2014年8月21日 星期四

2014-08-22 U.S. Health

  Reuters   
US aid workers who survived Ebola leave Atlanta hospital  Reuters
ATLANTA, (Reuters) - Appearing thin but smiling, a Texas doctor who weeks ago entered an Atlanta hospital in a full-body biohazard suit to be treated for Ebola said on Thursday he was "thrilled to be alive" as doctors declared him virus-free and safe for ...

Moment doctor cured of Ebola high-fives medical team as he's discharged from ...   Daily Mail
Two Americans who contracted Ebola virus in Liberia have been released from ...   Washington Post
Fort Worth Church Celebrates Doctor's Ebola Recovery   CBS Local
CultureMap Dallas   
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  Monthly Prescribing Reference   
FDA Grants New Indication For Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb Drug  Forbes
The FDA today approved an expanded indication for the oral anticoagulant apixaban (Eliquis, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer). Apixaban will now be indicated for the treatment of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), and for the ...

FDA Approves Eliquis (apixaban) for the Treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis ...   HCPLive
FDA clears Eliquis for new use against blood clots   Businessweek
FDA Approves Eliquis For DVT And PE   Pharmaceutical Processing
Healio   
GlobalPost   
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  Medscape   
Polio: 2 Vaccines Together May Be Key to Full Eradication  Medscape
In the battle to eradicate polio in areas where it remains a threat, 1 plus 1 could equal 0. After decades of controversy over which polio vaccine to use, either Albert Sabin's live-attenuated oral poliovirus (OPV) or Jonas Salk's inactivated poliovirus (IPV), ...

Polio's Two Vaccines Are More Effective When They're Combined   TIME
Study: Combining vaccines boosts polio immunity   Daily News - Galveston County
Two polio vaccines may give greater protection against crippling disease   Medical Xpress

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  ESPN   
Former NFL quarterback Jim Kelly is cancer free  The Westside Story
Jim Kelly, a Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame quarterback, is apparently cancer free after struggling with sinus cancer since last year. However, the former NFL quarterback issued a statement today saying he is “not completely out of the woods yet.” “The pain from the ...

Doctor Weighs In On Jim Kelly's Road To Recovery   TWC News
Jim Kelly on 'big step' in recovery   ESPN (blog)
NFL HOFer Jim Kelly cancer-free after tests   KFVS
Bills Blitz - The Buffalo News   
USA TODAY   
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  Tech Times   
Talk Therapy Plus Meds Best for Severe Depression?  WebMD
THURSDAY, Aug. 21, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A combination of therapy and antidepressants appears to best help people with severe but short-term depression, a new study reports. Four out of five people suffering from severe depression for less than two ...

Meds with therapy can lift severe depression   Futurity: Research News
Therapy plus meds often equals best treatment for depression   Tech Times
Talk Therapy Plus Meds May Be Best for Severe Depression   Doctors Lounge
Medscape   
Vanderbilt University News   
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  NBCNews.com   
Ebola Test Comes Back Negative for Patient in California  NBCNews.com
A California patient who recently returned from West Africa has tested negative for the Ebola virus, the state Health Department announced Thursday night, reassuring residents that there are no confirmed cases of the virulent virus in the state. Test results on ...

Sacramento Ebola tests come back negative   SFGate
Health Officials: Patient tested negative for the Ebola virus   News10.net
Sacramento patient tests negative for Ebola virus   ABC30.com
Reno Gazette Journal   
NBC Bay Area   
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New cases of West Nile virus  Picayune Item
There have been seven total West Nile virus cases reported in the following counties this year: Adams, Hinds, Newton, Rankin, Yazoo and Wilkinson. The first human death from West Nile virus was reported last week in Yazoo County. According to a press ...


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Older People Sleep Less. Now We Know Why.  Huffington Post
It's long been known that the older you get, the less you sleep. There are many proposed reasons for why this happens, and they include new medications, psychological distress, retirement or simply the theory that the elderly need less sleep. But a new study ...


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  Daily Mail   
Dr Jenny Stedmon will be the third Australian doctor to join the fight against the ...  Daily Mail
An Australian doctor will be the third doctor to risk their life in West Africa, as Dr Jenny Stedmon joins the fight against the deadly ebola outbreak. Dr Stedmon, an anaesthetist from Brisbane told the Daily Mail Australia that her only hesitation is the disease as ...

Aussie doctor heads for Ebola front line   The Australian
The Ethics of the Ebola Outbreak: Who Should Receive Experimental Treatment?   Huffington Post
£500000 pledge by Scottish Government to combat Ebola   Herald Scotland
Wall Street Journal   
Voice of America   
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  Tech Times   
Screening detects immune deficiency, 'Bubble Boy' disease is more common ...  Tech Times
Scientists are finding that the number of babies born with compromised immune systems is higher than we originally thought. They are finding that these numbers are one in 58,000 rather than one in 100,000. (Photo : Caitlin Bogdan). "Bubble Boy" disease is ...

Test Reliably Detects Inherited Immune Deficiency   Bioscience Technology
SCID Previously Underdiagnosed in Infants with Fatal Infections   Infection Control Today
'Bubble Boy' disease may be more common than thought, researchers say   Daily Digest

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