Health

Number of Americans Taking Statins Keeps Rising: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Longer cooling, lower temperature no improvement for infant oxygen deprivation

The standard treatment for newborns whose brains were deprived of oxygen appears to work better than proposed alternatives, according to a study from a National Institutes of Health research network. The standard treatment involves lowering an infant...

Smartphones May Charge Up Your Thumbs

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UNICEF Ebola response: 400+ survivors receive psycho-social support and kits to restart their lives

More than 400 Ebola survivors have taken part in four separate survivor conferences over the past few days in the districts of Kailahun, Kenema and Bo, where they learned more about protecting their communities, were informed as to how their bodies...

Asians Need Type 2 Diabetes Screening at Lower Body Weight: Experts

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Experimental Ebola, Marburg Vaccines Effective in Trials

Two experimental Ebola vaccines, and one against the related Marburg virus, have proven to be safe and effective in generating an immune response against the deadly infections.

Number of Americans Taking Statins Keeps Rising: CDC

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Longer cooling, lower temperature no improvement for infant oxygen deprivation

The standard treatment for newborns whose brains were deprived of oxygen appears to work better than proposed alternatives, according to a study from a National Institutes of Health research network. The standard treatment involves lowering an infant...

Courage of Ebola health workers should inspire greater efforts by all, says Ban

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) stands with Ebola survivors in Sierra Leone,...

New non-invasive method can detect Alzheimer's disease early: MRI probe technology shows brain toxins in living animals for first time

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Fluorescent amyloid beta oligomers (green), bound to cultured hippocampal neurons, were detected with greater than 90 percent accuracy by...