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Decision on Ebola mass vaccination in August at earliest: WHO GENEVA (Reuters) - An independent advisory body will decide in August at the earliest on whether to recommend widespread introduction of an Ebola vaccine, depending on results of clinical trials and the epidemic's course, the World Health Organization ...
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Sanofi diabetes drug Toujeo wins EU green light, pricing in focus LONDON (Reuters) - French drugmaker Sanofi's new Toujeo diabetes drug has been recommended for approval in Europe, two days after being cleared for sale in the United States, regulators said on Friday.
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Watch out for nasty global flu surprises, WHO warns LONDON (Reuters) - The world remains highly vulnerable to a possible severe flu pandemic and governments should increase surveillance, vigilance and preparedness, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
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US military ends Ebola mission in Liberia MONROVIA (Reuters) - The United States military officially ended a mission to build treatment facilities to combat an Ebola outbreak in Liberia on Thursday, months earlier than expected, in the latest indication that a year-long epidemic in West Africa is ...
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A haze of uncertainty over Washington, DC's marijuana law The city that brought America government shutdowns and all-night filibusters made recreational marijuana use legal Thursday. And the foggy dispute over whether the law is even valid has probably made some people in the District of Columbia wish they ...
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Pfizer, Novartis say meningitis vaccine scope too narrow (Reuters) - A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory committee on Thursday recommended meningitis B vaccines for people at high risk aged 10 to 25, a population that Pfizer Inc and Novartis criticized as too narrow.
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Emergency responders investigate possible Virginia Ebola case WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medics, firefighters and a hazardous materials team investigated a possible case of the deadly Ebola virus in a Virginia suburb of Washington on Thursday, an official said.
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REFILE-US military ends Ebola mission in Liberia (Corrects to include missing word "said" in fourth paragraph). By James Harding Giahyue. MONROVIA Feb 26 (Reuters) - The United States military officially ended a mission to build treatment facilities to combat an Ebola outbreak in Liberia on Thursday, ...
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Veterans propose major changes in VA health care The Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Phoenix where the veterans health care scandal first erupted. (Photo: Michael Chow, The Arizona Republic).
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The Not-So-Secret World of Eating Disorders "I had no idea." That's the theme of this year's National Eating Disorder Awareness week. And it's also the mantra for my own personal struggle with the eating disorder that I've finally come to terms with.
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Army's 101st Airborne Wraps Up Ebola Mission in West Africa WASHINGTON—The U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division has formally ended its mission to help counter the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
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Multiple cups of coffee may reduce MS risk, study finds Consuming multiple cups of coffee a day may reduce an individual's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), found researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
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Actavis contraceptive device wins FDA approval (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a hormonal contraceptive device on Friday that gives American women another reversible contraceptive choice as effective as sterilization.
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Data from largest US tobacco study shows high use of multiple products Feb 26 (Reuters) - Preliminary results from the largest U.S. survey of tobacco consumption show a high number of people use multiple products, adding key data to the debate on the role of e-cigarettes in reducing harm from tobacco.
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HIV outbreak raises concerns about injection drug use A quickly spreading outbreak of HIV in southeastern Indiana is linked to injection of the powerful painkiller Opana - raising concern among health officials across the region and nation as they face an epidemic of prescription drug abuse.
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Panel: Base Quarantines, Other Outbreak Decisions on Science Attempts to quarantine health workers returning from Ebola-stricken West Africa were a mistake, the president's bioethics advisers said Thursday.
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Nasty stomach bug becoming far more common ATLANTA -- A nasty intestinal bug sickens nearly twice as many Americans each year as was previously thought, according to the largest U.S.
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Mixed Outcomes in Pregnancy After Weight-Loss Surgery savesaved. register today. Earn Free CME Credits by reading the latest medical news in your specialty. sign up. by Parker Brown Staff Writer, MedPage Today.
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First head transplant could happen in the next two years NR Natalia Lukiyanova/Getty Images/Hemera An Italian surgeon is hoping to complete the first human head transplant. These are heady times.
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Could Coffee Lower Risk of Multiple Sclerosis? THURSDAY, Feb. 26, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- People who down several cups of coffee every day may have a decreased risk of developing multiple sclerosis, a new study suggests.
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Researchers identify antibodies to fight Marburg virus Two new studies have demonstrated how human antibodies can neutralize the Marburg virus, a highly lethal virus related to Ebola. Image of a virus.
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Washington DC legalizes marijuana, Republicans promise a fight Andy Eidinger, chair of the DC Cannabis Campaign, smokes a joint on February 26, 2015, on the first full day of marijuana legalization in Washington.
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As Pot Becomes Legal in Washington, Congressional Republicans Warn City to ... WASHINGTON - Some Congressional Republicans lawmakers said Thursday that they would increase their efforts to prevent residents here from possessing small amounts of marijuana - which became legal in Washington at midnight - and warned that ...
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Panel Recommends New, Better HPV Vaccine Children and young adults should get Merck's new HPV vaccine to prevent various forms of cancer, including cervical cancer, federal advisers said Thursday.
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Daily Coffee Could Lower Your MS Risk Drinking upward of four cups of coffee a day may lower the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), a debilitating disease that affects the nervous system, researchers say.
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UnitedHealth places tighter controls on hysterectomies (Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group Inc, the largest health insurer in the United States, is placing tighter controls on its coverage of hysterectomies after a device called a morcellator was linked to the spread of undiagnosed cancer cells.
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Patient transported from Clarendon apartment does not have Ebola After Arlington fire officials transported a patient to the hospital from a Clarendon apartment building using their Ebola protocols, the county confirmed that the patient does not in fact have the deadly disease.
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UPDATE 1-FDA approves Corgenix's Ebola test for emergency use (Adds detail, shares). Feb 26 (Reuters) - Diagnostics company Corgenix Medical Corp said on Thursday U.S. health regulators had approved its rapid Ebola test for emergency use, in response to the world's worst outbreak of the virus that killed more than ...
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Fatality rate mysteriously drops in West Africa Ebola clinics Ebola survivor and nurse's aid Benetha Coleman comforts an infant girl with Ebola symptoms in Paynesville, Liberia. The death rate at eight Ebola centers run in Liberia... More. "The reasons are really unclear," said Dr. Gilles van Cutsem, who helped run the ...
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Sanofi diabetes drug awaits imminent EU green light LONDON (Reuters) - Sanofi's new Toujeo diabetes drug is on track to receive a potential green light from European regulators this week, building on a U.S.
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Older people and eating disorders: not 'just a teenager's problem' Eating disorders are often portrayed as a disease that only affects the young and privileged, yet this is not the case. Eating disorders can affect anyone at any time, regardless of age, gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexuality or cultural background.
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Ebola doctor: Media, politicians could have done better at educating instead of ... NEW YORK - A doctor who contracted the deadly Ebola virus and rode the subway system and dined out before he developed symptoms said the media and politicians could have done a better job by educating people on the science of it instead of focusing ...
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CDC: 29000 die annually from microbial super bug c. difficile The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention dropped a bombshell on Wednesday, releasing a study that said 29,000 deaths were associated with the gut-dwelling super bug Clostridium difficile.
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A Peninsula BART rider with measles may have exposed others Another set of BART riders may have been exposed to measles after an infected person commuted from Millbrae to San Francisco last week, public health officials said Thursday.
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Suit Filed Against Scope Maker in Superbug Infection A patient has sued the maker of a medical scope linked to the outbreak of a superbug at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Attorney Pete Kaufman filed suit this week on behalf of 18-year-old Aaron Young, who remains hospitalized after becoming ...
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Coffee May Protect Against MS savesaved. author name. by Kristina Fiore Staff Writer, MedPage Today. This article is a collaboration between MedPage Today® and: Medpage Today.
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UnitedHealth places new restrictions on hysterectomy coverage The insurer will require prior authorization for most types of the procedure, a move that is being criticized by a leading physicians group.
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Compound from Chinese medicinal herb shows promise for Ebola WASHINGTON Feb 26 (Reuters) - A drug derived from a Chinese medicinal herb is showing promise for combating Ebola infection, effectively imprisoning the virus inside cells so it cannot do its usual damage, scientists said on Thursday.
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Obama meets with Liberian leader to discuss Ebola recovery WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is meeting with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to discuss the ongoing response to the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa and Liberia's recovery from the deadly virus.
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Why You Might Want to Set Your Alarm for Only Eight Hours of Sleep Forget sleeping in on the weekends. A new study says some people who sleep more than eight hours a day might suffer some ill health effects.
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The world's first human head transplant: could it happen in the next 2 years? It may sound like something from a horror movie, but at the American Academy of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgeons' 39th Annual Conference in Annapolis, MD, in June, an Italian surgeon will announce updated plans to conduct the first ever human ...
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Doctor Seeking To Perform Head Transplant Is Out Of His Mind The neuroscientist Sergio Canavero of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group in Italy thinks the time has come to start transplanting heads.
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People who sleep longer may have higher stroke risk: study People who sleep more than the recommended eight hours a night have a 46 percent higher chance of having a stroke than those who sleep six to eight hours per night, according to a new study.
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Liberian Leader Thanks US for Ebola Support Seven months after the Ebola outbreak turned Liberia upside down, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf came to Washington on Thursday to say thanks to a country she said did so much.
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News guide: What to know about legal marijuana in US capital FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2014 file photo, posters encouraging people to vote yes on DC Ballot Initiative 71 to legalize small amounts of marijuana for personal use are readied in Washington.
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E-cigarette, smoking combo leaves questions for major US study The first peek at a major study of how Americans smoke suggests many use combinations of products, and often e-cigarettes are part of the mix.
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Deadly Stomach Bug Infects About Half a Million in US Each Year, Study Shows Nearly half a million Americans are infected by a deadly stomach bug every year, according to a recent report. A study funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that an estimated 453,000 cases of Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, ...
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Eating disorders are about science, not vanity It seems cruel to think about, but are our bodies aiding us in developing an eating disorder? Unfortunately, the answer for some women, is yes.
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Study: Smokers may tap into multiple sources for nicotine FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2014, File photo, a patron exhales vapor from an e-cigarette at the Henley Vaporium in New York. The first peek at a major study of how Americans smoke suggests many use combinations of products, and often e-cigarettes are part of ...
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More Than 8 Hours Of Sleep Linked To Increased Stroke Risk BOSTON (CBS) - Could getting more than eight hours of sleep a night be a bad thing? Many of us are lucky to get that much, but if we do, Dr.
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