us-hotdailynews: 2015-05-31 U.S. Health

Lung cancer therapy 'milestone'
Gulf Daily News
CHICAGO: For the first time, a major study shows that a drug targeting the body's disease-fighting immune system may improve survival for the most common form of lung cancer. These newer kinds of drugs have transformed treatment of melanoma, the ...

New lung cancer drug turns body into a tumour-fighting weapon... and trumps ...   Daily Mail
Packed Session Illustrates Reason For Excitement Around Advanced Cancer ...   Clinical Leader
More cancer success with drugs that enlist immune system   iFreePress.com (blog)
Maine News
The Charlottesville Newsplex
Fox News Latino
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Live anthrax found in US military shipment to Australia
Irish Independent
Live anthrax has been found in a 2008 sample sent to Australia from the same U.S. Army facility identified this week for more recent, mistaken shipments to nine U.S. states and an air base in South Korea, a U.S. defense official said on Friday.
Anthrax sent to Massachusetts lab, Pentagon says   Boston Globe (subscription)
US Defense Dept. Launches Review Of Lab Procedures Involving Anthrax ...   Eurasia Review
Pentagon No. 2 to lead investigation into handling of anthrax   USA TODAY
iFreePress.com (blog)
New Zealand Herald
WILX-TV
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Tattoo Can Cause Long-Term Skin Allergy: Research
Yibada (English Edition)
New York University researchers found out that six percent of adult New Yorkers with tattoo encounter some tattoo-related skin allergy that could last for months and more. The recent study stated that one out of every 10 inkers does not foresee any skin ...

Tattoos could cause skin problems   NYC Today
Tattoos could cause skin problems - NYC Today   Gazette Herald
Yikes: If you get a tattoo, you might get this unwelcome surprise   BABW News
Empire State Tribune
Immortal News
Morning Ticker
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New strategy to starve HIV to death
The Indian Express
Scientists have found a new strategy to starve the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to death – by blocking its sugar and nutrient pipeline. HIV has a voracious sweet tooth, which turns out to be its Achilles' heel, according to researchers from Northwestern ...

Study finds way to starve HIV, keep it from reproducing   UPI.com
HIV's Sweet Tooth Is Its Downfall   Northwestern University NewsCenter
Researchers Find Way to Starve HIV Virus   Clapway
Vaccine News Daily
RedOrbit
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Increased STD Cases Blamed On Tinder, Grindr Dating Apps
Yibada (English Edition)
Rhode Island Department of Health (Health) found out that rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) like HIV and syphilis have increased significantly from 2013 to 2014, blaming the increase on number of people using social media and popular hookup ...

Social Media Dating Apps lead to Alarming Rise in STDs   NYC Today
Social Media Dating Apps lead to Alarming Rise in STDs - NYC Today   Gazette Herald
Should Dating Apps Help Promote Safe Sex?   Newsweek
Digital Journal
The Providence Journal
KSL.com
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Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Could Decrease Risk Of Additional ...
International Business Times
Breast cancer research shows major breakthroughs for women who undergo surgery. Construction workers, pictured above, make giant pink ribbon to promote the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, at the UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center ...

Pfizer's Drug Delays Progression in Recurrent Breast Cancer   Bloomberg
Combo therapies effective in forms of leukemia, lymphoma and breast cancer   Washington Post
UPDATE 1-Pfizer's Ibrance drug slows progression of breast cancer   Reuters
Northern Californian
The Nation
The Straits Times
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Kansas patient tests negative for Ebola after Sierra Leone trip
Reuters Africa
May 30 (Reuters) - A man being monitored for Ebola at the University of Kansas Hospital has tested negative for the deadly disease, the hospital said on Saturday. The man had returned from the West African nation of Sierra Leone and developed a fever.
Patient has malaria, not Ebola, University of Kansas Hospital officials say   Kansas City Star
No Ebola for patient at KU Hospital   Lawrence Journal World
Hospital: KC-area man tests negative for Ebola virus   fox4kc.com

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Watch: Woman meets the man with her dead brother's face after ground ...
Irish Independent
Rebekah Aversano and Richard Norris meet for the first time Open Gallery 4 Rebekah Aversano and Richard Norris meet for the first time Richard Norris was on the cover of GQ after his surgery in March 2012 Richard before his surgery. Richard Norris was ...

Transplant recipient meets sister of man who gave him a new face   FOX31 Denver
Face transplant recipient meets donor's sister   MyFOXPhilly.com
Sister meets man who now wears her brother's face   USA TODAY

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Leah Still suffers health setback
NBCSports.com
Leah Still, the daughter of Bengals defensive tackle Devon Still who has inspired millions with her battle against cancer, has suffered a setback. Devon Still wrote on Instagram that Leah has been diagnosed with veno-occlusive disease, a liver problem that ...

Leah Still has had setback in cancer recovery, says her father, Bengals' Devon Still   Washington Post (blog)
Devon Still: Daughter Leah Has 'Serious Complication' in Cancer Fight   ABC News
Bengals' Devon Still asks for prayers for sick daughter   Oroville Mercury Register

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Green Tea Could Help Prevent Prostate Cancer
Tech Times
Everyone knows green tea is healthy, but it might be far better for men's health than previously thought. A recent study shows that subcomponents of the beverage can help prevent the development of prostate cancer. (Photo : McKay Savage | Flickr).
In North Carolina, prostate cancer attacks black men at a startling rate   Charlotte Observer
Green tea may help prevent prostate cancer   The Bell Jar

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