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At home and cured of Ebola, Cuban doctor vows return to Africa 1 of 3. Felix Baez, a member of the International Contingent Brigade 'Henry Reeve', who was infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone, speaks during a news conference in Havana December 6, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Yamil Lage/Pool ...
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As Ebola Rages, Poor Planning Thwarts Efforts A lab technician from the Sierra Leone Health Ministry with a cooler of blood samples from suspected Ebola patients. Delays in testing are causing serious bottlenecks at treatment centers. Credit Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times. Continue reading ...
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Recovered from Ebola, Cuban doctor returns home HAVANA/GENEVA (Reuters) - A Cuban doctor who contracted Ebola while treating patients in Sierra Leone returned home to Cuba on Saturday, cured after 16 days in a Geneva hospital where he received an experimental treatment. Felix Baez, 43, was one ...
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Obama Visits Hospital For Sore Throat: Diagnosed With Acid Reflux President Obama made a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center earlier today due to a persistent sore throat over the past several weeks, according to White House officials. The president underwent an examination of his throat and larynx ...
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Cancer Drugs That Free Brake on Immune System Show Promise for Hodgkin's Drugs that free the body's immune system to fight cancer have shown strong preliminary results in treating Hodgkin's lymphoma, shrinking tumors in well over half of patients who had exhausted many other treatment options, researchers reported on Saturday.
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Merck immunotherapy drug shows promise against lymphoma -study (Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc's (MRK.N) drug that harnesses the immune system to fight cancer showed promise in Hodgkin lymphoma patients whose disease had progressed following prior therapies, according to data from a small, early stage trial being ...
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Fifth Farm Quarantined in Canada Bird-Flu Outbreak OTTAWA—Canadian officials said a fifth poultry farm in a region in the western province of British Columbia that is battling an outbreak of avian influenza has been quarantined, and preliminary testing indicates the H5 strain of the virus. The Canadian Food ...
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Obama sore throat related to acid reflux Your video will begin momentarily. STORY HIGHLIGHTS. Obama is not sedated; no transfer of authority needed; Obama's "symptoms are consistent with soft tissue inflammation related to acid reflux"; The President's doctor says he ordered a CT scan, which ...
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Newborn conjoined twins have died, parents say ATLANTA — Conjoined twin boys born in Atlanta earlier this week have died, their parents announced. The twins passed away on Friday, their father announced in a Facebook post. Michael and Robin Hamby's twins — Asa and Eli — were delivered by ...
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Avian flu: CFIA confirms disease has spread to a 5th Fraser Valley farm The Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed Saturday afternoon that avian influenza had spread to a fifth Fraser Valley farm, a turkey producer near Abbotsford, B.C.. Avian flu biosecurity sign. Farms affected by the avian flu outbreak are under tightened ...
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Man at Harborview for possible Ebola, but doctors say case unlikely A 62-year-old King County man is in isolation at Harborview Medical Center and being monitored for a possible Ebola infection, after developing a fever following a trip to Mali in West Africa. By Mike Carter. Seattle Times staff reporter ...
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President Barack Obama Visits Walter Reed Hospital for Sore Throat President Barack Obama visited the hospital Saturday for a sore throat related to acid reflux, the White House said. Obama's physician, Dr. Ronny Jackson, said a preliminary exam on Obama's throat showed swelling, and the results of a subsequent CT scan ...
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Ebola czar Klain to return to private sector in March The White House's Ebola czar is expected to leave after his 130-day assignment, with the deadly virus appearing under control now in the United States. The news that Ron Klain, a veteran Democratic operative and fixer, would leave was reported first on ...
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Bristol-Myers, Merck Treatments Show Promise With Another Cancer Drugs by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY:US) and Merck & Co. (MRK:US) showed promise in early trial results for treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma, potentially expanding the types of cancer they may be able to fight. The drugs work by blocking a pathway ...
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Acid reflux causing Obama's sore throat BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Acid reflux is responsible for the sore throat President Barack Obama has complained about for the past couple of weeks, the White House said Saturday, shortly after the president returned from undergoing diagnostic tests at a ...
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CAF deploying medical team to Ebola-stricken Sierra Leone The Canadian Armed Forces is sending a medical unit to Ebola-stricken Sierra Leone to help in the fight against the deadly virus. The team departed Canada on Saturday morning bound for the U.K. where team members will participate in training before ...
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Ebola czar Klain to return to private sector in March The White House's Ebola czar is expected to leave after his 130-day assignment, with the deadly virus now appearing under control in the United States. The news that Ron Klain, a veteran Democratic operative and fixer, would leave was reported first on ...
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Arizona County Mulls Not Hiring Smokers Pima County will consider later this month whether to no longer hire smokers and put a price on workers who do smoke. The Pima County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Dec. 16 on a policy that would refuse the hiring of any smokers, the Arizona ...
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Conjoined twins Asa and Eli die one day after birth Two parents are heartbroken by the death of their conjoined twins born this week at a Georgia hospital. No surgery could ever separate Asa and Eli Hamby, born Thursday to Robin and Michael Hamby, of Ladonia, Alabama. The two little baby boys shared a ...
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| Carfilzomib prolonged PFS in relapsed multiple myeloma SAN FRANCISCO — The addition of carfilzomib to lenalidomide plus dexamethasone significantly extended PFS in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma who received one to three prior therapies, according to phase 3 study results presented at the ASH ...
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Whooping Cough Cases Climb In The U.S. Statistics show that the number of pertussis or whooping cough cases in California have jumped five times higher than those reported last year to 10,000 cases, according to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). Like Us on Facebook ...
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Health Text alerts service would save patients and country $770 million A text message system that would integrate notifications regarding medication for patients would greatly reduce the cost of medicine – according to a new study. The study details how receiving a text message, as a notification, to serve as a reminder for the ...
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At home and cured of Ebola, Cuban doctor vows return to Africa Felix Baez (R), a member of the International Contingent Brigade ''Henry Reeve'', who was infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone, arrives at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana December 6, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Yamil Lage/Pool ...
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FDA's Advisory Committee Approves Actavis (ACT) Anti-Biotic Recently, Actavis plc (Nyse:act) declared that its trail anti-biotic, ceftazidime-avibactam, has been prescribed by the US Food & Drug Administration's (FDA) Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee, for treating intricate intra-abdominal diseases (cIAI) and ...
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Text Messaging Helps People Take Medications: Study Regular text message can help people on long-term prescriptions for chronic illness in remembering to take their medicines, study finds. Patients receiving the texts called them very beneficial. (Photo : Joe Raedle, Getty Images) ...
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| Addition of Amgen drug boosts benefits in relapsed myeloma: study (Reuters) - Significantly more patients with relapsed multiple myeloma responded to a three-drug regimen including Amgen Inc's Kyprolis than those who got the standard two-drug treatment, according to results from a late-stage trial. Patients with the blood ...
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Smoking Makes Y Chromosome Disappear in Men, Shortens Life Span and ... Study in Sweden links smoking in men to changes in their chromosomes. Loss of the Y chromosome could have health impacts, researchers say. (Photo : University College London). Male smokers run higher health risks than women, say researchers whose ...
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Advisory Panels Approves Actavis Drug, Sends Support to US FDA Actavis has sent a new drug to be considered for approval by the US Food and Drug Administration which is aimed at helping to treat hospitalized patients with uniquely complicated intra-abdominal and complicated urinary tract infections. This treatment is ...
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Men Smokers Are Prone To Cancer And Other Smoking Related Problems! This article basically talks about how scientist prove and relate that men who smoke have a greater risk than the other sex. The study basically shows that smoking results in the loss of Y chromosome. And it is known that only men have this Y chromosome.
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Going to Bed Early Might Relieve Worry and Anxiousness Going to Bed Early Might Relieve Worry and Anxiousness Going to bed early and maintaining a normal sleeping schedule seems to not only have a positive effect on your physical health, but mental health as well, reveals a recent study. Binghamton ...
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FDA panel recommends approval for Actavis' antibiotic drug Dec 5 (Reuters) - Actavis Plc said a panel advising the United States Food and Drug Administration recommended the approval of its antibiotic to treat two infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria. The drug, ceftazidime-avibactam, is safe and effective to ...
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Study Finds HIV to be more common in Mental Health Patients A new study reported that HIV/AIDS is more common in the people living with mental illness. According to this study, these people are four time more likely to develop HIV/AIDS than general public. For the completion of this study, researchers analyzed 21,785 ...
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Drug Nivolumab shows promising results in treating Hodgkin's lymphoma The researchers on Saturday said that the drugs that help in freeing the immune system of the body from the deadly cancer disease have shown remarkable results in the preliminary stage for treating Hodgkin's lymphoma. According to the researchers, the ...
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AU healthcare workers arrive in Liberia MONROVIA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- An Africa Union-backed 76-member Nigerian medical contingent, comprising nurses and doctors, has arrived in Liberia as part of the response to Ebola Virus Disease eradication in the country. The Nigerian medical team, ...
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Researchers Lars Fosberg and Jan P Dumanski link smoking to loss of Y ... FOR the second half of the Twentieth Century, smoking and masculinity seemed inextricably fused, thanks to the Marlboro Man. But Swedish researchers have turned that image on its head, showing that men who smoke are more likely to lose their Y ...
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Arizona county mulls not hiring smokers TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Pima County will consider later this month whether to no longer hire smokers and put a price on workers who do smoke. The Pima County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Dec. 16 on a policy that would refuse the hiring of any ...
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Obama undergoes medical examination U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday underwent a CT scan and a fibre-optic examination after complaining of a sore throat, and was found to have symptoms indicating acid reflux. Mr. Obama, 53, went to Walter Reed military hospital after complaining of ...
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'How I've Lived With HIV for 15 Years' - 50-year-old Umoru In an interview with the Punch, 50-year-old Ibrahim Umoru, a former coordinator of the Lagos State Chapter of the Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, spoke on the situation of HIV in Nigeria and how he's been living with the virus for a decade ...
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Smoking 'takes away manhood', researchers say Forget Don Draper - Swedish scientists claim new research shows smoking actually makes men less manly. Lars Fosberg and Jan P Dumanski from Uppsala Univeristy have posited that men who smoke are more likely to lose their Y chromosones as they get ...
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Two cancer drugs for Hodgkin Lymphoma show promise Researchers have claimed that two cancer immunotherapy drugs have proved remarkably effective against the blood cancer Hodgkin lymphoma. The drugs are being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Merck & Co and two separate studies have ...
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Officials say man being tested for Ebola in Seattle probably doesn't have the ... SEATTLE (AP) — King County Health officials say a man is being tested for Ebola at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Public Health spokesman James Apa says the possibility that the man has Ebola is low. He had been traveling in Mali in West Africa ...
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Elizabeth Hovde: Time to relax blood donor rules Last week, the FDA heard arguments for updating the nation's 31-year-old, lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men to a one-year donation deferral. There is growing pressure from gay rights advocates, medical experts and blood banks to ...
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Ebola fight sees Canadian Forces medical team deployed to Sierra Leone A Canadian Forces medical team left CFB Trenton in Ontario on Saturday en route to Britain, where they'll undergo training before deploying to Sierra Leone as part of the effort to combat the Ebola outbreak, the military said. The Forces said about 40 nurses, ...
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9 Ways To Cope With Seasonal Affective Disorder Do dark, chilly days make your mood cloud over this time each year? You're not alone: Roughly 10 to 20 percent of Americans report feeling tired or sad when there are fewer hours of daylight in the winter months. With bone-chilling temperatures and blustery ...
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Text Messages Remind People to Take Medications FRIDAY, Dec. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Text reminders improve the chances that patients will stick with their medication regimen, a new study finds. About one-third of people don't take their medications as prescribed, either because they forget or ...
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84% of vegetarians go back to eating meat again But a new study has shown many can't resist a bacon sandwich for long, as the majority of people who turn vegetarian eventually go back to eating meat. Researchers found 84 per cent of vegetarians and vegans eventually gave up the lifestyle choice.
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Study: Obesity can reduce life expectancy by 8 years Obesity can reduce a person's life expectancy by eight years and shorten a chronic disease-free existence by up to 19 years, according to a study published on The Lancet, Britain's premier medical journal. The research team, led by Dr. Steven Glover, ...
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Cuban doctor free of Ebola and to be released soon: media HAVANA (Reuters) - A Cuban doctor who contracted Ebola while treating patients in Sierra Leone will be released from a Geneva hospital soon and return to Cuba after doctors found he was free of the virus, official media reported on Friday. Felix Baez, 43, is ...
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UN peacekeeper in Liberia tests positive for Ebola MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — A U.N. peacekeeper who contracted Ebola in Liberia will be flown to the Netherlands for treatment, a Dutch Health Ministry spokeswoman said Friday. The Nigerian soldier is expected to arrive in the Netherlands this weekend and ...
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Whooping Cough Cases Continue to Increase in the United States With all of this talk about flu shots this year—during a year with a particularly persistent strain of the virus—it might be easy to overlook other problematic conditions. Like pertussis (whooping cough). The number of whooping cough cases in California this year ...
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