2014年8月27日 星期三

2014-08-28 U.S. Health

  USA TODAY   
CDC worker flown back to USA after Ebola exposure  USA TODAY
An employer with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been flown back to the USA from West Africa on a charter flight after being exposed to Ebola. The CDC employee is not sick, has no symptoms of Ebola and "therefore poses no ...

Ebola outbreak: US official says epidemic will worsen   BBC News
CDC Staffer Returns to US After Low-Risk Contact with Individual Infected with ...   KMBZ
CDC Director: Ebola Is 'Worse Than I'd Feared'   TIME
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Deutsche Welle   
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  Daily Digest   
Study at Mount Everest shows how blood pressure reacts to altitude  Daily Digest
A new study has found that blood pressure increases with altitude and medication meant to lower blood pressure does not help. By Vanessa Blanchard, Daily Digest News Wednesday, August 27, 2014. Study at Mount Everest shows how blood pressure ...

Expedition Reveals Effects of Altitude on Blood Pressure   Laboratory Equipment
Everest Study Finds High Altitude Affects Blood Pressure   U.S. News & World Report
How high altitude affects blood pressure   Zee News

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  BetaBoston   
Cambridge's DNA Medicine Institute is a Qualcomm Tricorder XPrize finalist  BetaBoston
The goal of the $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder Xprize contest is to jump-start the development of a portable broad-spectrum diagnostic device that can flag 16 different conditions and track vital signs in patients who don't have access to clinics and laboratory ...

Real-Life 'Star Trek' Tech Could Diagnose Diseases   Yahoo News UK

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Light Therapy a Good Option for Pre-Cancerous Skin Lesions, Study Says  U.S. News & World Report
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Treating pre-cancerous skin spots with a type of light therapy may be more effective than the usual therapy -- freezing the lesions with liquid nitrogen, a new study suggests. Rough, scaly spots, called actinic ...

Photodynamic therapy vs. cryotherapy for actinic keratoses   Medical Xpress
Light vs. Freezing for Actinic Keratosis   dailyRx
Photodynamic therapy clears thin AKs better than cryotherapy   Skin and Allergy News Digital Network

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  MedPage Today   
Isolated systolic hypertension linked to angina; isolated diastolic hypertension ...  Clinical Endocrinology News Digital Network
Key clinical point: Isolated systolic and diastolic blood pressures are associated with increased risks for different types of cardiovascular disease. Major finding: High systolic BP was strongly associated with intracerebral hemorrhage (HR, 1.44) and stable ...

Self-monitoring, self-titrating hypertension meds benefits high-risk patients   Clinical Advisor
Managing BP at Home Works in High-Risk Patients   MedPage Today
Patient-led dosing for hypertension improves BP control   GP online
Doctors Lounge   
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  NBCNews.com   
Scientists reverse bad memories by blasting brain cells  New Zealand Herald
Traumatic memories could be switched into pleasant recollections with a flash of light, scientists claim. Doctors may one day be able to use a new technique to treat soldiers with post-traumatic stress or patients with debilitating phobias. The method, which has ...

Scientists "Rewrite" Bad Memories Into Good Ones   Chinatopix
Scientists turn bad memories into good   The Australian
Neuroscientists say it's possible to overwrite bad memories   Rappler
WebMD   
Wall Street Journal   
BBC News   
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  KOCO Oklahoma City   
Mosquito tests positive for West Nile virus in Oklahoma County  KOCO Oklahoma City
An Oklahoma City-County Health Department public health specialist confirmed one case of West Nile virus in a mosquito population in Oklahoma County. Related. Ammunition explodes in Midwest City... Guthrie assesses options after sales... 6th driest ...

West Nile virus tests positive in mosquito samples in 2 Suffolk parks   Newsday
West Nile Virus Confirmed in Benton County   KVEW
Concentration of West Nile virus found near Campbell   Milpitas Post
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NewsOK.com   
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  NBCNews.com   
First Human Trials of Ebola Vaccine to Start  NBCNews.com
The U.S. government and drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline will announce Thursday that they are starting the first human trials of a vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus. The National Institutes of Health will sponsor the first trial of the vaccine, one of several being ...

Ebola Vaccine From GlaxoSmithKline to Begin US Clinical Trials Within Weeks ...   NDTV
Glaxo's Ebola vaccine may begin safety tests in humans next week   Weatherford Democrat
New GSK Ebola vaccine begins trials   The Malay Mail Online

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  Times LIVE   
Scientists grow complete new organ, take major step in regeneration  Daily Digest
A new report describes the first successful attempt to grow an entire new organ, transplant it into a recipient, and have it function normally. By John Tyburski, Daily Digest News Wednesday, August 27, 2014. Scientists grow complete new organ, take major ...

First organ grown from cells created in lab debuts   The Guardian Nigeria
Whole organ 'grown' inside animal for the first time   Reuters

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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Giant panda 'faked pregnancy for extra treats and nicer accommodation'  Telegraph.co.uk
The planned first ever live-broadcast of a panda giving birth has been cancelled amid claims the expectant mother faked her pregnancy. Giant panda Ai Hin may have tricked staff at a breeding centre in China to receive more pampering and extra food rations, ...


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