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| Dallas marks Ebola end with relief, 'selfies' with President Bush DALLAS (Reuters) - A relieved Dallas got the U.S. government's all-clear on Friday from Ebola, and former President George W. Bush marked the event by visiting the hospital that was at the center of fighting the virus and the origin of an American scare over ... | |
| Escape From Ebola Hot Zone Tests Resolve of Aid Workers U.S. President Barack Obama, right, listens as Dr. Kent Brantly, the first American diagnosed with Ebola, left, speaks during a news conference at the East Room of the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S. Photographer: Drew Angerer/Bloomberg. Just after ... | |
| 25 ways the uninsured can dodge health care penalty Americans who don't have qualified health coverage could be subject to a penalty next year when they fill out their 2014 tax returns. People who don't buy health insurance in 2015 (open enrollment in marketplace plans starts Nov. 15) could face an even ... | |
| State approves Boston's first medical marijuana dispensary State health officials on Friday approved a highly coveted license for Boston's first medical marijuana dispensary, selecting Patriot Care Corp. to operate a facility near Downtown Crossing. The company, which was already provisionally approved to open a ... | |
| School Lunches More Nutritious Than Home-Packed FRIDAY, Nov. 7, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Lunches packed at home are generally not as nutritious as school lunches, a new study shows. Researchers compared more than 750 school meals with more than 560 packed meals given to pre-K and ... | |
| WHO Issues New Guidelines On Safely Burying Ebola Victims GENEVA — The World Health Organization released a new protocol Friday for the burial of Ebola victims in an effort to slow transmission of the disease and reinforce signs of progress in curbing the spread of the epidemic in West Africa. Ebola victims are at ... | |
| Why No One On This Planet Has Health Insurance* Around the world, policymakers continuously strive to ensure access to affordable health care through provision of health insurance. This insurance only limits the financial impact of health-care related events – and not the actual losses in length or quality of ... | |
| Robots go to war against Ebola WORCESTER — In a bid to halt the spread of the Ebola virus, public health experts are turning to a new weapon — robots. Machines don't get sick, they're easy to disinfect, and they can carry out a variety of medical tasks, from carrying patients to disposing of ... | |
| US, Liberia Open 1st Ebola Treatment Unit for Health Workers DAKAR, MONROVIA—. The U.S. and Liberian governments have opened a 25-bed Ebola treatment unit outside Monrovia to treat health workers infected with the virus. Providing high quality care is considered key to recruiting local Liberian staff and ... | |
| Quarantines for Ebola Health Workers Don't Stop the Disease Fear of Ebola has spread around the world. Some countries have closed their borders to citizens of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. In the United States, returning health workers have been verbally attacked and, in at least one case, confined to an ... | |
| Kaiser sites to remain open during nurses strike next week Despite a two-day strike by the California Nurses Association next week, all Kaiser Permanente facilities in Northern California will remain open, the health care provider said in an e-mail to its members Friday. All "emergency departments, urgent care ... | |
| A relieved Dallas marks final day of Ebola monitoring Amber Vinson, the nurse that had Ebola and is now Ebola free, got a hug and a kiss from Former President George W. Bush at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas on Friday, November 7, 2014 in recognition of the official end of the Ebola outbreak ... | |
| WHO issues new guidelines for burying Ebola victims A team transports a corpse for burial near an Ebola treatment center in Suakoko, Liberia. By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE. NICK CUMMING-BRUCE The Dallas Morning News. The New York Times. Published: 07 November 2014 09:56 PM. Updated: 07 ... | |
| State allows 4 more pot dispensaries to go forward BOSTON (AP) — State public health officials have given preliminary approval to four more medical marijuana dispensaries, including the first for Boston. Those announced Friday join 11 others approved earlier this year. All will go through final review before ... | |
| Worst Ebola outbreak on record tests global response (Reuters) - Global health authorities are struggling to contain the world's worst Ebola epidemic since the disease was identified in 1976. The virus has killed at least 4,950 people. Here is a timeline of the outbreak: March 22: Guinea confirms a hemorrhagic ... | |
| Pham on end of Ebola monitoring: 'It's a joyous day' The last person being monitored in connection with Texas' three patients, a hospital worker who handled medical waste, is set to be cleared from twice-daily monitoring. Then the city and the state will be officially declared Ebola-free. Texas Presbyterian ... | |
| | The Intercept - First Look Media | Women Of Color React To That Viral Catcalling Video Last week, Hollaback's viral catcalling video drew unprecedented attention to the issue of street harassment -- but many viewers felt that the video didn't represent their own experiences. A response video, written and produced by Collier Meyerson for Jezebel ... | |
| New Hope for Replacing Nerves Damaged by Parkinson's Disease Reporting in the journal Cell Stem Cell, scientists say that stem cells turned into motor nerves function nearly identically to fetal motor nerves: the kind now used to treat some patients with Parkinson's disease. That could mean that the stem cells may become ... | |
| CDC Spends $2.7 Million on Ebola Hospital Kits FRIDAY, Nov. 7, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- About $2.7 million in personal protective gear has been ordered for health care workers at U.S. hospitals treating Ebola patients, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. | |
| Bariatric Surgery May Alter Taste Buds Surgeons perform post-bariatric surgery on Yuli Cruz (unseen) at a clinic center in Cali, Colombia, on October 16, 2014. Cruz is undergoing a post-bariatric surgery to remove excess skin after bariatric surgery made her lose about 110 pounds. | |
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| Dallas reaches end of Ebola monitoring period This Sept. 30, 2014 file photo shows Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas where Thomas Eric Duncan, the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S., received care. Dallas calmly marked the end of its Ebola crisis on Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, when the last ... | |
| Ebola survivors speak of suffering, service, faith LOUISVILLE -- Physician W. Lance Plyler faced a terrible choice: Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol were both suffering from Ebola in Liberia, but he had only one course of the experimental medicine ZMapp. "I went to Kent, and he said, 'Lance, I'd like you to ... | |
| Why we need World Vasectomy Day Editor's note: Filmmaker Jonathan Stack and vasectomist Doug Stein co-founded World Vasectomy Day. On Friday, around 300 physicians in 30 countries are committed to doing 1,500 vasectomies in 24 hours. It will be the largest male-oriented family ... | |
| State OKs Patriot's pot plan GREENFIELD — Patriot Care Corp. is approaching the final hurdle to opening Franklin County's first medical marijuana dispensary. The state Department of Public Health announced Friday Patriot Care has been approved to advance to the inspection phase. | |
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| Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes after Bariatric Surgery In a large population of obese individuals undergoing bariatric surgery, British researchers found that surgery reduced the incidence of diabetes... Advertisement. How helpful was this article? (Please vote.) 1; 2; 3; 4; 5. They designed a matched cohort study ... | |
| Benefits Of Weight Loss Surgery Go Beyond Losing Pounds A recent study has suggested that undergoing weight loss surgery, like gastric bypass, can do more than help with the loss of pounds. The results of the new study, which was published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, reportedly showed that weight ... | |
| Live-Streamed Free Vasectomies During World Vasectomy Day World Vasectomy Day was celebrated quite actively on November 7. Around 300 surgeons from 30 countries performed approximately 1,500 vasectomies. The event sends a strong message about family planning, parenthood and gender equality, while ... | |
| North Carolina Man Eats At Olive Garden For Six Weeks According to conventional wisdom, it's important to have a diet that's full of variety in order to have good health. However, a North Carolina man decided to throw out this wisdom and stick to the same restaurant for six weeks. Alan Martin, who is a pastor in ... | |
| CDC Stockpiles Protective Suits For Ebola CDC personnel are assembling personal protective equipment (PPE) kits with product from the Strategic National Stockpile. Each PPE kit can assist a U.S. hospital-based clinical team in caring for one Ebola patient for up to five days. Centers for Disease ... | |
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| Health care open enrollment begins Nov. 15 Copyright 2013 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Show Caption Hide Caption. Previous Next. INDIANAPOLIS - More than 600,000 people remain uninsured in Indiana. That's why ... | |
| | The Intercept - First Look Media | Catcalls Harass, Call It for What It Is Surely by now you've seen -- or heard about -- the two-minute video that depicts what a young woman endures while walking the streets of New York City. It is, in one word, disturbing. No one of any sex or age should have to put up with such harassment. | |
| Cigna Changes Its Drug Policy FORT LAUDERDALE | The health insurance company Cigna has agreed to change its prescription drug policy to ensure that Florida consumers with HIV and AIDS can access their medications, Florida insurance officials said Friday. The decision comes ... | |
| Men Live Stream Their Vasectomies for World Vasectomy Day vasectomy Most of us had no idea that November 7th was World Vasectomy Day, however, as surprising as it may seem, it was. And although very few might understand the holiday (most of all men, who generally do not want to hear about vasectomies, ... | |
| Haliborange Ebola Facts - NEW SAFE, DIGNIFIED BURIAL PROTOCOLS The World Health Organization (WHO) has partnered with faith-based organisations of various religions to create updated protocols for safe and dignified burials of persons who have died from the Ebola virus. The new, detailed, step-by-step protocols ... | |
| Catcalls are an assault on decency She's the star of a hidden camera video that has gone viral. Posted by Hollaback!, a group that campaigns against the street harassment of women — "catcalling" — it shows Roberts taking a silent stroll through New York City. Over the course of 10 hours, she ... | |
| | International Policy Digest | Is Ebola a Matter of US National Security? The outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has caused tremendous fear across the globe. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) there have now been 10,141 confirmed cases that have resulted in 4,922 deaths worldwide as of October ... | |
| Mice Trump Roaches in Asthma Control Researchers noted that previous findings were inconsistent in determining whether mice or cockroach infections were more harmful for asthma patients. However, the latest study reveals that the mice infestation is a significantly stronger predictor of ... | |
| Have a sense of purpose for longer life London: We know that happiness is associated with a lower risk of death. New research shows that the meaningfulness and sense of purpose that older people have in their lives are also related to survival. 0 · Gut bacteria decide our body weight. | |
| WHO outlines safe, dignified burial protocol for Ebola victims GENEVA, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday unveiled a new WHO protocol for safe and dignified burials of people who die from the Ebola virus, emphasizing the inclusion of family members and encouraging religious rites as ... | |
| Weight Is Largely Genetic Yet Another Study Determines Weight and weight problems such as obesity are largely determined by genes, and this genetic profile can help to shape bacteria in the gut that is partially responsible for whether someone is lean or overweight. The study is yet another in a growing body of ... | |
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| Ebola Scare Hits Nudist Tourist Spot on Canary Islands An Ebola scare hit an unexpected place this week: a nude beach. A boat arrived Wednesday on a Maspalomas beach in the Canary Islands, filled with nearly two-dozen undocumented travelers, according to Reuters. Some of the travelers had fevers, ... | |
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