2014年12月20日 星期六

2014-12-21 U.S. Health


Reuters
   
UN's Ebola mission should be closed once battle won: Ban   
Reuters
BAMAKO (Reuters) - The United Nations mission to fight Ebola should be wound down quickly once the battle is won, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday during his first tour of countries stricken with the virus. The U.N. emergency Ebola ...

Sierra Leone Welcomes Cooperation in Christmas Celebration Ban to Contain ...   Voice of America
UN chief Ban Ki-moon praises Ebola health workers   Irish Independent
NHS Ebola staff 'insulted' by UK travel ban   The Guardian
Sierra Express Media   
The Independent   
Nigerian Tribune   
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The Seattle Times
   
Dr. Oz's facts: 4 out of 10 aren't true   
The Seattle Times
Researchers who fact-checked Dr. Mehmet Oz and his on-air guests were able to find legitimate studies related to 11 percent of the recommendations made on his show. However, in these cases, the recommendations ran counter to the medical literature.
Dr. Oz or America's doctor medical advice is inaccurate or fake, study says   The Hoops News
Real-World Medicine Man Or Phony? MDs Weigh In on the Dr. Oz Debate   Science Times
Dr. Oz Slammed As Wrong Half the Time by New Study   WebProNews
Geek Infinite   
Los Angeles Times   
Chicago Tribune   
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USA TODAY
   
Child tests negative for Ebola at Chicago hospital   
Reuters
(Reuters) - A child being monitored for Ebola in a Chicago hospital has been discharged after testing negative for the virus, the state health agency said on Saturday. Federal officials screening for Ebola at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago detected a ...

Child discharged from Chicago hospital after tests for Ebola come back negative   Chicago Sun-Times
Child Hospitalized With Ebola-Like Symptoms Discharged; Tests Negative   CBS Local
Chicago: Child in observation tests negative for Ebloa, released   nwitimes.com
WLS-TV   
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Frontline Desk
   
Study, Most Of The Asthma Patients Wrongly Use Inhalers   
Frontline Desk
As indicated by a recent study, asthma sufferers and people with serious hypersensitivities don't know how to utilize their medicinal gadgets ensuing conceivably catastrophic results. Just 16% of individuals knew how to utilize an epinephrine injector and, only ...

Asthma and allergy devices 'not used properly'   BBC News
Most People With Inhalers, EpiPens Don't Use Them Right   ABC News
Only 7% asthma patients use their inhalers properly, points out new study   The Westside Story
The Seattle Times   
Philly.com   
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Youth Health Magzine
   
This Is the Cheapest Way to Treat Flu   
Youth Health Magzine
Bad news: it's the flu season and, unfortunately, the current vaccine available may not be as effective as we'd like it to be. The good news is there's another treatment, and it's free. It's a hug! A research conducted by a team of Carnegie Mellon University found ...

Who needs a hug? Anyone trying to ward off a cold this winter.   Washington Post
A hug a day keeps the doctor away   Times of India

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Danbury News Times
   
Hospitals face funding reductions   
Danbury News Times
Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport, Conn. Connecticut hospitals are among 721 nationwide that will have their federal Medicare payments cut for having high rates of infections and other patient injuries. Hospitals losing funding include Danbury, Norwalk, ...

Medicare penalizing 12 Miss hospitals with 1 percent cuts   San Francisco Chronicle
Medicare to be cut at 6 Maine hospitals   WCSH-TV

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Irish Examiner
   
Healthy tips for dealing with diabetes   
Irish Examiner
One of my sisters, who is in her 40s, has recently been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. I don't have the healthiest of lifestyles, so I wonder should I have my glucose checked? There are a number of risk factors for type 2 diabetes and these include having a ...

How Drug Combination Helps Control Type 1 Diabetes   U.S. News & World Report
Some Blood Types Might Raise Type 2 Diabetes Risk: Study   Philly.com
Type O Blood Linked to Lower Diabetes Risk   Laboratory Equipment
Sampan   
Science Codex   
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Stolen laptop held Northwestern patient data   
San Francisco Chronicle
CHICAGO (AP) — A major Chicago health care system has apologized to nearly 3,000 patients whose personal information was on an unencrypted laptop that was stolen in October. Northwestern Memorial Healthcare started mailing letters Friday to affected ...


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Apex Tribune
   
Cubist Pharmaceuticals gets FDA nod for its experimental drug Zerbaxa   
Wall Street Hedge
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday gave green signal to drug maker Cubist Pharmaceuticals for its experimental antibiotic Zerbaxa to treat complicated intra-abdominal infection (cIAI) and complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI).
FDA OKs Cubist Antibiotic for Serious Infections   ABC News
FDA Approves Cubist's Experimental Antibiotic Zerbaxa   Wall Street Journal
FDA approvals boost 2 Mass. biotech firms   Boston Globe
Bidness ETC   
Reuters   
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Pharmaceutical Business Review
   
Ovarian-cancer drug approved by FDA   
Columbus Dispatch
Opening a new chapter in the use of genomic science to fight cancer, the Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a medication for advanced ovarian cancer associated with a defective BRCA gene. Made by AstraZeneca, the new drug — olaparib ...

FDA OKs AstraZeneca 's first-in-class ovarian cancer drug plus companion test ...   Minneapolis Star Tribune
FDA approves new ovarian cancer drug   Los Angeles Times
AstraZeneca's ovarian cancer drug gets US approval   Reuters
U.S. News & World Report   
ModernMedicine   
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