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Liberian President's Ban on Rallies Is Seen as Political MONROVIA, Liberia — Anger has been building for days over a decree by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia that bans all political rallies in Monrovia, the capital, which she said had been meant to prevent the further spread of Ebola. Critics allege her ...
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Methamphetamine use soars in Iran as lifestyles speed up BEIRUT (Reuters) - Women in headscarves and men in tatty clothes puff on a glass pipe as smoke swirls around their faces. The pictures published by Iranian media and blogs in recent months are a sign of a new drug epidemic: shishe, or methamphetamine.
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Ebola Czar Ron Klain to Return to Private Sector After less than six months on the job, Ron Klain, the former White House adviser appointed by President Barack Obama to handle the nation's response to the threat of Ebola, will return to his private sector job in March. "Ron agreed to serve the country as ...
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An Ebola Doctor's Return From the Edge of Death PHOENIX — The medical record, from an Ebola case, made for grim reading, but Dr. Ian Crozier could not put it down. Within days of the first symptom, a headache, the patient was fighting for his life. He became delirious, his heartbeat grew ragged, his blood ...
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Ohio gov. addresses fixing police-community relations Just days after the Justice Department issued a stinging rebuke of the Cleveland police department's excessive use of force, Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Sunday that leaders must heed and address concerns among minority communities about racism in law ...
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BlackBerry, NantHealth launch cancer genome browser TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd and NantHealth, a healthcare-focused data provider, launched a secure cancer genome browser on Sunday, giving doctors the ability to access patients' genetic data on the BlackBerry Passport smartphone. Earlier this ...
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Obamacare Impacts Primary Care Doctor Shortage WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 05: U.S. President Barack Obama is seen during a meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan in the Oval Office at the White House on December 5, 2014 in Washington, D.C. President Obama and King Abdullah II discussed ...
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A Tenth Sierra Leonean Doctor Dies from Ebola Sierra Leone's chief medical officer has said he is baffled by the deaths of three doctors from Ebola over a three-day period. Dr. Brima Kargbo said a survey conducted jointly with the US Centers for Disease Control found that 70 percent of infections did not ...
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Norovirus sickens 200 people on New Zealand cruise WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Health authorities in New Zealand said Monday that about 200 passengers on a cruise ship have been sickened by an outbreak of norovirus. The passengers were among more than 1,500 aboard the Dawn Princess, which ...
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Survey: Primary Care Doctor Shortage Result Of ACA MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — A shortage of primary care doctors has emerged as thousands of people gained insurance through the Affordable Care Act, according to a new survey. When Olivia Papa signed up for a new health plan last year, her insurance ...
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Norovirus Sickens 200 People on Cruise Health authorities in New Zealand said Monday that about 200 passengers on a cruise ship have been sickened by an outbreak of norovirus. The passengers were among more than 1,500 aboard the Dawn Princess, which was due to leave for Australia ...
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Norovirus Outbreak Sickens 200 Passengers Aboard Dawn Princess Cruise Ship About 200 passengers aboard the Dawn Princess cruise ship have been sickened by an outbreak of norovirus. (Photo by BRENDON O'HAGAN/AFP/Getty Images). WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Health authorities in New Zealand said Monday that ...
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Ebola Czar, We Hardly Knew Ye Ron Klain, who plans on leaving the White House early next year, has been a target of frequent criticism. Arit John t aritbenie. After less than two months on the job, the Obama administration's Ebola response coordinator, Ron Klain, has already planned his ...
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Dallas Physician in Nation's First Ebola Case Acknowledges Errors in Treatment AUSTIN, Tex. — In a report published by The Dallas Morning News on Sunday, the Texas emergency room physician who misdiagnosed the first case of Ebola in the United States acknowledged his error in his first public comments on the treatment of the ...
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Health law impacts primary care doc shortage MIAMI (AP) — When Olivia Papa signed up for a new health plan last year, her insurance company assigned her to a primary care doctor. The relatively healthy 61-year-old didn't try to see the doctor until last month, when she and her husband both needed ...
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Obama's 'Ebola Czar' will 'step down and return to the private sector' following ... But now, Ron Klain is stepping down from the position to return to the private sector, it is reported. The 53-year-old, a former chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, will apparently leave his role in the Obama administration by March 1 following a ...
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Dallas Ebola patient's ER doctor missed high fever In this Oct. 8, 2014 file photo, a sign points to the entrance to the emergency room at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, where U.S. Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan was treated, in Dallas. The emergency-room doctor who initially treated Duncan ...
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An Ebola doctor's return from the edge of death PHOENIX: The medical record, from an Ebola case, made for grim reading, but Dr. Ian Crozier could not put it down. Within days of the first symptom, a headache, the patient was fighting for his life. He became delirious, his heartbeat grew ragged, his blood ...
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Penn researchers announce latest results of investigational cellular therapy SAN FRANCISCO - The latest results of clinical trials of more than 125 patients testing an investigational personalized cellular therapy known as CTL019 will be presented by a University of Pennsylvania research team at the 56th American Society of ...
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Health officials: King County man tests negative for Ebola A King County man who developed possible Ebola symptoms after a trip to Mali has tested negative for the potentially deadly virus, health officials said Sunday. But he will remain in isolation at Harborview Medical Center for more testing over the next few ...
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Most vegetarians go back to meat despite the benefits of vegetarianism Vegetarian and vegan diets have been popular for quite some time now. Even popular celebrities like Alicia Silverstone, Bryan Adam, Jason Mraz and Carrie Underwood have claimed to adopt a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle at some point in their lifetime.
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Health Law Impacts Primary Care Doc Shortage When Olivia Papa signed up for a new health plan last year, her insurance company assigned her to a primary care doctor. The relatively healthy 61-year-old didn't try to see the doctor until last month, when she and her husband both needed authorization to ...
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Nivolumab Scores in Tough-to-Treat Hodgkin's Lymphoma Meeting Coverage. Nivolumab Scores in Tough-to-Treat Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Published: Dec 7, 2014. By Ed Susman , Contributing Writer, MedPage Today. Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, ...
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Arizona County Proposes a Ban on Hiring Smokers Arizona County Proposes a Ban on Hiring Smokers A ban on hiring smokers might come into effect if the proposal is accepted on December 16th in Pima County, Arizona. The plan does not affect only people looking for a job, but also the ones who are ...
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Missing Y Chromosomes In Men As A Result Of Smoking You can now add another negative side effect to smoking in men. A recent study found that male smokers could lose their Y chromosome. It also suggested that the more they smoke, the lesser their Y chromosomes will become. The loss of Y chromosome ...
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FDA sanctions the use of Actavis Antibiotic for drug-resistant pathogens Manufactured as a joint-venture between AstraZeneca and Actavis, two British-Sweden pharmaceutical companies, Actavis Antibiotic has been approved by the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) for the treatment of intra-abdominal infections (cUTI) ...
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Ebola and the crisis of civilisation This time it is different. As everybody knows, the Ebola haemorrhagic fever first broke out in September 1976 in a remote village in the jungles of the Congo. The current scourge in West Africa is the worst ever. Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea face imminent ...
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Immune Boosting Drugs Show Promise in Treatment of Hodgkin's Encouraging results have been obtained for drugs by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Merck & Co. for treating Hodgkin's lymphoma. The drug acts by boosting the immune system by blocking a pathway called PD-1 and fight the cancer cells which managed to ...
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Arizona County Votes To No Longer Hire Smokers With the rising cost of healthcare, consumers are not the only ones left trying to figure out how to reduce overhead. Employers who provide health insurance benefits, for one, would probably prefer it if employees would spend less on health care. This is why ...
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Early To Bed… A new study suggests that the later your bed time the more likely you are to have negative thoughts during the day. More so the study actually suggests that a regular sleep pattern—with a respectable bedtime—is the best way to have healthy thoughts and ...
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Medication text alert service 'could save millions' A text messaging service to remind patients to take the medicines they have been prescribed could save "hundreds of millions of pounds" from non-adherence and preventable illnesses, researchers say. A test scheme, which involved heart patients, cut the ...
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Text Messaging Helps Patients Remember to Take their Medicines A new study found that the text messaging service can be an effective tool to remind patients to take their medicines on time. (Photo : Reuters). A new study has found that text messaging can be an effective means to ensure patients take their medicines on ...
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Drugs show promise in treatment of Hodgkin's From the shale fields to the cooling towers, Trib Total Media covers the energy industry in Western Pennsylvania and beyond. For the latest news and views on gas, coal, electricity and more, check out On the Grid today.
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Older breast cancer patients still get radiation despite limited benefit DURHAM, N.C. - Women over the age of 70 who have certain early-stage breast cancers overwhelmingly receive radiation therapy despite published evidence that the treatment has limited benefit, researchers at Duke Medicine report. The study suggests ...
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Arizona County Plans A Ban On Smokers Hiring Pima County, one of Arizona's main districts, declared on Friday that it plans to prohibit smokers from public offices and authorize current hired smokers by surcharging them on health insurance. On December 16, the Pima County region will vote the ...
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This Promising Drug Could Finally Destroy Malaria Once and For All An international research collaborative has determined that a promising anti-malarial compound tricks the immune system to rapidly destroy red blood cells infected with malaria but leave healthy.
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New drug provides fresh hope for leukemia patients Washington: Scientists have now come up with a novel drug which provides new hope for people suffering from leukemia. The cancer therapy that targets an oncometabolite, had produced dramatic results in patients with advanced leukemia in an early-phase ...
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Going to Bed Earlier Can Make You Happier, Research Suggests, So Why Don't ... People (at least on the internet) seem constantly in search of ways to boost their mood. Supplements, gratitude journals, home decor… the suggestions are endless. But new research suggests that it may have been even easier to improve your mood all along: ...
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Going to bed early may positively impact your thinking Sleep is a critical part when it comes to the normal functioning of the human body and many other organisms in the animal kingdom. Not only does our metabolism slow down, conserving energy, but it is also critical in the regeneration of cells in our body.
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Cancer Patients Receive a Little Retail Therapy for the Holiday Season Anchorage, AK - It was a relaxing and and peaceful shopping experience for those impacted by Cancer in our community. Nordstrom along with the Anchorage and Valley Radiation Therapy Centers came together to help Cancer patients along with families, ...
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Santa Speedo Sprint raises awareness for HIV and AIDS ALBANY, N.Y. -- Some daring holiday runners faced the cold weather and stripped down into their holiday undies on Saturday, all for a good cause. The 9th annual Santa Speedo Sprint took place in Albany yesterday to raise awareness for HIV and AIDS ...
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Liberia court suspends ban on mass gatherings Sirleaf's government imposed the executive order last week banning the holding of political rallies in Montserrado County because the area has been hard hit by Ebola. World Bulletin/News Desk. Liberia's top court issued a stay on a government order ...
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Ebola Outbreak 2014: King County Man Who Developed 'Probable' Ebola ... (Photo : openclipart.org) Man tests negative for the virus even if he has possible symptoms. A King County man who developed possible Ebola symptoms after his trip to Mali has tested negative for the deadly virus. Health officials have sent him home with ...
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Too many elderly with breast cancer still receive radiotherapy Key clinical point: The use of adjuvant radiotherapy has declined over the past decade in elderly patients with early-stage breast cancer, but the rate is still high. Major finding: Use of adjuvant radiotherapy has declined from 68.6% of eligible patients in ...
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Health law impacts primary care doc shortage In this Friday, Nov. 7, 2014 photo, Raymond Paultre, the organizing director of Enroll America in Florida, explains how to use the Get Covered Connector tool during a training session for navigators in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Navigators will be signing up people ...
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At home and cured of Ebola, Cuban doctor vows return to Africa HAVANA/GENEVA: A Cuban doctor who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone and was cured after experimental treatment in a Swiss hospital vowed on Saturday to return to West Africa and continue treating patients. "I will finish what I started. I am returning to ...
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Depression in the workplace remains problematic, costs employers billions Depression among workers is costing U.S. employers billions, but few companies have devised strategies for effectively reducing the financial and operational effects of depressive illness. While depression and other mental illnesses are covered under the ...
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| Phase III data shows Sandoz' investigational biosimilar filgrastim has similar ... (Thomson Reuters ONE via COMTEX) -- Novartis International AG / Phase III data shows Sandoz' investigational biosimilar filgrastim has similar safety and efficacy as Amgen's NEUPOGEN(R) . Processed and transmitted by NASDAQ OMX Corporate ...
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New compound can destroy malaria in 48 hours A promising new anti-malarial compound tricks the immune system to rapidly destroy red blood cells infected with the malaria parasite without damaging healthy cells, a new study has found. Researchers determined that the compound (+)-SJ733 uses a novel ...
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As demand for e-cigs soars, absence of information concerns health officials Bottles of liquid that are used in the advanced personal vaporizers. Each contains propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, flavorings and the optional added nicotine.Charlotte L. Jacobson / The Citizens' Voice. Photo: N/A, License: N/A, Created: 2014:.
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