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Medication Errors Occur Every 8 Minutes in U.S. Children

Study finds that liquid drugs are the most commonly misused at home.

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As U.S. Economy Worsened, Vasectomy Rates Rose, Study Finds

National data shows a 28 percent rise in men opting for the procedure.

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Local Reports Suggest Ebola Cases in Liberia may be on the Decline

Could Ebola be on the decline in Liberia, the epicenter of the deadly virus that has killed more than 4,500 people, mostly in West Africa?

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Sierra Leone: Teachers learning to cope with Ebola

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WHO members and health directors stand outside the Port Loko District Hospital, 27 September 2014.

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U.S. Preparing Tighter Infection Controls for Ebola Patients: Report

Among the recommendations: full body suits so no skin is showing.

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WHO tobacco treaty makes significant progress despite mounting pressure from tobacco industry

The sixth session of the Conference of the parties (COP6) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) concluded in Moscow. Several landmark decisions were adopted in the course of the six-day session, regarded as one of the most successful in the WHO FCTC’s history.

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Rapid Agent Restores Pleasure-seeking Ahead of Other Antidepressant Action

Depression Deconstructed – NIH Study

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PET scans revealed that ketamine rapidly restored bipolar depressed patients’ ability to anticipate pleasurable experiences by boosting activity in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (yellow) and related circuitry. Picture shows PET scan data superimposed on anatomical MRI.

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Ebola: UN to consult West African governments on coordinating global crisis response

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This ship in Las Palmas, Spain, is being loaded with WFP supplies and 1,920 metric tons of USAID-donated commodities and headed for Ebola response operations in Guinea.

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Frequent Dining Out Might Widen Your Waistline, Study Finds

People who ate out a lot also had worse cholesterol levels than those who dined at home.

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Officials Admit Defeat in Face of Ebola Threat

The Presidents of the three West African countries currently being ravaged by the Ebola epidemic addressed the world’s top financial leaders who were gathered in Washington for the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, plainly stating the full scale of the growing catastrophe.