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| Dr. Rick Sacra Returning to Liberia to Help Rebuild It's been almost five months since Dr. Richard Sacra was released from Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha after a 20-day battle with the deadly Ebola virus. But he's ready to get back to work. Sacra contracted Ebola in Liberia at the end of August after ... | |
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| 25 cancer drugs to be denied on NHS Eight thousand cancer patients are likely to have their lives cut short following a decision to withdraw NHS funding for 25 treatments. Medication which offers a last chance to patients with cancer a year - including those with breast, prostate and bowel disease ... | |
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| US to Cut Off Funds for Clinic Where Rivers Was Treated The Manhattan clinic where Joan Rivers went into cardiac arrest while being treated for a voice problem has failed to correct deficiencies implicated in her death and will be prohibited from having its services paid for by Medicare and Medicaid funds, ... | |
| California links 26 measles cases to Disneyland outbreak (Reuters) - California has confirmed more cases of measles in people who visited Disneyland or its adjacent California Adventure park last month, health officials said on Monday, raising the number of infected people to 26. A total of 22 cases in California ... | |
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| Medicines: How do we pay for innovative drugs? A pot of money to give cancer patients access to expensive, life-extending drugs is about to get controversial. The Cancer Drugs Fund in England is certainly popular with patients - too popular, in fact. This week it will be culling some of the drugs it funds ... | |
| New drug Opdivo successfully ends lung cancer trial A new cancer drug, Opdivo, is working so well that pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb announced Monday it is stopping a trial in lung cancer two years ahead of schedule. The trial compared Opdivo to Docetaxel, a type of chemo used for patients ... | |
| After Ebola, WHO blames governments and seeks more clout GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization says governments flouted their obligations during the Ebola crisis and wants more power to tackle health emergencies in future, documents published by the international agency showed on Monday. | |
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| No new Ebola case for 44 days in Sierra Leone district FREETOWN, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Pujehun district in the southern region of Sierra Leone has gone for 44 days without a single case of the Ebola virus, the chairman of the district council said Monday. Sadiq Siilah was addressing stakeholders from the district ... | |
| China sending large Ebola relief team to West Africa BEIJING — China is ramping-up its assistance in the fight against Ebola with the dispatch of an additional 232 army medical workers to West Africa. State media say the latest contingent to be sent to afflicted nations will depart Tuesday, with 154 of them ... | |
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| American Ebola survivor to return to work in West Africa A family physician from Massachusetts will soon resume work as a medical missionary in Liberia, in the same hospital where he contracted Ebola. Survivors of Ebola have immunity from the disease. By Alexandra Zavis. Los Angeles Times (TNS) ... | |
| Many patients prescribed aspirin therapy don't need it Like millions of Americans, Brian Hull has high cholesterol and a family history of heart disease. He takes low-dose aspirin every day to reduce his chance of a heart attack. "The concern was I not have a heart attack like my father did," he told CBS News. Hull ... | |
| WHO board eyes emergency-response reforms in light of Ebola Recent global health emergencies, such as West Africa's Ebola outbreak, have put a spotlight on some limits on the World Health Organization's (WHO's) capacity to quickly respond, and the agency's executive board will consider proposals for improving its ... | |
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| NY clinic linked to Joan Rivers' death losing accreditation NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City clinic where Joan Rivers suffered a fatal complication during a medical procedure is losing its accreditation at the end of the month, a federal agency said Monday. "Yorkville Endoscopy no longer meets the conditions for ... | |
| 26 measles cases reported with ties to Disney theme parks ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Health officials are reporting seven more cases of measles in an outbreak tied to visits to Disney theme parks in California last month. The new cases confirmed Monday by the California Department of Public Health brings the total to 26 ... | |
| 69 are dead from contaminated beer at Mozambique funeral Poisonous bile from a crocodile may be responsible for the deaths of 69 people in Mozambique who died from drinking contaminated beer. Authorities are investigating the tragic outbreak that has also sent 196 to the hospital. They say they believe the fatal ... | |
| Cuts to cancer treatments announced Twenty-five different cancer treatments will no longer be funded by the NHS in England, health chiefs have announced. NHS England announced the step after it emerged the £280m Cancer Drugs Fund - for drugs not routinely available - was to go £100m ... | |
| Clinic That Treated Joan Rivers Will Lose Federal Funding The Manhattan clinic where Joan Rivers went into cardiac arrest while being treated for a voice problem has failed to correct deficiencies implicated in her death and will be barred from having its services paid for by Medicare and Medicaid funds, according to ... | |
| Are you good at judging people's personalities? Facebook is better They say you can't judge a book by its cover, but a new study suggests a computer can accurately judge your personality by the things you "Like" on Facebook. The computer's judgments aren't perfect, but they're often just as good at predicting our personality ... | |
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| Investors Sell Shares of Bristol-Myers Squibb on Strength (BMY) Bristol-Myers Squibb logo Investors sold shares of Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY) on strength during trading on Monday, Analyst Ratings Network.com reports. $165.35 million flowed into the stock on the tick-up and $197.33 million flowed out of the stock ... | |
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| California links 26 measles cases to Disneyland outbreak REUTERS - California has confirmed more cases of measles in people who visited Disneyland or its adjacent California Adventure park last month, health officials said on Monday, raising the number of infected people to 26. A total of 22 cases in California ... | |
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| Regular naps are 'key to learning' The key to learning and memory in early life is a lengthy nap, say scientists. Trials with 216 babies up to 12 months old indicated they were unable to remember new tasks if they did not have a lengthy sleep soon afterwards. The University of Sheffield team ... | |
| Bristol-Myers and Tiffany are big market movers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., up $1.86 to $62.18. The pharmaceutical company's drug Opdivo met the main ... | |
| WHO: World Governments Not Doing Enough For Ebola Epidemic The obvious indifference of world governments to tackle the Ebola virus epidemic head on has contributed a lot to the seriousness of the whole situation. A document just released by the World Health Organization, stated that the agency will ask for more ... | |
| World Governments Not Doing Enough to Ward off Ebola: WHO The World Health Organization says that an apparent indifference of world governments to handle the Ebola crisis has added much to shape the epidemic as monster for the people of West African countries. The situation became more serious. A document ... | |
| Night Shift May Boost Black Women's Diabetes Risk, Study Finds MONDAY, Jan. 12, 2015 (HealthDay News) Night shift work significantly increases the risk of diabetes in black women, according to a new study. "In view of the high prevalence of shift work among workers in the U.S.A. -- 35 percent among non-Hispanic ... | |
| Optimism Makes Your Heart Healthier: Study A recent study infuses m ore sense into all the feelings that originates out of the heart. Specialists with the University of Illinois collected information from around 5,100 individuals and analyzed it. They inferred that more optimistic individuals contain healthier ... | |
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| Preschool 'Head Start' Could Help Combat Childhood Obesity Children in the U.S. preschool Head Start program tend to have a healthier weight by kindergarten than similarly aged children not in the program, according to a new report published online Jan. 12 in Pediatrics. MONDAY, Jan. 12, 2015 (HealthDay News) ... | |
| Study: Head Start good for bodies as well as minds The federally funded Head Start program for children might be good for young bodies as well as minds, a new study suggests. Preschool-age children who enter Head Start as over or underweight grow significantly closer to a healthier body mass index (BMI) ... | |
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| Most heart patients are taking aspirin inappropriately 2 Most people taking aspirin are doing it to prevent heart attack and stroke. According to a new study, this might be true but a further look at the effect of aspirin shows that it can do more harm than good. In this study, the researchers found that of the 68,808 ... | |
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| Study Suggests Correlation Between Heart Health and Optimism People whose glasses are half-full are reportedly twice as likely to have healthy hearts, according to a new study published in the Health Behavior and Policy Review journal. "Individuals with the highest levels of optimism have twice the odds of being in ideal ... | |
| Be afraid: Insecticide-resistant 'super mosquito' discovered A newly discovered 'super mosquito' has the ability to survive the insecticides used to treat bed nets which are key to preventing the spread of malaria in humans, scientists say. Representational image. AFP. Interbreeding of two malaria mosquito species in ... | |
| An optimist boasts a healthy heart, study says According to a recent study release, people who are more optimistic in attitude in all walks of life tend to be healthier in terms of their hearts. Being an optimist doesn't only lead to a better outlook towards life but also is helpful in maintaining a better ... | |
| Blood of Ebola nurse to be used to treat further victims The blood of Scots nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone, will be used to help other victims of the disease if she makes a full recovery, experts claim. The blood of Scots nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone, ... | |
| Optimistic individuals have healthier hearts, study finds "Individuals with the highest levels of optimism have twice the odds of becoming in excellent cardiovascular wellness compared to their more pessimistic counterparts," said lead author Rosalba Hernandez, a professor of social function at the University. | |
| In Australia, rescuing orphaned kangaroos In the aftermath of Australian brush fires, rescuers are asking the public to donate cotton pouches for young kangaroos, called joeys. Illustrates KANGAROO (category i), by Rachel Feltman (c) 2015, The Washington Post. Moved Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. (MUST ... | |
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| Cancer drug campaigner 'appalled' at cuts A CAMPAIGNER who fought to make potentially life-saving cancer drugs available on the NHS was "appalled" after it was announced yesterday some treatments would be scrapped. Cancer sufferer Clive Stone was one of many who helped shape the Cancer ... | |
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