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| Massachusetts Town Votes to End Bid for Tobacco Ban In the face of a revolt by townspeople, the Board of Health in Westminster, Mass., voted Wednesday to drop a proposal to ban the sale of all tobacco and nicotine products. The ban would have made the small town in north-central Massachusetts the only ... | |
| Town Ends Bid to Ban Tobacco Sales After Outcry A proposal that would have made the town the first in the nation to ban all tobacco sales has gone up in smoke. Westminster's board of health voted 2-1 to drop the proposal at its regular meeting on Wednesday, a week after rowdy opposition led board ... | |
| Woman Who Died in Brooklyn Tests Negative for Ebola A woman who died, apparently of a heart attack, at a Brooklyn hair salon and who had recently been in one of the countries most affected by the Ebola outbreak tested negative for the virus, New York City health officials said on Wednesday. Continue reading ... | |
| How are organs chosen for transplant? The case has raised questions about the checks in place during transplantation and why other hospitals seemingly rejected the organs. So how are organs chosen for transplant? More than 19 million people are on the UK's organ donor register, but only a ... | |
| Ebola's Economic Cost Re-Examined Ebola's economic cost to sub-Saharan Africa may only be a fraction of the worst-case forecast made last month because of progress since then in halting the spread of the disease, a World Bank official said Wednesday, but he warned against relaxation in the ... | |
| Ebola Response Is Hampered By Infighting NEW YORK — The global response to the Ebola virus in Liberia is being hampered by poor coordination and serious disagreements between Liberian officials and the donors and health agencies fighting the epidemic, according to minutes of top-level ... | |
| NIH Proposes Greater Disclosure of Clinical Studies Federal health officials on Wednesday took steps to compel scientists to make clinical study results public even when the findings cut against the interest of pharmaceutical companies. The National Institutes of Health released a proposed rule that would give ... | |
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| Ebola heightens need for aid for orphans In this Nov. 11, 2014 photo, Patricia Anglin speaks about the Ebola epidemic and its impact on West African children at the Francis W. Park School in Chicago. Anglin is the executive director and founder of Acres of Hope, an ... more >. By MARTHA IRVINE ... | |
| More women getting mastectomies they may not need When confronted with early stage breast cancer, surgical removal of the tumor alone (lumpectomy) -- which conserves the breast -- can be a less drastic option than total mastectomy. However, a new study shows that a rising number of early stage breast ... | |
| Breast removal rates up for cancer More U.S. women are choosing to have their breasts removed for early cancers instead of breast-conserving procedures that deliver equal results, according to a new study. The researchers don't suggest that either choice is wrong or right. But they point to a ... | |
| Ebola death toll rises to 5420: WHO GENEVA - The World Health Organisation said Wednesday that 5,420 people had so far died of Ebola across eight countries, out of a total 15,145 cases of infection, since late December 2013. On Friday, the UN health agency had reported 5,177 deaths and ... | |
| Westerners React Poorly to Ebola he word "Ebola" sparks fear around the world. While Ebola was a scary, if foreign concept a few months ago, it has suddenly become a more prominent issue for many people in the Western world. Social media and the news have been consumed by Ebola ... | |
| Town ends bid to ban tobacco sales after outcry FILE - In a Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 file photo, citizens hold signs at the Westminster Board of Health meeting on the proposed tobacco ban, at the Westminster Elementary School, in Westminster, Ma. On Wednesday, Nov. 19, Westminster's board of health ... | |
| | Lockport Union-Sun & Journal | Study lifts cloud over heart drugs Zetia, Vytorin THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThis 2004 photo provided by Schering-Plough Corp. shows the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin. A major study gives a long-awaited answer on whether the blockbuster drugs Vytorin and Zetia lower the risk of heart problems. | |
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| High trans fats consumption is bad for your memory 2 According to a new study, foods high in trans-fats would not just make your waistline larger, it also have some bad effects to your brain. The study reveals that individuals at their working age are more vulnerable to memory deficiency if they eat foods with too ... | |
| Beware: Intake of Trans Fats Eat Out Your Memory Eating trans fats eat out your me mory. Everyone knows that trans fats play the worst part in triggering heart diseases as well weight gain. As per a research by Spanish researchers trans fats and saturated fats are liked to depression too. Australian experts ... | |
| Drug windfall raises questions for foundations Seven-year-old Gregory White, who suffers from cystic fibrosis, sits in a chair as Dr. Charles Dumont, pediatric gastroenterologist at Loyolas childrens hospital. by Nova Safo. Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 14:00. Story. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation ... | |
| US government proposes more transparency in clinical trials U.S. health officials on Wednesday proposed significantly expanding what researchers are required to report about clinical trials of drugs, devices and other interventions, addressing concerns that data crucial to patients and physicians is kept secret. | |
| Town drops tobacco ban plans WESTMINSTER (AP) - Health officials here have withdrawn a first-in-the-nation proposal to ban all tobacco sales. Westminster's board of health voted 2-1 at its regular meeting Wednesday to drop the proposal, a week after rowdy opposition led them to end a ... | |
| Cuba says doctor catches Ebola in Sierra Leone HAVANA — A member of the 165-member medical team Cuba sent to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone caught the disease when he rushed to help a patient who was falling over, his brother said Wednesday. Dr. Felix Baez Sarria is being treated by British doctors ... | |
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| Move over, Barbie! Make room for 'average' Lammily doll (CNN) -- It began for Nickolay Lamm as a question: What would Barbie look like if she had the dimensions of an average woman? His answer came in the form of the Lammily doll: a shorter, broader, brunette version of the idealistic blond Mattel doll. | |
| Spotlight on Modi's sanitation campaign at UN Wednesday could well have been called "Swachh Vishwa Abhiyan Din." It was observed at the UN and around the world as World Toilet Day, an observance to further sanitation where leaders spoke of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan ... | |
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| Inhale Oxford's Word of the Year: 'Vape' Slang terms "clickbait," "normcore," and "mansplain" lose to "vape" as Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year, which proves electronic cigarettes might not be a drag. by Bonnie Burton · @bonniegrrl; 20 November 2014, 10:07 am AEDT. comments. 0. facebook. | |
| No benefit of adding mitral valve repair to CABG 1. In patients with multivessel coronary artery disease and moderate mitral regurgitation, there was no significant benefit on left ventricular reverse remodeling at 12 months with performing mitral valve repair with coronary artery bypass grafting, when ... | |
| How Trans Fat Eats Away at Your Memory This photo provided by Dunkin' Donuts on Monday, May 5, 2014 shows a selection of the doughnuts they sell. (AP Photo/Dunkin Donuts). (Time) – What's the opposite of brain food? Trans fat, finds a new study presented at the American Heart Association's ... | |
| Consuming trans fat affects your memory, study shows how A new study has found that high intake of trans fat is linked to deficiency in word memory among working-age men. The study showed that each gram of dietary trans fatty acids intake a day was associated with an estimated 0.76 fewer words recalled, or 11 ... | |
| She has curves and stretch marks. Meet 'normal Barbie' Forget bony, perky and perfect Barbie. Meet "normal Barbie" - She even comes with stickers where you can place a zit, some stretch marks or a scratch. Read more • Dear ladies of NZ: Get a bikini, put it on your body • Sarah Vine: Why this Victoria's Secret ad ... | |
| Obesity 'costing same as smoking' The worldwide cost of obesity is about the same as smoking or armed conflict and greater than both alcoholism and climate change, research has suggested. The McKinsey Global Institute said it cost £1.3tn, or 2.8% of annual economic activity - it cost the UK ... | |
| Foundation sells $3.3B in Vertex drug royalties BETHESDA, Md. — The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation says it has sold royalty rights worth $3.3 billion for innovative drugs it helped develop with Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated. The drug rights were acquired by Royalty Pharma, which owns royalty rights ... | |
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| Ebola Response in Liberia Is Hampered by Infighting Medical workers handling a blood sample of an Ebola victim as the girl, 9, lay in a shawl in Monrovia, Liberia. She later died. Credit Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue ... | |
| Town ends bid to ban tobacco sales after outcry Rowdy citizens hold signs, shout, and wave an American flag, moments before the Westminster Board of Health meeting on the proposed tobacco ban was shut down, at the Westminster Elementary School, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, in Westminster, Ma. | |
| High trans fat consumption tied to worse memory in men HealthDay News -- Young and middle-aged men who ate large amounts of trans fat exhibited a significantly reduced ability to recall words during a memory test, according to findings presented at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association (AHA), ... | |
| A new study shows how eating trans fat affects your memory While you eat trans fat, it eats your memory. It's no secret that trans fats are the worst kind of fat in terms of heart disease weight control. Spanish researchers have also linked trans fats and saturated fats to depression. And, after the US Food and Drug ... | |
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| What Role Does Vitamin D Play In Your Health? Previous studies have shown that low vitamin D levels can be particularly dangerous when it comes to your health. For instance, some have linked lack of this vitamin to increased risk of cancer and certain chronic illnesses. | |
| She has curves and stretch marks. Meet 'normal Barbie.' She has cellulite, no makeup and a few extra pounds around the hips! Forget bony, perky and perfect Barbie. Meet "normal Barbie"! She even comes with stickers where you can place a zit, some stretch marks or a scratch. Pittsburgh graphic designer Nickolay ... | |
| Blue-Eyed People May Face Higher Melanoma Risk WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that genes tied to blue eyes and red hair could put people at higher risk for moles or freckling in childhood, which are often precursors to the deadly skin cancer melanoma later in life. | |
| New Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Show Promise We will provide you with a dropdown of all your saved articles when you are registered and signed in. {shareThisContent}. {fontSizerContent}. By Matt Sloane WebMD Health News. Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD ... | |
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| Is texting hurting your neck? It's a standard texting position: head down, palm up, reading the latest gossip or news on Twitter and Facebook. And one new study thinks this could be putting up to 27 kilograms of strain on our necks. The study by Dr Kenneth Hansraj, published by Surgical ... | |
| Drug spending tops $1 trillion on hepatitis C, cancer therapies South African prosecutors on Monday said that their request to appeal Oscar Pistorius's manslaughter conviction and five-year prison sentence would be heard in December 9. 'You've got a case to answer', long-time suspect told · Oscar sentence 'shocking' ... | |
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| Low Levels of Vitamin D May Raise Early Death Risk: Study WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Having low levels of vitamin D because of your genetics may raise the risk of early death, a new study suggests. But the risk is not linked with early death due to heart-related causes, the researchers added. | |
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