2014年8月12日 星期二

2014-08-13 U.S. Health

  Fox News   
Experimental Drugs Are Approved for Use in Fighting Ebola in West Africa  Wall Street Journal
The World Health Organization gave a green light to the use of experimental drugs to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, with demand for—and questions about—untested treatments growing after two infected Americans received some. A panel of ...

Canadian Government Donates Experimental Ebola Vaccine to WHO   Businessweek
Canada to donate experimental vaccine to WHO against Ebola outbreak in West ...   Xinhua
Canada to donate experimental Ebola vaccine   CTV News
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  New York Times   
AFib May Pose Risks for Surgery Patients  WebMD
TUESDAY, Aug. 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Surgery patients who have the irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation may be at heightened risk of stroke for months after their operation, a new study finds. Atrial fibrillation affects more than 33 million ...

Surgery Patients' Heart Rhythms Seen as Indicator of Stroke Risk   New York Times (blog)
Perioperative A-Fib Ups Long-Term Stroke Risk   Doctors Lounge
Post-Surgery Stroke Risks   Upstart Magazine
iStreet Research   
Reuters   
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  Daily Mail   
Once-Only Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Screening Cuts Colorectal Cancer  Doctors Lounge
Once-only flexible sigmoidoscopy screening, with or without fecal occult blood testing, is associated with reduced colorectal cancer incidence and mortality, according to a study published in the Aug. 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association ...

Five-minute bowel cancer screening test may save 3000 lives a year by spotting ...   Daily Mail
'Vanished' in US, Sigmoidoscopy Saves Lives in Norway   Medscape
Sigmoidoscopy Does Cut Risk of Dying From Colon Cancer: Study   HealthDay
Medical Xpress   
2 Minute Medicine   
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  NBCNews.com   
Hoda Kotb takes 'ice' challenge  New York Daily News
We didn't even call her out — but Hoda Kotb just took the Ice Bucket Challenge! The “Today” show host had a full bucket of ice-cold water dumped atop her head one day after a team of Daily News scribes did the same thing — part of a monthlong, social ...

Patriots, Timberlake take 'Ice Bucket Challenge'   Boston Globe
Ice Bucket Challenge taken to a new level   WCVB Boston
Reporter takes the 'Ice Bucket Challenge,' remembering a goodbye   The Union Leader
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  Voice of America   
Guangzhou zoo unveils 'miracle' panda triplets  ecns
A set of panda triplets are doing well at Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province. Giant panda "Ju Xiao" gave birth to the trio on July 29, 2014. (Photo provided by China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda).
Rare set of panda triplets born in China   WABC-TV
Rare panda triplets born in China   Irish Examiner
Rare panda triplets survive at south China zoo   Xinhua
CRIENGLISH.com   
Brisbane Times   
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  Tech Times   
Bioengineers create artificial brain that looks like a donut  Tech Times
Bioengineers at Tufts University have created functional 3D artificial brain tissue. Not only can this brain tissue survive life in a lab for up to nine weeks, but its neurons also responds to stimuli. (Photo : Tufts University). Scientists know a lot about the human ...

The Artificial Rat Brain Built Like A Jam Donut   Forbes
Scientists Made Lab-Grown Brains to See What Happens When You Shock Them   Motherboard

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Son of woman with Ebola says she is getting better  KFOX El Paso
The son of a North Carolina-based missionary says his mother is doing well as she's being treated for the Ebola virus in an Atlanta hospital. Jeremy Writebol told NBC's "Today" show in an interview broadcast Tuesday that Nancy Writebol's eyes are getting ...


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  Reuters   
Pfizer to help 23andMe unravel genetic ties to bowel disease  Reuters
(Reuters) - Home genetics company 23andMe on Tuesday said it hopes to uncover gene mutations linked to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by enrolling 10,000 people with the hard-to-treat malady and examining DNA from their donated saliva samples.
23andMe teams with Pfizer to study inflammatory bowel disease   SFGate (blog)
23andMe, Pfizer Team Up To Investigate Genetic Roots Of Inflammatory Bowel ...   Medical Daily
Pfizer, 23andMe Team up to Study Bowel Disease   ABC News
FierceBiotech   
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  Sandusky Register   
Ga. plant manager 'scared' by salmonella test  Corvallis Gazette Times
2014-08-12T12:53:23Z 2014-08-12T16:02:58Z Ga. plant manager 'scared' by salmonella testThe Associated Press The Associated Press. 6 hours ago • By RAY HENRY. (0) Comments. ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — The former manager of a peanut processor linked ...

Georgia trial on salmonella outbreak continues   WTXL ABC 27

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  Daily Digest   
Gene associated with Alzheimer's may have been innocent this whole time  Daily Digest
The case study of a man lacking a gene linked to higher risk for Alzheimer's disease demonstrates that the gene is not essential for normal cognitive function and may thus be targeted by new therapies. By John Tyburski, Daily Digest News Tuesday, August ...

Gene Long Linked to Alzheimer's Memory Loss Is Innocent   Businessweek
No apolipoprotein, no Alzheimer's? Man missing gene leads to new treatment idea   Tech Times
Striking a Nerve: Respect the Lowly Case Report   MedPage Today
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Concord Monitor   
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