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New NIAAA resource gives guidance on treatment options for alcohol problems

Publication includes information on effective but underutilized approaches

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Treatment for Alcohol Problems: Finding and Getting Help

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Trials of Experimental Ebola Therapies to Begin

They include antiviral drugs and blood plasma transfusions, health officials say.

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Defeating Ebola, ‘a fearsome,’ elusive enemy, requires scaling up response on the ground – UN

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Head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Anthony Banbury, speaks at the briefing on the public health crisis emanating from the Ebola virus outbreak.

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Spike in measles deaths among children troubling, UNICEF says

UNICEF expressed alarm at new data showing that the number of child deaths from measles jumped from an estimated 122,000 in 2012 to 145,700 in 2013.

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WHO warns that progress towards eliminating measles has stalled

2015 targets will not be met

WHO warned that progress towards the elimination of measles has stalled. The number of deaths from measles increased from an estimated 122 000 in 2012 to 145 700 in 2013, according to new data published in the WHO Weekly Epidemiological Report and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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Soldiers at increased suicide risk after leaving hospital

Twelve months following inpatient psychiatric treatment is high-risk period-NIH funded study

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Indian Doctor Arrested Over Sterilization Deaths

Police in central India have arrested a doctor who performed sterilization procedures at a government run health camp that left at least 13 women dead.

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NIDA researchers confirm important brain reward pathway

NIH study in rodents identifies a pathway that starts with glutamate and ends with activation of dopamine reward system

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Partial view of labelled neurons in reward circuitry that starts in dorsal raphe (pictured — ventral tegmental area).

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WHO sets benchmarks to reduce health damage from indoor air pollution

WHO recommendations, released, highlight the dangers of burning fuels like unprocessed coal and kerosene in the home, and set targets for reducing emissions of health-damaging pollutants from domestic cookstoves, space heaters and fuel-based lamps.

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HPV Vaccination Rates Lowest in States With Highest Cervical Cancer Rates: Study

Vaccination could prevent most cervical cancers, researcher notes.

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