2015年6月8日 星期一

2015-06-09 U.S. Health


Reuters
   
Hong Kong to issue 'red alert' travel alert to South Korea as MERS spreads   
Reuters
SEOUL/HONG KONG Hong Kong said on Tuesday it would issue a red alert against non-essential travel to South Korea where eight new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) were reported, bringing the total to 95 with seven fatalities.
South Korea MERS outbreak: Death toll rises to 7   CNN
MERS Virus's Path: One Man, Many South Korean Hospitals   New York Times
Seventh death in South Korea Mers outbreak   BBC News
NDTV   
Voice of America   
Wall Street Journal (blog)   
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NBCNews.com
   
FDA Considers New Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs   
NBCNews.com
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will meet this week to consider approval of a new class of cholesterol-lowering drugs that could help hundreds of thousands of people who cannot take statins. They're injectable, so they wouldn't be as easy to ...

Could these new cholesterol drugs save many Americans from heart attacks?   Washington Post
Evolucumab Receives Mixed FDA Review   MedPage Today
Amgen's Cholesterol Drug 'Repatha' under Scrutiny from FDA   Northern Californian
Reuters   
Boston Globe (subscription)   
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CNN
   
Patient with drug-resistant tuberculosis being treated in Maryland   
CNN
(CNN) Health authorities are working to identify anyone who may have been exposed to a patient with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis. The patient traveled in April from India to the United States, through Chicago, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Urgent Medical Alert: Woman Contracts Extreme Form of Tuberculosis   ABC News
Tuberculosis Case Prompts Search for Patient's Fellow Airline Passengers   New York Times
Health officials tracing path of woman with rare TB   Washington Post
TheBlaze.com   
Chicago Tribune   
Breitbart News   
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The Inquisitr
   
Diabetes: FDA Approves Use Of Vaccine For Clinical Trials To Treat Type 1 ...   
The Inquisitr
In the United States alone, 1.25 million people suffer from type 1 diabetes. A vaccine used over 100 years ago for tuberculosis (bacillus Calmette-Guerin ) has shown promise in reversing this disease. This vaccine is now commonly used for treating bladder ...

Type 1 diabetes vaccine clears first hurdle   New York Daily News
Type-1 Diabetes Vaccine Approved for Human Trials   Latin Post
CommonHealth: Nearly 100-Year-Old Vaccine Could Help Type 1 Diabetics   WBUR

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iSchoolGuide
   
History Made: 9-Way Kidney Transplant Performed In San Francisco   
iSchoolGuide
Thanks to groundbreaking software, two hospitals in San Francisco successfully performed a nine-way kidney transplant over two days. Surgeons in the University of California - San Francisco Medical Center (UCSF) and California Pacific Medical Center ...

UCSF Medical Center, CPMC Join Forces for 18-Patient Kidney Transplant Chain   UCSF News Services
Software Linked Nine-Way Kidney Transplant Chain In San Francisco   STGIST
Rare Nine-Way Kidney Transplant Performed Between Two San Francisco ...   OrthoSpineNews
Pioneer News   
Uncover California   
National Monitor   
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UPI.com
   
Transplant anti-rejection drug protects against Alzheimer's, study says   
UPI.com
A drug used to prevent transplant patient's bodies from rejecting their new organs may help prevent Alzheimer's disease. Photo by Fresnel/Shutterstock. GALVESTON, Texas, June 8 (UPI) -- A drug that suppresses the immune system to prevent transplant ...

Transplant drugs appear to protect against Alzheimer's   ScienceBlog.com (blog)
Alzheimer's Conference Hosted With Resources To Help With Patient Care   WCHS-TV8
Public Release: 8-Jun-2015 Anti-rejection medications for transplant recipients ...   EurekAlert (press release)
Lancashire Evening Post   
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ReliaWire
   
Statins Unlikely To Cause Memory Loss, Study Says   
ReliaWire
Contradicting earlier research, a new study of nearly one million patients found that cholesterol-lowering statin drugs most likely do not cause short-term memory loss. The Rutgers University and University of Pennsylvania study compared new users of statins ...

Statin Use Presents No Real Risk of Memory Lapses, Asserts Study   Maine News
Statins likely not causing memory problems   Channel News Asia
Statins probably do not cause memory loss says giant study   SeniorJournal.com
13WMAZ   
University Herald   
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Reuters
   
US base shipped live anthrax to 19 states plus DC: Pentagon   
Reuters
WASHINGTON The number of labs that received live anthrax samples from a U.S. military base in Utah has risen to 66 in 19 states, Washington and three foreign countries, the Pentagon said on Monday. Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Defense Department ...

Anthrax investigation broadens   CBS News
Bloomberg View: How to defend against more accidental anthrax shipments   Salt Lake Tribune
More labs suspected of receiving live anthrax in 19 states and D.C.   Washington Times

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Uncover California
   
Early Stage Maternal Cancers Detected Using Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing   
Uncover California
In a revolutionary research study by researchers from the Centre for Human Genetics at UZ Leuven in Belgium, non-invasive prenatal testing was used to detect early stage maternal cancers in women. Published in the journal JAMA Oncology, the findings of ...

Dr. Manny: How prenatal testing in mothers could transform cancer detection   Fox News
Study Claims Efficacy of Non Invasive Prenatal Testing to Detect Maternal ...   NH Voice
Prenatal Testing For Down's Syndrome Could Also Help Detect Cancer In Mothers   Tech Times
Examiner.com   
Oncology Nurse Advisor   
Pioneer News   
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Fox News
   
Fast-spreading bird flu found in wild Michigan geese   
Detroit Free Press
The first cases of a highly contagious avian flu that has been spreading rapidly across the U.S., wreaking havoc on the poultry industry, were confirmed in Michigan today by state officials. The highly pathogenic H5N2 virus was found in three young Canada ...

Canada Geese in Michigan Discovered to Have Bird Flu   New York Times
Worst US bird flu outbreak in history expands to Michigan   Reuters
DNR confirms Michigan's first case of bird flu   WZZM
WILX-TV   
Brainerd Daily Dispatch   
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