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Save the Children probe how UK nurse contracted Ebola The charity Save the Children has said "no stone will be left unturned" in its investigation into how a British nurse working at an Ebola treatment centre contracted the disease. Pauline Cafferkey, from South Lanarkshire, had been working with the charity in ...
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US health worker arrives in Nebraska for Ebola evaluation (Reuters) - An American health care worker possibly exposed to the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone arrived at a hospital in Omaha on Sunday for evaluation and any necessary treatment, an official said. The patient was taken by ambulance from the Omaha ...
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American medical worker exposed to Ebola arrives in Omaha OMAHA, Neb. – An American health care worker who experienced high-risk exposure to the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone arrived at a Nebraska hospital Sunday for observation. The patient landed in Omaha on Sunday afternoon. Paramedics ...
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Utah woman dies after inspirational cancer fight Kathy Taylor, who inspired singer Sarah McLachlan and others, has died in Utah after a fight against cancer while pregnant with her sixth child. She was 34. Taylor died at her home in Bear River on Wednesday, four months after she was diagnosed with an ...
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Japan fire officials advise chewing slowly after New Year deaths from chocking ... TOKYO – Three people have choked to death on New Year's rice cakes in Tokyo, with the toll reportedly climbing to at least nine nationwide. Sticky rice cakes, or "mochi," are an essential part of the Japanese New Year's holiday menu. ADVERTISEMENT.
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Utah woman dies after inspirational cancer fight BEAR RIVER, Utah Kathy Taylor, who inspired singer Sarah McLachlan and others, has died in Utah after a fight against cancer while pregnant with her sixth child. She was 34. Taylor died at her home in Bear River on Wednesday, four months after she was ...
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US Medical Worker Exposed to Ebola Overseas Arrives in Omaha OMAHA, Neb. — An American health care worker who experienced high-risk exposure to the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone arrived at a Nebraska hospital Sunday for observation. The patient landed in Omaha on Sunday afternoon. Paramedics ...
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Ebola in Britain: No quarantine for health workers Health workers returning from Ebola-stricken countries will not be quarantined, despite a pledge from the Prime Minister to consider introducing such measures. Amid mounting criticism of UK screening, David Cameron yesterday said he was prepared to ...
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Japan Officials Advise Chewing Slowly After Rice Cake Deaths TOKYO — At least nine people have reportedly choked to death on New Year's rice cakes in Japan, and officials are urging people to chew slowly on the treats. Sticky rice cakes, or "mochi," are an essential part of the Japanese New Year's holiday menu.
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Troops Should Start Return From Ebola Zone, Senator Says At least 1,000 troops deployed to Liberia to help combat the Ebola virus should be brought home because their work is mostly done, U.S. Senator Chris Coons said. The outgoing chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on African affairs, who ...
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How to keep New Year's Resolutions: Make them daily Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic. A day's success is measurable. With a daily resolution it is easier to begin again after slipping up. Image courtesy of franky242 at FreeDigitalPhotos.net.
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Flu is in decline locally, but still dangerous The flu is spreading across the country, and Calhoun County is taking steps to protect the local population from infection. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly report on the status of influenza-like illness in the nation, flu activity ...
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E Cigarette Makers May Have Opened Pandora's Box in Their Desire to Attract ... The heat is on. The squeeze is beginning to hit e-cigarette makers in the country. They must be feeling what the regular tobacco makers have been experiencing. And, maybe not for the wrong reasons. The accidental death of the one year old child in New ...
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New study raises alarm about access to guns in homes with mentally ill teens A new study is raising alarm about the ease teens with histories of mental illness or suicidal acts have to guns in their homes. The study found that 41 percent of teens in a home with a firearm had easy access to the weapon and that the percentage was the ...
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Japan officials advise chewing slowly after rice cake deaths TOKYO — At least nine people have reportedly choked to death on New Year's rice cakes in Japan, and officials are urging people to chew slowly on the treats. Sticky rice cakes, or "mochi," are an essential part of the Japanese New Year's holiday menu.
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US Teens Have Same Firearm Access Regardless Of Mental Illness According to a new study on the Scientific American website US teens with mental illness have "easy access" to firearms. Researchers from the University of Washington School of Medicine's Harborview Medical Center in Seattle discovered that 41 percent of ...
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Measles No Longer A Threat in Pennsylvania On Wednesday, health officials in Delaware and Philadelphia announced potential measles cases. Because of this, the Pennsylvania Department of Health quickly advised that people in these counties to take the necessary precautions which may include ...
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CES 2015: Blue Spark Introduces 'TempTraq' Wearable Thermometer and iOS App Blue Spark Technologies has unveiled its new TempTraq wearable Bluetooth thermometer at CES 2015, which pairs with a companion app to give live updates and alerts on body temperature. The company notes that the thermometer is great for parents who ...
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'Marijuana Country: The Cannabis Boom': TV review Legalizing weed hasn't fully tidied up Colorado's garden. On the contrary, this new documentary finds, legalizing recreational marijuana has created all sorts of unintended consequences. While not all are bad, all require some attention. For starters, it has ...
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The reality of death; widow sues ABC for airing husband's dying words A reality medical program got a little too real for a woman in New York who saw her husband's death on television. In August 2012, Anita Chanko tuned into NY Med, a popular reality medical series set at New York's Presbyterian Hospital and starring Dr.
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Iowa Hospitals Tighten Visitation Rules Some Iowa hospitals have tightened visitation rules in the wake of the widespread flu outbreak that has claimed the lives of three children in recent months, including that of a 3-year-old Elk Horn girl. Des Moines, IA (ABC9 News) - Some Iowa hospitals have ...
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If You Shouldn't Call It The Third World, What Should You Call It? The question of what to call "the developing world" is a developing debate. (Jing Wei for NPR). Our blog was born in 2014, and I'll let you in on a little secret: We had a really hard time coming up with our name (see: "Why Goats? Why Soda?"). But that naming ...
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Ebola British nurse investigation: 'No stone unturned' Save the Children in Sierra Leone says "no stone will be left unturned" as it investigates how a British nurse became infected with Ebola at its treatment centre. Pauline Cafferkey remains critically ill at the Royal Free Hospital in London after her condition ...
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Flu cases spike in B.C., with 28 recent outbreaks in hospitals and long-term care ... A spike in the number of influenza cases has hit B.C.. The latest statistics from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control show that of patients tested for the flu, 31 per cent of results were positive in Week 51 of 2014 and 45 per cent in Week 52, with the majority of ...
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North Country Health Officials Not Overly Concerned About Flu With 15 deaths so far, the Centers for Disease Control says the flu has reached epidemic levels. but north country health officials aren't too concerned. Many hospitals around the country are restricting visitation but even the largest hospitals in the tri-county ...
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Healthcare Policy in NJ: The Biggest Issues to Watch in the Year Ahead There were massive structural changes in New Jersey healthcare in 2014, including the addition of more than 500,000 newly insured residents due to the Affordable Care Act and the launch of Medicaid managed long-term services. But the coming year may ...
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Japan officials advise chewing slowly after rice cake deaths In this Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014 photo, a boy eats a freshly pounded rice cake, or "mochi," wrapped in a sheet of seasoned laver, or "nori," at a park during a rice pounding gathering, part of the annual preparation for the New Year's celebration at a park in ...
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Leaving Firearms Lying Around The House Is Definitely Not Safe For Kids We have already established the fact that prevention is better than cure. It goes to say that we can never be too careful around kids and prevent every little scrape and graze they get in the play ground. But what about our houses? Sure, kids have to learn to ...
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As the flu keeps escalating in South Carolina, medicine in limited supply It's not too late to get a flu vaccine, experts say, especially as cases keep ramping up in South Carolina this season. Paul Zoeller/Staff. ×. Thousands of South Carolinians suffered from the flu over the holidays, and while local pharmacies say they've been able ...
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Save the Children 'urgently reviewing' Ebola protocols Pauline Cafferkey was diagnosed with Ebola on her return to Glasgow from Sierra Leone. Photograph: Handout/PA. Press Association. Monday 5 January 2015 02.03 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email · Share on LinkedIn · Share ...
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ACSM releases 2015 Worldwide Survey of Fitness Trends The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), world's largest sports medicine and exercise science organization, said that body-weight training has seen rise in its latest survey and high-intensity interval training grabbed second spot. The organization ...
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If You Shouldn't Call It The Third World, What Should You Call It? Our blog was born in 2014, and I'll let you in on a little secret: We had a really hard time coming up with our name (see: "Why Goats? Why Soda?"). But that naming struggle was nothing compared to figuring out what to call the parts of the world we cover.
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Flu death toll in Indiana rises to 36 Medical professionals say the best way to prevent to flu is to get vaccinated. (WTHR file photo). HealthMore>> · U.S. bicyclist deaths on the rise · U.S. bicyclist deaths on the rise. The number of bicyclist fatalities in the United States is increasing, particularly ...
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US influenza deaths reach 'epidemic' levels ATLANTA — The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that influenza deaths have reached the epidemic threshold in the US, specifically crediting the H3N2 strain of the virus for the mass outbreak and troubling ...
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Flu sees Iowa hospitals tighten visitation rules DES MOINES (AP) — 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. The Des Moines Register reports that ...
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Potential cases Test Negative for Measles, informs Pennsylvania Department of ... On Wednesday, potential case of measles exposure in Delaware and Philadelphia counties was announced. Owing to this, the Pennsylvania Department of Health advised people in Delaware and Philadelphia counties about the potential exposure to the ...
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Pennsylvania health department rules out potential measles threat The officials of Pennsylvania health department have refuted any threat of measles outbreak at the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia and a nearby pharmacy. The state health department on Friday issued a statement over a suspected case saying that ...
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Medicaid expansion bad policy When I was 11 years old, I begged my parents for a dog. I'll feed it, clean up after it, walk it; you'll never have to do anything, FOR-E-VER, I promised. And, at 11 years old, I sincerely meant it. Fast-forward three months, my dad was walking the dog, my mom ...
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Big battles ahead over electronic cigarettes' safety, regulation With the Oxford Dictionaries naming "vape" as 2014's Word of the Year and a new study showing e-cigarette vaping has surpassed traditional cigarette smoking among U.S. teens, the debate over whether the practice is safe for users and those around them is ...
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What to do for the flu So you've started the New Year out with the flu. Or a bad cold. Or something nasty. Here are five things you can do about it: TAKE AN ANTIVIRAL: If what you have is really influenza, there's a prescription pill you can take. It's called Tamiflu and if people take it ...
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Overheard: Novo Nordisk's Weighty Issue The holiday season is rarely good for weight loss. But Denmark's Novo Nordisk got the nod for its Saxenda obesity treatment from U.S. regulators just before Christmas. The number of overweight or obese people globally has tripled since 1980, notes Bank of ...
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| Cempra Announces Positive Topline Phase 3 Clinical Results for Oral ... CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Jan. 4, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cempra, Inc. (Nasdaq:CEMP), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing antibiotics in the face of rising antibiotic resistant bacterial infections, today announced positive topline ...
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Pennsylvania put on high alert for spread of Measles The Health Department of Pennsylvania is advising individuals by and large about potential presentation to an occurrence of measles in the Philadelphia range. As reported by CBS Philly, an individual acknowledged to have been infected by Measles may ...
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Most Types Of Cancer Largely Down To Bad Luck Rather Than Lifestyles Or ... Random DNA mutations largely responsible for two thirds of adult cancers but poor lifestyle can add to 'bad luck factor', says study. Most cases of cancer are largely the result of bad luck rather than unhealthy lifestyles, diet or inherited genes, new research ...
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Utah woman dies after inspirational cancer fight BEAR RIVER, Utah (AP) — Kathy Taylor, who inspired singer Sarah McLachlan and others, has died in Utah after a fight against cancer while pregnant with her sixth child. She was 34. Taylor died at her home in Bear River on Wednesday, four months after ...
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A software to predict how bacteria react to new drugs WASHINGTON: Researchers have developed a novel computer software which identifies genetic changes that allow bacteria to develop resistance to new experimental drugs. Duke University researchers used the software to predict a constantly-evolving ...
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American Health Worker Exposed to Ebola Heads to Nebraska for Observation An American health worker who experienced a high-risk exposure to the Ebola virus while in Sierra Leone is being sent to a Nebraska hospital for observation and possible treatment, hospital officials announced Saturday. "This patient has been exposed to ...
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Free lung cancer screenings now being offered Individuals at high risk for developing lung cancer might now be eligible for screening minus out-of-pocket costs. The offer began for some Jan. 1; others will be eligible at the start of their next health insurance year.
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Wyoming continues to see high rate of flu activity CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming continues to see the spread of influenza viruses. The Wyoming Tribune-Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/1rOVEg9 ) that as of Dec. 20, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported widespread influenza activity in ...
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