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Last Ebola Patient in Liberia Discharged From Treatment Center Liberia's last Ebola patient was discharged on Thursday after a ceremony in the capital, Monrovia, bringing to zero the number of known cases in the country and marking a milestone in West Africa's battle against the disease.
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FDA Approves Zarxio, First Biosimliar Drug The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first so-called biosimilar drug for use in the United States, paving the way for alternatives to an entire class of complex and costly drugs to go on the market.
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Monkeys at risk for bioterror bacteria put outdoors More than 175 monkeys that were potentially exposed to a bioterror bacteria inside a major Louisiana research complex were returned to their outdoor cages before officials knew the deadly pathogen was on the loose from a lab accident.
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Many in US live too far from advanced stroke care (Reuters Health) - Many Americans would not have quick access to the best healthcare options during a stroke, even under the most ideal circumstances, according to a new computer model.
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Last Ebola Patient in Liberia Leaves Treatment Ward The final Ebola patient in Liberia is back home and Ebola-free. Beatrice Yardolo, 58, spent 16 days in a Chinese Ebola treatment unit, but she returned home today, singing and dancing while her husband looked on and cried.
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Is your penis size 'normal'? (CNN) It's the personal health question most men want answered more than just about any other: how do I measure up? Until now, even if you managed to work up the confidence to ask your doctor, you couldn't have much confidence in their answer.
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Amazing story behind a rare 12-patient, 6-way kidney transplant SAN FRANCISCO -- Twelve patients are preparing to participate in a rare, two day, six-way paired kidney donation transplant at San Francisco's California Pacific Medical Center.
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Guinea Ebola Vaccine Trial Uses Smallpox Strategy A new Ebola vaccine trial starts in Guinea this week, this one using the same "ring vaccination" strategy that eradicated smallpox in the 1970s.
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Cancer-Stricken Girl's Make-A-Wish Playhouse Stalled by Homeowner Association A cancer-stricken girl's wish for a dream playhouse might be fulfilled after all now that the local homeowner association, which initially blocked the request, said it is trying to find a compromise.
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Why Men Are More Narcissistic Than Women If there's one thing you can say for craziness, it's that it's not sexist. Across entire populations, males and females face a pretty equal lifetime risk of coming unhinged.
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"I lost a hand. I didn't lose a hook": Inside the crippling decline of workers ... "I lost a hand. I didn't lose a hook": Inside EnlargeDespite the setbacks he's faced with his injury and workers' comp, Dennis Whedbee has tried to maintain an active life, waking early for yard sales, cooking homemade spaghetti sauce and throwing a football ...
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Novartis wins approval for first US biosimilar drug (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Friday gave a green light to sales of the country's first copied version of a biotechnology drug, or "biosimilar," with approval of Novartis' white blood cell-boosting Zarxio.
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CDC Finds Troubling Rise in Teen Suicide Method Fewer teens are killing themselves using guns, but more are choosing suffocation and strangling, government researchers reported Thursday.
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Study shows toddlers are getting coffee from parents A new study reveals that 15 percent of Boston toddlers drink up to four ounces of coffee a day. (iStock). Next time you're at the coffee shop, it might not be a great idea to let your toddler have a sip of your latte.
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CDC report: Suicide rate for young women and girls in the US continues to rise A report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that the suicide rate for girls and young women between the ages of 10 and 24 is increasing, and at a pace faster than for males in the same age group.
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Who's more narcissistic, men or women? He has that charismatic charm everyone seems to be drawn to... until he crushes your heart and soul. At cocktail parties, board meetings or on dates, he regales everyone with his stories of personal triumph (quite possibly exaggerated).
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Liberia's Last Ebola Patient Released From Clinic Liberia's last confirmed Ebola patient danced out of a clinic on Thursday, a symbolic moment as West Africa cautiously anticipates an end to its year-old epidemic.
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Many in US live too far from advanced stroke care Dr. Marcie Bockbrader adjusts an external brain stimulator on stroke survivor Debbie Hall at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
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Novartis Wins Approval for First Biosimilar to Be Sold in U.S. (Bloomberg) -- Novartis AG's version of Amgen Inc.'s cancer drug Neupogen won approval, marking the first time a biosimilar will go on sale in the U.S.
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Hospitals Don't Have to Tell You About Deadly Superbug Risks If a hospital learns that hackers breached your medical records, federal law requires that it inform you. If the same hospital learns you may have been exposed to a deadly pathogen, it usually doesn't have to say a thing.
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UPDATE 1-FDA staff backs injection to reduce double chin (Adds detail). March 5 (Reuters) - An injection for "double chin" reduction developed by Kythera Biopharmaceuticals Inc cleared the first hurdle toward approval as U.S.
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Statins Linked to Raised Risk of Type 2 Diabetes WEDNESDAY, March 4, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may significantly increase a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study from Finland suggests.
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Suicide by suffocation increasing among U.S. youths: study Young Americans are increasingly using suffocation and hanging to commit suicide, according to government data released on Thursday.
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Superbug outbreaks prompt calls for mandatory reporting Well before the recent superbug outbreaks at UCLA and Cedars-Sinai hospitals, federal health officials had labeled deadly CRE bacteria an urgent threat.
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Liberia Discharges Last Ebola Patient Liberia on Thursday discharged its last confirmed Ebola patient from a treatment center in the capital, Monrovia. Tolbert Nyenswah, Liberia's assistant minister of health for preventive services, described the development as a milestone.
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J&J Ordered to Pay $5.7 Million Over Incontinence Implant (Bloomberg) -- Johnson & Johnson was ordered by a California jury to pay $5.7 million to a woman who argued that one of the company's Abbrevo vaginal-mesh implants eroded inside her, forcing her to have surgery, in the first verdict over that device.
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Needle stick-injured Ebola doctor free of virus after vaccination After receiving an experimental emergency vaccine, a doctor from the US who had received a needle stick injury, and so put at high risk of infection while working in an Ebola treatment unit in Sierra Leone, has been found clear of the virus.
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Liberia releases last Ebola patient; Countdown to being declared Ebola free ... Ebola patient Beatrice Yardolo, celebrates with Ebola health workers as she leaves the Chinese Ebola treatment center were she was treated for Ebola virus infection on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, Thursday, March 5, 2015.
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Mo. leukemia girl wants playhouse; homeowners assn. not sure Little Ella-Joe Schultz of Kansas City, Mo., is battling leukemia and her neighborhood homeowners association. The desperately sick child wants a playhouse to be built in her family's backyard so she can have a spot of her own.
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FDA staff backs injection to reduce double chin An injection for "double chin" reduction developed by Kythera Biopharmaceuticals Inc cleared the first hurdle toward approval as U.S.
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Canadian Ebola vaccine being put to the test in 3 West African studies TORONTO -- For years scientists at Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory struggled to figure out how to test whether a vaccine developed at the Winnipeg lab would prevent people from contracting Ebola.
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Study: Men Are the Narcissists of the Species (HealthDay News) -- New research may help to explain why some women have trouble breaking through the corporate glass ceiling -- they're just not narcissistic enough.
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Flu Hospitalizations Soar Among Older Adults, Report Finds This flu season has been particularly severe for older adults, with this age group experiencing the highest rate of hospitalizations in a decade, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Heroin deaths in US 'quadrupled from 2000 through 2013' The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have reported that drug-poisoning deaths involving heroin almost quadrupled between 2000 and 2013 in the US.
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Hormone-disrupting chemicals 'cost billions' Common chemicals that disrupt human hormones could be costing more than €150bn ($165.4bn; £108.5bn) a year in damage to human health in Europe, a series of studies claims.
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Suicide Rate for Young Women Rises in US The suicide rate among young women has risen in the U.S., leading to an overall uptick in cases, despite a falling number for young men taking their own lives.
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Should the world still be worried about Ebola? Liberia released its last current Ebola patient from hospital on Thursday, marking the West African nation's unexpected transition from critical-list patient to international poster boy for disease control.
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Doctor's Mishap Sheds Light on Ebola Vaccine's Effects The moment he felt a needle jab into his thumb last September on an Ebola ward in Sierra Leone, Dr. Lewis Rubinson knew he was at risk of contracting the deadly disease.
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Sales of e-cigarettes to under-19s to be banned and restrictions placed on use E-cigarettes are to be restricted in British Columbia with legislation designed to stem their use among young people, the government announced Thursday.
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Stroke Rounds: 'Golden Hour' Care Unlikely for One-Third of Americans savesaved. register today. Earn Free CME Credits by reading the latest medical news in your specialty. sign up. by Salynn Boyles Contributing Writer.
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'Am I Normal?' study reveals average manhood length A new study published Tuesday by the British Journal of Urology has been a hot topic for men and women (but mostly men) since hitting the press.
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Men are more narcissistic than women WASHINGTON: Men, on an average, are more narcissistic than women, regardless of age, according to a new large-scale study. The study, which included three decades of data from more than 475,000 participants, found that men consistently scored higher ...
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Peanuts offer health benefits equal to those of pricier nuts "Even if you don't like nuts, it would still be a good idea to eat a handful every day," said Dr. Meir Stampfer. By Brooks Hays | March 5, 2015 at 12:42 PM.
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New WHO guideline clamps down on intake of free sugars Adults and children should reduce their daily free sugar intake to less than 10% of their total energy intake, according to a new guideline from the World Health Organization.
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Health officials say sixth child has died of flu this season in Minnesota ST. PAUL, Minn. - Health officials say a sixth child has died of the flu this season in Minnesota. The latest report from the Minnesota Department of Health says 13 people were hospitalized in the last week of February, down 29 from the week before.
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Excess sugar lurks in kids' meals at restaurant chains, U of T researchers say A cherry spiked Shirley Temple. A sundae topped with swirls of chocolate sauce. A chilly glass of root beer. Parents will easily spot these sugary treats on kids' menus.
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Report: Suicides by girls and young women continue to climb Health officials say the suicide rate for girls and young women continues to rise, at a pace far faster than for young males. The suicide rate for boys and young men climbed from 2007 to 2013, too.
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Police Investigate As Hoffman Estates Hospital Locked Down Police investigate at Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital, after the facility's active shooter alarm was triggered Thursday.
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Maker of device in 'superbug' outbreak lacked FDA clearance WASHINGTON (AP) - The manufacturer of a medical instrument at the center of a recent "superbug" outbreak in Los Angeles did not receive federal clearance to sell the device, according to officials from the Food and Drug Administration.
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