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LA hospital warns 179 patients possibly exposed to "superbug" from endoscopies LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A large Los Angeles public hospital has notified scores of patients they were possibly exposed to a drug-resistant bacterial "superbug" during endoscopy procedures that infected seven patients and may have contributed to two ...
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Scopes Faulted for Hospital 'Superbug' Outbreak Were New, Cleaned Properly ... A California hospital apologized today to patients who became infected with an antibiotic-resistant bug, and said it has identified the source of the infections: two contaminated endoscopes that were cleaned according to manufacturer instructions but retained ...
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Pediatrician wouldn't care for baby with 2 moms Sitting in the pediatrician's office with their 6-day-old daughter, the two moms couldn't wait to meet the doctor they had picked out months before.
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Deadly CRE Germs Linked to Hard-to-Clean Medical Scopes WASHINGTON - Federal officials warned health care providers across the country on Thursday that difficult-to-clean medical scopes inserted down the throat might be infecting patients with deadly drug-resistant bacteria.
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FDA knew devices spread fatal 'superbug' but does not order fix NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have known since at least 2009 that the medical devices at the center of the "superbug" outbreak at UCLA can transmit lethal infections but have not recommended any new safety requirements, a lapse that ...
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Patient's family cites earlier case of superbug at UCLA UCLA hospital officials said they began investigating the possibility of a deadly bacterial outbreak in mid-December, but one patient's account suggests they missed a chance to discover the problem much earlier.
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New Diet Recommendations: More Veggies, Less Fat — But Eggs Are OK Americans are killing themselves with very bad food choices, a panel of experts said Thursday. New dietary guidelines for Americans should aim to get people to eat more vegetables, less fat and salt and to exercise more, the panel says.
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Resistant-malaria 'enormous threat' Drug-resistant malaria has been detected at the Myanmar-India border and now poses an "enormous threat" to global health, scientists have said.
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US cancer survival rates improving (Reuters Health) - The proportion of people surviving years after a cancer diagnosis is improving, according to a new analysis. Men and women ages 50 to 64, who were diagnosed in 2005 to 2009 with a variety of cancer types, were 39 to 68 percent more ...
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Obama to host Liberian president, discuss Ebola response WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Washington next week to discuss government efforts on the Ebola virus that ravaged West Africa, the White House said on Friday.
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E-Cigarette Makers Face Rise of Counterfeits LONDON—Liberty Flights Ltd., a British maker of electronic cigarettes, is facing a problem more associated with handbags than with nicotine vaporizers: counterfeiting.
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CRE outbreak: You're due to go in for a procedure. Should you be worried? (CNN) You're due to go in for a medical procedure. But after what happened at a UCLA hospital, you're a little apprehensive.
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Los Angeles hospital warns 179 patients possibly exposed to 'superbug' LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A large Los Angeles teaching hospital has told scores of patients they may have been exposed to a drug-resistant bacterial "superbug" during endoscopy procedures that infected seven patients and contributed to two deaths.
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Sunlight continues to damage skin hours after exposure Sunlight continues to damage people's skin and increase the risk of cancer for hours after they leave the beach and head indoors, a study shows.
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Cholesterol in food not a concern, new report says High-cholesterol foods like lobster may get a boost from a advisory report on dietary guidelines. Story highlights. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee issues 2015 scientific report; Cholesterol in food no longer considered a "nutrient of concern" and has ...
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State must release mental health records in full, court rules In a victory for public access to government information, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that California health officials must release complete records of violations of patients' rights at institutions for the mentally ill and developmentally ...
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More Americans Surviving Cancer Today THURSDAY, Feb. 19, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Survival rates are improving for many people with cancers of the breast, prostate, lung, liver and colon or rectum, especially for those diagnosed at younger ages, a new study reports.
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UCLA superbug: Outbreak 'not a threat to public health,' officials say Los Angeles County health officials are attempting to assuage the public's fears surrounding a deadly outbreak of drug-resistant bacteria at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, saying the episode is "not a threat to public health.
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WHO approves 15-minute Ebola test by Corgenix GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization has approved the first rapid test for Ebola in a potential breakthrough for ending an epidemic that has killed almost 10,000 people in West Africa, it said on Friday.
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Love to eat eggs? US panel now says they're not a health risk NEW YORK (Reuters) - Egg and red meat lovers may find reason to rejoice in a decision by a U.S. advisory health panel to remove warnings about dietary cholesterol, saying that there is no link to dangerous levels of blood cholesterol that cause disease.
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In Big Shift, FDA Plans To Let 23andMe Market Genetic Tests To Consumers More than a year after the Food and Drug Administration barred 23andMe from marketing a broad-based genetic testing service, it looks like the FDA plans to shift gears and allow such tests to be sold direct to consumers.
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Fifteen-minute Ebola test approved The first rapid blood test for Ebola has been approved for use by the World Health Organization. It should allow patients to be indentified, isolated and cared for as quickly as possible in an attempt to bring an end to the outbreak that has killed more than 9,300 ...
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US cancer survival rates improving, study finds This image shows metastasized human breast cancer cells (magnified 400 times, stained brown) in lymph nodes. (National Cancer Institute).
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Radio Stations Broadcast Lessons To Sierra Leone Kids Still Out Of School Due ... Classrooms are empty in Sierra Leone, but education hasn't ground to a halt. School has yet to resume after last year's summer break in the West African country due to the rapid spread of Ebola throughout 2014.
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Nutrition panel cracks down on sugar but eases up on cholesterol The dietary panel recommended that Americans limit sugar to about 12 teaspoons a day or less. Americans now consume 22 to 30 teaspoons of added sugar daily.
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Gov't panel urges 'plant-based' diet, taxes on sweets The federal committee responsible for nutrition guidelines is calling for the adoption of "plant-based" diets, taxes on dessert, trained obesity "interventionists" at worksites, and electronic monitoring of how long Americans sit in front of the television.
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FDA opens door to direct-to-consumer genetic tests for rare inheritable disease WASHINGTON - Federal health officials are easing access to DNA tests used to screen parents for devastating genetic disorders that can be passed on to their children.
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Contaminated medical tool suspected in 'superbug' outbreak LOS ANGELES A "superbug" outbreak suspected in the deaths of two patients at a Los Angeles hospital has raised questions about the adequacy of the procedures for disinfecting a medical instrument used on more than a half-million people in the U.S.
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Oliver Sacks says he has incurable cancer (CNN) It is an unmistakable voice, that of Oliver Sacks, neurologist. "Precise, probing, and epigrammatic" is how Wired writer Steve Silberman once described it.
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'Superbug' outbreak at UCLA hospital raises questions about specialized ... This undated photo provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows the tip of an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) duodenoscope.
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Love to eat eggs? US panel now says they're not a health risk NEW YORK Feb 19 (Reuters) - Egg and red meat lovers may find reason to rejoice in a decision by a U.S. advisory health panel to remove warnings about dietary cholesterol, saying that there is no link to dangerous levels of blood cholesterol that cause ...
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Government advisory committee tells US to consider taxing sugary foods and ... The US should consider taxing sugary foods and drinks to discourage their consumption and nudge consumers toward healthier options, a group of scientists write in a report that will help to shape national nutrition policy.
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How the FDA Just Opened the Door to More DNA Testing FDA eases access to DNA screening for inherited diseases--a win for testing company 23andMe. By Associated Press. 0 SHARES. WRITE A COMMENT.
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Drug-resistant malaria found close to Myanmar border with India Nov. 28, 2011: A government health worker takes a blood sample to be tested for malaria in Ta Gay Laung village hall in Hpa-An district in Kayin state, south-eastern Myanmar.
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Cancer advances 'have benefited younger people more' Data following up over 1 million cancer patients in the US between the years 1990 and 2010 have been analyzed to show that survival rates have improved by a substantially greater amount for younger patients than for elderly ones - and this age disparity ...
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Some HIV Strains Cause Early Damage to Immune System, Study Finds THURSDAY, Feb. 19, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Fast-replicating strains of HIV damage the immune system in the very early stages of infection, resulting in quicker disease progression, a new study says.
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Sugar tax the new diet plan? Report outlines new guidelines Americans should pay taxes on sugary sodas and snacks as a way to cut down on sweets, though they no longer need to worry about cholesterol, according to scientists helping to revamp dietary guidelines as U.S.
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Cigarette-modifying regulations 'unlikely' to alter illicit tobacco demand The National Research Council and Institute of Medicine suggest that the introduction of new regulations that could modify cigarettes is unlikely to significantly affect the present demand for illicit tobacco.
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FDA eases access to DNA screening for inherited diseases WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health officials are easing access to DNA tests used to screen parents for devastating genetic disorders that can be passed on to their children.
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More Americans Surviving Cancer Today Than 20 Years Ago (HealthDay News) -- Survival rates are improving for many people with cancers of the breast, prostate, lung, liver and colon or rectum, especially for those diagnosed at younger ages, a new study reports.
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Happiest state to live in? It's not Michigan When it comes to well-being, Michigan could use a boost - a big one. Michigan ranked 42nd of 50 states in a five-point measurement that included questions about happiness and purpose, in the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.
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Advance of resistant malaria 'poses serious global threat' Researchers who found resistant malaria in samples from Myanmar say it is moving at an alarming pace across Asia. They call for a more vigorous international effort to stop it crossing to neighboring India and turning into a serious global threat.
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Michigan doctor refuses to treat child of lesbian couple 'after much prayer' Krista and Jami Contreras are upset after they say a Michigan doctor refused to treat their newborn because of her religious beliefs against homosexuality.
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New Dietary Guidelines Won't Help Struggling Low-Cholesterol Industry Cholesterol may not be as bad for the heart as we once thought. New recommendations from an advisory committee helping to revamp U.S.
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Dietary report: Eggs, coffee in, but sugar is out WASHINGTON - An extra cup or two of coffee may be OK after all. More eggs, too. But you definitely need to drink less sugary soda.
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California health officials say may not find source of measles outbreak LOS ANGELES Feb 19 (Reuters) - A senior California health official said on Thursday the source of a measles outbreak that has sickened 119 people in the state may never be identified, despite a finding that the same strain of virus had led to a wave of ...
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Sun's Damage Lingers Long After Dark THURSDAY, Feb. 19, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Skin damage caused by ultraviolet (UV) radiation continues long after you get out of the sun, even in the dark, a new study says.
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How the sun can damage your skin even in the dark The damage the sun inflicts on your skin may be even more insidious than was previously thought, according to new research. A study published Thursday in Science finds that the effects of sun exposure can continue to wreak havoc on your DNA -- even in ...
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Superbug found at UCLA is unlikely to visit Orange County, hospitals say This illustration depicts a three-dimensional computer-generated image of a group of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae bacteria.
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Soft drink consumers at a higher risk of cancer People who consume one or more cans of cold drinks per day are exposing themselves to a potential carcinogen, warns a new study. The ingredient, 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI) - a possible human carcinogen - is formed during the manufacture of some kinds ...
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