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US, Liberia kick off trial of Ebola drug ZMapp CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. and Liberian researchers have started a clinical trial to test the safety and effectiveness of Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc's Ebola drug ZMapp, an experimental treatment that has already been tried in a handful of Ebola patients, ...
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Leprosy Cases Hit Florida Counties Some people might think of leprosy as a scourge from biblical times, but it still afflicts victims -- and a Florida county is reporting a rare increase in cases, with three people diagnosed in just five months.
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Risk factors for heartburn: excess weight, smoking (Reuters Health) - Excess pounds and smoking might each raise the likelihood of frequent heartburn or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), according to a large study from Norway.
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Cut music to 'an hour a day' - WHO People should listen to music for no more than one hour a day to protect their hearing, the World Health Organization suggests. It says 1.1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of permanently damaging their hearing by listening to "too much, too ...
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New York City Gets Its HIV Act Together savesaved. register today. Earn Free CME Credits by reading the latest medical news in your specialty. sign up. by Ed Susman Contributing Writer, MedPage Today.
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Measles outbreak: 156 cases, possible exposure in Berkeley restaurant Health officials are on alert after an adult with measles went to a Berkeley restaurant last Friday, as the number of cases in the California-centered measles outbreak climbed to at least 156 patients across eight states, Canada and Mexico.
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Study Findings May Lead to Diagnostic Tool The immune systems of people with chronic fatigue syndrome differ from those of healthy people, and patients with recent diagnoses can be distinguished from those who have had the condition for longer, researchers reported on Friday.
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1.1 Billion Young People at Risk of Losing Their Hearing, WHO Says This just in from the World Health Organization: Your mother was right all along. About 1.1 billion people are at risk for losing their hearing, and half of 12- to 35-year-olds in high income countries expose their ears to "unsafe" sound levels when they listen to ...
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Experimental Ebola drug ZMapp begins clinical trials in Liberia ZMapp, the experimental Ebola drug that won notoriety when it was given to a handful of infected aid workers at the height of the epidemic, will now begin clinical testing in Liberian treatment centers, U.S.
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Study on biology of chronic fatigue illness stirs debate LONDON Feb 27 (Reuters) - A team of scientists said on Friday they had found "robust evidence" that a condition called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a biological as opposed to a psychological disorder, but some experts questioned the findings.
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Chilean 14-Year-Old With Cystic Fibrosis Asks To Be Allowed To Die A video of a 14-year-old Chilean girl with cystic fibrosis asking to be allowed to die has captured attention across the Spanish-speaking world and launched a debate about the right-to-die movement in a region with strong Catholic influence.
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Cedars-Sinai probing whether superbug infections are tied to scopes Cedars-Sinai Medical Center said it's investigating whether patients with superbug infections are linked to contaminated medical scopes, similar to a recent outbreak at UCLA.
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US, Liberia Start 1st Formal Test of ZMapp Ebola Virus Drug The U.S. and Liberian governments have just begun the first formal patient testing of an experimental Ebola virus treatment that's only been used on an emergency basis.
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Obama praises Ebola progress, but 'job is not yet done' President Obama meets with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the Oval Office Friday. (Photo: Win McNamee, Getty Images).
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A Test For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome By Nathan Collins. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome affects one million Americans, according to recent estimates. Yet there's no reliable lab test for the illness, and researchers are still struggling to understand why and how the disease develops.
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4 measles cases linked to Las Vegas restaurant, health officials say (CNN) Four cases of measles have been linked to a restaurant at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, the Southern Nevada Health District reported Friday.
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US, Liberia kick off trial of Ebola drug ZMapp U.S. and Liberian researchers have started a clinical trial to test the safety and effectiveness of Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc's Ebola drug ZMapp, an experimental treatment that has already been tried in a handful of Ebola patients, including two U.S.
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Three leprosy cases confirmed in Florida Health officials in Florida report that in the last five months, three people in Volusia County have been diagnosed with leprosy. Two of the cases are thought to be linked to recent contact with nine-banded armadillos.
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Scopes in UCLA Superbug Case Linked to Unreported Deaths in Other States Medical scopes suspected of spreading deadly bacteria are under scrutiny since an outbreak at UCLA Medical Center emerged this month.
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Economic downturn linked to uptick in suicide rates among adults Suicide rates among middle-aged Americans have climbed by nearly 40 percent since 1999, and a study published Friday in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine links that uptick to the economic downturn of 2007 to 2009.
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Head Transplants Are Coming Soon, At Least If This Doctor Gets His Way Things didn't go so great for Victor Frankenstein or his monster, but don't tell that to Sergio Canavero. The Italian doctor believes that it's now possible to slice the head of off one person, stitch it to the decapitated body of another, and then reanimate the ...
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Sacramento's Eating Recovery Center focuses on family-based treatment On a recent trip with her 15-year-old, Savanna, Carolyn Straight knew the teen needed a snack. She popped into a gas station and deliberated over a pack of Pop-Tarts - an item that was once forbidden, but is now seen as necessary fuel for her daughter's ...
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February 28, 2015 Is Rare Disease Day And how do I know that? My 26-year-old fraternal twin daughters were diagnosed with Late Onset Tay-Sachs this past November. Rare Disease Day happens every year on the last day in February and it is to build awareness to all of the orphan diseases ...
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US, Liberia begin clinical trial to test Ebola drug ZMapp WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. and Liberian governments on Friday launched a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of an experimental Ebola drug called ZMapp, the U.S.
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Edmonton aid worker back from life-changing mission in Sierra Leone For all the things she was prepared for in Sierra Leone, it was the unexpected death of a colleague that shattered the fragile edge between emotional detachment and grief for Edmonton aid worker Laura Keegan.
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Pence: 'Jihadi John' doesn't want a job National Harbor, Maryland (CNN) The 2016 presidential campaign could be the first one driven primarily by foreign policy since Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980, Indiana Gov.
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Sierra Leone Woman Takes in Orphans for Classes, Meals FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE—. With schools closed for months because of the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, the country is trying to find other ways to educate children, including daily broadcasts.
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Scopes that caused UCLA superbug deaths linked to past outbreaks The family of a 48-year-old man who died in November is suing the maker of a medical scope, following a superbug outbreak at a UCLA medical center late last year.
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New Leprosy Cases Reported In Florida According to health officials in Volusia County in Florida, there have been three new cases of Leprosy reported since October of 2014.
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Trial of Ebola drug ZMapp launches in Liberia, US The National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced today that it and Liberia's government have launched the first clinical trial of ZMapp, a monoclonal antibody treatment that has been used on an emergency basis to treat some Ebola ...
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Study finds chronic fatigue commonly seen among professionals is not just in the ... Controversy has raged for nearly 30 years as to whether the symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome are real or all in the mind. Now a study shows the condition, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis or ME, does trigger a distinctive immune response in the ...
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Sanofi diabetes drug Toujeo wins EU green light, pricing in focus LONDON, Feb 27 (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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Obama: 'Extraordinary Strides' Fighting Ebola in Liberia President Barack Obama said the world has made "extraordinary strides in driving back Ebola," but the fight against the deadly disease is not over.
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New Leprosy Cases Hit Florida Three people in Volusia county were diagnosed with the rare illness, which is also known as Hansen's Disease. 0:51 | 02/27/15.
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Sanofi's Toujeo gets the love from EU regulators that FDA withheld Sanofi ($SNY) not only snagged an EU recommendation for its Lantus follow-up drug Toujeo just two days after the FDA approved it, regulators in Europe gave the drug a bit of a kiss that the FDA did not.
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Doctors perceived as more compassionate when giving patients more optimistic ... When receiving information about treatment options and prognosis, advanced cancer patients favor doctors who provide more optimistic information and perceive them to be more compassionate when delivering it.
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Ebola virus drug ZMapp tested by U.S., Liberia for first time In this Sept. 30, 2014, file photo, 9-year-old Nowa Paye is taken to an ambulance after showing signs of the Ebola infection in the village of Freeman Reserve, about 30 miles north of Monrovia, Liberia.
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New York Couple to Turn a Combined 212 Years Old A New York couple married for 82 years will celebrate a major milestone Saturday when the husband, Duranord Veillard, turns 108. The momentous occasion means the couple will be a combined 212 years old.
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Liberian President Thanks US for Support During Ebola Crisis President Barack Obama with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the Oval Office on February 27, 2015. Larry Downing/Reuters.
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UN plans decision in August on mass Ebola vaccine program BERLIN (AP) - The World Health Organization says a decision will be made in August whether to recommend a program of mass vaccination against Ebola in affected countries.
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Liberia's President Urges US to Continue Ebola Aid WASHINGTON - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia on Friday urged the United States to maintain its assistance to her country as it continues to fight to recover from the Ebola outbreak, which began about one year ago.
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Measles breaks out at MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Measles struck three people at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, health officials confirmed Friday. The new cases are two staff members and one patron.
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ALIVE Center hosts eating disorder awareness event Kristin Ryan, a 24-year-old Owensboro resident, has been in recovery for nearly three years now from an eating disorder she remembers developing when she was about 11 or 12 years old.
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A decision to change: How 3 students grappled with eating disorders According to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, 95% of people with eating disorders fall in the 12-25 age range.
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Suicide Rates among Financially Stressed Middle-Aged Americans Have ... Suicide has become a popular recourse among middle-aged Americans who are struggling to meet ends met. The rates increased by almost 40% beginning in 1990.
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Leukemia Mutations Occur In Over 70 Percent Of People Over The Age Of 90 New research suggests that it is "almost inevitable" the one will develop genetic mutations associated with leukemia as they age.
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Age-associated leukaemia circumstances could soar It is "almost inevitable" that your blood will take the first steps towards leukaemia as you age, researchers show. Age-associated leukaemia circumstances could soar.
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Scientists Claim To Have Found Evidence That Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Has ... Researchers have found biological evidence for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), according to a study published Friday. Although the finding has no clinical applications, researchers say it represents a major step toward developing a diagnostic test for the ...
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The Flu Nasal Spray Vaccine for Children Is Just like A Placebo. It Has Zero ... Now the cat is really out. The flu vaccine that has been in used this season is just a tad better than a placebo. Placebos are nothing but made of filling materials, without medicinal value and the flu vaccine.
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Florida county sees small, rare increase in leprosy cases DELAND, Fla., Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Volusia County, Fla., has experienced a small but unexpected increase in the number of cases of leprosy in the past five months.
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