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Government could ease 31-year-old ban on blood donations from gay men The federal government is on the brink of lifting restrictions put in place more than three decades ago when regulators, alarmed by the spread of the virus that causes AIDS, barred men who had sex with other men from donating blood. A Food and Drug ...
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Death toll from Ebola outbreak nears 7000 in West Africa: WHO A newly-built Ebola treatment center is pictured in Beyla, Guinea, November 25, 2014. Picture taken November 25, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Fabien Offner. Related News. Surgeon who died of Ebola eulogized at Maryland service. 5:24pm EST. No more Ebola ...
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University, students hope to raise AIDS awareness Michael Moore remembers the long walk from Bethune-Cookman University to a health clinic a few miles away. He was sweating when he arrived, but not just from the late-July heat. After enduring mysterious flu-like symptoms on and off for two years, he was ...
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Ebola death toll up, Sierra Leone needs more beds DAKAR, Senegal — Sierra Leone will soon receive a dramatic increase in desperately needed Ebola treatment beds, but it's still not clear who will staff them, according to the top United Nations official in the fight against the disease. Ebola has made more ...
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Trinity Cathedral in Trenton hosts World AIDS Day observation TRENTON — To raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and its complications, Trinity Cathedral in Trenton hosted an event Saturday to observe 2014 World AIDS Day. "This is a day where we can commemorate the significance of the HIV epidemic in the world and also ...
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World AIDS Day to be marked around world People around the world on Monday will join forces to show their support for those living with HIV, as well as those who have died from the virus, when the 26th World Aids Day is marked. An estimated 34 million people are living with HIV and more than 35 ...
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Ebola Death Toll Near 7000, WHO Says The World Health Organization said Saturday that the Ebola death toll has reached almost 7,000, up more than 1,000 since the last report two days earlier. WHO officials attributed the sudden, sharp rise in the number of Ebola fatalities to a large number of ...
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Doctor who died of Ebola hailed as hero Dr. Martin Salia didn't get into the medical profession to get rich, and even though he was a permanent U.S. resident, he chose to work in his native Sierra Leone because the need for surgeons there was so great. Although his medical colleagues were ...
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No More Ebola Cases in Mali After Patient Cured: President DAKAR — Mali has no more confirmed cases of Ebola after the last patient known to be suffering from the virus was cured, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said on Saturday. Mali has registered eight cases of Ebola — seven of them confirmed and one ...
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Scientists: 'Positive' results in 1st human trial of experimental Ebola vaccine The first human trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine has produced promising results, U.S. scientists said, raising hopes that protection from the deadly disease may be on the horizon. All 20 healthy adults who received the vaccine in a trial run by ...
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Test May Detect Ebola in Fifteen Minutes A test for Ebola that can be read in just 15 minutes could help slow spread of the disease. How does it work? (Photo : Centers for Disease Control). A test to detect Ebola in just 15 minutes is set to start human trials to determine the efficacy and safety of the ...
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| Newly developed Artificial Pancreas Treats Type-1 Diabetes Efficiently Canadian Researchers from Clinical Research Institute of Montreal have successfully executed a trial where they concluded that artificial pancreas could help control Type-1 diabetes better than the conventional treatment which is presently followed. Type-1 ...
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Peanut Allergy Kills Sophomore Student at Oakland University: Parents in Shock Chandler Swink, an Oakland University student, died of severe allergic reaction to peanut butter. He was diagnosed with a severe form of nut allergy when he was two years old. He suffered from anaphylactic shock after he was exposed to peanut butter at a ...
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Michigan Student Tragic Death Sheds Light on Peanut Allergy Severity For some people coming into contact with peanuts can be fatal. Such a case happened on November 18 when Oakland University student, Chandler Swink died following exposure to peanuts. Reportedly, the 19-year-old visited a friend's home to hang out.
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First Results for the Ebola Vaccine Show Promise First Results for the Ebola Vaccine Show Promise The Ebola vaccine that scientists have been struggling to come up with in the battle against the fatal disease has just undergone the first testing phase and proves amazing potential. So far, the Ebola outbreak ...
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Ebola Outbreak 2014: Ebola Virus Vaccine Trial Seems To Be Working, Hope ... (Photo : commons.wikimedia.org) A vaccine against Ebola seems to work on humans as trials were conducted. Doctors on Wednesday announced that the first test of the new Ebola vaccine shows hope for people of West Africa. They claim it to be safe and ...
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Police: Narcan saves more lives in battle against heroin Local police agencies and community health groups credit Narcan for reviving overdose victims in Central New York. Camillus (WSYR-TV) - An Onondaga County Sheriff's deputy is being credited for saving the life of a woman who police say overdosed on ...
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Deer season opens Monday State officials say more than 400,000 hunters were expect to take to the field during the upcoming deer-gun season in Ohio. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources said hunters checked more than 75,000 deer during last year's season and checked ...
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An Ebola vaccine does more than enough to convince that the cure must be ... GlaxoSmithKline has successfully tested an experimental Ebola vaccine that caused no serious side effects and produced an immune response in each of the 20 healthy volunteers. In an early-stage clinical trial, scientists monitored volunteers for 48 weeks ...
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Superwoman: This 77-Year Old Granny Can Do One-Handed Push-ups and ... Ms. Willie Murphy, at the age of 77, is a weightlifting champion. And no steroids for her; it's pizza with a little rum and cranberry juice instead, she says. (Photo : YouTube screenshot). Deadlifting 215 pounds would be pretty impressive for most of us -- not to ...
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Ebola death doctor hailed as hero Dr Martin Salia did not become a doctor to get rich, and even though he was a permanent US resident, he chose to work in his native Sierra Leone as the need for surgeons there was so great. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To.
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New HIV cases among children declined 40% between 2009 and 2013: UNICEF The new cases of HIV infections among the children have witnessed a decline of about 40 percent between 2009 and 2013, a report by UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) showed on Friday. According to the experts, this is an encouraging indication but the global ...
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'I couldn't move' New study documents what happens to patients who wake up ... (CNN) — "I was awake but paralyzed," says Carol Weihrer as she recalls undergoing eye surgery in 1998. "I could hear the surgeon telling his trainee to 'cut deeper into the eye,'" she says. "I was screaming, but no one could hear me. I felt no pain, just a ...
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What's new when deer hunting season starts Dec. 1 Deer hunting season begins Monday, Dec. 1, through Dec. 7, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. More than 400,000 hunters are expected to don their camo and hoist their weapons for deer-gun season in Ohio. In 2013, hunters checked ...
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French president cheered in Ebola-stricken Guinea French President Francois Hollande has his temperature measured upon his arrival at the Donka hospital in Conakry, Guinea, Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, as part of a one day visit in Guinea focused on Ebola situation. Hollande is set to become the first Western ...
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Personalised vaccines for cancer a step closer Researchers have developed a strategy to create personalised vaccines that spur the immune system to attack harmful tumours. Scientists at the Washington University in the US are already evaluating personalised cancer vaccines in patients with metastatic ...
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UNICEF Says New HIV Infections Among Children Are Lower December 1 marks World AIDS Day and is bringing attention to the epidemic that still exists throughout the world. However, the lack of access treatment for many people hinders the world from becoming HIV/AIDS-free. Around 1.1 million HIV infections have ...
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Pennsylvania's New Law Will Help Curb Drug Overdose Deaths On 29th November, Pennsylvania's Act 139 goes into effect, which will allow first responders, friends and family members to administer an antidote for drug overdoses. The law also gives Good Samaritan protections against possible liability. The law, which ...
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Overdose Reversal Drug Narcan Available as a Prescription A new law goes into affect Saturday allowing for family and friends of addicts to obtain a Narcan prescription. November 29, 2014 - In Erie County alone this year, heroin has killed 21 people, while another 29 have died of other synthetic opiate overdoses.
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Ebola vaccine trial seems to be working In a positive development, doctors announced last week that the Ebola virus vaccine trial shows hope for people of West Africa - worst affected by the latest outbreak of the deadly viral disease. The doctors claim that the vaccine is safe and is capable of curing ...
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Mali President Declares No More Ebola Cases in Mali Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita declares on Saturday that Mali has no more confirmed cases of Ebola after the last patient known to be suffering from the disease has been cured. The World Health Organization said Mali reported eight Ebola cases ...
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FDA Will Review Ban on Gay Men From Donating Blood The Food and Drug Administration is set to meet next week to discuss whether to lift the ban on gay men from donating blood. The 30-year-old prohibition was enacted in 1983 during the national AIDS epidemic, and last updated in 1992. Under the law, any ...
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Ohio State's football team ready to play against That Team Up North Gov. John Kasich and Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor declared Saturday, November 29, 2014 'Scarlet Letter Saturday'. Ohioans are asked to 'avoid using the letter 'M' when possible' in the proclamation. Saturday has been made a day for the scarlet and gray of Ohio ...
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Guest commentary: It is imperative that everyone be tested for HIV Editor's note: Names and details of patient stories in the piece below have been altered to protect their identity. Grandpa Lee has HIV, and is why everyone should get tested. Lee looks like my grandpa: thin, wiry and energetic. He lives with his wife, children ...
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Milwaukee teen with allergy dies after eating cookie A 16-year-old boy who was allergic to peanuts has died weeks after he mistakenly ate a peanut butter cookie. Loading… Post to Facebook. Milwaukee teen with allergy dies after eating cookie A 16-year-old boy who was allergic to peanuts has died weeks ...
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Immunotherapy Treatments Improve Cancer Cure Prospects Cancer is the most persistent and diverse disease we currently face, not just in America but all over the world. Thus it has been extremely difficult to cure. But new research indicates that immunotherapy treatments can help the body fight off cancer and the ...
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Teen with peanut allergy dies after eating cookie MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 16-year-old boy who was allergic to peanuts has died weeks after he mistakenly ate a peanut butter cookie and had an anaphylactic reaction. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office says Jaime Mendoza thought he was ...
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FEATURE-Nip, tuck, click: Demand for US plastic surgery rises in selfie era NEW YORK Nov 29 (Reuters) - Dental hygienist Jennifer Reynolds was always self-conscious about her looks, never took selfies and felt uncomfortable being tagged in photographs posted on social media. The 34-year-old from Costa Rica who lives in New ...
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Artificial pancreas can treat type 1 diabetes, study shows A new study shows artificial pancreas could help control glucose levels in patients with Type 1 diabetes better than the conventional treatment, which involves an insulin pump. The study, performed on 30 adults and adolescent patients with Type 1 diabetes, ...
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77-year-old woman can lift more than you ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Early Monday morning, dawn cracked over the roof of the Maplewood YMCA, and there were three people in the weight room. One man had biceps the circumference of telephone poles. Another looked like he could easily lift a small car ...
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Moscow rental income sinks on sanctions, ruble fall LONDON — Timur Pankov was effectively living rent-free in Paris nine months ago, because the cost of his apartment was covered by the income from his Moscow property. Russia's incursion into Ukraine has made the arrangement a lot less attractive.
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