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| Ebola's Spread in Sierra Leone Puts Diamond Mines at Risk As Ebola rages in Sierra Leone, the outbreak has claimed almost 2,000 lives and contributed to the collapse of the iron ore industry. Now the virus is hitting the diamond mines. At the latest hotspot, in the gem-rich Kono district along the Guinea border, two ... | |
| Memory lapses in well-educated may signal stroke risk People with memory problems who have a university education could be at greater risk of a stroke, suggests research from the Netherlands. In a study published in Stroke, they were found to have a 39% greater risk of stroke compared with those with a lower ... | |
| Men really are more stupid than women, research shows It's enough to start a new battle of the sexes, but when it comes to needless and untimely deaths, men win hands down. A 20 year study of the Darwin Awards, an annual review of the most foolish way people have died, found almost 90 per cent were 'won' by ... | |
| Hospital Pauses Test of an Ebola Vaccine Licensed to Merck A test of an experimental Ebola vaccine recently licensed to Merck has been temporarily paused after some vaccinated volunteers experienced pain in their joints, a medical center in Geneva announced on Thursday. But the center, University Hospitals of ... | |
| UN Says Several Months Needed to Control Ebola The U.N. Ebola chief said Thursday it will take several more months before the outbreak in West Africa is under control, an assessment that makes clear the U.N.'s goal of isolating 100 percent of Ebola cases by Jan. 1 won't be met. Dr. David Nabarro said ... | |
| Progesterone Fails in Traumatic Brain Injury The administration of progesterone immediately after acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) shows no benefit in improving functional outcomes, according to two large, highly anticipated phase 3 randomized clinical trials. Many had hoped these trials would confirm ... | |
| Cut diet with 'feel full' food ingredient LONDON: Scientists have successfully developed an ingredient that can be added to foods to make people feel full and prevent weight gain. Researchers at Imperial College London and the University of Glasgow found that in its first tests onhumans the ... | |
| The Darwin Awards: 20 years of lethal stupidity It started in 1985, or thereabouts: smart-aleck citizens of what would one day be called the internet collecting stories of deaths so staggeringly stupid that the victims were said to have contributed to human evolution by 'self-selecting' themselves for extinction. | |
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| Young Guns: Pharmacist combats cancer Donna Randolph, a pharmacy resident at Reeves-Sain Drug Store, is working on a research project to boost awareness and vaccination rates of the HPV vaccine. This is the only vaccine that can prevent cancer. (Photo: HELEN COMER/DNJ). 1 CONNECT 2 ... | |
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| Men Take More 'Idiotic Risks,' Study Finds Men tend to take more risks than women do, and they also seem to be ahead of women in engaging in risky behavior that is extremely "idiotic," according to researchers who revealed in a new study that the majority of the receivers of a Darwin Award are men. | |
| Short RT Regimen Use on the Rise in Early Breast Cancer Oncology/Hematology. Short RT Regimen Use on the Rise in Early Breast Cancer. Published: Dec 11, 2014. By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today. save. |. A. A. Post Test Complete · Take Posttest. SAN ANTONIO -- The use of shorter ... | |
| Triple negative breast cancer carries high risk of recurrence Triple negative breast cancer often strikes women under 50. Patients with this form of cancer often struggle to find specific information about their disease, and researchers realize they may also need more emotional support. Embed. <iframe width="476" ... | |
| Herceptin May Be of Little Use in Immune Cell-Heavy Breast Ca Meeting Coverage. Herceptin May Be of Little Use in Immune Cell-Heavy Breast Ca. Published: Dec 11, 2014 | Updated: Dec 11, 2014. By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today. save. |. A. A. Post Test Complete · Take Posttest. Study Author: ... | |
| Contraceptive use remains level for U.S. women Contraception use in the United States is stable, with almost two-thirds of the nation's 62 million reproductive-age women using a product or procedure to avoid pregnancy, new federal data say. The top products in current use were a birth control pill, condoms ... | |
| Poor Quality Sleep Tied to Higher Risk of Dementia THURSDAY, Dec. 11, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- 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. The findings were published online Dec. | |
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| Flu season starts early, complications expected Flu season has started, and it arrived earlier than anticipated. And, while healthcare officials are concerned about this year's strain of the flu, vaccinations are still strongly encouraged. One thing healthcare officials are very concerned about is the effectiveness ... | |
| Tamoxifen Effective in Lowering Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence (LOS ANGELES) -- In her first interview since giving birth to her daughter Wyatt two months ago, Mila Kunis on Wednesday opened up about who will have to worry when her little... Latest News: Neil Patrick Harris on Having Twins with Husband David Burtka ... | |
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| SABCS: Combo Approaches Help Some Younger Breast CA Patients While tamoxifen plus ovarian suppression does not provide a significant benefit over tamoxifen alone among premenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer, the addition of ovarian suppression does benefit some of these women, ... | |
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| Progesterone not effective in serious brain injury A severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) needs immediate treatment. For long researchers have being trying to find out the exact way to treat such patients. In the latest move some researchers used progesterone to see its impact. The result was not forthcoming as ... | |
| Does Poor Sleep Lead to Dementia? Geriatrics. Does Poor Sleep Lead to Dementia? Published: Dec 11, 2014. By Salynn Boyles, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today. Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. save. | |
| Novartis psoriasis drug tops J&J's Stelara in late-stage study ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis said on Friday its experimental psoriasis drug Cosentyx was better at clearing the rough skin patches associated with the disease than Johnson & Johnson's Stelara. Results of the late-stage Phase IIIb study involving 679 patients ... | |
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| Poor sleep may be linked to dementia (December 11, 2014 - Insidermedicine) From Hawaii - Poor sleep may raise risk of dementia, according to a report published in Neurology. Researchers studied over 150 individuals with an average age of 84. Participants were followed until their death, or an ... | |
| Could a Supplement Prevent Weight Gain? THURSDAY, Dec. 11, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A newly developed food supplement appears to prevent weight gain and trim fat around the waist, researchers say. However, the chemical compound doesn't seem to help people lose pounds, and the ... | |
| This 'Feel Full' Chemical Could Be the Future of Weight Loss Scientists in the U.K. say they have devised an innovative way to fight against weight gain by making diners "feel full." Researchers from the Imperial College London and the University of Glasgow published a small study in the medical journal Gut examining ... | |
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| New Provision Affecting Low-Income Women Is No Small Potatoes For the first time, low-income women would be able to pay for white potatoes with government-subsidized vouchers issued by the Women, Infants and Children nutrition program, known as WIC. The potato provision is part of a massive spending bill Congress ... | |
| New HPV Vaccine Broadens Cancer Protection The Food and Drug Administration approved a new vaccine Wednesday that protects against more forms of cancer-causing viruses. The new version of the vaccine, called Gardasil, prevents infection with nine strains of the cancer-causing human ... | |
| The Ebola Fighters Dr. Jerry Brown, 46, medical director at the Eternal Love Winning Africa Hospital, Monrovia, Liberia: "I always had the fear of myself or one of my staff getting infected, and what would become of me thereafter." READ MORE Jackie Nickerson for TIME. On the ... | |
| Teen takes antibiotic, burns 'from inside-out' A California teen is in intensive care after she took a friend's antibiotic and wound up with an ailment that is burning her body from the inside-out. Yaasmeen Castanada, 19, is fighting for her life in the burn unit of the University of California Irvine Medical ... | |
| Bad luck: Men with poor semen have poorer health, too Could semen point to a man's overall health? A new study finds that men with faulty semen also were far more likely to have a range of health problems, from heart disease to skin irritations. The finding, published in the journal Fertility and Sterility, suggests ... | |
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| PD-1 Blocker Gets Few, but Durable, Breast Cancer Responses Meeting Coverage. PD-1 Blocker Gets Few, but Durable, Breast Cancer Responses. Published: Dec 11, 2014. By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today. Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the ... | |
| Tamoxifen Continues to Shine for Breast Cancer Prevention SAN ANTONIO, Texas — It's a gift that just keeps on giving: five years of tamoxifen continues to prevent breast cancer from developing in women at high risk for the disease, more than 15 years after they stopped taking it. Median 16-year follow-up results from ... | |
| Flu widespread in Minnesota, Health Department reports Cases have now been reported in half of the state's eight reporting districts, and school outbreaks are above average for this time of year. hide. Raqiyo Dahir, 14, of St. Paul, received the nasal flu vaccine administered by registered nurse Kellie Xiong. | |
| Merck advancing breast cancer drug Keytruda to mid-stage Keytruda is in a hot new class of medicines, mostly still experimental, called immuno-oncology drugs. Keytruda is in a hot new class of medicines, mostly still... TRENTON, N.J. — Drugmaker Merck & Co. said Wednesday that it will advance a new cancer drug ... | |
| Sleeping badly in old age could spark dementia Sleeping badly in old age can result in brain changes associated with dementia, say scientists. A new study found those who spent less time in deep 'slow wave' sleep were significantly more likely to lose brain cells than those who slept the most deeply. | |
| Drug provides some longer-term breast cancer protection SAN ANTONIO - Women who took a popular breast cancer drug as a preventive step appeared to have gained some long-term protections from the disease, developing it at lower rates than other women even years after stopping the drug, according to a ... | |
| Gut flora link to Parkinson's disease Medical researchers in Finland hope that their discovery of a significant variation in the gut microbiota of Parkinson's sufferers could be used to improve diagnostics for the disease and perhaps even prevent it. The new research was made possible by funding ... | |
| Depending On Your Neighbors To Protect You HOWEVER MUCH SINGAPORE prepares for its first imported case of Ebola, its defenses are only as good as those put up by the countries in which the person has traveled, be it in West Africa or a neighboring region. We hope that others are as prepared as ... | |
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| Dementia Linked to Bad Night's Sleep (Newser) – We're all familiar with that sluggish feeling after a bad night's sleep. Now researchers believe sleep disturbances spark changes in the brain that may lead to dementia, according to a new study. The key to this connection is low oxygen in the blood ... | |
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