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| Mysterious Virus That Killed a Farmer in Kansas Is Identified Researchers have identified a previously unknown virus, thought to be transmitted by ticks or mosquitoes, that led to the death of a farmer in Kansas last summer. The illness was fast-moving and severe, causing lung and kidney failure, and shock. The man ... | |
| FDA Easing Ban on Gays, to Let Some Give Blood WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it would scrap a decades-old lifetime prohibition on blood donation by gay and bisexual men, a major stride toward ending what many had seen as a national policy of ... | |
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| Safeway pulls caramel apples amid listeria scare Safeway has pulled prepackaged caramel apples from its shelves, the grocery chain said Tuesday, a day after the family of a person who died from a listeria infection linked to the fruit sued the company. Shirlee Jean Frey, who died Dec. 2, became ill after ... | |
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| Sierra Leone Prepares for 'Ebola Christmas' of Little Cheer Mabinty Mansaray's plan for Christmas and New Year's was the usual: grab her kids and her two sisters and take the bus from Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, to her village more than 100 miles away. For the 27-year-old hairdresser, the holidays have ... | |
| Frequent texting changes your brain: study All that texting is actually changing our brains. That's according to new research from Switzerland, where a study found that activity in the brain regions connected to the thumb and index finger was higher in people who regularly text-message via a ... | |
| Ebola crisis likely to last a year - WHO chief West Africa's Ebola crisis is likely to last until the end of 2015, says the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) body dealing with the epidemic. Peter Piot, who has just returned from Sierra Leone, told the BBC that he was encouraged by progress there ... | |
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| E-reading at night can leave you sleepless WASHINGTON: Use of a light-emitting electronic device such as e-books in the hours before bedtime can adversely impact sleep, overall health, alertness and the circadian clock, a new study has found. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) ... | |
| Oldest verified man in US dies at 110 ROCKFORD, Ill. — A northern Illinois resident recognized as the oldest man in the U.S. has died at 110. The Rockford Register Star (http://bit.ly/1JQe1am ) reports C. Conrad Johnson died Tuesday. The director of the funeral home handling Johnson's ... | |
| ADA Endorses ACC/AHA Statin Guidelines, With Caveats The American Diabetes Association has revised its guidelines for use of statins in people with diabetes to align with those issued in 2013 by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association. The change was included in the ADA's 2015 ... | |
| Safeway pulls caramel apples amid listeria scare LOS ANGELES. Safeway has pulled prepackaged caramel apples from its shelves, the grocery chain said Tuesday, a day after the family of a person who died from a listeria infection linked to the fruit sued the company. Shirlee Jean Frey, who died Dec. | |
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| Oldest verified man in US dies at 110 ROCKFORD, Ill. -- A northern Illinois resident recognized as the oldest man in the U.S. has died at 110. The Rockford Register Star (http://bit.ly/1JQe1am ) reports C. Conrad Johnson died Tuesday. The director of the funeral home handling Johnson's ... | |
| Utah Man Wins Eggnog Chugging Contest, Trip to ICU Downing a quart of creamy mucilage in just 12 seconds, Ryan Roche of Lehi, Utah dominated an office eggnog chugging contest earlier this month. His prize? A $50 gift certificate to Ruth's Chris Steak House and three days in the hospital with pneumonia. | |
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| US moves to end ban on blood by gay donors WASHINGTON — Federal health officials are recommending an end to the nation's lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, a 31-year-old policy that many medical groups and gay activists say is no longer justified. The Food and Drug ... | |
| Christmas Lockdown Feels Too Familiar to Ebola Pioneer There must be better ways to fight Ebola than calling off Christmas. That thought keeps scientist Peter Piot awake at night. Piot, who was part of the team that discovered the virus four decades ago, was struck by how little the anti-Ebola arsenal had changed ... | |
| Hep C Drug Deal Seen as Helpful to Patients savesaved; ">. author name. by Joyce Frieden News Editor, MedPage Today. Express Scripts' recent decision to cover AbbVie's Viekira Pak treatment for hepatitis C genotype 1 -- to the exclusion of Gilead's ledipasvir/sofosbuvir combo (Harvoni) and Janssen ... | |
| Are teens heeding the warnings on tanning beds? Fewer U.S. teens are using indoor tanning beds and booths, although this risky behavior remains popular with more than 1.5 million high school students, a new survey reveals. In 2013, about 20 percent of high school girls and 5 percent of high school boys ... | |
| Structured Notes Tied to Celgene, Gilead Hit Record High Investors are buying U.S. structured notes tied to biotechnology companies such as Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD:US) and Celgene Corp. (CELG:US) at a record pace, as innovative drugs help power share growth. Banks issued $531.2 million of notes linked to ... | |
| Lower BMI Limit for T2D Screening for Asian Americans savesaved; ">. author name. by Sarah Wickline Wallan Staff Writer, MedPage Today. This article is a collaboration between MedPage Today® and: Medpage Today. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) has called for a lower threshold of the body mass ... | |
| New Study of the Brain Reveals Smartphone Use Changes It Ever think your electronics may change the way your brain functions? Well as it so happens a new study shows that smartphone usage leaves a mark on the part of your brain that processes touch, although it actually makes you smarter. Swiss researchers ... | |
| Immune Cells Could Help Control Obesity, Diabetes "Histologic images above and below showing characteristic murine beige fat cells that are implicated in increasing caloric expenditure." (Photo : Jonathan R. Brestoff and David Artis). An immune cell type appears to help burn fat cells and fight obesity. | |
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| Study reveals that use of Smartphone can change our Brains Study has found that the use of Smartphone shapes the part of our brain that controls our finger movement in a similar way as learning to play violin. Every part of our body, from fingers to toes, are processed and controlled by part of our Brain called ... | |
| News Scan for Dec 23, 2014 A Kansas resident who died this past summer was infected with a new virus that may have been carried by ticks, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) reported in a press release yesterday. The patient died after having symptoms like ... | |
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| Office party eggnog chugging contest ends in hospitalization SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah man says he's fully recovered after he was hospitalized for chugging a quart of eggnog so quickly that he inhaled some of creamy holiday beverage into his lungs. Ryan Roche from Utah County told KSL-TV that he participated in an ... | |
| Experimental Ebola vaccines safe, immunogenic LONDON, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Two experimental DNA vaccines to prevent Ebola virus are safe, and they have generated a similar immune response in healthy Ugandan adults, according to the latest findings. The findings, from the first trial of Ebola vaccine in ... | |
| Biotech investors bail out after Gilead pricing fight The biotechnology sector had its worst day since April as investors fear health insurers and companies that manage patients' drug benefits will put new pressure on how much the industry can charge for breakthrough treatments. The sell-off, prompted by ... | |
| Immune System May Play Role in Obesity (HealthDay News) -- Certain immune system cells may play an important role in weight control, an early study suggests. Scientists had known that the immune cells may help ward off obesity in mice. The new findings are the first to suggest the same is true in ... | |
| Structured Notes Tied to Celgene, Gilead Hit Record High Investors are buying U.S. structured notes tied to biotechnology companies such as Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD) and Celgene Corp. (CELG) at a record pace, as innovative drugs help power share growth. Banks issued $531.2 million of notes linked to the 20 ... | |
| Wrongful death lawsuit filed in listeria death of Felton woman A local family is suing a grocery store giant, alleging a tainted caramel apple is responsible for a deadly listeria infection. This case is part of a multi-state outbreak and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it's still trying to pinpoint the source. | |
| Express Scripts presses for expansion of drugs it won't cover LOS ANGELES — Express Scripts, the largest manager of prescription drug plans for U.S. employers, is taking an increasingly aggressive stance in price negotiations with pharmaceutical companies after winning discounts on medications with a strategy ... | |
| US moves to end ban on blood donations by gay men Potentially illness-causing E. coli bacteria were found on nearly one-quarter of herbs bought at farmers markets, according to a new study.More >>. Potentially illness-causing E. coli bacteria were found on nearly one-quarter of herbs bought at farmers ... | |
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| Smartphone thumb skills altering our brains: Study Frequent chatting with friends over touchscreen smartphones can actually be brain altering, says a new research. According to Indian-origin scientist Arko Ghosh from University of Zurich, Switzerland, more touchscreen use in the recent past has translated ... | |
| FDA to ease ban on blood donations by gay men WASHINGTON. Federal officials have moved closer to overturning a decades-old ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, but activists say the proposed alternative would continue to stigmatize men who have sex with men. The Food and Drug ... | |
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| LA Judge Stubs Out Marijuana App A Los Angeles-based smartphone application aimed at becoming the city's first mobile medical marijuana logistics service was ordered to stop business by a county judge on Tuesday. Judge Robert O'Brien, of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, said ... | |
| Ebola Vaccine Trial in Africa May Support More Potent Version An experimental Ebola vaccine showed it was safe and generated an immune response in healthy Ugandan adults in a clinical trial that bodes well for a more potent version undergoing testing. "This is the first study to show comparable safety and protection ... | |
| Promising results from new Ebola vaccine trial An experimental vaccine that could be a first line defense against Ebola is showing promise against the deadly disease. Results from a Phase 1 clinical trial conducted in Africa found that the vaccine, called RV 247, is safe and prompts an effective immune ... | |
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| | Drug Discovery & Development | FDA approves Novo Nordisk's injection for obesity Dec 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. health regulator approved a formulation of Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug, liraglutide, for treating patients of obesity, a disease that affects one in three Americans. The injectable drug, to be marketed as Saxenda, is the second ... | |
| The 15 ailments of the Vatican Curia, according to Pope Francis On Monday, Pope Francis addressed the Vatican's governing leadership — better known as the Roman Curia — for his yearly Christmas greeting with a very noticeably un-festive tone. In his remarks, the Pope listed 15 spiritual "ailments" encountered in the ... | |
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