us-hotdailynews: 2015-09-22 U.S. Health

How much do American kids love apples? They account for 29% of fruit consumed ...
Los Angeles Times
Skip the açaí berries and pass on the pomegranate juice. When it comes to fruit, American kids prefer apples – by a long shot. On any given day, apples account for 29% of the fruit consumed by U.S. children and teens, according to a study published ...
Kids' favorite fruit and the best way to serve it   CBS News
The fruit kids eat most is …   FOX CT
Apples are American kids' favorite fruit   Medical Xpress
Nature World Report
Health Aim
Forbes
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Martin Shkreli Is Big Pharmas Biggest A**hole
Daily Beast
Thanks to Martin Shkreli, life-saving drug Daraprim will now cost $750 per pill—up from $13.50. And no one, not even the FDA, can stop him. Shop ▾. Hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli is 32 years old but he's acting half that age on Twitter today after ...
How an obscure drug's 4000% price increase might finally spur action on ...   Washington Post (blog)
Here's why Turing Pharmaceuticals says 5000% price bump is necessary   Fortune
Drug That Fights Complications of AIDS and Cancer Goes From $13.50 to $750   NBCNews.com
MedPage Today
Newsweek
Raw Story
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AP Investigation: WHO Ebola effort faltered in African city
Washington Post
KENEMA, Sierra Leone — Highly contagious corpses rotted in the rain amid a shortage of body bags. Nurses turned to plastic packaging as protective gear ran out. Even some of the chlorine provided to Sierra Leone's Kenema Government Hospital last year ...

AP Investigation: Bungling by UN agency hurt Ebola response   Chicago Tribune

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CNN

Miss. no longer fattest state
Hattiesburg American
JACKSON — Mississippi is no longer No. 1 in obesity. The new titleholder? Arkansas. “It's great it hasn't gone up,” said State Health Officer Dr. Mary Currier. “But the only reason is other states got worse, not because we got better.” She is grateful ...
Oklahoma's obesity rate has slowed, but a third of adults in state still are obese   NewsOK.com
One-third of Kansas adults obese in study   Wichita Eagle
Where Are the Obese People in America?   Youth Health Magzine
Hutchinson News
Norwalk Reflector
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Transplant Operations Suspended At UPMC Following Mold Outbreak
CBS Local
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – UPMC has suspended all organ transplant operations until it has completed its investigation following a mold outbreak. Also, UPMC says a team from the Centers for Disease Control will be in Pittsburgh tomorrow to help in the ...

Pittsburgh hospital looks for mold source after three deaths   Reuters
Organ transplants suspended at UPMC Presbyterian while mold investigation ...   WTAE Pittsburgh
Patient mold infections leads UPMC to shut down transplant programs at Presby   Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Tribune-Review
Youth Health Magzine
WPXI Pittsburgh
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Time To Take Profits In Gilead
Seeking Alpha
Gilead's declining revenue growth and a general pullback in the market will cause the stock to sell off. It's time to take profits in GILD. I hate stocks but I love Gilead (NASDAQ:GILD). The bio-pharmaceutical juggernaut is saving lives with Sovaldi ...
UPDATE 2-Gilead experimental drug fights all forms of hep C: data   Reuters
Hepatitis C Drug Wipes Out Virtually All Viral Strains   Youth Health Magzine
Gilead Sciences's Buy Rating Reaffirmed at Cowen and Company (GILD)   Dakota Financial News
Motley Fool
FierceBiotech
Bloomberg
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Health-Care Providers, Insurers Supersize
Wall Street Journal
Five years after the Affordable Care Act helped set off a health-care merger frenzy, the pace of consolidation is accelerating, transforming the medical marketplace into a land of giants. The trend is under a new spotlight now, as Congress zeroes in on ...
Editorial: Governor, lawmakers responsible for Florida's health care mess   Tampabay.com
Editorial: Utah falls behind on access to health care   Salt Lake Tribune
WNC health care officials discuss Medicaid reform   Asheville Citizen-Times
Medscape
EurekAlert (press release)
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AL.com

Got drugs? It's time to clean out the medicine cabinet
AL.com
Birmingham area law enforcement officials gathered Monday, Sept. 21, 2015 to discuss the importance of safe disposal for unused and unwanted prescription medications. Print Email · Carol Robinson | crobinson@al.com By Carol Robinson ...

Five Dayton Sites Planned for Drug Take-Back Day   WKEF ABC 22
National Drug Take-Back Day is Saturday   The Middlesboro Daily News
Unused medication disposal event this Saturday   TheReporter.Com
Patch.com
WSLS
WTVM
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