2015年1月15日 星期四

2015-01-16 U.S. Health


USA TODAY
   
Flu Vaccine Not Working Well; Only 23 Percent Effective   
ABC News
This year's flu vaccine is doing a pretty crummy job. It's only 23 percent effective, which is one of the worst performances in the last decade, according to a government study released Thursday. The poor showing is primarily because the vaccine doesn't ...

Tests In Texas & 4 Other State Show Flu Vaccine Not Working Well   CBS Local
The Flu Shot Isn't Working Well This Winter   TIME
CDC: Flu vaccine only 23 percent effective this season   UPI.com
The Detroit News   
CIDRAP   
Geek Infinite   
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Firstpost
   
Ebola outbreak in West Africa appears to be slowing down: UN   
Reuters
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - An outbreak of Ebola that has claimed more than 8,400 lives in West Africa appears to be slowing down, though the battle to contain the disease is not over, the U.N. special envoy on Ebola said on Thursday. "The change in ...

UN envoy describes 'sense of self-confidence' among those battling Ebola ...   UN News Centre
UN: Ebola outbreak slowing in West Africa   Blouin News Blogs
CDC Offers Safety Training Course for Healthcare Workers Going to West Africa ...   Infection Control Today
Deutsche Welle   
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KABC-TV
   
PHOTOS: 6 sets of twins born all in the same week, at same hospital   
KABC-TV
Due to a remarkable coincidence, the maternity and neonatal intensive care unit at Saint Luke's East Hospital is twice as busy as usual this week caring for six sets of twins, reported ABC News. The six sets of twin infants, all from different mothers, are doing ...

'Dirty Diaper Dozen' keeps hospital, parents busy   KMBC Kansas City
Meet All 6 Sets of Twins Born at a Missouri Hospital This Week   WATE-TV
Why a Missouri Hospital Has Its Hands Full with Six Sets of Twins   KMBZ
KCUR   
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MedPage Today
   
Will 'Zap Away Fat' Device Work in Real World?   
MedPage Today
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Information sessions planned at Center for Surgical Weight Loss   Johnston Sun Rise
Gastric Sleeve Surgery: Permanent Weight Loss Solution   Greenville News
Surgical weight loss a disadvantage in the job market - study   Mail & Guardian Online

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Study: Environment trumps genetics in shaping immune system   
Businessweek
WASHINGTON (AP) — How your immune system does its job seems to depend more on your environment and the germs you encounter than on your genes, says new research that put twins to the test to find out. After all, the immune system adapts ...


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USA TODAY
   
At Least 40 Mistakenly Given Unsterile IV Fluid   
WebMD
Jan. 15, 2015 -- Unsterile intravenous fluids were mistakenly given to at least 40 patients, resulting in numerous hospitalizations and one death, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says. Instead of sterile saline solution normally given to patients, these ...

FDA: One Patient Dead, Others Fall Ill After Receiving Saline Infusions   KMBZ
FDA Says Dozens Given Nonsterile Simulated Saline   Law360 (subscription)
FDA investigating intravenous saline that left dozens ill, one dead   ModVive
Kitsap Sun   
USA TODAY   
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BBC News
   
Stress is 'barrier to feeling empathy for strangers'   
BBC News
Stress is the reason why we find it hard to empathise with someone we do not know, researchers suggest. In separate tests in mice and people, empathy towards strangers increased when stress hormones were blocked by a drug. Playing a fun video game ...

Stress 'stops empathy for strangers'   Union Gazette
Strangers Make People Less Empathetic, Study Finds   Headlines & Global News
Stress diminishes ability to empathize - in both lab mice and humans: study   The Daily Courier (subscription)
Daily Mail   
Live Science   
New Zealand Herald   
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Wall Street Journal
   
Social Media Economies of Scale Start With Your Staff   
Huffington Post
Every business needs to stand up and out in today's content drenched world. Social media economies of scale starts with your staff. Whether your five or five hundred strong, look around the office or review the org chart. Recruit, motivate and aggregate your ...

Stressed out? Pew study says social media may help women cope   Today.com
4 ways social media drives business development   Mashable
Social media doesn't make you more stressed   USA TODAY
Reuters   
Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project   
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ABC News
   
Newlywed dies from contracting sepsis after getting the flu   
fox8.com
Katie McQuestion, 26, was a radiologist and got her flu shot as hospital policy, but she contracted the flu and got very sick afterwards. She contracted sepsis and died on Jan. 2. “She was the picture of health,” McQuestion's mother told ABC News. McQuestion ...

Northern Ohio county reports 2 more flu deaths   WFMJ
A 26-Year-Old Newlywed Suddenly Died Days After Getting the Flu   Cosmopolitan.com (blog)
7 Flu Deaths Reported, Officials Expect More This Season   CBS Local
seattlepi.com   
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1 in 5 Adults With Epilepsy Also Has ADHD Symptoms: Study   
Philly.com
THURSDAY, Jan. 15, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly one in five adults with epilepsy also has symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a new study finds. Researchers surveyed almost 1,400 adult epilepsy patients across the United ...

One in five adults with epilepsy also has ADHD symptoms   Medical Xpress

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