us-hotdailynews: 2015-06-06 U.S. Health

FDA panel approves 'viagra for women'
Times of India
After an intense lobbying campaign, a federal advisory panel recommended approval of what would become the first drug to treat a lack of sexual desire in women. The move was immediately hailed by some women's organizations as a step toward sexual ...

FDA panel backs 'female Viagra' under safety conditions   Kearney Hub
US Food and Drug Administration panel gives preliminary OK to 'pink Viagra' for ...   The Age
Did the FDA Really Just Approve the “Female Viagra”? Not So Fast.   Slate Magazine (blog)
The Columbian
WebMD
Empire State Tribune
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A blood test can tell every virus you've ever had
Times of India
Test detects every known human virus from single drop of blood Washington: Researchers have developed a new test that can detect every known human virus that currently or previously infected a person from a single drop of blood. The method, called ...

New test reveals your 'viral history' from single drop of blood   Financial Express
DNA-Based Blood Test Helps Delve Deeper into a Person's Viral History   NYC Today
Do You Want to Know What Viruses You've Had? There's an Upcoming Test for ...   Youth Health Magzine
GMA News
Science Recorder
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South Korea Reports Nine New Cases in MERS Virus Outbreak
New York Times
SEOUL, South Korea — Nine new cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome were discovered in South Korea on Saturday, five of them stemming from transmissions at one of the country's largest and best hospitals, as officials struggled to contain the virus ...

Fear in the air   The Economist
South Korea reports nine new MERS cases, one recovers and leaves hospital   Reuters
MERS deals travel agents blow   AsiaOne
Channel News Asia
Gulf Daily News
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SFGate

UCSF, California Pacific Medical Center perform rare kidney swaps
SFGate
Doctors at UCSF and California Pacific Medical Center were finishing the final of 18 surgeries Friday afternoon in a rare nine-way, two-day kidney transplant swap at the two San Francisco hospitals. Transplant surgeons at both hospitals successfully ...

Nine-way, 36-hour Marathon Kidney Transplant takes off at Two San Francisco ...   Uncover California
Surgeons: Amazing 9-way kidney swap a success   WND.com
Amazing nine-way kidney swap a success, surgeons report   State Column
WKRC TV Cincinnati
Medical Daily
Vocal Republic
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UPI.com

CDC: Hepatitis C rates more than triple in Appalachian states
UPI.com
The CDC said between 2006 and 2012, there was a 364 percent increase in instances of hepatitis C in four Appalachian states due, in part, to an increase in intravenous drug use. File photo by David Tulis/UPI. | License Photo. ATLANTA, June 5 (UPI) ...

Why are Hepatitis C Infections Rates on the Rise in WV?   WDTV
CDC: Hepatitis C rates more than triple in Appalachian states - UPI.com   Vocal Republic
Appalachia's hepatitis C infection rates soar   WAPT Jackson

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CBC.ca

Post-Ebola rapid response unit needed, health leaders tell G7
CBC.ca
Global health leaders will ask G7 leaders this weekend to back the creation of a specialist rapid response unit to tackle outbreaks of infectious killer diseases. The move reflects how the World Health Organization in particular was caught unprepared last year ...

Stopping the next pandemic today   Washington Post

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US: Blue Bell ice-cream under scanner as private lab finds listeria
Hindustan Times
Blue Bell Creameries is reviewing a report from a private laboratory that found evidence of listeria in a carton of ice cream manufactured at its Alabama plant. Brent McRae, 75, of Florida, who had recently eaten Blue Bell's Cookies 'n Cream ice cream, fell ill ...

Private lab says listeria found in Alabama-made Blue Bell   STLtoday.com
Blue Bell ice cream made in Alabama was tainted with Listeria, private lab says   Dallas Morning News

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CBC.ca

Placenta eating offers no benefit to mom, review finds
CBC.ca
Women who eat the placenta after the birth of their baby should know that despite celebrity claims of benefits, a review of the evidence couldn't find any. Psychiatrist Dr. Crystal Clark's interest in the topic of placenta eating, or placentophagy, began when ...

Researchers Cynical of Women Ingesting Placenta   NYC Today
Healthful Benefits From Eating Placenta Pure Myths According To Latest Study   Times Gazette
Eating placenta has no proven health benefits, study says   Fox News
New York Magazine
WebMD
Northwestern University NewsCenter
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Scientists grow new limb in a lab
CBS News
A rat in Boston received what scientists are calling the first lab-engineered replacement limb. The "bio-artificial" rat forelimb is the result of a research experiment published online in the journal Biomaterials. Starting with the framework of a donor limb, ...

Scientists just gave a rat the first lab-grown replacement limb   The Week Magazine
Producing primate limbs now a reality says scientists   Times Gazette
Bioartificial Rat Arm Grown in Lab Could Be Precursor to Transplantable Limbs   Newsweek
From Quarks to Quasars
Inventorspot
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Dale County Relay for Life Recognizes Cancer Survivors and Remembers ...
WTVY, Dothan
"No matter how many times you walk that little circle and people are thanking you for surviving you cry everytime. I guarantee it." Cancer survivor Debbie Sanders says despite the devastation of cancer, she still has plenty to smile about. 'I had colon cancer, ...

Hundreds walk to defeat cancer in Lake Region   WDAZ
Its Relay Time!!   Continental eNews
ACS Knox County Relay for Life in Edina 2015 - VIDEO   Nemonews.net
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