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New strategy to cut suicides 'achievable', says Clegg Deputy PM Nick Clegg says many suicides are preventable and wants hospitals to aim to end all such deaths. The approach is based on a successful scheme in the US city of Detroit, where the suicide rate among patients in the scheme fell by 75% within four ...
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Europe's tuberculosis hub Britain seeks to wipe out the disease LONDON (Reuters) - Health authorities launched an 11.5 million pounds ($17.4 million) plan on Monday to tackle Britain's persistent tuberculosis (TB) problem, seeking to wipe the contagious lung disease out altogether. Britain has one of the highest TB rates ...
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| Anti-Vaccine Parents Found to Stick Together as Their Ranks Grow More parents are leery about vaccinating their children, even against once-common diseases like measles and whooping cough. New research suggests their beliefs are contagious too. A groundbreaking study of 154,424 children covered by Kaiser ...
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Europe's tuberculosis hub Britain seeks to wipe out the disease LONDON Jan 19 (Reuters) - Health authorities launched an 11.5 million pounds ($17.4 million) plan on Monday to tackle Britain's persistent tuberculosis (TB) problem, seeking to wipe the contagious lung disease out altogether. Britain has one of the highest ...
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Miliband pledge to end child mental health 'neglect' Labour says it will "end the scandal of neglect" of child mental health issues if it wins May's general election. Leader Ed Miliband will use a visit to a mental health group to say greater emphasis is needed on prevention, early intervention and better support.
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Pizza's Snack Appeal Leads to Big Impact on Kids' Bodies Go ahead, give your kids pizza. Just maybe not so much of it. A new study found that American children take in more calories, fat and salt on days that they eat pizza. That's not necessarily because it's worse than a burger or a side of fries. It has a lot to do with ...
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Mali Is Now Ebola Free Mali Ebola Spared No More A health worker sprays disinfectants near a mosque, after the body of a man suspected of dying from the Ebola virus was washed inside before being buried in Bamako, Mali. Baba Ahmed—AP ...
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Brown tackling California's $72B retiree health liability File - In this Friday Jan. 9, 2015 file photo, Gov. Jerry Brown refers to a chart explaining that he wants to deal with the unfunded liability for the state employee retiree health benefits in his proposed 2015-16 state budget ... more >. By JUDY LIN - Associated ...
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Gov. Brown Tackling California's $72B Retiree Health Liability SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – After tackling pension changes for public employees and teachers, Gov. Jerry Brown is now setting his sights on another big debt: retiree health care benefits. California faces an estimated $72 billion unfunded liability for more ...
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Mali Declares Self Ebola-free Mali has declared itself Ebola-free. Heath Minister Ousmane Kone made the announcement Sunday, saying there have been no new cases in 42 days - the World Health Organization's timeframe for declaring the end of an epidemic. A new WHO report says ...
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US okays world's 1st device to fight obesity WASHINGTON: A first-of-its-kind implant to treat obesity that curbs appetite by electrically stimulating stomach ne8rves has been approved in the US. The Maestro Rechargeable System is approved to treat patients aged 18 and above who have not been able ...
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Mali announces end of its Ebola outbreak BAMAKO, Mali -- Mali's health minister says the West African country is Ebola-free after recording no new cases for 42 days, the period required for the World Health Organization to declare an outbreak officially over. Health Minister Ousmane Kone made the ...
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Modified Expansion Gains Interest TALLAHASSEE | More than 1 million Floridians remain without health insurance as a result of the state's decision not to expand Medicaid coverage under the federal Affordable Care Act. Florida is the second largest state in the nation to opt out of the ...
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Disneyland measles outbreak continues to spread A measles outbreak that started at Disneyland in California is spreading further across the country and into Mexico as people who were infected on their vacations take the virus home to unvaccinated family members. More than four dozen people in four ...
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The Lowdown on the FDA and Weight Loss Devices A view shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland August 14, 2012. Picture taken August 14, 2012. Jason Reed/Reuters. Filed Under: Tech & Science. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced ...
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Mali declared Ebola free Mali's health minister declared the West African nation free of Ebola on Sunday following a 42-day period without a new case of the deadly virus. Mali recorded six deaths from Ebola, which, according to World Health Organization data, has killed more than ...
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Lack of Sleep Could Make Your Teen Turn to Alcohol or Drugs Are your teens getting enough sleep? If not, you may want to keep an eye out for a new study to be published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. According to the study, adolescents who get poor or insufficient sleep may be at higher ...
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Mali declares itself Ebola-free Mali is free of Ebola, the country's minister of health declared Sunday, saying that 42 days have passed since its last patient tested negative for the virus. lRelated WHO report: 'Lethal, tenacious, unforgiving virus' fueled Ebola epidemic · Science Now · WHO ...
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Sleep Problems In Adolescents Could Lead To Alcohol And Drug Abuse Sleep difficulties and insufficient sleep in youths could make them more likely to experiment with drugs and alcohol. The recent study found duration of sleep and sleep difficulties could predict a number of problems including binge drinking, driving under the ...
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Johnson gets €100m from Europe's IMI to accelerate Ebola vaccine development Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) through a consortium, which includes research institutions and non-government organizations, is set to receive around €100m ($115m) from Europe's Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) to speed up the development of its Ebola ...
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Diabetes: New Tattoo Can Test For Blood Sugar Levels This new tattoo could be the end of the painful ritual of diabetes patients pricking their fingers to test their blood sugar. (Photo : University of San Diego ). A new temporary tattoo developed for diabetes patients may be able to completely eliminate the need for ...
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What Bad Sleep of an Adolescent Means bad sleep Scientists have said that poor sleep in adolescence may warn of future problems with alcohol, drugs, and sexual misconduct. The American scientists have found that adolescents with sleep disorders were more likely to have exhibit "bad" behavior ...
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Lack of Sleep in Adolescents May Lead to Use of Alcohol and Drugs Difficulty in sleeping or insufficient slee p may make you more likely to take up alcohol and drugs. According to a recent study duration of sleep as well sleep difficulties could cause a number of issues including drunken driving as well as risky and abnormal ...
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Researchers create a temporary painless tattoo to monitor blood sugar level in ... Getting the finger pricked several times during the course of a day to check the level of blood sugar is undoubtedly just ONE if the several horrors a diabetic must go through. Researchers at the University of California have come up with a unique, temporary ...
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Doctor on measles outbreak: There's no need to panic Even though 13 more people -- all in South Dakota -- have reportedly contracted the measles virus, 9NEWS Health Reporter Dr. John Torres says it is still not time to panic. Loading… Post to Facebook. Doctor on measles outbreak: There's no need to panic ...
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Recent Study Shows That Working Overtime Leads People To Drink More Than ... Another study recently published has demonstrated that your executive may be driving you to drink by compelling you to work extended periods. The exploration demonstrated that people who worked more than 48 hours in a week were considerably more ...
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Disneyland measles outbreak continues to spread A measles outbreak that started at Disneyland in California is spreading across the country and into Mexico as people who were infected on their vacations take the virus home to unvaccinated relatives. More than four dozen people in four states have been ...
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Working long hours makes people drink more, according to a new study Two glasses of martini, one red and one blue at a sidewalk bar in Washington, DC. (UPI/Billie Jean Shaw). CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 18 (UPI) -- According to a new study, people who work 48 hours a week or more are likely to drink alcohol more heavily.
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Calif. Strike Highlights Larger Issues With Mental Health System A Kaiser mental health worker with the National Union of Healthcare Workers looks through a pile of signs Monday during day one of a week-long demonstration outside of a Kaiser Permanente hospital in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan Getty Images. This past ...
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SA role in Ebola vaccine clinical trial SOUTH African healthcare workers in Sierra Leone might be among the frontline staff offered experimental Ebola vaccines when clinical trials get under way in West Africa in the next two months, it emerged last week. Researchers and vaccine manufacturers ...
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Researchers Develop New 'Tattoo' For Diabetes Patients Researchers have developed a tattoo that will eliminate the need for diabetics to prick their fingers each day. Many diabetics have to prick their fingers, a rather painful and unpleasant daily occurrence. Some even need to prick their fingers multiple times each ...
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Thorning-Schmidt to visit Ebola fighters in Sierra Leone The prime minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, is scheduled to visit Danish healthcare workers fighting the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone today, according to her schedule. She will become the first head of a western government to visit the country since the ...
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Jon Jones Fined $25000 for Failing Drug Test UFC light heavyweight champion and Endicott native Jon Jones has been fined for failing a drug test before his title fight. Jones will have to pay a UFC fine of $25,000 after testing positive for the main metabolite of cocaine. He will have to give up four percent ...
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UFC's Jones: I'm not a cocaine addict UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon "Bones" Jones insists he is not a cocaine addict, and that his failed drug test was simply the result of a "really dumb decision." Jones is set to break his silence for the first time on the failed drug test that forced him to check ...
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Vitamin D Can Help Prevent Colorectal Cancer: Study Vitamin D Can Help Prevent Colorectal Cancer, a study says. It is needless to write here that Vitamin D was given great importance by doctors and researchers. Its importance is going to get bigger in the days to come. Vitamin D is not an unknown vitamin.
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Michigan Governor Vetoes E-Cigarette Bills Governor says legislation didn't go far enough to regulate and tax electronic-cigarettes like tobacco products. January 19, 2015. Page Content. LANSING, Mich. – Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed three bills relating to electronic cigarettes, saying the measures do ...
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Poor sleep leads to alcohol and drug addiction WASHINGTON: Sleep difficulties and hours of sleep can predict a number of specific problems, including binge drinking, driving under the influence and risky sexual behaviour, shows a study. The association between poor sleep and substance use has also ...
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Social media users not more stressed out than others WASHINGTON: A new study finds that people who spend more time online or using social media do not have higher levels of stress compared to those who do not. Internet, social media and cellphone users did not have higher stress levels than those who ...
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Working Long Hours Leads To Heavy Drinking Recently, the British Medical Journal released a study that concludes working long hours leaders to heavy drinking. Per the study, people who work more than 48 hours in one week are going to drink more. The study reviewed date on more than 330,000 ...
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Alcohol not a good sleeping aid MELBOURNE: A study has found that drinking before sleep results in an increase in frontal alpha power in the brain, a development which is associated with disturbed sleep. For individuals who drink before sleeping, alcohol initially acts as a sedative ...
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Weight loss implant approved by FDA for partial use An implant that curbs appetite by electrically stimulating stomach nerves has been approved by the FDA for use in some obese people in the United States. An experimental group lost 24% of its excess weight or 9% of total body weight after 12 months of ...
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Working Long Hours Leads to Heavy Drinking: Study This study is going to decipher as to how many people suddenly start drinking more and more. A recent study has come out with findings that claim that people working long hours from office or home are more prone to drinking. The study suggests that people ...
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Ebola outbreak:- Britain's bill for tackling virus in Sierra Leone spirals to £330m ... Britain's bill for tackling the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone has spiralled by at least £100m, to £330m. The Government expects to spend nearly 50 per cent more than the £230m previously allocated, which will go towards treatment centres and safe burials and ...
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WHO Ebola situation report: Liberia records highest deaths The World Health Organization (WHO) has released an Ebola Situation report, with Liberia recording the highest Ebola deaths in the world. The WHO is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that is concerned with international public health.
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New genetic clues found in common cause of inherited intellectual disability New genetic clues have been found in fragile X syndrome, which is the most common cause of inherited intellectual disability and seizures, by studying the case of a person. In patients with fragile X, a key gene is completely disabled, eliminating a protein that ...
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Social media use does not increase stress: Study Washington: Facebook and Twitter users do not experience increased stress than non-users, but are more aware of negative events in their friends' lives, a new study has found. The study by the Pew Research Centre surveyed the stress levels of 1,801 adults ...
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UFC's Jon Jones: 'I'm not a cocaine addict' Jon Jones will open up about his cocaine use in an upcoming interview with Fox Sports. The full interview will air Monday, but Fox revealed a sneak peek of what's to come. "It was just a really embarrassing situation. I've had to explain to so many people that ...
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Ukraine's health system collapsing under the weight of war Among the most widely discussed events of 2014 was the Russian occupation of the Crimean Peninsula and the ongoing conflict between Ukrainian loyalists and separatists in the Eastern part of Ukraine that followed. Russia's military intervention in the ...
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US-built Ebola treatment centers in Liberia are nearly empty as outbreak fades TUBMANBURG, Liberia — Near the hillside shelter where dozens of men and women died of Ebola, a row of green U.S. military tents sit atop a vast expanse of imported gravel. The generators hum; chlorinated water churns in brand-new containers; ...
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Unvaccinated children clusters pop up all over Northern California Parents who refuse to vaccinate their children or limit their number of immunizations live not just in Marin County, but in areas throughout Northern California, according to a Kaiser study released Monday. The study found a handful of statistically significant ...
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