2014年8月7日 星期四

2014-08-07 U.S. Health

  NBCNews.com   
People are struggling to bury the Ebola dead. Here's why.  Washington Post
Twenty-one bodies were awaiting burials when the excavator digging their graves got stuck in the mud. With armed Liberian soldiers standing guard, the highly infectious bodies — which had been transported from a morgue by truck amid the worst Ebola ...

No Ebola Drug for Africans; Troops Deployed   ABC News
Liberia, Sierra Leone Take Dramatic Steps to Slow Ebola Outbreak   Wall Street Journal
West Africa steps up response to Ebola as press calls for more   Christian Science Monitor
SFGate   
BBC News   
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  NBCNews.com   
New breast cancer gene mutation raises risk dramatically  CBS News
Mutated versions of a gene called PALB2 can dramatically increase a woman's risk of breast cancer, a new study has found. Women carrying the PALB2 mutation have a one in three chance of developing breast cancer by the age of 70, British researchers ...

Study ties new gene to major breast cancer risk   KRNV My News 4
Researchers Link New Gene to Increased Breast Cancer Risk   KUGN
Gene increases risk of breast cancer to one in three by age 70   Medical Xpress

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  NPR   
Fast Track For Primary Care Docs At CA University  WebMD
Some doctors in the state of California will soon be able to practice after three years of medical school instead of the traditional four. The American Medical Association is providing seed money for the effort in the form of a $1 million, five-year grant to the ...

Doctors To Spend Less Time In Medical School   Daily Caller
California university to fast track training for medical students   Fox News
California Experiments With Fast-Tracking Medical School   KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest

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  SFGate   
Organ donation for free or will some kind of compensation address dearth of ...  WallStreet OTC
organ A study conducted by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield claims that in comparison to Americans as a whole few number of New Yorkers are enrolled in organ donation programs. The study reveals that while 22% New York adults are registered as organ ...

More Live Organ Donations Needed To Address Gap in California   California Healthline
Organ donation for free or will compensation address shortage of donors?   Tech Times
Become an organ donor during National Minority Donor Awareness Week   Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online
Keypennews   
KHON2   
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  Medical News Today   
Older adults' brain functions work better in the morning  Medical News Today
Researchers who test cognitive performance may want to take heed of a recent study that suggests older adults who are tested in the morning - their optimal time of day - perform better on cognitive tasks. Older couple walking. Morning people: researchers ...

Research Shows Older Adults More Alert in the Morning   PsychCentral.com
Older adults' brains perform better during daytime   Business Standard
Elderly perform brain tasks better in morning   Big News Network.com

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  KCRA Sacramento   
Insurers launch huge health-records info exchange  KCRA Sacramento
Two California insurers announced Tuesday that they are partnering for an ambitious project to establish one of the nation's largest health information exchanges, an effort they hope will reduce duplication and improve patient outcomes. The not-for-profit Blue ...

insurance companies team on healthcare database, security crops up as ...   Tech Times
Two Health Insurers in Plans to Create a Health Records Database for Californians   Diabetes Insider
UPDATED: Patients insured by Anthem could face higher charges at Backus   TheDay.com
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WDIV Detroit   
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  University Herald   
Anorexia Is Often Fueled By Positive Emotions, Pride About Weight Loss  University Herald
Model (Photo : Wiki Commons) Women suffering from anorexia nervosa feel a sense of pride about their weight loss, according to a recent study HealthDay reported. Women suffering from anorexia nervosa feel a sense of pride about their weight loss, ...

Pride Over Weight Loss May Help Drive Anorexia   U.S. News & World Report

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  Boston Globe   
You Better Believe Boston Took the #IceBucketChallenge  Boston.com
Why have Boston-area people been pouring buckets of freezing ice water on their heads? We're glad you asked. The ice bucket challenge, as it's called, is the latest trend on social media, mixing a good cause with some charitable self-sacrifice and a dash of ...

Bostonians accept the 'Ice Bucket Challenge'   Boston Globe
This Is Why the Ice Bucket Challenge Is Actually a Big Deal   Elle
Sidney Crosby takes on #IceBucketChallenge on 27th birthday   WPXI Pittsburgh
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Yahoo Sports (blog)   
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  Wall Street Journal   
Spanish Priest With Ebola Virus in 'Stable Condition'  Wall Street Journal
Spain's Defense Ministry said Miguel Pajares, a Spanish missionary priest who has tested positive for the Ebola virus, landed in Spain on a flight from Liberia on Thursday. Photo: AP. MADRID—A Spanish priest infected with the deadly Ebola virus was in ...

Ebola Outbreak: First Case Treated In Europe   Sky News
Priest Miguel Pajares Is Flown to Spain for Ebola Treatment   NBCNews.com
Spain Priest With Ebola Stable in Madrid Hospital   ABC News
Reuters   
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Supco says psychiatric boarding illegal  SFGate
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has ruled that people with suspected mental health problems cannot be held in emergency rooms and hospitals when certified mental health facilities are already full. The court on Thursday unanimously ...

Supreme Court strikes down “psychiatric boarding”   The Olympian
Washington Supreme Court upholds ruling that psychiatric boarding is illegal   Daily Journal
Washington Supreme Court Affirms Mental Health 'Boarding' Unlawful   KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest
Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) (blog)   
seattlepi.com   
The Seattle Times (blog)   
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