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| Dying in the ER, and on TV Without His Family's Consent Anita Chanko could not sleep. At 4 a.m., on an August night in 2012, she settled onto the couch in her Yorkville living room with her dog, Daisy, and her parrot, Elliott, and flipped on the DVR. On came the prior night's episode of "NY Med," the popular real-life ... | |
| Central New York bracing for a rough flu season Nanci Paparo, left, a nurse at the Syracuse Community Health Center, gives a flu shot to fellow nurse Angell Weed in this October, 2014, file photo. (David Lassman | dlassman@syracuse.com). Print · James T. Mulder | jmulder@syracuse.com By James T. | |
| Condition of British Ebola Patient Worsens LONDON — A British health worker who is being treated for Ebola in a London hospital is now in critical condition, her doctors said on Saturday. The patient, Pauline Cafferkey, a nurse from Scotland who had volunteered with the charity Save the Children to ... | |
| British Nurse With Ebola In Critical Condition (Adds background) LONDON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - A British nurse being treated for Ebola in London is in critical condition after deteriorating over the last two days, her hospital said on Saturday. The Royal Free Hospital has been treating Pauline Cafferkey, 39, ... | |
| Ebola-struck UK nurse in 'critical' condition LONDON: A British nurse who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone was in a "critical" condition on Sunday, locked in isolation inside a specialist London hospital. Pauline Cafferkey's health has taken a turn for the worse in recent days, the Royal Free Hospital ... | |
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| UK Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey 'in critical condition' A British nurse who was diagnosed with Ebola after returning from Sierra Leone is now in a critical condition, the London hospital treating her has said. The Royal Free Hospital said it was "sorry to announce that the condition of Pauline Cafferkey has ... | |
| Guide for healthy eating may consider environment WASHINGTON (AP) — The government issues dietary guidelines every five years to encourage Americans to eat healthier. This year's version may look at what is healthy for the environment, too. A new focus on the environment would mean asking people to ... | |
| Flu sees Iowa hospitals tighten visitation rules Some Iowa hospitals have tightened visitation rules in the wake of a widespread flu outbreak that has claimed the lives of three children in recent months, including that of a 3-year-old Elk Horn girl in the last week. Ayzlee McCarthy died on Monday from ... | |
| Two-thirds of cancers a matter of bad luck? Not so fast It's not all about mutations. (AP Photo/National Institutes of Health, National Center for Microscopy). SHARE. Written by. Annalisa Merelli@missanabeem. 3 hours ago. "Two thirds of cancers are due to bad luck," or some variation of this, is the cancer-related ... | |
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| Resolving the tangle of resolutions Well, another year coming up soon. That word new says it all. That's why New Years Resolutions have always been a part of each new year. Over 4,000 years ago the Babylonians set resolutions at the beginning of their new year. In Medieval times, knights ... | |
| Flu cases trickling higher in Yuma County Covering the nose and mouth when sneezing and coughing can help prevent the spread of illness. Flu cases are up in Yuma County, according to the county health department. A&B Internal Medicine LLC 48077 300x250 Now Accepting Patients. | |
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| Measles Cases Came Back Negative, Pa. Says The Pennsylvania Department of Health had issued a public health warning of a possible measles exposure that occurred at a CVS Pharmacy located at 316 E. Lancaster Ave in Wayne on Sunday Dec. 28, 2014. Another alleged exposure was issued Monday ... | |
| | Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies | Bad luck and cancer – did the media get it wrong? The chances are that, if you follow news articles about cancer, you'll have come across headlines like "Most Cancers Caused By Bad Luck" (The Daily Beast) or "Two-thirds of cancers are due to "bad luck," study finds" (CBS News). The story – based on ... | |
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| OSDH reports an increase in flu cases; vaccinations encouraged As the number of flu-related hospitalizations continues to increase, the Oklahoma State Department of Health reminds Oklahomans there is still time to get a flu shot. OSDH reports a total of nine deaths and 517 hospitalizations associated with the flu since the ... | |
| After Making Waves In 2014, ISIS' Power Appears To Ebb Iraqi crowds cheer as the countdown and fireworks begin during a New Year's Day celebration at Firdos Square in Baghdad on Wednesday. Hadi Mizban AP. In the heat of summer in 2014, Baghdad was spooked. A third of Iraq was under the control of the ... | |
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| CDC: Flu at epidemic level; 15 children dead this season The flu has already become an epidemic in the United States this year, and is blamed for more deaths than it was at this time last year — including 15 children. The number is increasing. The latest figures, released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease ... | |
| Family mourns teen's death days after flu diagnosis REDFIELD, Iowa —The State Department of Public Health said it's investigating three possible pediatric flu deaths in Iowa, including the death of a 14-year-old girl. Other Stories. Customers took down robber during... Cities across the metro begin snow. | |
| Flu Cases Reach Epidemic Level in Yuma In spite of the current week's decl aration by CDC that the total number of flu deaths has got to epidemic levels all over the nation and it was being feared that the illness could be more severe than usual this year, the health care officials say that the disease ... | |
| So…What REALLY Causes Cancer? A new study has really revolutionized the way we think about cancer, but it is not certain if this new frame of mind is good or bad. That's because this study, out of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, suggests that as many as 65 percent of ... | |
| Dispelling myths about viruses It was one of those winter weeks where so much influenza was floating around that I was starting to assume each sick child had flu until proven otherwise. Saturday morning, a little patient was brought in by her father after she woke up with a moderately high ... | |
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| Cancer Mortality Rate Drops 22 Percent from 1991 Cancer rates and deaths are down in the last 20 years, but what does the future hold? (Photo : Samantha Celera). Cancer mortality rates have dropped 22 percent since 1991, the American Cancer Society (ACS) has announced, as part of its annual survey. | |
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| U.S. Medical Worker Exposed to Ebola to Arrive in Nebraska An American health care worker who had been exposed to Ebola while working in Sierra Leone is due to arrive at a biocontainment unit in Omaha, Nebraska. Nebraska Medicine says the unidentified patient will arrive Sunday afternoon aboard a private air ... | |
| Victory against Ebola `within our reach`: New UN mission chief Ghana: Ending the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history is a difficult task, but it is "within our reach", the UN`s new mission chief on the disease said, warning that the world has no choice but to beat back the infection. "This is a global crisis. We definitely have a ... | |
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| Small town hopes to get historic windmill working ELK HORN, Iowa —An old Danish windmill is the pride of Elk Horn, Iowa, but decades after it was moved from Denmark, residents are struggling to pay for repairs to get the structure's blades turning again. Other Stories. Second half struggles doom Drake in. | |
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| Amy Purdy, double amputee, conquers Paralympics, 'Dancing' Amy Purdy was only 19 when she was left legless below the knees. The double amputation was devastating, but Purdy wouldn't be stopped. Last year, she cha-chaed her way to the finale of "Dancing With the Stars" just weeks after snowboarding to a bronze ... | |
| 'NY Med' broadcasts man's death without family consent Anita Chanko's husband, Mark, was hit by a sanitation truck in Manhattan. His death was later shown on an episode of ABC's "NY Med," without his family's permission. Anita Chanko could not sleep. At 4 a.m., on an August night in 2012, she settled onto the ... | |
| FDA drug approvals reached 18-year high in 2014 The Food and Drug Administration approved 41 first-of-a-kind drugs in 2014, including a record number of medicines for rare diseases, pushing the agency's annual tally of drug approvals to its highest level in 18 years. FDA drug approvals are considered a ... | |
| | Chattanooga Times Free Press | Guide for healthy eating may consider environment WASHINGTON — The government issues dietary guidelines every five years to encourage Americans to eat healthier. This year's version may look at what is healthy for the environment, too. A new focus on the environment would mean asking people to ... | |
| How Times Reporters Unraveled the Ebola Epidemic Joseph S. Gbembo at a cemetery for Ebola victims in Foya, Liberia. His mother and three other relatives are buried there. The Gbembo lost 17 family members to Ebola in cases stretching from Sierra Leone to Liberia's capital, Monrovia.Credit Daniel ... | |
| 'Healthy' Iowa 3-year-old dies from flu Ayzlee McCarthy spent much of Dec. 26 playing with Christmas gifts and trying on her new "Frozen" dress-up clothes. Three days later, the feisty 3-year-old was dead, the cause attributed to complications from influenza. "She was healthy. She had a flu shot," ... | |
| HORROR: ISIS Fighters Have Reportedly Contracted Ebola The World Health Organization is looking into reports that ISIS fighters in Iraq have been showing up at hospitals with Ebola symptoms. According to the pro-government Iraqi newspaper al Sabaah, an unknown number of ISIS militants have shown up at a ... | |
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| Oncologists work to help patients quit smoking LANSING, Mich. Oncologists in Michigan are working together to help their cancer patients quit smoking. The Tobacco Cessation Collaborative is supported by the Michigan Oncology Quality Consortium, a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan-funded ... | |
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| Tests for measles are negative in potential cases On Wednesday, the counties of Philadelphia and Delaware were announced to have likely cases of exposure of measles. As a result of this, the department of health in Pennsylvania gave people in those counties the advice about the exposure that was ... | |
| Nebraska health experts see rise in number of flu cases The number of positive tests for strains of the flu rose 32 percent in a week. UPDATED 6:16 PM CST Jan 02, 2015. NEXT STORY. One-two punch of snow, cold expected this weekend. Text Size: ASmall Text; AMedium Text; ALarge Text. Nebraska health ... | |
| Some expert tips to help smokers finally quit in 2015 It started as a deadly but little-known outbreak in West Africa, but the lethal and unchecked spread of the Ebola virus dominated U.S. headlines for much of 2014, making it one of the year's top health news... It started as a deadly but little-known outbreak in ... | |
| All Pets Help Children With Autism Gain Sociality Pets play an important role in our social lives and they can act as catalysts for social interaction, previous research has shown, because pets often serve as "social lubricants." Although much media attention has focused on how dogs can improve the social ... | |
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