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Ebola breakthrough after trial success A successful trial of a vaccine against Ebola is being seen as pivotal in the fight against infectious diseases. Analysis of the drug found that it was 100 per cent effective when used in certain conditions in Guinea.
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NYC Doctor, Who Survived Ebola, Says Experimental Vaccine Could Be 'A Way Forward' A New York City doctor, who made headlines after he was diagnosed with Ebola, said he hoped an experimental vaccine could be "a way forward" for a region decimated by the deadly virus.
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Trump's Obamacare Replacement Plan Sounds Quite a Bit Like Obamacare Without specifics, it's hard to see how Trump's plan for health care differs from the one he's criticizing. Share on FacebookShare on Twitter · Share on LinkedInShare on RedditShare on Google+E-mail · Sahil Kapur t @sahilkapur.
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Paralyzed patients move again with new, non-surgical stimulation For the first time, doctors have found a way to help completely paralyzed patients regain voluntary movement -- without surgery. A new technique called transcutaneous stimulation helped five paralyzed patients move their own legs after several weeks of ...
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Spinal cord stimulation helps paralysed men move legs After four weeks of noninvasive electrical spinal cord stimulation, five men who are completely paralyzed in their lower body were able to move their legs again after years of immobility.
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Obamacare covering majority of Californians Obamacare is now covering over two-thirds of previously uninsured adults in California with health insurance under the new act. According to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey, most of these covered people are also having their healthcare needs met ...
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US Task Force Advise On New Depression Screenings Health officials in the United States are now advising that all US adults undergo regular depression screenings. In fact, an entire panel of doctors—on the US Preventive Services Task Force has now issued a controversial proposal which, according to a ...
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At Last: An Ebola Vaccine That Might Actually Work A man reacts to the camera as he works to dismantle shelters in an Ebola treatment center closed by Doctors Without Borders in the Paynes Ville neighborhood in Monrovia on March 25, 2015.
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Effects of drinking one can of Coca-Cola Lastly, while this info is all very interesting, we're not sure that it'll stop anyone from actually drinking Coca-Cola because we're all FUCKING ADDICTED.
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S. Korea's MERS cases, fatalities remain flat SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) -- The number of people diagnosed with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea continued to remain unchanged at 186 on Saturday, with the death toll also staying flat for three weeks, the government said.
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Hong Kong lifts red travel alert against South Korea after country deemed Mers ... The Hong Kong government today lifted its long-standing travel warning against South Korea after the country was declared Mers-free.
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Your child isn't at risk for Legionnaires' disease, but you are Forty-six cases of Legionnaires disease, a form of pneumonia, have been reported in the Bronx in New York City in the last three weeks.
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Legionnaires' disease outbreak claims 3rd life in New York NEW YORK - A third person with Legionnaires' disease has died as New York City investigators search for the source of an outbreak that has sickened dozens.
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Medicare and Medicaid at 50: Time to Check Fiscal Health ... • Invalid Email Address • Must enter an email address • (Separate multiple address with commas) • You can't enter more than 20 emails.
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NYC officials: Legionnaire's outbreak claims 3rd life NEW YORK (AP) - A third person with Legionnaire's disease has died as investigators continue to search for the source of an outbreak that has sickened dozens.
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First human West Nile cases in Idaho confirmed As Bingham County pursues aggressive spraying of mosquitoes expected to carry the West Nile virus, Idaho's first two human cases of West Nile in 2015 have been confirmed.
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Coca-Cola Enterprises in Advanced Talks About Combining With Other Coke Bottlers Three bottlers of Coca-Cola Co. KO 1.28 % products in Europe are in advanced talks about a merger that would further a push by the U.S.
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West Nile Virus Scare Forces Suffolk County To Restrict Camping In 1 Park EAST ISLIP, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) - Thanks to mosquitoes testing positive for West Nile virus, for the time being there will be no more overnight camping at a county park on Long Island.
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West Nile virus: Infected mosquitoes test positive for the illness in Fremont FREMONT -- Mosquitoes collected last week in the Tri-City area were infected with the West Nile virus, county officials said, making them Alameda County's first insects this year to test positive for the illness.
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DARE, The Anti-Drug Organization, Accidentally Endorsed Marijuana Ever posted something on Facebook to prove a point, but the headline is misleading and the linked post argues to exact opposite of your point?
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Former DARE Deputy Sheriff Accidentally Slips Pot-Positive Piece Online A man displays marijuana leaves on a paper, not unlike the ones DARE opposes, during a rally to inform citizenship about marijuana use outside the Senate building in Mexico City on July 7. Edgard Garrido/Reuters.
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Medicare, Medicaid help 1 in 3 Americans With each cancer treatment estimated at $4,000, Ethel Holliger of Findlay is grateful for her Medicare coverage. Without it, the 81-year-old just couldn't afford treatment.
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As You Were Saying...Medicaid a lifeline for children Throughout my 37-year career as a pediatrician in the Boston area, I met and worked with thousands of children and their families.
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Parents Are Really Upset About Jessica Alba's Sunscreen—Find Out Why! Ouch! This one might leave a mark. Jessica Alba's massively successful Honest Company brand has come under fire for a sunscreen that's allegedly not doing its job.
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Fort Worth Crews Spraying For West Nile Virus FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - City of Fort Worth crews are out spraying a neighborhood off of Westcreek drive and Altamesa boulevard for West Nile tonight.
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Howard W. Jones Jr., a Pioneer of Reproductive Medicine, Dies at 104 Howard W. Jones Jr., a physician who pushed the boundaries of gynecologic surgery, opened the first sex-change clinic in an American hospital and helped achieve the first birth through in vitro fertilization in the United States, died on Friday in ...
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Surgeon Howard Jones, who pioneered IVF, dies at 104 Surgeon Howard Jones, who pioneered in vitro fertilization, died Friday at 104. Jones, who was still writing and active in his field until a recent illness, enjoyed a medical career longer than most people's lives.
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Exercising in teen year cuts risk of early death in women A new research has suggested that women who exercise in their teenage years have a lower risk of death from cancer and other health isuues in their middle and older ages.
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FDA warns of security flaw in Hospira infusion pumps BOSTON The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday advised hospitals not to use Hospira Inc's Symbiq infusion system, saying a security vulnerability could allow cyber attackers to take remote control of the system.
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Former linebacker with ALS helps revive Ice Bucket Challenge NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Over the past year, Tim Shaw has bungee-jumped off a bridge in New Zealand, visited Australia and helped drill a well in the Amazon.
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America Offline? 15 Percent of US Adults Don't Use the Internet Email, Facebook, cat videos - these are just a few of the things that 15 percent of American adults are missing out on every day because they don't use the Internet.
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Surgeons successfully perform a double hand transplant on an 8-year-old boy We can stop daydreaming about futuristic and advanced technology because, without a doubt, the future of civilization is right now.
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The Pentagon is spending $4.3 billion to modernize its health records The project is expected to take seven years to complete. The Pentagon is ready to modernize its health-records system–and it's a massive job.
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UN global population report forecasts an older, more infertile world KIM LANDERS: India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous country in less than a decade - six years sooner than previously forecast.
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Annual report highlights risk of hospital-acquired infections Hospitals often have an air of squeaky-clean sterilization, even while infections spread within their walls. A Consumer Reports analysis released Wednesday highlighted the struggle to reduce the prevalence of hospital-acquired infections including MRSA ...
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Meet the doctor who feels your pain He is the doctor who literally feels your pain. Joel Salinas, a neurologist at Harvard Medical School in the United States, has a rare condition in which he feels what people around him feel.
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Tentative ruling: Judge rules against Jahi's family in civil case OAKLAND -- In a tentative ruling that could cost the family of Jahi McMath millions of dollars, an Alameda County Superior Court judge said he was inclined to uphold previous determinations that the Oakland girl who made worldwide headlines has died.
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Protect Yourself From The Sun's Harmful Rays The sun may be beautiful, but over time it can not only age our skin, but also cause serious damage, including skin cancer. One million people in the United States are diagnosed with skin cancer each year.
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Medicare turns 50 but Americans still have a lot to learn Medicare, the landmark health insurance program for those 65 and older, turned 50 on Thursday. Some 55.2 million Americans are enrolled in the program and 91% of them, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll released this month, say their ...
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Texting and walking? You look drunk Researchers have found that people who text and walk weave along street in a similar way to drunks. Photo / iStock. People who send text messages on the move are just like drunks, researchers have claimed.
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50 years later, Medicare stands strong amidst attacks Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush is eager to "phase out" Medicare and replace the system altogether. The Paul Ryan budget plan, widely embraced by GOP officials, would have scrapped Medicare and replaced it with a voucher system.
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Giant panda 'faked pregnancy' to get better treatment The handlers of a giant panda in Taiwan believe she has 'faked' a pregnancy in order to secure extra meals and an air conditioned room at her home in Taipei Zoo.
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Key question in Arizona Medicaid fight: Is fee a tax? When is a fee a tax? That question is at the heart of a Medicaid expansion case that will go to the state Supreme Court. Loading… Post to Facebook.
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Cancer Survivor Leads Freeborn Relay For Life Freeborn County's Relay for Life event starts Friday night, and one of this year's honorary chairs is hoping her story can help protect others.
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Thunder Bay health unit stops elementary school-based immunization clinics The Thunder Bay District Health Unit says, starting in September, it will no longer provide school-based immunization clinics for senior kindergarten to grade 6 students.
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