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Obama to Seek Congressional Backing for Military Campaign Against ISIS WASHINGTON — President Obama said on Wednesday that he would seek specific authorization from Congress for the military campaign against the Islamic State, opening the door to a lengthy, potentially contentious debate over the nature and extent of ...
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Colon Cancer on the Rise for US Adults Under 50 WEDNESDAY, Nov. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- There's good news and bad news in the war against colon cancer: While rates have fallen among older Americans, cases among adults aged 20 to 49 are rising and expected to continue to do so, a new study ...
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In Exclusive Club of US Ebola Survivors, Kinship Is Sealed in Blood Nancy Writebol, an Ebola survivor, donated blood plasma to help treat Craig Spencer, who contracted the disease in Guinea. Credit Rajah Bose for The New York Times. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the ...
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Behavioral Tx for Weight Loss Works in Primary Care Setting Endocrinology. Behavioral Tx for Weight Loss Works in Primary Care Setting. Published: Nov 5, 2014. By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today. Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of ...
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Obama to seek congressional authorization for fight against Islamic State President Obama said Wednesday he is prepared to ask Congress for new authority to combat the Islamic State, replacing the administration's reliance on laws passed more than a decade ago to justify its current military operations against the militants in ...
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Free of Ebola, Nurse's Aide Leaves Spanish Hospital María Teresa Romero Ramos, a Spanish auxiliary nurse who was the first person to be infected by Ebola outside of Africa, spoke after she was released from Carlos III hospital in Madrid. Publish Date November 5, 2014. Photo by Pierre-Philippe ...
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Obama seeks $6 billion from Congress to fight Ebola in Africa, United States The Obama administration has asked Congress for more than $6 billion in emergency funding to fight the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and secure the United States against further spread of the deadly virus. In a letter to House Speaker John A. Boehner ...
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| Most Minor Cosmetic Procedures Safe: Study WEDNESDAY, Nov. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Minimally invasive cosmetic procedures are nearly risk-free, a new study says. Researchers examined the results of more than 20,000 of these procedures -- such as fillers, neurotoxins and the use of laser ...
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Drugmakers look to push the boundaries of old age ZURICH (Reuters) - Google's ambition to defy the limits of ageing has fired up interest in the field, drawing in drug companies who are already quietly pioneering research, despite the regulatory and clinical hurdles that remain. In September life-science ...
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8 million rats in New York? Legend might be flawed NEW YORK: For some years, statistics have suggested that New York City was getting safer, cleaner and more expensive. Now there is data to suggest the city may not be home to as many rats as New Yorkers might have thought - or liked to boast about to ...
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357 people now being monitored for Ebola in New York The number of people who are being actively monitored for Ebola in New York has tripled to 357 people, none of whom has displayed any symptoms, city health officials announced Wednesday. The vast majority of those being monitored arrived in New York ...
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WHO revises Ebola death toll lower, virus slowing in Liberia GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it continued to see a slowdown in weekly Ebola cases in Liberia, although incidence of the disease was still rising in Sierra Leone and stable in Guinea. The three countries have ...
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Ebola outbreak: Barack Obama 'to ask Congress for $6bn' President Barack Obama is to ask Congress for $6.2bn (£3.9bn) to fight Ebola in West Africa and to avoid it spreading in the US, officials say. He is requesting $4.5bn in immediate response funds and more than $1.5bn for a contingency fund. The request ...
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Ebola: Spanish Nurse Leaves Hospital Disease-Free Spain Ebola Teresa Romero, bottom right, arrives with medical workers to give a press statement before she leaves the Carlos III hospital in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. Andres Kudacki—AP ...
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Minor cosmetic procedures 'very safe in expert hands' Minor cosmetic procedures such as Botox injections and dermal fillers are very safe when carried out by trained professionals, say researchers. A large US study that looked at 20,000 minimally invasive procedures done by dermatologists found few ...
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Child mental health services 'unfit' There are "serious and deeply ingrained problems" with child and adolescent mental health services, officials warn. The Health Select Committee says the whole system - from prevention and early intervention through to inpatient services - has issues.
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Missing Out: 8 Million US Women Skip Cervical Cancer Screening As many as 8 million adult women who should be screened for cervical cancer haven't had that checkup in the past five years, and they're missing a chance to prevent or treat the disease before it could kill them, federal health officials said Wednesday.
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Spanish nurse who had Ebola to leave hospital MADRID: A Spanish nurse who was the first person to catch Ebola outside Africa will leave a Madrid hospital on Wednesday after being cured of the deadly virus, her doctors said. "Teresa Romero, a patient and employee of our hospital will be able to leave ...
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Amid Ebola disaster, WHO picks new Africa chief COTONOU, Benin — With nearly 5,000 dead of Ebola in West Africa, the World Health Organization elected a new director Wednesday of its Africa office, which has been accused of bungling the response to the outbreak in its early stages. The new chief ...
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NYC: 357 people being monitored for signs of Ebola virus New York City officials said Wednesday that they are now monitoring 357 people for signs of Ebola -- including volunteers who returned from Africa in the past three weeks and personnel involved in treating the infected doctor in Manhattan. The 357 "are ...
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Australia to contract private medical firm to fight Ebola Australia is contracting a private company to staff and operate an Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone, Prime Minister Tony Abbot has said. He said Australia would commit A$20m (£11m; $17m) to a 100-bed treatment centre being built by the UK.
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Australia Ebola fight: 'Hundreds' apply to Aspen clinic Hundreds of Australian medical personnel have applied to work at an Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone, according to the firm contracted by the government to run the facility. Glenn Keys, managing director of Aspen Medical, said his company had ...
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Ebola Countries to Get $450 Million in Financing A new private sector initiative announced Wednesday will provide at least $450 million in commercial financing to the three West African countries hardest hit by Ebola to promote trade, investment and employment. The International Finance Corporation, ...
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Dabigatran: More Bleeds in Practice Than Expected Cardiovascular. Dabigatran: More Bleeds in Practice Than Expected. Published: Nov 5, 2014. By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today. Reviewed by F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE; Assistant Professor, Section of Nephrology, Yale School of ...
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WHO: Number of New Ebola Cases in West Africa Levels Off The World Health Organization said the number of new Ebola infections in West Africa is about the same as it was the week before, with a rise in some areas and a decline in others. Reports from Sierra Leone found the number of new Ebola cases has risen ...
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Ebola-sticken Dr Craig Spencer has been playing his banjo in quarantine Ebola-stricken Dr Craig Spencer has been whiling away the hours in quarantine strumming on his banjo and exercising, it was revealed Wednesday. Spencer, 33, has been in isolation at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan for the past two weeks, slowly ...
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China plans 1000 more staff to fight Ebola in Africa BEIJING, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- China plans to send over 1,000 medical workers and experts to West Africa in the coming months in its latest bid to aid African countries' fight against the Ebola virus. A team of 12 public health trainers will leave for Sierra Leone on ...
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Spanish nurse who survived Ebola offers blood to treat others The Spanish nurse who contracted Ebola in Madrid, a case that caused alarm and political recriminations, said on Wednesday she hoped her infection could be of use and offered to give blood to treat potential sufferers as she left hospital. Teresa Romero, 44 ...
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11% Not Checked for Cervical Cancer in 5 Years WEDNESDAY, Nov. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- An estimated eight million American women ages 21 to 65 haven't been screened for cervical cancer in the past five years. That's the finding of a federal report released Wednesday that noted that more than ...
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Colon cancers may be increasing among young adults New diagnoses of colon and rectal cancers are on the rise among young adults while the numbers are falling among people who are older, according to a new study. If the trends continue, by 2030 the number of colon and rectal cancer cases will roughly ...
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Study projects rising rate of colorectal cancer in young people The incidence rate of bowel cancers should continue its steady decline in coming years, but a new Houston analysis projects a sharp increase among people younger than the recommended screening age. The study by a team of M.D. Anderson Cancer ...
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Young adults in U.S. face increasing risk of colon cancer The general incidence of colorectal cancer has dropped by one percent in the U.S. per year, but researchers have found that the rate is increasing among young adults, particularly among those between 20 to 34 years old. (Photo : Bruce Blaus). Findings of a ...
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One in 10 US women miss cervical cancer screenings WASHINGTON - Eight million US women have not been screened in the last five years for cervical cancer, even though regular checkups can help prevent the fatal disease, US health authorities said Wednesday. About one in 10 women, or 11.4 per cent, ...
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Will younger people require screening in the near future? Over the next 15 years, more than one in 10 colon cancer and almost one in four rectal cancer diagnoses will be made in patients who are below the traditional screening age, according to a new study conducted by The University of Texas MD Anderson ...
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8 million U.S. women skip cervical cancer screening As many as 8 million adult women who should be screened for cervical cancerhaven't had that checkup in the past five years, and they're missing a chance to prevent or treat the disease before it could kill them, federal health officials said Wednesday.
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China To Deploy 1000 Medical Workers To West Africa To Combat Ebola (Photo : Reuters / China Daily) A health inspection and quarantine researcher (L) demonstrates to customs policemen the symptoms of Ebola, at a laboratory at an airport in Qingdao, Shandong province August 11, 2014. share on facebook. share on twitter.
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'Kissing bug' makes its way into Texas A Latin American disease is making its way through Texas and throughout the southern part of the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention classifies it as a neglected parasitic infection called Chagas. Although it's known as the "kissing ...
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Alarming Cervical Cancer Statistics revealed in latest study About 8 million adult women in US did not have screening for cervical cancer in the last five years. Federal officials fear that they are missing a chance to prevent or treat the disease before they succumb to the disease. Over 50% of the women who have been ...
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Triatomine Bugs Now Spreading Tropical Disease in US WEDNESDAY, Nov. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Residents of the southern United States may be at risk for Chagas disease, which can lead to severe heart disease and death. These findings were presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of ...
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Very Few Women are being Screened for the Detection of Cervical Cancer The CDC has just issued a new report suggesting that too few women are being tested for cervical cancer, which puts them at a heightened risk of contracting a disease that is killing in excess of 4,000 women annually. HPV testing and pap smears are useful ...
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Eight Million Women Fail to Get Cervical Cancer Screenings The new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that approximately eight million women have not gotten screened for cervical cancer in the past five years. This is roughly 11 percent of the nation's women who are ...
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Study projects rising rate of colorectal cancer in young people The incidence rate of bowel cancers should continue its steady decline in coming years, but a new Houston analysis projects a sharp increase in people younger than the recommended screening age. The study by a team of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center ...
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Ebola: Hepatitis C shot shows promise iol scitech nov 6 Sierra Leone Ebola AP This undated handout photo issued by Save the Children UK, shows prospective healthcare workers in the Kerry Town Ebola Treatment Centre being tested on their personal protection equipment procedure in Sierra ...
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Obama to seek new war powers from Congress President Barack Obama said Wednesday he would work with Congress on new war powers to fight Islamic State militants and expressed cautious optimism about whether the international face-off over Iran's nuclear program will be resolved -- two issues that ...
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Decoding the restaurant menu: Words to avoid for healthful eating (CNN) -- For many of us, eating out happens more often than we would like to admit. It's only natural that with our busy, can't-catch-a-break lifestyles we farm out cooking to our favorite local restaurants. That's OK -- it's not so much eating out that's the problem.
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President Barack Obama asks US Congress to approve $6.2 billion to combat ... President Barack Obama asked the US Congress on Wednesday to approve $6.18 billion in new emergency funds this fiscal year to combat Ebola where it is raging in West Africa, as well as in the United States. According to documents provided to Congress, ...
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Decode restaurant menus to eat healthier For many of us, eating out happens more often than we would like to admit. It's only natural that with our busy, can't-catch-a-break lifestyles we farm out cooking to our favorite local restaurants. More from WDBJ7.com. Cancer survivor, 11, invents 'chemo.
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GSK hepatitis C shot shows promise, bodes well for Ebola vaccines London: A new hepatitis C vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline based on the same technology as an experimental Ebola shot being fast-tracked through human trials has shown promise in early clinical tests, prompting strong and broad immune responses.
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Questions asked about company awarded contract to run Ebola facility MARK COLVIN: Questions are being asked about how the private company appointed to run Australia's response to the Ebola crisis in west Africa will train its staff. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade awarded the contract to Aspen Medical yesterday.
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Ebola outbreak: UN 'lacks resources' to fight deadly virus The head of the UN mission charged with fighting Ebola has told the BBC he does not yet have the resources necessary to defeat the deadly disease. Tony Banbury said more help was urgently needed, despite significant contributions from Britain, China, ...
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