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As Measle Cases Spread in US, So Does Anxiety The measles outbreak tied to Disneyland continued to spread anxiety Friday as two new cases emerged overnight in Marin County in California - along with at least one in Nebraska - while Arizona officials warned that at least 1,000 people may have been ...
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Debate Heightens Over Measuring Health-Care Quality The Obama administration's goal of tying more Medicare payments to the quality—not the quantity—of health care by 2018 has intensified the debate over how "quality" is defined and measured.
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More than 100 cases of measles now confirmed in US Pictures that caught our eyes and made news during the past week in India. Slideshow · Photos of the week · Inside Kobani · Grieving families of MH370 · In the shadow of Syria's snipers · Drafted into Ukraine's war · » Click here for more slideshows.
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US government releases draft plan for electronic health data WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday proposed a plan to move most doctors, hospitals and their patients to national standards for handling electronic clinical data by the end of 2017.
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FDA approves Shire's Vyvanse for binge-eating disorder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Shire Plc's stimulant Vyvanse to treat binge-eating disorder, the first product to be approved for the condition.
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British health worker being tested for Ebola after needle injury LONDON (Reuters) - A British military healthcare worker was flown back to England from Sierra Leone on Saturday following a needle-stick injury sustained while treating a person with Ebola, the Public Health England (PHE) service said on Saturday.
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Athletes' biological clocks affect their performance (Reuters Health) - A week before the Super Bowl, a new study suggests that players' performances may depend at least in part on how the game's timing aligns with their body clocks.
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You can earn $13000 a year selling your poop You can donate blood, plasma, eggs, and sperm. Why not poop? Yes, your feces are perhaps your greatest untapped monetary resource.
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Shire Drug Cleared to Treat Binge-Eating Disorder Shire PLC's drug Vyvanse became the first drug approved for sale in the U.S. to treat the estimated 2.8 million adults who have a binge-eating disorder.
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The Outcome Of The Super Bowl Could Depend On Whether The Players Are ... By: Tanya Lewis Published: 01/30/2015 09:38 AM EST on LiveScience. Football fans, take note: The outcome of this weekend's Super Bowl, along with other major sporting events, may depend on whether the players are night owls or early birds, a new study ...
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UPDATE: Patient At UC Davis Medical Center Does Not Have Ebola Update Jan. 30: The patient has tested negative for Ebola, a rep for UC Davis Medical Center confirmed to the Huffington Post. Previous story: A patient with possible Ebola symptoms is being cared for at UC Davis Medical Center in Davis, California, ...
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Why a nonprofit is willing to pay thousands for your poop A Massachusetts-based nonprofit is collecting poop at $40 a sample to treat a bacterial infection that is currently only mitigated by antibiotics, the Washington Post reported.
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Friday Feedback: Medicare's New Way to Pay savesaved; ">. by Molly Walker Contributing Writer. This week, the Department of Health and Human Services announced plans for Medicare to phase out traditional fee-for-service based on volume and instead pay providers according to quality and value of ...
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White House unveils $215 million plan to develop patient-specific medical ... The White House unveiled a "Precision Medicine Initiative" today - a $215 million investment that will go toward building a database containing genetic information and medical records belonging to millions of Americans, reports Science.
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New Tamiflu study suggests drug does reduce flu impact considerably A new analysis of research regarding oseltamivir - marketed and commonly referred to as Tamiflu - has found that the drug reduces the duration of flu symptoms and the risk of respiratory tract infections, according to its authors.
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Measles Vaccines Don't Cause Autism -- But Unvaccinated People Create ... It's sad that this has to be said, after the doctor who originally advanced the theory in 1998 was found by the British Medical Journal to be a 'fraud' (per CNN), lost his license, and saw every relevant medical journal condemn his faked research.
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Second California patient tests negative for Ebola hours after first SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - A second hospital patient in Sacramento, California, tested negative for the Ebola virus on Friday, the hospital reported, hours after the first was found to be free of the deadly disease at a nearby medical center.
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Measles Update: Anti-Vaccine Doctors Should Lose Their Licenses Vaccination is a medical no-brainer, a public health home run, up there with clean water. Doctors can help save individual patients, but public health measures can save whole populations.
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Canada says husband of woman diagnosed with avian flu also infected TORONTO (Reuters) - The husband of a woman who tested positive for the H7N9 avian flu virus earlier this week was also infected, likely from a common source during their visit to China, Canadian federal and provincial governments confirmed on Friday.
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Measles outbreak exposes holes in vaccine coverage Tiffany Washinton-Goyal, left, vaccinates Krystian Little, 5, as Dorothy McCall, her aunt, holds her at the Eastern Health Clinic.. Little is getting one of four vaccines, including one for MMR or measles, mumps and rubella. Tiffany Washinton-Goyal, left, ...
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WHO: New Ebola Cases Each Week Fall To Lowest Since June 2014 By Tom Miles and Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The number of new confirmed Ebola cases totalled 99 in the week to Jan. 25, the lowest tally since June 2014, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, signaling the tide might have ...
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California May Set The Highest Minimum Smoking Age In The Country California could soon have the highest minimum smoking age in the country if a bill introduced Thursday makes its way through the legislature.
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A Grandmother on "Watch the Needle and Just Say Ouch" Measles Cases Linked to Disneyland Rise, and Debate Over Vaccinations Intensifies --New York Times, January 21, 2014. Eighty-eight and counting, the number of measles cases reported so far in the 'Disneyland' outbreak, is a lot -- the largest single ...
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UC Davis Medical Center patient tests negative for Ebola, but another case ... SACRAMENTO -- The patient admitted to UC Davis Medical Center early Thursday who had exhibited symptoms consistent with Ebola tested negative for the virus, state and local public health officials said Friday morning.
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Some doctors won't see patients with anti-vaccine views Pediatrician Charles Goodman holds a dose of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, or MMR vaccine at his practice in Northridge, Calif.
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Flu striking older Americans at record pace A flu outbreak that already has killed at least 61 children is simultaneously slamming older Americans at a record clip, federal officials said Friday.
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California Measles Outbreak Prompting Lots Of Questions In Chicago Area CHICAGO (CBS) - In the wake of the measles outbreak in California, county health officials in the Chicago area have been getting a lot of questions this week about the disease, and the vaccine.
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Suspected Ebola patient in California tests negative for virus SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - A California hospital patient who was suspected of contracting Ebola after traveling in West Africa and exhibiting symptoms of the disease has tested negative for infection with the deadly virus, public health and hospital ...
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Starting football before age 12 linked to poorer memory, thinking in NFL players This Sunday, the television event of the year takes place - the 2015 Super Bowl. But as you sit down to enjoy the game, spare a thought for the players; a new study finds that if they started playing football before the age of 12, they may be more likely to have ...
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The White House Promises Exciting Medicare Reforms, But There's A Devil In ... This week the Obama administration announced a dramatic plan to accelerate payment reform under Medicare, by moving away from the fee-for-service model toward something akin to pay-for-performance.
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FDA Approves a Drug for Binge-Eating Disorder Federal health regulators have approved an attention-deficit disorder drug for a new use as a first-of-its kind treatment for binge-eating disorder.
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Second possible Ebola patient in Sacramento tests negative A second possible Ebola patient in Sacramento has tested negative for the deadly disease and is being dispatched from an area hospital.
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Amid measles outbreak, White House says science indicates parents should ... WASHINGTON - Amid the measles outbreak stemming from California, the White House is telling parents that science indicates they should vaccinate their children.
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South Sacramento Kaiser hospital has patient being tested for Ebola Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center is treating a patient who is being tested for the Ebola virus, hospital officials announced Friday morning.
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Vaccine Critics Turn Defensive Over Measles HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - Their children have been sent home from school. Their families are barred from birthday parties and neighborhood play dates.
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Measles outbreak looks unlikely for Texas The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 94 cases of measles in eight states since the beginning of this year.
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Second patient being tested for Ebola in Sacramento SACRAMENTO - A Sacramento hospital admitted a patient suspected of having the Ebola virus on Friday, the same day state officials said a second patient tested negative for the virus at another hospital.
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New British Ebola case as military healthcare worker is flown back for monitoring A British healthcare worker has been flown back to England for Ebola monitoring, it has emerged this morning. The military worker was brought back to Britain after suffering a needle injury while treating a patient near Sierra Leone's capital Freetown.
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New measles case confirmed in Northern California SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) - New cases of measles in two unvaccinated Marin County children have been confirmed by the county's health department.
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Marin County sees its first measles cases; San Mateo adds one 57°F San Francisco. antioch; concord; fairfield; hayward; livermore; mill valley; mountain view; napa; oakland; palo alto; richmond; san carlos; san francisco; san jose; santa rosa.
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Vermont Health Department: 7 kids, 1 adult have tuberculosis MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont Health Department says eight children from the Charlotte Central School have tested positive for tuberculosis.
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You can make $13000 a year by donating your poop If you've got good digestive health, you could be making an easy $13,000 a year. People infected with the bacteria C. difficile need fecal transplants to help their gut.
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New measles case confirmed in Northern California SAN RAFAEL, Calif. Northern California health officials confirmed a new case of measles in San Mateo County on Friday, bringing to 13 the number of known measles cases in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Montana has 10 flu deaths, 395 hospitalizations HELENA, Mont. Montana's 2014-15 flu season is already more severe than last year's with at least three months remaining. The Department of Public Health and Human Services says 395 people have been hospitalized with influenza and 10 people have ...
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Suspected Ebola patient in California tests negative for virus SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan 30 (Reuters) - Hours after a suspected Ebola patient in Sacramento was found to be free of the virus, a second person hospitalized in California's capital was reported by public health officials on Friday to be undergoing evaluation ...
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Why you should care about the measles outbreak–even if you're vaccinated A measles outbreak spreading across the country has sickened 86 people in 14 states, raising fears of an epidemic. But what's different this time is the high number of adults falling ill –including some who have been vaccinated.
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Azusa Lawmaker Moves To Raise Legal Age To Buy Cigarettes To 21 LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) - An Azusa lawmaker is pushing to make California the first U.S. state to raise the minimum age to buy cigarettes and other tobacco products up to 21 years old.
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With hundreds exposed to measles, health officials urge Arizonans to take ... ... ○ Followed by a red, raised and blotchy rash that begins on the face at the hairline and moves down the body. Source: Maricopa County Department of Health.
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Seniors hit hardest this flu season Some new evidence this is a particularly bad flu season: Flu-related hospitalizations of the elderly are the highest since the government started tracking that statistic nine years ago.
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Elderly hit hard by this year's flu NEW YORK - Flu-related hospitalizations of the elderly are the highest since the government started tracking that statistic nine years ago, indicating that this is a particularly bad influenza season.
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