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Daily update December 15, 2014
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
Wis. fire chief: CO from propane-fueled ice resurfacer made 81 ill at rink
Hospitals near the rink in Lake Delton received dozens who were at the rink Saturday night for the Junior hockey game between the Dells Ducks and the Rochester Ice Hawks, according to fire officials. hide. Poppy Waterman Ice Arena in Lake Delton,Wis.
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http://www.wsj.com/articles/roches-genentech-seeks-approval-for-skin-cancer ...
ZURICH—A Roche Holding AG subsidiary submitted a drug for treating people treating patients with an advanced form of skin cancer to U.S. regulators, the company said Monday, starting the process for potential approval of the therapy. Genentech, Roche's ...
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Reuters
Shock treatment: what's missing from Sierra Leone's Ebola response
GENEVA (Reuters) - The failure of Sierra Leone's strategy for fighting Ebola may be down to a missing ingredient: a big shock that could change people's behavior and finally prevent further infection. Bruce Aylward, the head of Ebola response at the World ...
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CBS Local
Ex-Texas health official defends no-bid contracts
AUSTIN, Texas A top Texas health official who resigned amid questions over $110 million in no-bid contracts says the Austin tech company he hired offered a better product than competitors and followed the rules. Jack Stick, former chief counsel for Texas ...
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Reuters
Shock treatment: what's missing from Sierra Leone's Ebola response
GENEVA (Reuters) - The failure of Sierra Leone's strategy for fighting Ebola may be down to a missing ingredient: a big shock that could change people's behaviour and finally prevent further infection. Bruce Aylward, the head of Ebola response at the World ...
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CBS Local
Ex-Texas Health Official Defends No-Bid Contracts
AUSTIN (AP) — A top Texas health official who resigned amid questions over $110 million in no-bid contracts is standing by the Austin tech company he hired. Jack Stick resigned as chief counsel for the Texas Health and Human Services after officials ...
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WIFR
High rates of flu at 2 Arkansas elementary schools
The high rates of flu cases at two Arkansas elementary schools indicate that a strain not covered by this year's vaccine is circulating in the state, health officials say. Dirk Haselow, an Arkansas Department of Health epidemiologist, told the Arkansas ...
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New York Times
An Ebola Orphan's Plea in Africa: 'Do You Want Me?'
PORT LOKO, Sierra Leone — Sweetie Sweetie had no choice. Her father had just died of Ebola. So had her sister. Her mother was vomiting blood and fading fast. When the ambulance arrived and her mother climbed in, Sweetie Sweetie climbed in, too.
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Zambia Daily Mail
Two studies find big jump in teen use of e-cigarettes
Two new studies have found that far more kids are using electronic cigarettes than previously reported, raising fears that the products could hook another generation on nicotine even as cigarette use is falling. About 25% of high school students in Connecticut ...
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Voice of America
Liberia's Special Senatorial Election Rescheduled for Saturday
Liberia's special senatorial election has again been rescheduled from Tuesday to Saturday (December 20) after the country's Supreme Court rejected a petition to halt campaigning over its constitutionality and fears of Ebola. A member of a coalition that ...
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Science World Report
Memory Loss In A Highly Educated Individual Can Signal Stroke Risk
A new study published in the journal Stroke investigates possible signs of dementia. Researchers found that when people with a high level of education complain about memory loss, it may be time to check in with the doctor. Like Us on Facebook ...
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Frontline Desk
Study Finds Drug Can Stave Off Breast Cancer
Taking the cancer drug tamoxifen for five years drives down the incidence of breast cancer in women at high risk for the disease by close to 30 percent, researchers have found. And the medication's protective effects against breast cancer appear to last, ...
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Science World Report
Teen Birth Rates Reach All Time Low In Mass.
Recent findings provided by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has found that pregnancy among adolescence is at a record low. More specifically, the report only found about 12 in 1000 mothers 15 and younger. Like Us on Facebook ...
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WIFR
Flu season comes early this year
SEBRING —The 2014-2015 flu season is off to an early start, Florida Department of Health said, while urging people to get the flu vaccine. "Activity levels" are highest in children, the health department added, but flu activity is widely spread across the state.
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American Live Wire
Ketamine For Depression, Science Says There May Be A Cure
Ketamine, while it is a useful sedative and anesthetic when used by healthcare professionals, is also known as a dangerous, illegal party drug. It can cause a trance-like state and hallucinations when used illegally as a recreational drug. Depression/Flickr.
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Bio & Tech Insights
Is Ketamine the right drug to treat Depression?
download (34) Healthcare professionals often use ketamine in their practice because it's a powerful sedative that serves it purpose. But as with other sedatives people find a way to take advantage of it that is the reason why it is considered to be very ...
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Zambia Daily Mail
E-Cigarettes: Teens Are Major Market
Pediatrics. E-Cigarettes: Teens Are Major Market. Published: Dec 15, 2014. By Molly Walker , Contributing Writer, MedPage Today. save. |. A. A. Post Test Complete · Take Posttest. The danger e-cigarettes pose to teenagers appears to be increasing the ...
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Metro
Can Ketamine Help Treat Depression?
Ketamine, while it is a useful sedative and anesthetic when used by healthcare professionals, is also known as a dangerous, illegal party drug. It can cause a trance state and hallucinations when used illegally as a recreational drug. But in several clinics in ...
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SavingAdvice.com
Why There's Never a Good Gossip Magazine at Your Doctor's Office
There is no argument that a doctor's waiting room is one of the most boring places on the planet, especially if they are busy and you're waiting for what seems like forever. Even if the waiting room is equipped with a television, it's likely showing kids shows, ...
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Bio & Tech Insights
New study points to better chance of survival for male breast cancer victims ...
download (37) Recent studies conducted by the EORTC10085/TBCRC/BIG/NABCG International Male Breast Cancer Program had produced results showing that male patients with breast cancer have more chances of survival when compared to women.
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The Utah People's Post
Waiting Rooms Have a Bad Magazine Selection Because of Stealing Patients
Waiting Rooms Have a Bad Magazine Selection Because of Stealing Patients Bad magazines in the doctor's office aren't caused by a lack of interest in good reading material, a new study published in the British Medical Journal's Christmas edition suggests.
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Bio & Tech Insights
Dreadful conditions for women giving birth
download (31) The World Health Organization has recently performed a study showing that a large number of women across the world give birth in very unsanitary, dreadful and improper conditions. A lot of experts claim that too many newborns and their ...
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NTV
Hundreds Run Alongside Hastings Girl to Fight Arthritis
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Lincoln, NE - It's the nation's leading cause of disability, striking one in every five adults. But hundreds of kids battle arthritis every day right here in Nebraska. Around 150 people donned their ugliest sweaters and most festive hats for a holiday-themed 5K ...
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Frontline Desk
Ex-Texas Health Official defends his decision to award no-bid contract to 21CT
Jack Stick, one of the elite health officials and former chief counsel for Texas Health and Human Services resigned Friday. This development took place because Stick had awarded $110 million contract to the Austin tech company 21CT in a no-bid contract.
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Bio & Tech Insights
Gastric Bypass Surgery performed on a 12-year old
download (28) Alexis Shapiro 3 years ago had brain surgery that removed a benign tumor from her brain. At that time she weighted around 50 lbs and was considered very ill so the surgery was the only chance she had. It all went well with the surgery and the ...
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Frontline Desk
Low-Fat Diet May Help Prolong The Life Of Breast Cancer Survivors
Oftentimes, what we eat can have a direct effect on our health, along with any pre-existing medical conditions. Now, recent findings reveal that a low-fat diet can help reduce the risk of early death in close to two-thirds of breast cancer patients. Like Us on ...
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Bio & Tech Insights
Few cases of flu reported in Colorado
images (6) It appears flu season is on its way in Colorado as their Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are reporting an increase in influenza activity all around the state. The flu spreads really fast so citizens of Colorado are encouraged to take ...
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The Westside Story
NYPD confirms a year old child died after intake of liquid nicotine used in e ...
A one year old child died after ingesting liquid nicotine, a substance that is used in e-cigarettes. The infant of village in the Montgomery Country in New York was found unresponsive and was immediately taken to a hospital in Little Falls where he was ...
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Diabetes Insider
CDC Says 16 Million Kids Can Buy Electronic Cigarettes
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) claims that as many as sixteen million children in the United States are legally able to buy electronic cigarettes thanks to presently loose regulation. Ten states still have yet to actually ban the sale of ...
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Bio & Tech Insights
Sugar as bad as salt for health finds a study
download (38) As demonstrated by an alternate study, sugar can also bring unpleasant things to your wellbeing that may appear differently in relation to what salt can do. The recently released results of the new study shows that a considerable measure of ...
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Frontline Desk
Memory Slips In Highly Educated Individuals Amplifies the Risks Of Stroke
According to the recent study published in the American Heart Association journal Stroke, highly educated people who complain about memory lapses confront an increased risk of a stroke, adding that the results apply equally to men and women. Despite the ...
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Irish Independent
Baby dies after drinking liquid nicotine in e-cigarette refill bottle
A one-year-old baby has died in New York state after drinking from what is thought to have been an e-cigarette refill bottle, prompting calls to change how the liquid nicotine products are presented.
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SavingAdvice.com
Toddler Possibly the First Victim of a Liquid Nicotine Overdose
One of the main ideas behind the creation of e-cigarettes was to decrease children's exposure to second-hand smoke, but it has created another deadly risk most people never considered. In New York, a toddler died from ingesting liquid nicotine, the ...
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Capitalberg
NY Police: A Child Dies After Swallowing Liquid Nicotine
A 1-year-old kid in Fort Plain, New York, has died after police said he ingested liquid nicotine. Police officials are calling it a 'tragic accident'. Police were called to a home Tuesday evening, where the kid was found inert. He died after 2 hours of swallowing the ...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
Counterpoint: E-cigs aren't a magic cure
It's too soon to confirm whether "vaping" is a long-term fix for quitting smoking. hide. Photo: Nam Y. Huh • Associated Press,. Camera Star Tribune photo galleries. Camera view larger. 0 · comments; decrease font size resize text increase font size ...
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WallStreet OTC
First US Child to Die From Liquid Nicotine Poisoning
A 1-year-old child from Fort Plain, New York, could be the first child that gets killed by liquid nicotine ingestion in the US. Police said that the child was found Tuesday unresponsive at his parents' house and rushed to a nearby hospital where unfortunately ...
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WTSP 10 News
Always hungry girl gets 'childhood' back after weight loss surgery
Alexis Shapiro ballooned from just 50 pounds to more than 200 pounds after undergoing surgery to remove a benign brain tumor left her with a rare condition called hypothalamic obesity, which caused her to always feel hungry. Loading… Post to Facebook.
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Diabetes Insider
Ketamine May Help Suicide Intervention, But Is Not Miracle Depression Cure
Ketamine might be useful in the medical world as a sedative and anesthetic but-like most other powerful, clinical drugs-it has been gaining popularity as a party drug. When used outside of a clincal setting-administered by a health care professional-it is ...
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Pioneer News
New York toddler dies after consuming liquid nicotine
A 1-year-old child in New York died due to liquid nicotine ingestion. Police said that the child was found in an unresponsive state at his parents' house and rushed to a hospital nearby. Doctors at the hospital found that he was dead. This is the first case in the ...
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Frontline Desk
Breast Cancer Prevention: Low-Fat Diet to Prevent Early Death Risks
Doctors would recommend us to have his low fat diet thing. This is especially true if the person is on its early stage of breast cancer. (Photo : Youtube). Have you checked with your doctor recently? Usually, doctors would recommend us to have his low fat diet ...
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BBC News
A matter of birth and death: unsafe conditions still killing new mothers and ...
New publication reports that a lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene in birth settings is killing mothers and newborns in the developing world. NurseLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and WaterAid today join the World Health Organization, ...
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Stuff.co.nz
Liberia delays elections due to Ebola
EBOLA FEARS: A security guard in front of a hand-washing facility in front of Monrovia's anti-corruption commission. Officials in Ebola-stricken Liberia have postponed senatorial elections until the end of the week, while some urged calling off the vote for fear ...
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TheHealthSite
Highly educated people with memory lapses have 39% higher risk of stroke
London, Dec 14: According to a research that appeared in the American Heart Association journal Stroke, well educated individuals with memory lapses also have a greater risk of suffering a stroke. The results are even for both men and women. Previous ...
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Eurasia Review
US Teen Use Of E-Cigarettes Growing, With Hawaii Leading
E-cigarette use among teenagers is growing in the US, and Hawaii teens take up e-cigarette use at higher rates than their mainland counterparts, reports to a new study. The findings by University of Hawaii Cancer Center researchers come as e-cigarettes ...
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Mail Tribune
Get A Life: The gift of meditation
By Loretta LaRoche. More Content Now. The holiday season is upon us, and that means that many individuals will be adding another level of stress to their already stressed-out lives. Many individuals will fret over what to buy, how much to spend, who's ...
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BBC News
Memory lapses expose well-educated at greater stroke risk
A new study has found that well-educated people who also face problem of memory lapses are more at risk of suffering from a stroke. The researchers added that the results apply evenly to men and women. Some earlier studies had shown how stroke results ...
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Omaha World-Herald
California gets $5M funding for quake warning system
LOS ANGELES. California has received $5 million in congressional funding to roll out an earthquake warning system across California next year. Scientists have long tried to make the public alert system, which provides several seconds of warning after a fault ...
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Press Herald
Our View: Post-Newtown, Mainers' mental health care needs still unmet
As part of a monthly program at the Center for Wildlife, visitors can meet some native owls and listen for wild ones. More Headlines. Girls' hockey: Freshmen give Greely a lift · Skiing in Maine: If you can't head for the mountains, try Portland. More in Sports.
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Wall Street Journal
UnitedHealth launches pilot payment program at MD Anderson Cancer Center
Program at cancer center will move away from fee-for-service care that has been criticized for fueling rising health care costs. 0 · comments; decrease font size resize text increase font size; print · buy reprints. Share0 ...
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Los Angeles Times
California receives US funding for earthquake early-warning system
California has received congressional funding to begin rolling out an earthquake early-warning system next year, capping nearly a decade of planning, setbacks and technological breakthroughs, officials said Sunday. Scientists have long planned to make ...
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