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Breast cancer recurrence risk down since 1980s The world's largest awareness ribbon made of flowers is seen from above during the UAE leg of the Avon Walk around the world for Breast Cancer Awareness walkathon in Zaabeel park in Dubai, November 16, 2007. Credit: Reuters/Jumana El Heloueh ...
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Calories on Menus: Nationwide Experiment Into Human Behavior Now it's official. Starting next November, menus in many places where Americans eat — like chain restaurants and some movie theaters, convenience stores and amusement parks — will have to list calories. Consumer health advocates were jubilant when ...
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Say again? I'll have to work how hard to work off Thanksgiving dinner? You really want to know what it'll take to work off Thanksgiving dinner? Let's just say, you'd better cancel your plans to watch football after dinner or to go shopping on Friday (unless you plan to make it an aerobic affair): It could take you into the weekend to ...
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How world's worst Ebola outbreak began with one boy's death Emile Ouamouno was just two years old and living in the remote Guinean village of Meliandou when he began suffering from a fever, headache and bloody diarrhoea. In December 2013, despite his family's best efforts, the young boy died - followed within ...
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Medtronic gets US antitrust OK to buy Covidien with divestiture WASHINGTON Nov 26 (Reuters) - U.S. antitrust regulators on Wednesday approved a pair of major deals in the medical field, including Medtronic's purchase of Covidien, which will allow it to take advantage of tax breaks in Ireland. The Federal Trade ...
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Sierra Leone to Eclipse Liberia in Ebola Cases More than 600 new cases of Ebola were reported in the three countries most affected — Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea — in the week that ended Sunday, and more than half were in Sierra Leone, according to figures in an updated summary of cases and ...
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Family Listens to Heartbeat of Deceased Son Now in Vet's Chest The devastating phone call to the Heisler family came at 4 a.m. one Sunday in March. Their son Matt, a student at the University of North Dakota, had died in a house fire. He was just 21. But fittingly for a young man described as tender, with a huge heart that ...
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Experimental Ebola vaccine proves successful in human trial The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa shows little sign of slowing down, which is why scientists worldwide are racing to develop a vaccine to end the growing public health crisis. On Wednesday, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, ...
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Delayed HIV Therapy Hurts Immune Recovery HIV/AIDS. Delayed HIV Therapy Hurts Immune Recovery. Published: Nov 26, 2014. By Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today. save. |. A. A. Post Test Complete · Take Posttest. Delaying anti-HIV therapy reduces the chance of ...
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5 Tips to Avoid Overindulging on Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is every dieter's nightmare: turkey slathered in gravy, candied sweet potatoes with marshmallows, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce and buttery, calorie-laden pecan pie. Adults gain about a pound between Thanksgiving and Christmas, ...
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The End of AIDS Could be Within Reach WASHINGTON—. This year's World AIDS Day focuses on how to achieve an AIDS-free generation. The United Nations predicts that if prevention and treatment services are scaled up, the epidemic will no longer be a global threat in 15 years. But if goals are ...
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In First Week, More Than a Million Apply for Health Insurance on Federal Website Health care shoppers signed up for insurance on the first day of open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act at the Evergreen Health Center in Manassas, Va., earlier this month. Credit Greg Kahn for The New York Times. Continue reading the main story.
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Ebola Cases in Sierra Leone Will 'Soon Eclipse' Liberia Members of the burial team carry a body to his grave at King Tom Cemetery in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Nov. 19, 2014. The Washington Post/Getty Images. 1,339 cases of the country's 6,599 overall were recorded in three weeks in November. 158930045 ...
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Dr. Julio Montaner honoured for a lifetime of work in HIV/AIDS "Nobody in Canada has made a bigger contribution to the field of HIV/AIDS research and treatment than Dr. Julio Montaner," said Health Minister Terry Lake Wednesday as the B.C. government held a special ceremony to honour the AIDS pioneer in advance ...
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Sierra Leone official: Ebola may have reached peak The Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, which has been surging in recent weeks, may have reached its peak and could be on the verge of slowing down, Sierra Leone's information minister said Wednesday. But in a reminder of how serious the situation is in ...
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Ebola Vaccine Appears Safe in Early Test A handout photo from the NIH shows the first participant enrolled in the trial receiving a dose of the experimental Ebola-virus vaccine at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md., on Sept. 2. Associated Press. By. Thomas M. Burton. Thomas M. Burton. The Wall ...
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US|US Smoking Rate Dips Again The smoking rate in the United States declined to 17.8 percent in 2013, down slightly from 18.1 percent the previous year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday. The report found a decline in the number of smokers in the United ...
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Experimental Ebola vaccine 'promising' in human trial The first human trial of an experimental vaccine against Ebola showed "promising" results but it will be months before it can be used in the field. Ebola. Twenty volunteers were immunized in the United States and none suffered major side effects. All produced ...
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Chase Runs Out Of Road The first test of an Ebola vaccine in people shows it's safe and appears to be working as designed, doctors reported Wednesday. A look at the first 20 people injected with the vaccine, which has been shown to protect monkeys from Ebola, shows no ...
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Ebola crisis: Vaccine one step closer, as infection rates accelerate in Sierra Leone Washington: Researchers say they are one step closer to developing an Ebola vaccine, with a trial showing promising results. However, it will be months before any vaccine can be used in the field. Pharmaceutical companies and health agencies are ...
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Powdered measles vaccine shows promise in early clinical trials "You don't need to worry about needles; you don't need to worry about reconstituting vaccines with clean water," said Robert Sievers. By Brooks Hays | Nov. 26, 2014 at 6:23 PM. Comments. share with facebook. share with twitter. share with google.
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Goodbye, needles: measles vaccine could be delivered with a puff of air The current measles vaccine - administered by an injection - is effective and safe, but experts say coverage could be made better by a vaccine that is easier to administer and transport. Now, a measles vaccine consisting of dry powder that is delivered with a ...
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Ebola vaccine from Glaxo passes early safety test An experimental Ebola vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline caused no serious side effects and produced an immune response in all 20 healthy volunteers who received it in an early-stage clinical trial, scientists reported on Wednesday in the New England ...
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Cigarette Smoking At Record Low In U.S., CDC Says Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of diseases that is preventable and kills more than 480,000 Americans per year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cigarette smoking by U.S. adults is at its lowest rate since it began keeping ...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Officials Say Many With HIV Not ... Thousands of Houston-area residents infected with HIV, and hundreds of thousands of Americans with the virus, are not getting treatment that can improve their health and make them less likely to infect others, federal and local officials said Tuesday.
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Thanksgiving is a Time For Family and Friends and Food…and Calories Maybe it is the fact that it only comes around once a year; maybe it is the colder weather; maybe it is the social aspect; but people tend to eat nearly twice as many calories on Thanksgiving Day than on any other average day throughout the year. And all of ...
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CDC: Adult smoking rate in US dips below 18 percent A new study has shown that less Americans smoke cigarettes now than in the past. Reuters reported that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the results Wednesday of a study that states smoking levels dropped to 17.8 percent in 2013.
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Medtronic gets US clearance to buy Covidien US competition have approved a pair of major deals in the medical field, including Medtronic's purchase of Covidien. The Federal Trade Commission said it would allow medical technology company Medtronic's $42.9 billion deal to buy Dublin-based ...
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CDC report shows smoking rates are down But are more and more young people "vaping" instead of smoking cigarettes? KCRA 3's Kathy Park looked at the CDC report and examined the trends in Sacramento. Show Transcript Hide Transcript. Advertising. Video Transcript. THE SCHOOL IS NOW ...
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Tainted Love: How HIV Stigma Is Damaging The Gay Community... Hearing the words "I'm HIV-positive" made Bryan* (names and some details have been changed) freeze. A 23-year-old graphic designer, Bryan had met a guy at a Manhattan gay club, a svelte 25-year-old tourist, Zach, with whom he danced, drank and ...
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HIV Therapy Delay Negatively Influences Immune Response HIV Therapy Delay A recent study has suggested that HIV therapy delay significantly influences a patient's chances of immune recovery. Most of us live unaware of the dangers surrounding us every day, in the context of a large number of people infected with ...
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GlaxoSmithKline reports positive Phase I trial results of Ebola vaccine candidate GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has reported positive results from a small Phase I trial of a vaccine candidate for the treatment of Ebola virus. Ebola virus virion. The new vaccine candidate was co-developed by the National Institutes of Health' (NIH) National Institute ...
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The worst of Ebola could be over, says Sierra Leone official DUST TO DUST: Freshly dug graves at a cemetery at the Kenama Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone. Image by: FRANCISCO LEONG/AFP. The Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, which has been surging in recent days, may have reached its peak and be ...
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Half-million cancers worldwide linked to obesity Excess body weight caused about 481,000 new cancer cases in 2012, according to a new study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, an arm of the World Health Organization. That works out to about 3.6 per cent of all cancers worldwide, the ...
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Breast cancer returning less often after treatment Rates of recurrence in breast-cancer cases fell by half or more between the 1980s and the early 2000s — likely because of improved treatment and increased screenings, according to a new study from Canada. The analysis of data on Canadian ...
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Dar Seeks Funds for Anti-Retroviral Care Dodoma — THE government is looking for funds to implement World Health Organization (WHO) guidance of placing HIV/Aids positive people with CD4 count of 500 on Antiretroviral (ARV) therapy. The Deputy Minister for Health and Social Welfare, ...
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FDA's new calorie rules won't change our diets AFP/Getty Images/file. How many calories are in this bacon cheeseburger and french fries? This piece will be featured in the Nov. 30 print edition of The Boston Globe. Good news! The obesity crisis is over. A world of thinness, health, and vibrant living awaits ...
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Sierra Leone on track to become worst-hit Ebola nation NEW YORK — Sierra Leone will soon displace Liberia as the worst-hit of the West African countries ravaged by Ebola, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. More than 600 new cases of Ebola were reported in the three countries most affected ...
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AIDS AWARENESS: HIV still a huge foe: UN HIV/AIDS STATISTICS have fallen across the board globally since the horrific peaks of 2005, but the sheer numbers of people affected by the epidemic remain staggering, and too many sufferers are unaware of their HIV-positive status, according to a recent ...
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Two British tourists found dead in Netherlands after 'snorting white heroin' Two British tourists in their twenties have died in the Netherlands after they snorted what is believed to have been white heroin. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. The unnamed men, aged 20 and 21, were found in a ...
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| Artificial Pancreas May Improve Type 1 Diabetes Treatment An artificial pancreas may offer people with type 1 diabetes a better way to their keep glucose levels in check than the conventional diabetes treatment, which involves an insulin pump, according to a new study. The artificial pancreas is an automated system ...
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A Peer of Michael Brown Reacts to Violent Demonstrators Ferguson resident Joshua Jones, studying for a Masters in Social Work at St. Louis University, shares his thoughts on the violent demonstrations. About Us · Careers · Contact · Privacy Policy – UPDATED · Terms of Service · Site Map · Advertise · Ad Choices ...
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Bank employees fight cancer; bank helps Royal Bank honors cancer-stricken employees Joan Bones and Kathy Nelson during Breast Cancer Awareness Month by giving to cancer-support group. Enlarge Photo. Breast cancer affects many, either personally or indirectly. This statement hits home for ...
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Overweight linked to 500000 cancer cases per year PARIS - Overweight and obesity is now causing nearly half a million new cancer cases in adults every year, roughly 3.6 percent of the world's total, a study said Wednesday. A quarter of these cases are "realistically avoidable," said the authors of the work ...
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What's new on the menu? In US, calorie count WASHINGTON: One of Washington DC's enduring rituals is the President of the United States "pardoning" a couple of turkeys ahead of Thanksgiving Day, sparing them the indignity being part of the dinner menu like 46 million of their kin on what is widely ...
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Tear-jerking moment sister gets to listen to dead brother's heart beating in the ... The parents of a college student who died earlier this year had an emotional meeting last week with a Vietnam vet who as able to live after receiving their dead son's heart. Matt Heisler was just 21 when he passed away in a house fire at the University of North ...
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Family hears son's heartbeat in another man's chest Throughout life, we all wait for something or someone. Tom Meeks spent three years waiting for a heart transplant. Back in April of 2011, the Vietnam Veteran was diagnosed with a rare heart disease called amyloidosis. Doctors said he wouldn't survive ...
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CDC: Fewer than 18% of American adults smoke cigarettes, a new low The proportion of American adults who smoke cigarettes has hit a new low, new federal data show. And among those who do smoke, fewer are lighting up every day, and even they are smoking fewer cigarettes. Related story: Smoking may increase suicide ...
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A Doctor's Journey Working With HIV/AIDS LANSING -- Dr. Peter Gulick was extremely uncomfortable as the Lansing City Council unanimously approved a resolution Monday night declaring Dec. 1 "Dr. Peter G. Gulick Appreciation Day" in the city. While he has toiled on the front lines against HIV since ...
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Vultures could hold key to deadly bacteria As millions of Americans tuck into the traditional turkey dinner this Thanksgiving, they might spare a thought for the turkey vulture. Its meal will certainly be undercooked, lacking in trimmings, eaten at the side of the road and seething with toxic bacteria that ...
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