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Germanwings Crash: How Often Pilots Commit 'Aircraft-Assisted Suicide' Although authorities said the co-pilot of the Germanwings flight that crashed earlier this week in France intended to "destroy the plane" with 150 people on board, so-called "aircraft-assisted suicides" are rare, according to researchers who reviewed decades of ...
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Obama battles 'superbugs' with national plan (CNN) Two million illnesses. 23,000 deaths. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that's the human toll from antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" each year in the United States.
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CDC Creates 1st Anti-Smoking Ad Citing E-Cigarettes A new anti-smoking ad released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will feature a lung-collapse survivor who cites both e-cigarettes and tobacco cigarettes -- but an advocate for e-cigarettes calls the ad "patently dishonest.
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Biz Break: Google to help make surgical robots, challenging Intuitive Surgical Today: Google strikes deal with Johnson & Johnson to make robots that can assist surgeons, launching a new challenge to Sunnyvale's Intuitive Surgical.
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Obama Seeks to Double Funding to Fight Antibiotic Resistance WASHINGTON - President Obama on Friday urged Congress to double the funding to confront the danger of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, calling it a major public health issue that, if left unchecked, would "cause tens of thousands of deaths, millions of ...
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White House Issues Action Plan to Fight Drug-Resistant Bacteria WASHINGTON—The White House issued the most extensive action plan ever against drug-resistant bacteria, or superbugs, seeking to curb antibiotic use at farms and hospitals—and promote tests to find lethal bugs, and antibiotics to kill them.
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E-Cigarettes May Pose a Risk in Pregnancy and to Children – WebMD We will provide you with a dropdown of all your saved articles when you are registered and signed in. {shareThisContent}. {fontSizerContent}.
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UPDATE 1-Liberia's sole remaining known Ebola patient dies (Adds quote from health official urging compliance with prevention measures, details). MONROVIA, March 27 (Reuters) - A woman who was Liberia's sole remaining known Ebola patient died on Friday at a treatment centre in the capital, said Francis Ketteh, ...
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The conversation about cancer Angelina Jolie will dread When Adele Sewell heard that Angelina Jolie Pitt had undergone surgery to remove her ovaries to prevent cancer, an experience the film star wrote about in the Daily Telegraph this week, she felt mixed emotions.
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FDA rejects Adamis Pharma's injection for treating allergic reactions (Reuters) - The United States Food and Drug Administration rejected Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corp's injection for treating severe allergic reactions, the company said on Friday.
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Dirty Needles Spread Indiana HIV Cases as Pain Pills Injected (Bloomberg) -- Indiana health officials expect an HIV outbreak that has infected 81 people to grow by dozens more cases, spread with dirty needles by pain-pill addicts who have turned to injecting the drugs.
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Sierra Leoneans to stay home in final push to stop Ebola A usually busy street is deserted as Sierra Leone enters a three day country wide lockdown on movement of people due to the Ebola virus in the city of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Friday, March.
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How 'marijuana refugees' brought legal cannabis to Georgia Republican Gov. Nathan Deal signed an executive order Friday to prepare for legislation that would make Georgia the 24th state to legalize medical marijuana.
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Sierra Leone lockdown aims for 'total control' over Ebola FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - An official in Sierra Leone says high compliance with a nationwide lockdown could give the West African nation "total control" over the Ebola outbreak.
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How an HIV Outbreak Hit the Heartland Indiana Governor Mike Pence on Thursday declared a public health emergency in a rural Indiana county after 79 cases of HIV were confirmed there in the last several months.
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Sierra Leone: Citizens Told to Stay Home to Halt Ebola Sierra Leone's six million people were told on Friday to stay home for three days, except to attend religious services, as the West African nation attempted a final push to rid itself of Ebola.
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FDA rejects Adamis Pharma's injection for treating allergic reactions March 27 (Reuters) - The United States Food and Drug Administration rejected Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corp's injection for treating severe allergic reactions, the company said on Friday.
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Roseroot herb may treat depression Roseroot may provide a herbal treatment option with minimal side effects for depression-related disorders, a new research has found.
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White House Attacks Deadly, Drug-Resistant Bacteria Drug-resistant bacteria cause 2 million illnesses and about 23,000 deaths in the U.S., according to the CDC. By Kimberly Leonard March 27, 2015 | 3:17 p.m.
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Sutter Health reports 2014 profits up 34 percent Sacramento-based Sutter Health said Friday that it had net income of $402 million in 2014, up 34 percent from $300 million in 2013.
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Eating strawberries saved my life, says Army nurse cured of Ebola after being ... An Army volunteer who contracted Ebola has been successfully treated with an experimental drug, but credits the humble strawberry with saving her life.
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Obama Announces Plan to Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Germs President Barack Obama on Friday announced a new five-year plan to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria, saying it is one of the most serious public health issues faced today.
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White House announces plan to fight antibiotic-resistant germs WASHINGTON - The White House announced a five-year plan Friday to fight the threat posed by antibiotic-resistant bacteria amid fears that once-treatable germs could become deadly.
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China's aid to eradicate Ebola in Sierra Leone is exemplary FREETOWN, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese assistance to the west African state of Sierra Leone, one of the Ebola hit countries, since the outbreak of the disease has been highly acclaimed by health workers and the entire populace.
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Anna Cross: 'A huge thank you' to the NHS team who saved her from ebola An Army Reservist who contracted Ebola while volunteering in Sierra Leone has been discharged from a London hospital after becoming the first patient in the world to be treated with an experimental drug.
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Oklahoma reports first case of measles in 18 years STILLWATER, Okla., March 27 (UPI) -- Oklahoma has recorded its first case of measles in 18 years just months after an outbreak of the disease sickened more than 130 people in California.
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UK's Conservatives pledge "seven-day NHS" services by 2020 LONDON, March 28 (Reuters) - Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, heading into what is set to be the tightest election in a generation, is expected to lay out plans to extend services available under the National Health Service to seven days a week by ...
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British Ebola patient cured after experimental treatment Health workers carry the body of an Ebola virus victim in Kenema, Sierra Leone, June 25, 2014. Picture taken June 25, 2014. REUTERS/Umaru Fofana.
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Icelanders boost medical research by donating their DNA to science Scientists who sequenced the entire genomes of 2,636 people in Iceland have produced a trove of valuable information about the nature, location and frequency of human genetic variations.
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Women at risk for ovarian cancer face tough decisions Angelina Jolie announced in an op-ed in the New York Times on Tuesday that she had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed to prevent cancer.
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HIV OUTBREAK: Scott Co. needle exchange details developing A syringe is found along West Main Street in downtown Austin in Scott County on Tuesday afternoon. A recent outbreak of HIV infections in the county have been traced by health officials to intravenous drug use in the area, and a team with the Centers for ...
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Liberia's sole remaining known Ebola patient dies MONROVIA, March 27 (Reuters) - A woman who was Liberia's sole remaining known Ebola patient died on Friday at a treatment centre in the capital, said Francis Ketteh, acting head of the country's Ebola response team.
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Night Vision Eye Drops Will Give You Three Times Improved Vision In The Dark ... Researchers claim to have developed eye drops that enable temporary night vision. The idea may possibly seem intriguing, but the science behind it is unproven and unlicensed.
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Jolie's health decisions will likely affect many women Two years ago, Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy after discoving she carries a gene mutation that increased her risk of getting breast cancer.
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Stillwater records first Oklahoma measles case since 1997 People who visited the following locations in Stillwater on the stated dates may have been exposed to the measles virus. Aldi, 1188 N. Perkins Road, March 13; Crepe Myrtle Market, 613 S. Lewis, March 13; Food Pyramid, 421 N. Main St., March 13; Boba ...
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Stillwater Measles Patient Was A Passenger On Flight At Will Rogers Airport OKLAHOMA CITY -. The Oklahoma State Department of Health has added another location to the list of places possibly exposed to the patient with the measles.
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Roseroot Herb Is Much better Depression Treatment Than Traditional Drugs ... A comparative study of roseroot and sertraline revealed that the herb has a reduced-danger prospective for treating depression.(Photo : Randi Hasuken | Flickr) Rhodiola rosea, or roseroot, has been used to survive the Siberian winter for centuries.
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Experts reveal the microbiome's involvement in autism; Antibiotics can lower ... John Rodakis is one of the parents that have autistic children that know what to do and expect. Like other parents, Rodakis knows that the disorder may have some indicators such as impaired social interaction, and verbal and non-verbal communications, ...
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White House issues antibiotic plan to fight superbugs Scanning electron micrograph of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and a dead human neutrophil. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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Roseroot Herb Is Better Depression Treatment Than Conventional Drugs: Here's ... A comparative study of roseroot and sertraline revealed that the herb has a lower-risk potential for treating depression. (Photo : Randi Hasuken | Flickr).
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Angelina Jolie Has Surgery to Remove Ovaries in Order to Prevent Cancer Following an op-ed piece submitted to The New York Times Tuesday by Hollywood star and philanthropist Angelina Jolie Pitt, news broke regarding her election to have preventive surgery to remove her fallopian tubes.
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Share "Oklahoma reports first measles case since..." The Oklahoma Department of Health confirmed the state's first case of measles since 1997 on Friday. The carrier, who contracted the virus outside the United States, is the spouse of an Oklahoma State University student who lives off campus.
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Scientists Sequence Genomes of Icelanders to Understand Human Evolution A recently conducted study has helped researchers better understand the DNA of Icelanders. Researchers in the study considered a single nation as participants and country as a laboratory.
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Sierra Leone lockdown aims for 'total control' over Ebola An official in Sierra Leone says high compliance with a nationwide lockdown could give the West African nation "total control" over the Ebola outbreak.
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Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (ABSMC), slapped with a $71000 fine for ... Alta Bates Summit Medical Center After an investigation Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (ABSMC) was found guilty of violating safety procedures.
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HIV Epidemic Ravages Indiana, Bringing 3rd World Problems In While the thought of an HIV epidemic causing a state of emergency might conjure up images of a poor sub-Saharan African state, the most recent epidemic is striking much closer to home.
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Weight-Loss surgery could reduce asthma flare-ups among obese people- study Weight-Loss surgery could reduce asthma flare-ups among obese people- study According to a new research by Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston, weight-loss surgery could reduce asthma flare ups.
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Better joint replacement outcomes for obese patients who have weight-loss ... Obese patients who undergo weight-loss surgery prior to having a knee or hip replacement may have better outcomes than those who do not undergo weight-loss surgery before such procedures.
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'Reassuring' Updates on Ebola Mutations, Vaccines and Patients At the pinnacle of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, there was talk of how the virus could mutate in a way that might make it more virulent and possibly change its mode of infection.
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Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Fined for Safety Protocol Violation The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health has ordered the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center to pay $71,275 as a fine for willfully violating safety protocols.
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