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Details about Joan Rivers' death emerge as lawsuit is filed (CNN) The estate of the late comedian Joan Rivers filed a lawsuit Monday in New York County Supreme Court detailing alleged missteps by the outpatient endoscopy facility and the physicians caring for Rivers during an August 28 procedure that the New ...
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Single new case can reignite Ebola outbreak if vigilance lost, says MSF LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A decline in Ebola cases in West Africa must not result in a loss of vigilance because a single new case is enough to reignite an outbreak, international medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on ...
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US government unveils goal to move Medicare away from fee-for-service WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday unveiled an ambitious plan to control health costs by moving the $2.9 trillion U.S.
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Parents seeking liver donor to save 3-year-old twins (CNN) A Canadian couple has reached out to the Internet to help save their twin 3-year-olds. Binh and Phuoc Wagner both require a liver transplant to survive.
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E-cigarettes would be banned in public places under California bill SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California would ban the use of electronic cigarettes in public places and ramp up enforcement against selling them to minors under a bill introduced in the legislature on Monday.
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Medicare unveils timetable for changing how it pays doctors, hospitals The Obama administration outlined ambitious new goals Monday to transform the way the gargantuan Medicare program pays doctors and hospitals in the next four years, rewarding providers that achieve better outcomes for patients rather than just do more.
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Gov't to Overhaul Medicare Payments to Doctors, Hospitals Medicare will change the way it pays hospitals and doctors to reward quality over volume, the Obama administration said Monday, in a shift that officials hope will be a catalyst for the nation's $3 trillion health care system.
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Fear Measles, Not Vaccines A mother holds her daughter as a pediatrician administers a measles vaccination during a visit to the Miami Children's Hospital in June.
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Morning Break: Califf to FDA; Generic Nexium; Another Clinic Shooting savesaved; ">. by MedPage Today Staff. Robert Califf, MD, a cardiologist and administrator at Duke University, was named to be the FDA's deputy commissioner for medical products and tobacco -- putting him effectively in charge of the agency's drug, device, ...
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Joan Rivers' daughter Melissa files suit in mother's death Joan Rivers' daughter filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit Monday against the clinic and the doctors who treated her mother last August, charging that their negligence triggered a coma that ended in her mother's death.
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Canadian Infected With Deadly Strain of Bird Flu A Canadian woman who recently traveled to China has been diagnosed with H7N9 bird flu, an often deadly strain that's infected close to 500 people in China, officials said Monday.
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FDA names cardiologist to senior leadership position (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday named Dr. Robert Califf, a cardiologist and researcher, to oversee its drug, medical device and tobacco policy, in what experts said is a coup for the FDA.
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Pfizer cuts vaccine price for poor as GAVI group seeks $7.5 billion LONDON (Reuters) - Pfizer is to cut the price of its pneumococcal vaccine Prevenar 13 by 6 percent to $3.10 per dose in poor countries as part of a commitment to the GAVI global vaccines alliance, the U.S.
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Institutional neglect changes kids' brain structure Kids who were raised in a Romanian institution for abandoned children have smaller heads, smaller brains, and different white matter structure than similar kids who were moved into high-quality foster care at an early age.
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UPDATE 2-Canada resident tests positive for H7N9 avian flu virus (Adds details on the person, second suspected case). By Julie Gordon. VANCOUVER Jan 26 (Reuters) - A Vancouver area resident has tested positive for the H7N9 avian flu virus in the first documented case of the infection in a human in North America, the ...
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30 babies under isolation as measles outbreak hits Bay Area Thirty babies have been placed under home isolation in Alameda County after possible exposure to measles linked to a holiday outbreak at Disneyland last month.
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Six more measles cases reported in California after Disneyland outbreak LOS ANGELES Jan 26 (Reuters) - Six more cases of measles have been confirmed in California following an outbreak at Disneyland that began in December, public health officials said on Monday, raising to 74 the total number of people in the state who ...
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WHO Launches Emergency Ebola Fund To Prevent Future Response Blunders ... * Executive Board agrees contingency fund, rapid response * $100 million contingency fund "good starting point" - Chan * U.S.
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30 babies placed under home isolation as California grapples with measles ... Thirty babies have been placed under home isolation in Alameda County after possible exposure to measles, as California grapples with the outbreak that originated at Disneyland, the LA Times reported.
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Morphine after tonsillectomy 'potentially life-threatening' for children Painkilling medication is usually prescribed following most forms of surgery. However, the use of morphine to treat the post-operative pain of children having their tonsils removed could lead to potentially life-threatening respiratory problems, according to the ...
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Melissa Rivers files lawsuit in mother Joan Rivers' death This March 5, 2006 file photo shows Joan and Melissa Rivers as they arrive for the 78th Academy Awards. This March 5, 2006 file photo shows Joan and Melissa Rivers as they arrive for the 78th Academy Awards.
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Obama to propose sharp increase in antibiotic funding WASHINGTON Jan 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's fiscal 2016 budget request will propose nearly doubling federal funding to some $1.2 billion for the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, the White House said on Tuesday.
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West Africa's Ebola Outbreak Declines With Fewer New Patients The deadly Ebola epidemic that has ravaged West Africa is waning, as a medical aid agency fighting the outbreak said the number of new cases arriving at its treatment centers is in decline.
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High blood pressure linked to the 'hyper' state of chronic insomnia In a controlled, lab-based study of dozens of people with chronic difficulties getting to sleep , researchers have found a link between insomnia that affects daytime function and hypertension - raised blood pressure, a well-established cardiovascular risk factor.
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Ebola crisis: Oxfam calls for recovery 'Marshall Plan' Oxfam has called for a multi-million dollar 'Marshall Plan' to help the three West Africa countries worst affected by Ebola to recover.
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Califf To Leave Duke To Become FDA Deputy Commissioner The FDA announced today that Duke University cardiologist Robert Califf will be the next FDA Deputy Commissioner for Medical Products and Tobacco.
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Melissa Rivers Files Lawsuit In Mother Joan Rivers' Death NEW YORK (AP) - While Joan Rivers lay sedated in a Manhattan clinic, her doctors performed unauthorized medical procedures, snapped a selfie with the comedian and failed to act as her vital signs deteriorated, according to a malpractice lawsuit filed ...
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Being Neglected Harms Brain Development in Kids In new research published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, researchers looked at brain differences between Romanian children who were either abandoned and institutionalized, sent to institutions and then to foster families, or were raised in biological families ...
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Medical Pot May Have a Place for Very Ill Kids, Says Pediatric Group In an update to its 2004 policy statement on marijuana legalization, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) now says that in some cases, children with certain debilitating illnesses should be allowed derivatives of marijuana to ease their suffering.
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Measles outbreak: Low vaccination rates at some Bay Area schools raise alarm With alarm over the Disneyland measles outbreak growing across California, almost 5,000 kindergartners enrolled in Bay Area schools are without proof they've been fully vaccinated, a major concern as the highly infectious disease continues to spread.
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Canada Confirms First Case of H7N9 Avian Flu OTTAWA—Canadian officials said Monday they had confirmed the first case of the H7N9 strain of avian flu in North America but stressed that broader risks to the public were very slight.
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At least 80 cases of swine flu reported so far in Rajasthan JAIPUR: Health officials are a worried lot with first 25 days of January in state having witnessed more swine flu cases than in the entire 2014.
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H7N9 bird flu confirmed in BC resident who travelled to China The first human case of H7N9 bird flu in North America has been confirmed in a woman from British Columbia who had recently visited China, federal health officials say.
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Obama administration unveils plan to shift Medicare payments, rewarding quality ... WASHINGTON - Medicare will change the way it pays hospitals and doctors to reward quality over volume, the Obama administration said Monday, in a shift that officials hope will be a catalyst for the nation's $3 trillion health care system.
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Severe child neglect linked to changes in brain structure Past studies have shown that traumatic experiences in childhood can have negative implications for brain development. Now, a new study published in JAMA Pediatrics finds severe childhood neglect may cause structural changes to white matter in the brain, ...
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Extra funding sought to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria The Obama administration wants to double the amount of federal funding dedicated to combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a mounting problem that causes an estimated 2 million illnesses and 23,000 deaths annually in the United States.
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Medical marijuana reserved for sickest kids by US pediatric academy With virtually no hard proof that medical marijuana benefits sick children, and evidence that it may harm developing brains, the drug should only be used for severely ill kids who have no other treatment option, the U.S.
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'Lightning Striking Twice': Autism Genes Randomly Mutated, Study Finds A new genetic study shows even siblings with autism often have very different DNA mutations from one another— a finding that strengthens the evidence that autism is often just genetic bad luck.
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Siblings With Autism Less Similar Than Previously Thought, Study Says The majority of siblings diagnosed with autism do not share the same genetic mutation, according to a new study. Using whole-genome sequencing technology, scientists looked at the genetic material of 85 families that had two children diagnosed with autism ...
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'Autisms' a more appropriate term than 'autism': geneticists There are so many different genetic forms of autism that using the singular term, autism, is misleading, researchers say. "We believe a better term to use is 'the autisms,' or 'the autism spectrum disorders' (that is, plural)," Dr.
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Melissa Rivers hasn't seen doctors that incompetent since... Actors Joe Manganiello and Sofia Vergara attend the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 25, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
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How Obama's $3 Trillion Health-Care Overhaul Would Work The Obama administration has announced plans to accelerate a shift in how the U.S. pays its $2.9 trillion annual health-care bill.
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Canada: Residents Tests Positive for H7N9 Bird Flu After Trip to China A resident of British Columbia has tested positive for the H7N9 avian flu virus in the first documented case of the infection in a human in North America, the federal government said Monday.
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New Technique to Unboil an Egg Could Help in Fight Against Cancer Chemists at the University of California, Irvine have found a way to "unboil" eggs - but they're not using it to make a better breakfast.
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9 things everybody should know about measles There's one fact that makes the measles virus really scary: it's one of the most infectious diseases known to man. A person with measles can cough in a room, leave, and - if you were unvaccinated - hours later, you could catch the virus from the droplets in ...
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Melissa Rivers sues over Joan Rivers' death Melissa Rivers is suing the clinic where her mother, Joan Rivers, had an outpatient procedure that resulted in her death a week later.
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Measles threatens U.S. comeback years after elimination WASHINGTON - Measles could once again become native in the U.S., disease experts worry, as an outbreak in California linked to Disneyland has put a spotlight on a growing failure to vaccinate that's helping the disease to spread.
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Joan Rivers' daughter sues clinic where comedian suffered cardiac arrest for ... Joan Rivers' daughter has sued the New York City surgical centre where complications during a medical procedure led to the comedian's death for negligence.
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Medicare's payment reform push draws praise and fears I think we can all agree that moving away from fee-for-service and moving toward more value-based payment is a really good idea. The challenge is, how do you measure value?
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