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| Groups Fault HHS Report on Medicaid Managed Care Providers savesaved; ">. author name. by Joyce Frieden News Editor, MedPage Today. WASHINGTON -- A government report finding that more than half of Medicaid managed care providers weren't seeing Medicaid patients touches on an important issue but doesn't ... | |
| | Stanford Medical Center Report | Study: Poor semen production linked to health problems in men Poor semen production can interfere with a couple's ability to conceive, but new research from Stanford suggests it also may be connected to a variety of health problems unrelated to fertility, including high blood pressure and other harbingers of heart disease ... | |
| Superbugs to kill 'more than cancer' by 2050 Drug resistant infections will kill an extra 10 million people a year worldwide - more than currently die from cancer - by 2050 unless action is taken, a study says. They are currently implicated in 700,000 deaths each year. The analysis, presented by the ... | |
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| An Ingredient That Could Help You Eat Less It sounds like something out of a junky Facebook advertisement, but it's actually peer-reviewed research: Scientists from Imperial College London and the University of Glasgow have developed a food additive that helps people feel full earlier. And, according ... | |
| My fight against an invisible enemy Health workers fighting Ebola have been named as Time's "Person of the Year", and one face splashed on covers of the magazine is that of an ambulance driver, Foday Gallah, in the Liberian capital, Monrovia. Here he tells the BBC of his determination to ... | |
| Poor sleep may raise risk of dementia Older men who have breathing difficulties or spend less time in deep sleep may be at greater risk of brain changes that can precede dementia, a new study suggests. Experts said the findings don't prove that breathing disorders, including sleep apnea, lead to ... | |
| Scientists create 'feel fuller' food ingredient LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have developed an ingredient that makes foods more filling, and say initial tests in overweight people showed that it helped prevent them gaining more weight. The ingredient, developed by researchers at London's ... | |
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| One shot or two? Many questions unresolved in Ebola vaccine race ... * Debate over "prime-boost" vaccination as epidemic evolves. * Two shots offer more protection but cumbersome to deliver. * Disease slowdown may weaken clinical trial results. * GSK, J&J/Bavarian and Merck/NewLink vaccines studied. By Ben Hirschler ... | |
| New Food Compound Might Control Weight Gain Researchers have developed a new compound that may help reduce people's appetite and prevent weight gain, according to a new study. In the study of 60 people, those who sprinkled a powder containing this compound on their food every day were less ... | |
| Previously Unknown Ebola Outbreak Kills Dozens in Sierra Leone The World Health Organization said Wednesday that dozens of people have died from a previously hidden Ebola outbreak in an eastern district of Sierra Leone. The WHO said investigators sent to the remote Kono district last week found a "grim scene" of ... | |
| Studies: Progesterone Fails to Help Brain Injuries Giving people with fresh traumatic brain injuries the hormone progesterone does no good, two major studies have found. The results dash some high hopes for treating a problem that hits millions each year, from combat troops to car crash victims. | |
| One shot or two? Many questions unresolved in Ebola vaccine race LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists racing to develop vaccines against Ebola are trying to determine whether they can best fight the disease with a single injection or with two, a calculation that could determine how quickly and effectively a program can be rolled ... | |
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| Ebola health care workers recognized Health care workers treating people sickened in the Ebola epidemic, which has killed more than 6,300 people worldwide, have been named the person of the year by Time magazine. Editor Nancy Gibbs praised "the people in the field, the special forces of ... | |
| Merck advancing breast cancer drug to mid-stage TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Drugmaker Merck & Co. said Wednesday that it will advance a new cancer drug into bigger patient tests, after promising findings in an early study against a very aggressive, common type of breast cancer. Merck said its Keytruda ... | |
| Studies: Progesterone fails to help brain injuries Giving people with fresh traumatic brain injuries the hormone progesterone does no good, two major studies have found. The results dash some high hopes for treating a problem that affects millions each year, from combat troops to car crash victims. | |
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| SIerra Leone area to hold 2-week Ebola 'lockdown' FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Authorities in an eastern district of Sierra Leone launched a two-week lockdown on Wednesday, hoping to halt the spread of Ebola after the area recorded seven confirmed cases in a day. The lockdown will last until Dec. | |
| Moms' exposure to chemicals tied to kids' IQ The E-Edition includes all of the news, comics, classifieds and advertisements of the newspaper. And it's available to subscribers before 6 a.m. every day. Subscribe. All current subscribers have full access to Digital D, which includes the E-Edition and ... | |
| 2014 Time 'Person of the Year' goes to Ebola workers Doctors and volunteers from all over the world, who've helped to treat people with Ebola have been praised for their work. The US magazine, TIME, has named them their 'Person of the Year'. They say they risk their lives to treat others. In the past the award's ... | |
| Warning over superbugs impact Superbugs could cost the world 10 million more deaths a year and hundreds of trillions of dollars by 2050, a new report has warned. Drug-resistant infections kill hundreds of thousands of people across the globe each year, but a review by economist Jim ... | |
| We rank low, but habits healthier Hoosiers continue to be fatter and lazier than the average American, a new study has found. But it isn't all bad news. Smoking and binge drinking rates among the state's residents have decreased in the past year, the report said. Indiana ranks 41st in an ... | |
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| Sierra Leone diamond zone hit by largely hidden Ebola outbreak ... * Diamond-rich Kono district reports spike in Ebola cases. * Grim scene in hospital as scores of bodies found. FREETOWN Dec 10 (Reuters) - Health officials in Sierra Leone fear a major Ebola outbreak may have gone largely unreported until now in a ... | |
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| Philadelphia Transit Agency Sues Gilead Over Cost of Sovaldi HAVERFORD, Pa. — Philadelphia's Transportation Authority has filed a lawsuit against Gilead Sciences over the pricing of its hepatitis C drug. Sovaldi is a highly effective pill treatment for the most common form of hepatitis C without the injections and ... | |
| Prenatal exposure to common chemicals linked to lower IQ A new study is drawing a link between two common plastics chemicals and low IQ scores among kids exposed to the chemicals in their mothers' wombs. The study, from researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, found that ... | |
| Ebola fighters named Time Person of the Year NEW YORK — Doctors, nurses, and others fighting. Ebola through ''tireless acts of courage and mercy'' have been named Time's 2014 Person of the Year, the magazine announced Wednesday. The runners-up included Ferguson, Mo., protesters; President ... | |
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| Hormone Treatment for Brain Injury Fails to Meet Expectations WEDNESDAY, Dec. 10, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with the hormone progesterone doesn't benefit patients with traumatic brain injury, a new study finds. "These results are plainly disappointing," lead investigator Dr. David Wright, an associate ... | |
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| Can Poor Sleep Lead to Dementia? People who have sleep apnea or spend less time in deep sleep may be more likely to have changes in the brain that are associated with dementia, according to a new study published in the December 10, 2014, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal ... | |
| Added sugar more harmful for heart than salt A new study has revealed that added sugars likely to have greater role than salt in high blood pressure and heart disease. According to the researchers, dietary approaches to lower high blood pressure have historically focused on cutting salt intake. But the ... | |
| Lack of sleep may lead to dementia Scientists have found that people who don't sleep much or are suffering from sleep apnea were possibly likelier to develop dementia. According to the new study, people who don't have as much oxygen in their blood during sleep, which occurs with sleep ... | |
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| Added sugars worse than salt for heart health Washington, Dec 11 (IANS) — Added sugars in processed foods are likely to have a greater role in high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke than added salt, warn researchers. Dietary guidelines to lower high blood pressure have historically focused on ... | |
| Scientists create 'feel fuller' food ingredient LONDON – British scientists have developed an ingredient that makes foods more filling, and say initial tests in overweight people showed that it helped prevent them from gaining more weight. The ingredient, developed by researchers at London's Imperial ... | |
| Merck advancing breast cancer drug Keytruda to mid-stage TRENTON, N.J. — Drugmaker Merck & Co. said Wednesday that it will advance a new cancer drug into bigger patient tests, after promising findings in an early study against a very aggressive, common type of breast cancer. Merck said its Keytruda shrank ... | |
| Semen quality linked to overall health (Reuters Health) - A man's overall health may be reflected in the quality of the semen he produces, according to a new study. Men with low quality semen were more likely to have other health problems - especially hormone, circulatory and skin conditions, ... | |
| Predicting the flu so you can avoid it (CNN) -- Imagine being able to predict when the flu might strike your town, a bit like how meteorologists predict when a storm is heading your way. Think about what companies or hospitals or even you could do to prepare. That's exactly what infectious ... | |
| What a Bad Flu Season Could Cost the US Economy This year's flu season looks worse than usual. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) warned last week that the dominant influenza virus right now, H3N2, typically signals a severe flu season, resulting in more deaths and hospital trips than average. | |
| Studies: Doctors may over-treat some breast cancer patients DURHAM Doctors may be over-treating many lower-risk breast cancer patients despite major research that should have persuaded them to consider using less or no radiation after surgery, according to a trio of new Duke University-led studies. | |
| To Address Breast Cancer Globally, Three Things Are Essential At one of the opening sessions of the 37th annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Dr. Benjamin Anderson of the University of Washington spoke on breast cancer as a worldwide health problem. He, a surgeon and breast cancer specialist, leads the ... | |
| Merck advancing breast cancer drug to mid-stage This product image provided by Merck & Co. shows packaging for its new cancer drug, Keytruda. Merck says it will advance Keytruda into bigger patient tests, after promising findings in an early study against a very aggressive, common type of breast cancer. | |
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