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S Korea Mers virus toll reaches 14 Women wear masks as a precaution against Middle East respiratory syndrome in Seoul. (AP Open Gallery 1 Women wear masks as a precaution against Middle East respiratory syndrome in Seoul.
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MERS Tarnishes Korean President's Image as Leader SEOUL, South Korea - It used to be an often-cited story about Park Geun-hye, the president of South Korea: When her father, the longtime dictator Park Chung-hee, was assassinated by his spy chief in 1979, her first reaction was to ask whether there was ...
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MERS: South Korea reports 14 deaths, says rate of new cases is slowing South Korea has reported four more deaths and a dozen new cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), but health officials hope the rate of new cases is slowing.
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World Health Organization to Hold MERS Emergency Meeting Next Week South Korean health officials fumigate a theater while wearing protective gear in Seoul on June 12, 2015.(AFP Photo). Geneva: The World Health Organization said today it would soon call an emergency meeting on the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ...
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MERS kills 11th person in South Korea South Korea has confirmed the 11th death from MERS, or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. The total number of cases in the outbreak has grown to 126, according to the World Health Organization .
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Seoul a ghost town as South Korea grapples with Mers fear In a bar in Seoul's upmarket Gangnam district this week, music was blasting from the speakers and Harry Potter played on a giant flat-screen television; but the electronic darts board and kung fu video game stands were bereft of customers, and all but one of ...
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S African man with penis transplant to become father JOHANNESBURG: A South African man who received the world's first successful penis transplant is to become a father just months after undergoing surgery, his doctor said on Friday.
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Kingdom, South Korea see no MERS letup Workers in full protective gear disinfect an art hall in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday. (Reuters). MOHAMMED RASOOLDEEN. Published - Saturday 13 June 2015.
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US, South Korea to Reschedule Summit The United States and South Korea have reaffirmed their strong alliance after a summit scheduled for next week was canceled over an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in the South.
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WHO says South Korea's MERS outbreak large and complex The World Health Organization said on Saturday South Korea's outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was "large and complex" and more cases should be anticipated, but it saw no sign the disease is spreading in the community.
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Experts Expect More MERS Cases, Downplay Chance of Pandemic SEOUL, South Korea - Experts from the World Health Organization and South Korea on Saturday downplayed concerns about the MERS virus spreading further within the country, which recorded its 14th death and 12 new infections, but said that it was ...
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S. Korea, WHO Experts Downplay Pandemic Potential of MERS SEOUL, South Korea - Experts from the World Health Organization and South Korea have downplayed concerns about the MERS virus spreading further within the country, but they say it's premature to declare the outbreak over.
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Mers South Korea: WHO says more cases anticipated South Korea's outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome is "large and complex" and more cases are expected, World Health Organization experts say.
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Florida officials warn of rare flesh-eating bacteria at beaches In 2015 so far, seven people have been infected and two killed by a rare, potentially deadly bacteria that thrives in the warm saltwater of Florida beaches, state health officials said on Monday.
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Man With World's First Penis Transplant Reportedly Expecting A Child By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN, June 12 (Reuters) - A young South African man who had the world's first successful penis transplant last December has impregnated his girlfriend, the doctor who led the surgery said on Friday.
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Experts Fault South Korean Response to MERS Outbreak SEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean government's failure to share information quickly with the public and establish an efficient disease-control system contributed to worsening the country's outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome, a joint panel of ...
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WHO Expects More Cases of MERS in South Korea SEOUL—The outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in South Korea has been larger and more complex than similar occurrences seen in other parts of the world and the Asian country should expect more cases in the coming weeks, a World Health ...
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Study: U.S. kids, teens don't drink enough water Half of all U.S. children and teens need to drink more fluids, according to a Harvard study. Photo: CharlesOstrand/Shutterstock. BOSTON, June 12 (UPI) -- More than half of all children and teens in the U.S.
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WHO says South Korean MERS outbreak large and complex SEOUL A World Health Organization (WHO) team of experts said on Saturday South Korea's outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is "large and complex" and more cases should be anticipated.
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Study sees success in training women to prevent rape MIAMI: A programme that teaches university-age women how to avoid rape has shown some success in reducing the numbers of women in Canada who are sexually assaulted, according to a study.
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Obese Older Women Stuck With Higher Breast Cancer Risk? savesaved. register today. Earn Free CME Credits by reading the latest medical news in your specialty. sign up. by Jeff Minerd Contributing Writer, MedPage Today.
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Penis transplant patient gets girlfriend pregnant months after successful surgery The recipient of the world's first successful penis transplant will soon be a father, according to the South African outlet News24.
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Mobile app helps save cardiac arrest victims A mobile phone app helps match people in cardiac arrest with people nearby who are trained in CPR -- and a new study shows the system could help save lives.
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Researchers discover weakness in brain tumors A patient in an MRI machine. Scientists have discovered a way to block certain proteins from brain tumors to keep them from growing or spreading.
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New CPR Mobile App Saves Lives A new mobile phone app can help heart attack victims by locating CPR-trained people. Researchers in Sweden have begun using a mobile notification system, called SMS Lifesavers, to find volunteers trained in CPR from the surrounding area to help cardiac ...
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Texting for CPR Feasible in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest savesaved. register today. Earn Free CME Credits by reading the latest medical news in your specialty. sign up. author name. by Crystal Phend Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today.
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Anti-Rape Program Halved Number of Campus Assaults WEDNESDAY, June 10, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A program aimed at teaching women how to recognize dangerous situations and resist sexual coercion almost halved the risk of rape on three college campuses, a new study shows.
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Researchers Grow a Breast In a Dish For the first time, scientists have taken healthy breast cells from women and isolated the stem cells that can recreate major breast structures—including the milk-feeding ducts and structures that actually produce breast milk.
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Study sees success in training women to prevent rape A programme that teaches university-age women how to avoid rape has shown some success in reducing the numbers of women in Canada who are sexually assaulted, according to a study.
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More than half the depressed men stay away from treatment According to statistics from a new survey, nearly 10% of American men suffer from anxiety or depression but less than half of them actually receive appropriate treatment.
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Family discovers 5-year-old son's life-threatening condition after reading news ... Will Byers, 5, was diagnosed with Sanfilippo syndrome-Type B earlier this year after doctors mistook his developmental delays for autism.
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Anxiety and Depression – More than half the affected men stay away from ... Nearly 10 percent of American men suffer from anxiety or depression but less than half of them get appropriate treatment, according to a new survey.
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Men with depression and anxiety don't seek treatment anxiety According to a new study, one in 10 men suffers from depression and anxiety, yet only 41 percent are under medication or have consulted to a doctor about it.
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CDC: Men Don't Seek Treatment For Anxiety And Depression New data says that non-Hispanic black men are less likely to seek mental health medical help than white men. By Julie Sabino julie.
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Share "Black, Hispanic men neglect treatment of..." A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics found that black and Hispanic men ages 18 to 44 are less likely than white men to get mental health treatment.
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More than half of depressed US men left untreated In the United States, one in ten males suffer from depression but according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics only less than half of them steps forward to find treatment.
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CDC: Many men with depression, anxiety untreated Nearly one in ten men in the U.S. experience some form of daily depression or anxiety. By Stephen Feller | June 12, 2015 at 4:33 PM.
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Less Than Half of Men With Depression or Anxiety Get Treatment Younger black and Hispanic men are less likely to seek treatment than their white peers. HealthDay News - Close to one in 10 American men suffer from depression or anxiety, but fewer than half get treatment, according to a June data brief published by the ...
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Family Realizes Boy Has Rare Disease After Seeing Girl's Poignant Video (ABC News) -- When her son was 4, Valerie Tharp Byers was left with the feeling that something was deeply wrong with his health. Doctors had initially told Tharp Byers that Will, a boy who loves Mickey Mouse and grilled cheese, was on the autism spectrum, ...
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Florida health officials remind of dangers of flesh-eating bacteria Water and wounds do not mix. Do not enter the water if you have fresh cuts or scrapes. There's lots of ways Florida can kill you, not the least of which is Vibrio Vulnificus, a rare flesh-eating bacteria found in warm salt water.
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Mini breast grown for breast cancer's understanding, treatment Researchers have grown a mini breast using patients' discarded tissues, a breakthrough that will help provide insights into the behaviour of breast cancer and develop treatments for the deadly disease.
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Bluebird Bio Early Study of Sickle-Cell Gene Therapy Appears Encouraging Bluebird Bio Inc., BLUE -2.88 % a Cambridge, Mass., drug company whose market value has more than doubled to $5.94 billion this year, said Saturday that its experimental gene therapy helped a French teenager with sickle-cell disease go three months ...
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Breast Cancer and Obesity: Postmenopausal Obese Women At Increased Risk New findings published in JAMA Oncology reveal that obese postmenopausal women are at an increased risk of breast cancer. Like Us on Facebook.
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Stat: Bite-size health news for June 14 More than half of all children and adolescents in the United States are not getting enough hydration - probably because they're not drinking enough water - a situation that could have significant repercussions for their physical health and their cognitive and ...
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U.S. Kids Aren't Drinking Enough Water More than half of children and teens in the United States are not getting adequate hydration, most likely because they're just not drinking enough water, according to a new study from the Harvard T.H.
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Synthetic pot calls to poison centers continue to rise "Multiple other recent outbreaks suggest a need for greater public health surveillance and awareness," CDC officials wrote in a recent report.
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Exclusive: Alzheimer's group may scrap early look at coveted Lilly data - Reuters ... The Alzheimer's Association may not present an early look at terribly sought medical trial data on an experimental drug from Eli Lilly and Co (LLY.
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Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams finds more listeria, stops production Just one month after resuming production, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams has once again found listeria in its Columbus, Ohio, production facility, the company said in a statement Friday.
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UPDATE 1-EXCLUSIVE-Alzheimer's group may scrap early look at coveted Lilly ... (Adds policies of other patient groups, legal comment). By Ransdell Pierson. June 12 (Reuters) - The Alzheimer's Association may not offer an early look at highly sought clinical trial data on an experimental drug from Eli Lilly and Co after news of the ...
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Half of U.S. Kids and Teens are Mildly Dehydrated, Study Shows A recent study shows that most U.S. kids and adolescents hardly drink any fluids, so many of them end up mildly dehydrated. But what's even more worrisome is that one third of U.S.
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