2014年12月23日 星期二

2014-12-24 U.S. Health


CNN
   
FDA Easing Ban on Gays, to Let Some Give Blood   
New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it would scrap a decades-old lifetime prohibition on blood donation by gay and bisexual men, a major stride toward ending what many had seen as a national policy of ...

Seattle advocates praise FDA move to lift ban on gay blood donors, say it's not ...   The Seattle Times
Why Even A 12-Month Ban On Blood Donations From Gay Men Makes No Sense   Huffington Post
FDA close to allowing gay men to give blood, but with a catch   SFGate
NBCNews.com   
Windy City Times   
Reuters   
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America Herald
   
Structured Notes Tied to Celgene, Gilead Hit Record High   
Businessweek
Investors are buying U.S. structured notes tied to biotechnology companies such as Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD:US) and Celgene Corp. (CELG:US) at a record pace, as innovative drugs help power share growth. Banks issued $531.2 million of notes linked to ...

Hep C Drug Deal Seen as Helpful to Patients   MedPage Today
AbbVie Puts The Hurt On Gilead Sciences, Closes Exclusive Deal With Express ...   Seeking Alpha
Drugmakers face pressure as Express Scripts demands more drug savings   STLtoday.com
Wall Street Journal   
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Times of India
   
E-reading at night can leave you sleepless   
Times of India
WASHINGTON: Use of a light-emitting electronic device such as e-books in the hours before bedtime can adversely impact sleep, overall health, alertness and the circadian clock, a new study has found. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) ...

Ditch that smartphone- Sleep well!   Pioneer News
E-books could damage sleep   Investor's Business Daily
Reading On A Screen Before Bed Might Be Killing You   Huffington Post
Los Angeles Times   
Boston Globe   
New York Daily News   
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Salon
   
So Far, 6.4 Million Obtain Health Care Coverage for 2015 in Federal Marketplace   
New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Tuesday that 6.4 million people had selected health insurance plans or had been automatically re-enrolled in coverage through the federal insurance marketplace. New customers accounted for 30 percent of ...

Health Highlights: Dec. 23, 2014   Philly.com
Much work still needed on health care sign-ups   Chicago Daily Herald
Obamacare Sign-Ups Reach 6.4 Million   Bloomberg
Houston Chronicle   
Jamestown Sun   
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KMBZ
   
Safeway pulls caramel apples amid listeria scare   
STLtoday.com
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Safeway has pulled prepackaged caramel apples from its shelves, the grocery chain said Tuesday, a day after the family of a person who died from a listeria infection linked to the fruit sued the company. Shirlee Jean Frey, who died ...

First caramel apple listeria lawsuit filed   KSDK
Family of woman who ate caramel apples, died in listeria outbreak files wrongful ...   Greenfield Daily Reporter

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NPR
   
Nearly All Diabetics Should Be on Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs: Experts   
Philly.com
TUESDAY, Dec. 23, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- New guidelines from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) call for giving the cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins to all people with diabetes to help prevent heart disease. These new standards bring ...

Lower BMI Limit for T2D Screening for Asian Americans   MedPage Today
ADA lowers BMI cut point for Asian Americans at risk for type 2 diabetes   Clinical Endocrinology News Digital Network
Asians Should Be Screened For Diabetes At Lower Body Weight   Headlines & Global News
WebMD   
North Country Public Radio   
FOX6 WBRC - MyFoxAL.com   
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Oldest verified man in US dies at 110   
Winston-Salem Journal
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois resident recognized as the oldest man in the U.S. has died at 110. The Rockford Register Star (http://bit.ly/1JQe1am ) reports C. Conrad Johnson died Tuesday. The director of the funeral home handling Johnson's ...


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Headlines & Global News
   
Immune Cells Could Help Control Obesity, Diabetes   
Headlines & Global News
"Histologic images above and below showing characteristic murine beige fat cells that are implicated in increasing caloric expenditure." (Photo : Jonathan R. Brestoff and David Artis). An immune cell type appears to help burn fat cells and fight obesity.
Immune cells tweak the body's metabolism to help control obesity   Ars Technica
Immune System May Play Role in Obesity   U.S. News & World Report

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Macro Insider
   
Feds Give $43 Million To Fast Track Development Of Ebola Vaccines   
Huffington Post
Dec 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded contracts worth a total of about $43 million to NewLink Genetics Corp and GlaxoSmithKline Plc for faster development of two Ebola vaccines. Under a $30 million contract, ...

NewLink, Merck get $30 million U.S. grant to test Ebola vaccine   Chicago Tribune
NewLink, Merck Collaboration On Ebola Vaccine Candidate Gets $30 Mln Govt Aid   RTT News
Feds give $30 million to NewLink for Ebola vaccine   Business Record

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Fox News
   
News Scan for Dec 23, 2014   
CIDRAP
A Kansas resident who died this past summer was infected with a new virus that may have been carried by ticks, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) reported in a press release yesterday. The patient died after having symptoms like ...

New virus linked to Bourbon County resident   Fort Scott Tribune
Kansas Says New Virus Found After Resident's Death   ABC News
Death of Kansan linked to new virus that may be tick-borne   Kansas City Star
TheBlaze.com   
New Hampshire Voice   
Outbreak News Today   
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