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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from healthfinder.gov Daily NewsCheck for signs of Infection
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from healthfinder.gov Daily NewsTo help protect your eyes
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Psych Central NewsNew research suggests that when we accomplish a goal too early in the process, we may not be as happy as we would be if the goal was achieved during an expected interval. The typical progression is: set goal, work to achieve goal, attain...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Psych Central NewsNew research discovers the brain regions that help to optimize social functioning are also important for general intelligence and emotional intelligence. This finding suggests general intelligence emerges from the emotional and social co...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Medical DailySaliva can tell us a lot about our health, if we only open up our mouths.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Medical Daily39-year-old Richard Norris has survived a complicated face transplant surgery, and is now the center of media attention — and is even featured on the cover of GQ with his new face spotlighted.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Medical DailyMore and more couples are taking a break from married life, and going on ‘marriage sabbaticals’ for months to save their relationship, but does it help?
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Medical DailySugary drink consumption could leave children with poor memory and learning function for the rest of their lives, a new study finds.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Medical DailyOne man's night out turned tragic when a bartender accidentally set his face on fire while preparing a flaming shot.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Medical DailyIn states where marijuana is legal, some pot enthusiasts are taking legalization to the next level and introducing it to their wedding ceremonies as a new form of “open bar.”
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Medical DailyThe Philippines welcomed its 100 millionth citizen on Sunday, a baby girl born shortly after midnight in a hospital in Manila.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Medical DailyParents should consider cooking more food at home if they want their children to practice healthy eating habits.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Medical DailyThe average person neglects the amount of calories they consume via sugary soft drinks and fruit juices.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Medical DailyA recent study conducted in Peru found more than a quarter of all emergency contraceptive pills obtained from a range of pharmacies were frauds.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from LiveScience.comFrench toast served with butter syrup and bacon and cheesecake made with Reese’s peanut butter cups and fudge are among the meals highlighted this year for their shockingly unhealthy nutrition content, according to the CSPI.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Health24 NewsPatients with polymyalgia rheumatica may be more likely to develop vascular disease, study shows
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Latest NewsBy testing online tools to gather patient information, Kaiser Permanente is hoping its doctors will be able to make the most of patient encounters.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Medical Xpress - spotlight medical and health news storiesIn the case of a cough or a sore throat, the doctor can usually diagnose a common cold immediately. However, the diagnosis of hereditary illnesses like cystic fibrosis, which affects the metabolism, or Huntington's disease, which leads t...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Psych Central NewsNew research confirms that some people can handle stressful situations better than others. The difference, according to scientists, is not a result of genes as even identical twins show differences in how they respond to stress. In a new...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Kaiser Health News - Womens HealthToday's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including news from Capitol Hill on the Senate confirmation of Robert McDonald to head the VA.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Health24 NewsSheikh Umar Khan, the doctor managing the Sierra Leone Ebola crisis has died. He succumbed after catching the disease at a hospital in the epicentre of the pandemic.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Health24 NewsChildren with autism show less brain flexibility when asked to take on a task, often causing difficulty when faced with new situations.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Psych Central NewsA new study finds that running for only a few minutes a day or at slow speeds may significantly reduce a person’s risk of death from cardiovascular disease when compared to someone who does not run. While it is well known that exer...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Scientific American - HealthCalvin is a 48-year-old CEO of a water filtering company who has been experiencing chest pain for 2 weeks. Find out what the most common causes of chest pain are and how his doctor determined... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Medical Xpress - spotlight medical and health news storiesResearchers at the UNC School of Medicine have found that the protein glycogen synthase kinase-3, or GSK-3, is crucial for proper brain development early in life, a surprising finding considering that drug companies are searching for way...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Medical Xpress - spotlight medical and health news storiesVulnerable young people have a higher occurrence of psychiatric disorders and there is a vital need for better uptake of long-term treatment services, a Cardiff University study has found.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Medical Xpress - spotlight medical and health news storiesScientists in Manchester have identified a protein that could help doctors decide which bladder cancer patients would benefit from a treatment that makes radiotherapy more effective, according to a study published in the British Journal ...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Medical Xpress - spotlight medical and health news storiesThe hallmark of an excellent researcher is an open mind. That flexibility and openness is what led Nina Schor, M.D., Ph.D., the William H. Eilinger Chair of Pediatrics at the University of Rochester, to follow a hunch about a brain recep...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Psych Central NewsNew research presents evidence that while the impact of life’s stressors accumulate overtime and accelerate cellular aging, a healthy lifestyle may counteract many of these effects. In the new study, University of California, San F...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Health24 NewsTexas doctor who contracted the deadly Ebola virus was not at risk for getting or spreading the disease
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Health24 NewsUsing decorative contact lenses incorrectly may cause serious damage to your eyes, according to the FDA.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Health24 NewsThe SA National Defence Force is ignoring HIV policy, which declares any discrimination against HIV-positive members unconstitutional.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from POPSUGAR FitnessWhile losing weight isn't something that happens overnight, doing some prep-work the night before can make all the difference when you step on the scale. If slimming down and becoming healthier are two goals at the top of your priority l...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from THE MEDICAL NEWSUEA research finds hope for more accurate diagnosis of memory problems. More accurate tests could be created to diagnose diseases such as Alzheimer's or memory problems stemming from head injuries, leading to earlier intervention, accord...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from THE MEDICAL NEWSIn an era of austerity, governments are focusing on value. Value is being defined by primary and secondary health outcomes for citizens, and medicines are just part of the treatment. This is forcing pharma to adopt a broader context in t...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from THE MEDICAL NEWSA survey of beds within a large teaching hospital in Ireland has shown than many of them did not comply with dimensional standards put in place to minimise the risk of entrapment.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from THE MEDICAL NEWSStandard scores measuring "adaptive behavior" in boys with fragile X syndrome tend to decline during childhood and adolescence, the largest longitudinal study of the inherited disorder to date has found.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from THE MEDICAL NEWSResearchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have discovered a new function of the body's most important tumor-suppressing protein. Called p53, this protein has been called "the guardian of the genome."
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from THE MEDICAL NEWSScientists investigating the herpes virus have been surprised to find an ongoing conflict in the cells of sufferers, even when the virus is apparently dormant.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Health24 NewsDepression can make it more difficult to quit smoking, but exercise can help, even if it is just walking.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from THE MEDICAL NEWSVirginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have made an important advancement toward developing a vaccine against the debilitating and potentially deadly tick-transmitted disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA).
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from THE MEDICAL NEWSA simplified anesthesia procedure may enable more widespread use of preoperative testing to demonstrate the cause of airway obstruction in patients with severe sleep apnea, suggests a study in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from POPSUGAR Fitness
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from THE MEDICAL NEWSToday the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) announced a new partnership to improve access to essential pain medications for people living with HIV in Swaziland.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from THE MEDICAL NEWSThe best way to cure most cases of cancer is to surgically remove the tumor. The Achilles heel of this approach, however, is that the surgeon may fail to extract the entire tumor, leading to a local recurrence.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Health24 NewsNew research has found a link between early dieting in women and harmful health habits later in life.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Health24 NewsTo improve the eating habits of kids, you shouldn't don't dwell on the health benefits of individual food items.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from LiveScience.comMore than 10,500 U.S. residents died because of extreme weather conditions between 2006 and 2010, according to a new CDC report.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from NYT > HealthIs weight loss truly greater (for the same time expended) when exercising at moderate levels (say, 60 percent of maximum capacity) versus more intense levels (85 percent of maximum capacity)?
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[IRIN]Kisumu/Nairobi -The US President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR), the biggest funder of HIV programmes in Kenya, is set to significantly scale down its funding, a move activists and government officials believe could nega...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[SAPA]Cape Town -There is no need for South Africans to panic following the outbreak of the ebola virus in West Africa, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Wednesday.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Reuters: Health News(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc agreed on Wednesday to buy Baxter International Inc's vaccines unit and a part of a production facility for $635 million.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A recent study suggests that most elementary age students are okay with eating the healthier school lunches required by the USDA.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[New Republic]Mr. Keith Jubah, an official of Liberia's Ministry of Health & Social Welfare (MoH&SW), said the Ministry's leadership gives US$25 as daily per diem to each official appointed to bury a person who died of Ebola. There's an ...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from FOXNews.comPeople who play video games or watch television to unwind after a hard day may end up feeling worse about themselves, not better, says a new study
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[New Republic]Credible reports reaching The New Republic newspaper indicate that several senior officials of the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning are being placed under surveillance for possibly being victims of the Ebola.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from FOXNews.comSeveral food writers, including a New York Times reporter, have been subpoenaed by a meat producer as part of its $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit against ABC in regards to the network's coverage of a beef product dubbed "pink slime" by c...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[European Commission]Brussels/Dakar -The European Commission is allocating an additional €2 million to respond to the worst Ebola outbreak ever recorded. This brings the Commission's aid to fight the Ebola epidemic in West Africa to €3.9...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from FOXNews.comStop sunbathing and using indoor tanning beds, the acting U.S. surgeon general warned in a report released Tuesday that cites an alarming 200 percent jump in deadly melanoma cases since 1973
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from NYT > HealthEven small amounts of vigorous exercise could significantly lower a person’s risk of dying prematurely, according to a large-scale new study of exercise and mortality.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from FOXNews.comPeople who arrive at the hospital with a heart attack during business hours are more likely to survive than those who show up on weeknights, weekends or holidays, according to a new study
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from FOXNews.comA man who received a face transplant two years ago because his face was badly disfigured in a shotgun accident posed for GQ to show off his new look
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Reuters: Health News(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc agreed to buy two of Baxter International Inc's vaccines and a part of a facility involved in their production for $635 million.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from BBC News - HealthThe number of people in England diagnosed with dementia rises by 62% over seven years.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Reuters: Health News(Reuters) - U.S. health insurer WellPoint Inc on Wednesday reported a decline in second-quarter profit, but its closely watched medical costs as a percentage of premiums ratio improved and it beat Wall Street estimates.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsPARIS (Reuters) - A new drug being developed by French drugmaker Sanofi and U.S. partner Regeneron cut "bad" LDL cholesterol more than placebo and existing treatments in nine late-stage clinical trials, the companies said on Wednesday.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from FOXNews.comA team of oral surgeons reportedly removed 232 teeth from the mouth of a 17-year-old boy in India on July 21.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from BBC News - HealthThe Ebola virus, which has killed more than 670 people in West Africa, poses a threat to the UK, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond warns.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from FOXNews.comThe doctor leading Sierra Leone's fight against the worst Ebola outbreak on record died from the virus on Tuesday, the country's chief medical officer said
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsLONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca took a major step to build up its respiratory medicine business on Wednesday by striking a deal worth up to $2.1 billion for the rights to Spanish group Almirall's lung drugs.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from FOXNews.comA Florida resident has died after contracting “flesh-eating bacteria,” officials confirmed Tuesday.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Reuters: Health News(Reuters) - U.S. health insurer Humana Inc said on Wednesday that second-quarter profit fell due to investments in the exchanges created under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law as well as costly new hepatitis C drug treatments.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[African Arguments]As the UN warns of an impending famine in Somalia, it is important to look at the track record of aid organisations in responding to emergencies in the country. This will help explain what should be done to aid local c...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from FOXNews.comOver 2.2 million Americans suffer from glaucoma — now a new procedure may relieve symptoms
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[New Dawn]Several senior level officials at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning have been placed under 21 days observatory surveillance.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[New Dawn]One of Nigeria's foremost airlines, Arik Air on Monday announced that it was suspending all flight operations to Liberia and Sierra Leone following the widespread of Ebola diseases in the two countries.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[New Times]Surveillance systems have been strengthened at all entry points into the country and hospitals following reports that Ebola had been detected in the Nigerian capital Lagos last week.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[Heritage]The order by Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for the closure of some of the country's borders has received public mixed reaction.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[Heritage]A Montserrado Senatorial Aspirant on the ticket of the Liberty Party (LP), Mr. Benjamin Sanvee, has vowed not to participate in the 2014 Special Senatorial Election if the deadly Ebola epidemic continues to cause havoc in the c...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[New Dawn]The General Services Agency or GSA has sent all employees on one month compulsory leave in the wake of the spread of the Ebola virus in Liberia. GSA Director General Madam Mary Broh made the pronouncement here on Monday in a li...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[Heritage]President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has made a passionate plead to media practitioners in Liberia to help join the fight against the deadly Ebola virus by discouraging the state of denial amongst some citizens.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[FrontPageAfrica]As the deadly Ebola virus continues to spread, Liberians are panicking as dead bodies of people who have died from unknown causes continue to dawdle around the city of Monrovia and its environs without the Ministry of He...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[VOA]Washington, DC -Nigerian health authorities are in the process of tracing more than 30,000 people who could be at risk of contracting Ebola, after the virus surfaced in Lagos.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[Zambia Reports]As campaigns heighten for the August 19th Mangango parliamentary by-election, Political Activist Dante Saunders says observers are waiting anxiously to see President Michael Sata in person during campaigns in the Western ...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from NYT > HealthNew research adds to evidence that long-term use of some sedatives may be hazardous for older adults
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from FOXNews.comIn the world of medicine, many animal and insect-derived drugs and treatments have been employed throughout time, but in my opinion the sapo frog may be one of the strangest
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[This Day]Confusion has been trailing the status of persons that had contact with the late Liberian government official, Mr. Patrick Sawyer, who died in Lagos after he was diagnosed of Ebola Virus last Friday.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from CBS News - HealthMissionary groups say they are working to pull their personnel from West African nation and ask for prayers for two American aid workers stricken with the deadly virus
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[RFI]Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has announced the closure of most of the country's land borders as her government struggles to contain an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. Sirleaf said late on Sunday night that Monrovia'...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[Deutsche Welle]The Ebola outbreak in western Africa has prompted airport controls of passengers following the death of a Liberian in Nigeria last week. More than 670 people have died in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia since March.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[Vanguard]Since the confirmation and subsequent death of a Liberian man who was the first to be diagnosed with the Ebola Virus Disease on Nigerian soil, anxiety, shock and fear have been expressed by a wide section of the populace. Altho...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[Leadership]The Lagos State government yesterday said that the ambassador to Liberia, Mrs Chigozie Obi-Nnadozie was wrongly linked to the Ebola victim who died in Lagos last Friday after flying into the country from Monrovia.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine[Cameroon Tribune]The Ebola threat is right here! Not that it is in Cameroon; but because when the fever attack comes as close to us as in Lagos, Nigeria, there is every reason to be worried.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from NYT > HealthWith a looming shortage of M.D.s, osteopathic medicine is shedding its second-tier image. And yes, D.O.s are real doctors.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from NYT > HealthIn a report released Tuesday, Dr. Boris D. Lushniak, the acting surgeon general, said action needed to be taken to slow the incidence of skin cancer, the most diagnosed form of cancer nationwide.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from NYT > HealthA three-judge panel ruled that in closing the sole clinic, the state would have shifted its constitutional obligations to neighboring states.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from BBC News - HealthProblem drinking in middle age doubles the risk of memory loss in later life, research suggests.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from CBS News - HealthDoctor contracted virus while treating patients in Sierra Leone; another victim is confirmed to be an American citizen
