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No Christmas for Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone LONDON - The Ebola outbreak that originated in West Africa has now grown to more than 19,000 cases and nearly 7,600 deaths worldwide. In Sierra Leone, the country hit hardest, the government banned holiday celebrations. On the radio, Christmas ...
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ALS Association hopeful viral ice bucket challenge will have lasting impact Major League Baseball Commissioner-elect Rob Manfred participates in the ALS ice bucket challenge outside the organization's headquarters in New York in August. The campaign raised $115 million through the ice bucket challenge. (Associated Press) ...
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Sierra Leone in virtual lockdown for holidays FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Mabinty Mansaray's plan for Christmas and New Year's was the usual: grab her children and her two sisters and take the bus from Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, to her village more than 100 miles away.
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The CDC's bad year just got worse WASHINGTON -- The CDC is conducting a review of the latest mistake in which a lab worker may have exposed to the Ebola virus. A sample of the live virus may have been sent from one CDC lab to another down the hall -- one not equipped to work with the ...
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Prime Healthcare Urged To Keep Daughter Of Charity Hospitals Open 10 Years ONTARIO (AP) — California regulators should condition the sale of six nonprofit Catholic hospitals on a commitment to keep the facilities open for 10 years, a state-commissioned consultant recommended. Prime Healthcare Services Inc. has pledged to keep ...
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Squirrel Hill Man Home For Christmas After Running Ebola Clinic In West Africa PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Andy Pugh is back in Squirrel Hill after spending the past two-and-a-half months in the West African nation of Sierra Leone. He was helping to run a clinic for those stricken with Ebola. For Pugh, it's been an emotional roller coaster ...
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Weight training trumps cardio in battle of the bulge: study Weight training helped protect against expanding waistlines for healthy men in a new study at the Harvard School of Public Health, whereas those who skipped barbells for exercise that was strictly aerobic saw less impressive results. "This study underscores ...
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Dog survives 15-story Fall From Sacramento High-Rise Apartment Building SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A thirteen-year-old dog is alive tonight after falling 15 stories from one of the tallest apartment buildings in Sacramento. Call it a miracle or just doggone good luck. "He went off that far corner of the balcony," said Bill McCourt, the ...
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Volunteers deliver meals, gifts along with Christmas cheer For many Americans, Christmas isn't just about Santa and presents, it's about giving back to their communities and helping those less fortunate. Across the country, thousands of volunteers turned out to share their Christmas spirit. In New York City, the family ...
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Glow from iPads disrupts sleep, study find Basking in the blue glow of tablets, smartphones and other electronic devices before bedtime could be messing up our sleep patterns more profoundly than we realise, and even affecting our long-term health, according to a new study published in the ...
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FDA to accept blood donations from gay men if they don't have sex for a year The FDA says they're ready to accept blood donations from gay and bisexual men so long as they don't have gay sex for a year. The previous 1981 ruling put a lifetime ban on donations from gay and bisexual men, citing the AIDS crisis. The ruling was made ...
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Unusual treatment saves baby in Seattle Days before Christmas, Elise Pele holds daughter Tatiana Saiaana at their Seattle home. Doctors used a once-abandoned drug to treat the baby's extreme respiratory distress. (Ken Lambert/AP). Days before Christmas, Elise Pele holds daughter Tatiana ...
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Drug unapproved by FDA saves infant's life Parents of a newborn in Seattle, Washington, received the best Christmas gift of all. Just a few weeks ago, Elise and Bruce Saiaana thought they'd lose their daughter Tatiana, who was born four months ago in critical condition. At her birth, doctors quickly ...
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Sam The Dog Survives 15 Story Fall From High Rise Apartment Building A 13 year old dog is alive tonight after falling 15 stories from one of the tallest apartment buildings in Sacramento. Call it a miracle or just doggone good luck. Sam, the dog/ SacramentoNews. "He went off that far corner of the balcony," said Bill McCourt, the ...
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CDC lab technician possibly exposed to Ebola, agency says A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lab technician may have been exposed to the Ebola virus earlier this week following a mishap at an Atlanta facility, the agency said Wednesday afternoon. The accident, which occurred on Tuesday, happened ...
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Turn back the clock: Primordial cells created in the lab Scientists report they they have 'turned back the clock on human cells' and created primordial germ cells - the embryonic cells that give rise to sperm and ova - in the lab, the first time that human cells have been programmed into this early developmental ...
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Oldest American Man Dies at 110 (Photo : Pixabay) Johnson's secret to long life was daily exercise as well as a diet of oatmeal for breakfast, daily prayers and early nights. A supercentenarian residing in northern Illinois recognized as the oldest man in the U.S. has died at 110 years and 338 ...
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Teen is pleasantly surprised after being pulled over by cop A Wisconsin teen received the best two tickets of her life after being pulled over by a cop. Audra Daniloff was pulled over by a Saukville police officer who told her she'd rolled through a stop sign and was going to be receiving two tickets — but the tickets she ...
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Pumping Iron Gives You a More Sculptured Waistline than Engaging in Aerobics Pumping iron is better for maintaining men's figures than aerobic exercise, a new study at the Harvard School of Public Health revealed. So if you want to enjoy nice looking abs, better keep those barbells active. "This study underscores the importance of ...
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Harvard Sleep Study Suggests E-Readers May Not Be Good Before Bed A research team at Harvard Medical School set out to 1compare the effects of reading regular books versus reading light-emitting e-readers late at night, before bed. Unfortunately, the Harvard Medical School research team found that these devices can be ...
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Late Night E-Book Reading Discouraged in Latest Study At Harvard Medical School, a re search team, began working on comparing the effects of reading regular books and reading light-emitting e-readers late at night before going to bed. The Harvard Medical School research team found out that these devices can ...
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Breakthrough Could Lead to Sperm and Ova being Produced in Labs (Photo : Walfred Tang (University of Cambridge)) Embryoid at start of appearance of SOX17 positive cells (green cells), which depict birth of human germ cell lineage. share on facebook. share on twitter. A team of scientists from Israel and the U.K. said they've ...
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Should Santa Claus still be fat? LOS ANGELES — Roy Pickler lay on the floor, dripping with sweat, as trainer Bob Harper quipped, "You look like you got run over by a reindeer." Pickler's job as a professional Santa was a constant joke when he was a contestant on "The Biggest Loser.
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Scientists Engineered Artificial Sperm and Egg using Stem Cells As per TIME, Researchers, from human embryonic cells, created primordial germ cells (PGC). PGC was created earlier from rat's embryonic cell but now it is successfully harnessed from human cells. Dr Naoko Irie, first author of the paper, said "The creation of ...
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Using Human Skin Cells Fertility Treatment Researchers Have Created Primitive ... By using human skin cells fertility treatment researchers have created primitive sperm and eggs. In a major breakthrough in the field of fertility treatment researchers have created primitive sperm and eggs from human skin cells. This research which was ...
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Stem Cell research could help in cases of infertility A team of British and Israeli researchers has claimed that infertility can be cured with stems cell technology. The team has reportedly registered encouraging results in creating precursor cells for gametes, which combine during fertilization to produce a baby.
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Girl gets pulled over and is surprised with something much better than a ticket SAUKVILLE, Wisconsin – Audra Daniloff has spent the last year riddled with health problems, so her dad decided to surprise her, but not exactly in the nicest way. While driving, Audra's dad planned with the police to pull her over, pretend to give her a ticket, ...
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Squirrel Hill aid worker helped manage Ebola response in Sierra Leone Andy Pugh is back in his Squirrel Hill home after helping manage an Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone. Share with others: 0 inShare. By Sean D. Hamill / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. No one knew the risks he was facing as well as Andy Pugh.
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FDA's 1-Year Celibacy Rule For Blood Donation Offends Gay Rights Groups (Photo : REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez) A nurse holds a pack of blood during a donation at the Metropolitan University Center of the San Carlos University, (CUM), in Guatemala City, September 5, 2012.
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CDC Research lab in Atlanta accidentally exposes the Deadly Ebola Virus to a ... A lab technician has been probably exposed to the deadly Ebola virus in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laboratory in Atlanta while at work on Monday. In addition to this, almost a dozen more scientists are also now being assessed for Ebola.
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Ice Bucket Challenge Still Rains Bucks on ALS The Internet sensation of the year — the Ice Bucket Challenge — hasn't melted just yet, as donations continue flowing to the ALS Association and its leaders remain awestruck over the gush of goodwill. "We are still trying to make sense of it," said ALS ...
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Study sees corollary between fast food, test scores Fast-food consumption isn't merely connected to increases in pants size — it's also tied to significant decreases in test scores among school children, according to a new national study. Researchers at Ohio State University used data from a nationally ...
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FDA eases 31-year ban on blood donations from gay men US health regulators will recommend that gay men be allowed to donate blood one year after their last sexual contact, easing a ban that has been in place since 1983. The US Food and Drug Administration said that scientific evidence shows the move will not ...
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Flu is now widespread in Nebraska The pertussis outbreak continues, and flu is beginning to work its way into the community. 'Tis the (sick) season. "In the past two weeks, we have seen a rise in flu activity," said Tim Timmons, communicable disease program supervisor for the ...
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Stem cells used to create artificial sperm, egg LONDON: Researchers, led by an Indian-origin scientist, have for the first time used human embryonic stem cells to create primordial germ cells that give rise to egg and sperm. Although this had already been done using rodent stem cells, scientists at the ...
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Report: Ebola survival improving in Sierra Leone One year into the world's worst Ebola outbreak, doctors are reporting an encouraging sign: About 70 percent of patients in a hard-hit area of Sierra Leone now survive. The Ebola death rate has fallen even though there are no specific medicines or vaccines to ...
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Unusual treatment saves baby at Seattle hospital A Seattle baby is home in time for Christmas after local doctors bet on a last-chance, once-discarded treatment that uses liquid, not air, to inflate the collapsed lungs of fragile newborns. Tatiana Saiaana, now nearly 4 months old, smiled and stared with big ...
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Unusual treatment saves baby at Seattle hospital Days before Christmas, Elise Pele holds daughter Tatiana Saiaana at their Seattle home. Doctors used a once-abandoned drug to treat the baby's extreme respiratory distress. OUTS: SEATTLE OUT, USA TODAY OUT, MAGAZINES OUT, TELEVISION OUT, ...
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Most Intense Flu Season In Recent Years Hits Michigan DETROIT (WWJ) - Flu season is here in Michigan and Beaumont Health System doctors say it's already one of the most intense flu seasons in recent history. Last week, doctors at the Royal Oak location treated a record number of patients in the emergency ...
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600000 cancer cases 'avoidable' Healthier living could have prevented almost 600,000 cases of cancer in the UK in the last five years, a report claims. Overall, more than four in 10 cancers could be avoided if people made changes to their lifestyle, according to new figures from Cancer ...
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Read the old-fashioned way at bedtime for a better sleep: study Reading before bedtime is long believed to facilitate sleep, but it might be best to avoid doing so from light-emitting screens, according to a new study from Pennsylvania State University. Exposure to light before going to sleep suppresses the hormone ...
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Smartphone touchscreen use leads to greater brain activity London: Your smartphone touchscreen can actually change the way your thumb and brain work together, a new study has found. More touchscreen use in the recent past translates directly into greater brain activity when the thumbs and other fingertips are ...
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| Recess timing may not affect kids' fruit and vegetable intake In efforts to get kids to eat more fruits and vegetables, it seems to make no difference if play time is scheduled before or after lunch, according to a new study of fourth- and fifth-graders. A small segment of kids did show a possible impact from the timing of ...
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