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Vinson, Pham and Brantly are the Dallas Morning News 2014 Texans of the Year. Dallas became America's Ebola epicenter after the arrival in September of Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian who became the first person on U.S. soil to be diagnosed with the disease. Pham would become the second, Vinson the third. Duncan was the link ...
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Ebola: How does it compare? The world has witnessed the largest-ever epidemic of Ebola claim thousands of lives in West Africa in 2014. Since the first case, a two-year-old who passed away on 28 December 2013, there have been more than 6,900 deaths. Outbreaks such as Ebola have ...
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Texans Who Faced, Beat Ebola Virus Recognized By Newspaper DALLAS (AP) — The doctor and two nurses who survived the typically deadly Ebola virus and became the faces of how Texas responded to a global crisis have been named The Dallas Morning News' Texans of the Year. In an editorial to be published ...
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State falters in fight against home care fraud Jerry Kerber, DHS inspector general, in November. "We don't have one single bullet," Kerber said of the state's fraud-fighting efforts. "But all these things we're doing will make it more difficult." Photo: David Joles, Star Tribune. Camera Star Tribune photo ...
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| Saudi's National Commercial Bank proposes H2 dividend of 0.65 riyal DUBAI Dec 28 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's National Commercial Bank proposed a dividend of 0.65 riyal (17.3 U.S. cents) per share for the second half of 2014, it said in a bourse statement on Sunday. The bank, the country's largest, listed on the Riyadh bourse ...
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As Ebola hit U.S., CDC protocol was weaker than that in 1998 Medical workers in a Liberian hospital run by Doctors Without Borders wore full body protection to guard against Ebola infection in September. In October, after two nurses in Dallas contracted the disease, the U.S. government tightened its guidelines to ...
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Tips on keeping those tricky New Year's resolutions 2015 will be here in just a few days, and this year, there are some new tools to help you keep your resolutions. Loading… Post to Facebook. Tips on keeping those tricky New Year's resolutions 2015 will be here in just a few days, and this year, there are some ...
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Is fast food dumbing children? COLUMBUS, Ohio — Fast food consumption isn't merely connected to increases in pant size — it's tied to significant decreases in test scores among schoolchildren, according to a new national study. Researchers at Ohio State University used data from a ...
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Hong Kong confirms first case of deadly bird flu this winter HONG KONG Dec 28 (Reuters) - A woman is critically ill in Hong Kong with the deadly H7N9 strain of bird flu, the first confirmed case in the city this winter, the Hong Kong government said. The woman, 68, was admitted to hospital on Thursday after falling ill ...
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Hospital closes, leaves emergency room open Continue reading below. An emergency room is all that remains of a 124-year-old hospital in Quincy. After reaching an agreement with state regulators, Quincy Medical Center officially closed its doors at midnight, replaced on Saturday by the 24-hour satellite ...
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Hong Kong confirms first case of deadly bird flu this winter HONG KONG (Reuters) - A woman is critically ill in Hong Kong with the deadly H7N9 strain of bird flu, the first confirmed case in the city this winter, the Hong Kong government said. The woman, 68, was admitted to hospital on Thursday after falling ill on Dec.
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Resolved: To Keep Resolutions The clock is ticking and you're running out of time. Soon it will be Jan. 1 — the day you and millions of others designate to tackle unfavorable habits and make improvements. On New Year's Day, practically everyone embarks on a resolution to do better in one ...
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Quincy Hospital Closes, ER Remains QUINCY (AP) — An emergency room is all that remains of a 124-year-old hospital in Quincy. After reaching an agreement with state regulators, Quincy Medical Center officially closed its doors at midnight, replaced on Saturday by the 24-hour satellite ...
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Efforts to stop Ebola are gaining ground, but the fight isn't won The plague erupted deep in the forests of West Africa, sweeping through isolated villages and teeming cities before reaching across oceans to Europe and the United States. Previous Ebola outbreaks have felled hundreds of people. But health officials report ...
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Hundreds Honor Pete Frates In Gloucester With ALS Polar Plunge Gloucester (CBS) — On an unusually beautifully warm day in December, hundreds took the plunge at Good Harbor Beach in Gloucester. Saturday marked the third annual passion plunge in honor of 30-year-old Pete Frates who battles ALS. "What's gong ...
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Want to quit smoking?... By the time you finish this article, you'll be ready to stub ... I loved smoking. Or at least I thought I loved it. As a doctor, I knew how bad it was for me, but that didn't stop me doing it. In fact, if simply knowing the health risks of smoking stopped people doing it, then no doctor or nurse would ever light up a cigarette – and ...
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Couple Marries On Christmas In Hospital Room Of Cancer Stricken Son An Ohio couple exchanged vows on Christmas day in their son's hospital room. Their four-year-old son, Billy, is currently being treated for cancer. The couple, Sarah Lewis and William Cramer, had their wedding plans fall through when their little boy's health ...
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40 Percent of Cancers Could Be Prevented with Simple Lifestyle Changes Oftentimes cancer has been called a "disease of old age" given that it primarily affects older individuals. Researchers, however, are discovering that beyond old age, cancer is also a disease associated with lifestyle choices. According to research conducted ...
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Ohio couple weds on Christmas in son's hospital room A hospital room has become so comfortable for the parents of a cancer stricken 4-year-old it became a natural place for their wedding. Sarah Lewis, 27, and William Cramer, 28, tied the knot Christmas morning in their son Billy's room at the Akron Children's ...
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Cuts in Medicaid payments threaten access to care WASHINGTON — Just as millions of people are gaining insurance through Medicaid, the program is poised to make deep cuts in payments to many doctors, prompting some physicians and consumer advocates to warn that the reductions could make it more ...
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Affordable Care Act will play major role in tax filing Tax-filing time is around the corner, and this season will be the first in which the Affordable Care Act figures heavily. To that end, the Internal Revenue Service has a new, 21-page publication on what taxpayers need to know as they get ready to file this spring.
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40% Of 600000 Cancer Victims Could Have Evaded Cancer With Healthy ... As per a recent research conducted by the Cancer Research UK (CRUK), 40% of the cancer victims could have evaded cancer by opting a better way of life. As indicated by the study the researchers have found that about 600,000 cancer victims could have ...
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Washington County next in line to restrict e-cigarettes Washington County officials are poised to prohibit the use of electronic cigarettes in buildings and vehicles that are county owned. The county's current smoking policy only applies to traditional tobacco products like cigarettes and cigars. Earlier this month the ...
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HIV Could Reduce Hearing Ability, Study Finds Individuals with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may have poorer low frequency or high frequency hearing than those who do not have the virus. Share This Story. This is the first time the link between HIV and hearing loss in the age of highly active ...
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Scientists Use Human Skin Cells to Develop Gametes In a significant development in the science world, scientists have used human skin cells and embryonic stem cells to create gametes. This breakthrough at the University of Cambridge is the first for human cells. They had first successfully developed egg and ...
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Study Finds Relationship Between HIV and Hearing Problems A study published December 26th in the Journal of the American Medical Association Otolaryngology found that adults with HIV tended to have worse hearing than those without the virus. Specifically, the research found that people with HIV tended to have ...
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Cancer patient receives special Christmas gift from parents An Ohio couple had their wedding in the room of their four-year old child who is currently battling cancer. An Ohio couple made the best out of a bad situation when they decided to get married on Christmas Day in the hospital room of their cancer-stricken child ...
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Tips For Sticking To Your New Year's Resolution As the new year closes in, many people are setting out to become "better people" or "exercise more." However, there are a few tips that may help you stick to your resolution past end of January. Chances are if you set a resolution for 2014, you did not stick to it ...
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Doctors in Ireland end breathing support for clinically dead pregnant woman (CNN) -- The artificial breathing support for a clinically dead woman who is 18 weeks pregnant has been switched off by the Irish hospital treating her, an official with detail knowledge of the case said Saturday. Ireland's High Court ruled Friday that doctors can ...
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Nearly 40 percent of cancers in UK avoidable: Cancer Research UK Report A report by Cancer Research UK informed that as many as 600,000 cases of cancer could have been prevented in Britain in the last five years if people follow healthy lifestyle. As per the report, over four in 10 cancers can be prevented if people take care of ...
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Woman Dies After Ingesting Drugs Hidden In Vagina Thirty-one-year-old April Robinson died a week after having a pipe and a bottle of crack cocaine removed from her vagina. The Florida resident reportedly had her body scanned at a Polk County Jail. Officials alerted jail staff about a glass pipe and pill bottle ...
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2014 All about that bass Brr ... that's cold. No, not the constant barrage of snow we saw in January. No, not all that chilly stuff from Disney's "Frozen." We're talking about the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that had thousands of people posting videos dumping a bucket of ice water on their ...
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The sports stories we want to remember from 2014 FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2014, file photo, Tennessee Titans players take part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and pour ice water over their heads after NFL football practice in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)AP. Associated Press. December 28 ...
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5 Ice Bucket Challenge: This summer's coolest trend Published 28/12/2014 | 02:30. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Matt Damon takes on the Ice Bucket Challenge. 5 Ice Bucket Challenge: This summer's coolest trend. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments.
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Texans who faced, beat Ebola virus recognized by newspaper FILE - In a Sept. 17, 2014 file photo, Ebola survivor Dr. Kent Brantly, former Medical Director of Samaritan's Purse Ebola Care Center in Monrovia, Liberia, testifies before the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, ...
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Reading on your gadget before night time is unhealthy 2 Reading on a device that emits light like tablet or phone before going to bed affects one's sleep according to a new research. Anne-Marie Chang said that reading from tablets and phones can delay your sleep to up to 10 minutes as compared when reading ...
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Fast Food Linked to Poor Academic Scores Consumption of fast-food is not on ly connected to an increasing size of your waist but, as a new national study says, it is also connected to considerable decrease in test scores among school children. Researchers from Ohio State University made use of data ...
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Wrong Crack: Woman Hides Drugs, Pipe In Privates; Dies April Rollison, a 31-year-old Florida woman, died after ingesting drugs. But she didn't use the drugs in the way you think, she hid them in her vagina. A body scan while in custody revealed Rollison had items inside her. She was taken to the hospital to have ...
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Award for League City park The New Year is upon us and traditionally some people like to make New Year's resolutions. Have you made yours yet? Are you going to? Well, if you do and do not get past the first six weeks do not feel disappointed because, according to statistics, that is ...
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Ice Bucket Challenge Winter Swim Raises Funds For ALS Research The ice bucket challenge winter swim event was held this year to raise funds for ALS research. It's no secret that the ice bucket challenge is one of the greatest viral sensations of 2014. While it has died down a bit, a mega IBC challenge was held on Dec.
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Study Indicates Weight Training Important For Fat Loss A recent study suggests that men who want to continue looking fit as they get older need to not only do aerobic exercises (jogging, et al) but should also do some kind of weight training. "When we age, we lose muscle mass and we tend to accumulate more ...
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Study: Marijuana use has increased in Colorado DENVER — Colorado emerged as the state with the second-highest percentage of regular marijuana users as it began legalizing the drug, according to a new national study. The Denver Post (http://dpo.st/1BdXt69) reports the study by the National Survey on ...
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Why I'll stick with my resolutions I've been looking through my 1988 diary, and the 10 New Year's resolutions on the front page illustrate just how priggish an insecure teenager with bad hair, bad dress sense and no boyfriend can be. Highlights include: 1. I will take my make-up off every night.
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Record competition for stem cell grants means tough choices for state officials A budget crunch could pour cold water on record interest in Md. stem cell research grants. More opportunities for stem cell research present a tough conflict for science advocates in Md. The competition for Maryland's stem cell research grants will be stiffer ...
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In Sierra Leone, loving in the time of Ebola FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — It has been four months since Messia Dukuray has had any physical contact with her husband. They don't sleep in the same bed, hug or even share food. Her husband is a surgeon at a hospital in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown ...
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Complex jobs might help maintain brain fitness in aging Regardless of IQ, people who work at complex jobs have a slightly higher chance of being better thinkers as they age, a recent study suggests. "When we look at the association between complexity of work with people or data, we see that those in more ...
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Resolutions can harm mental health DAYTON, Ohio - During the next few weeks, prepare to be barraged by admonitions to make New Year's resolutions. These messages connect with us because we aspire to be better people. Research indicates that the most popular resolutions in 2014 ...
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Smartphone-related finger, thumb movements may influence sensory processing With more than half of American adults owning a smartphone, it is safe to say that our fingers and thumbs are more active than ever; without even thinking about it, we use our pinkies to write texts, emails and browse the Internet on a daily basis. Now, a new ...
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Couple Weds in Room Where Son Treated for Cancer AKRON, Ohio — An Ohio couple who married on Christmas Day decided to share their vows in the hospital room where their 4-year-old son, Billy, is being treated for cancer. Sarah Lewis and William Cramer say over the years they made other wedding plans ...
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Cases of Shigella up among San Francisco homeless SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Department of Public Health reports a significant increase in the number of cases of a highly contagious bacterial illness in the city, especially among homeless people. The department usually logs between five ...
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