2015年2月18日 星期三

2015-02-19 U.S. Health


NBCNews.com
   
UCLA Warns 169 Patients About Possible Deadly 'Superbug' Exposure   
NBCNews.com
The UCLA Health System is notifying more than 160 patients that they may have been exposed to a bacterial "superbug" during endoscopies after an investigation found seven patients were infected — and the bug may have contributed to two deaths, the ...

Superbug linked to 2 deaths at UCLA hospital; 179 potentially exposed   Los Angeles Times
Hundreds possibly exposed to 'superbug' at UCLA Medical Center   Reuters
7 Infected, More Than 100 Exposed To Potentially Fatal 'Superbug' At UCLA ...   Huffington Post
New York Times   
MiamiHerald.com   
CNN   
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Wall Street Journal
   
New Approach to Blocking HIV Raises Hopes for an AIDS Vaccine   
New York Times
A new compound has blocked H.I.V. infection so well in monkeys that it may be able to function as a vaccine against AIDS, the scientists who designed it reported Wednesday. H.I.V. has defied more than 30 years of conventional efforts to fashion a vaccine.
Experimental AIDS vaccine blocks HIV in monkeys   CBS News
Experimental new HIV treatment may prevent infection   The Verge
Experimental drug shown to block all HIV strains   Xinhua
Boston Globe (subscription)   
The Australian   
Irish Examiner   
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Reuters
   
Global progress against obesity "unacceptably slow"   
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Global progress toward tackling obesity has been "unacceptably slow", health experts said on Wednesday, with only one in four countries implementing a policy on healthy eating before 2010. In a series of studies published in The ...

Obesity is a health care 'time bomb,' warn Lancet authors   Toronto Star
Diets around the world are getting worse, not better   Washington Post
Healthy? No thanks: Diets of people worldwide are worsening   U.S. News & World Report
CBC.ca   
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CBS Local
   
Study Finds Teens Getting Less Sleep   
CBS Local
Researchers conducted a national survey and found that the percentage of U.S. teens who get seven or more hours of sleep per night is decreasing. Between 2011 and 2012, only 43 percent of 15-year-olds say they get at least seven hours of sleep; while in ...

Adolescents Aren't Getting Enough slumber:   The Southern Herald
Are you getting enough sleep? The great American sleep recession   WTTV CBS4Indy
Teens Getting Less and Less Sleep   CIproud.com
kplr11.com   
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Reuters
   
California confirms 119 cases of measles in state   
Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Public health officials said on Wednesday that six more cases of measles had been confirmed in California, bringing to 119 the total number of people infected by a strain of the virus that has also been linked to a large outbreak in ...

More measles infections recorded in California   Lompoc Record
California Measles Outbreak Possibly Linked to Philippines, Says Officials   NDTV

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Times LIVE
   
Treatments to stop Alzheimer's step closer as scientists discover key inhibitor ...   
Medical News Today
Scientists have discovered a molecule that can interrupt an important stage in the development of Alzheimer's disease. The molecule sticks to faulty proteins and stops them forming toxic clusters in the brain. amyloid fibril with Brichos spots. The chaperone ...

Inhibitor Molecule Could Improve Alzheimer's Treatment   Tech Times
Alzheimer's Cure Could Be On The Horizon Thanks To Discovery Of Key ...   Headlines & Global News
Key to blocking Alzheimer's progress discovered   Times of India
Daily Mail   
RTT News   
I Know Today   
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Dr. Rick Sacra, special to CNN   
CNN
Dr. Rick Sacra visits with a woman at one of the health clinic where he works in Liberia. Story highlights. Liberia's hospital system collapsed during the Ebola epidemic; Dr. Rick Sacra says faith and teamwork make a medical team successful. (CNN) Monday ...


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Popular Science
   
Marijuana munchies are all in the brain, US study finds   
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - If recent laws legalizing marijuana in more U.S. states also boost sales of potato chips and brownies, scientists will know why: A study in mice published on Wednesday found, unexpectedly, that the active ingredients in pot essentially ...

Researchers find reason pot causes 'munchies'   Houston Chronicle
Scientists find out why marijuana gives you the munchies   Sydney Morning Herald
Marijuana munchies study may help cancer patients   Danbury News Times
CT Post   
Tech Times   
Headlines & Global News   
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CBC.ca
   
Epigenome, a second genetic code, mapped by scientists   
CBC.ca
Scientists for the first time have mapped out the molecular "switches" that can turn on or silence individual genes in the DNA in more than 100 types of human cells, an accomplishment that reveals the complexity of genetic information and the challenges of ...

First 'Epigenomes' Map Highlights How Genes Spur Health, Disease   U.S. News & World Report

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Geek Infinite
   
Just eating more fiber can boost weight loss   
HealthCentral.com
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts say that just eating more fiber can be a more effective way to lose weight than more complex diets, such as the American Heart Association diet, which includes 13 different guidelines. Researchers monitored ...

The One Simple Diet Change to Shed Pounds   KTIC

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