ups for 2015. | JeffreyYoung. Share 0 · Tweet · 0. Email 0. Comment 0. Share on Google+ · tumblr · stumble · reddit. MANASSAS, Virginia ... | |
| New contraceptive shot to reach 69 poor countries WASHINGTON - A contraceptive shot will soon be available at one dollar per dose in 69 of the world's poorest countries, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Pfizer pharmaceuticals announced. The move expands a pilot program already begun in a ... | |
| Hopes and fears as health law sign-up season opens U.S. President Barak Obama gestures as he answers a question from the media... (Rob Griffith/AP). « 1; 2; ». WASHINGTON (AP) — The second sign-up season under President Barack Obama's health overhaul opened Saturday, with hopes that this time ... | |
| FDA approves Lemtrada for multiple sclerosis The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Lemtrada, a treatment for relapsing multiple sclerosis made by the drugmaker Genzyme. The drug has already been approved by the European Medicines Agency for use in the European Union and in ... | |
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| Ebola wave ends reports Kinshasa AN outbreak of ebola in the Congo which has killed dozens of people is over, the country's health minister announced yesterday. AN outbreak of ebola in the Congo which has killed dozens of people is over, the country's health minister announced yesterday. | |
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| Why confusion still surrounds the Ebola risk Health workers from Sierra Leone's Red Cross Society Burial Team 7 prepare to carry a corpse out of a house in Freetown on Nov. 12. Red Cross has been providing a safe and dignified burial, with teams of 9 or 10 including a beneficiary communicator in ... | |
| DRC Declares Itself Ebola-Free, New Patient Headed for US The Democratic Republic of Congo said Saturday it was free of Ebola, three months after the deadly virus appeared in the country, resulting in the deaths of nearly 50 people. Health Minister Felix Kabange Numbi, who made the announcement, warned that ... | |
| Gates Foundation gifts US$1 contraceptive jab to 69 countries Sayana Press Injectable Contraceptive is a single-dose contraceptive which lasts for about three months. — Unicef pic. WASHINGTON, Nov 16, 2014: A contraceptive shot will soon be available at one dollar per dose in 69 of the world's poorest countries, the ... | |
| Not Many Kidney Donors in the United States Says a New Study A new study has reported that most of the United States population, even if they wanted to, could not be kidney donors for reasons of health or finances. More than 75% of Americans would not be able to donate, said the study leader, nephrologist Dr Anthony ... | |
| Running Won't Raise Risk of Knee Arthritis, Study Says SATURDAY, Nov. 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Regular running doesn't seem to increase your chances of developing knee osteoarthritis, and it may even help prevent the disease, researchers report. The researchers analyzed data from more than 2,600 ... | |
| Kingdom Tower lighted in blue to mark 'World Diabetes Day' In observance of the annual World Diabetes Day on Friday (Nov. 14), The Kingdom Tower in Riyadh, a major landmark in the Saudi capital at 302m high, was lighted in blue which is the color of the circle logo for diabetes - signifying the unity of the global ... | |
| Almost 10% of the US has Diabetes Going through all of his medications take Terry Michael quite a while. "I couldn't even tell you all the names of this stuff. I've got five different pills I take." It's a harsh reality. Pills. Morning, noon, and night. But it's a reality for millions. Almost 10% of the U.S. ... | |
| Most Americans are not suitable kidney donors A new study has found that as many as 75% Americans are not suitable kidney donors because they are either not healthy enough or do not have the financial capability. In the US, about 100,000 people need a kidney transplant. Only 17,000 people received ... | |
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| California clarifies Ebola protection requirements SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California workplace safety officials have clarified hospital requirements for treating a suspected or confirmed case of Ebola. Juliann Sum, acting chief of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, said Friday that the state ... | |
| Air Pollution May Be Linked to Higher Rates of Kidney Disease SATURDAY, Nov. 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Air pollution may be linked to higher rates of chronic kidney disease, new research suggests. A study from the University of Michigan found the prevalence of kidney disease was greater in areas of the United ... | |
| Unexplained, polio-like illness has paralyzed 75 kids An unexplained, polio-like illness has affected 75 children across the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The first cases were reported in August in Colorado, around the same time that children began going to the emergency ... | |
| New tool measures heart risk based on diet and exercise Doctors are relying more on risk calculators to determine your chances of having a heart attack, stroke, or particular kind of cancer within the next decade or two. But Harvard School of Public Health researchers introduced a new heart risk tool on Friday that's ... | |
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