Articles filed under Health Crises
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Study questions value of mammograms, breast cancer screeningOct 12, 2016 7:00 am - A new study questions the value of mammograms for breast cancer screening. It concludes that a woman is more likely to be diagnosed with a small tumor that is not destin...
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How a patient's 'crazy' request for a new womb made historyOct 07, 2016 7:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - When the young Australian cervical cancer patient learned she had to lose her womb in order to survive, she proposed something audacious to the doctor w...
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Woman who has baby with mom's womb: it's "science fiction"Oct 07, 2016 7:00 am - BERGSHAMRA, Sweden (AP) - Emelie Eriksson has a bond with her son that hardly seems possible: She and her son were born from the same womb. Eriksson was the first woman ...
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UK nurse who got Ebola in West Africa hospitalized againOct 06, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - A British nurse who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone has been hospitalized for a fourth time. Officials said Pauline Cafferkey is in "stable ...
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Study: Good heart attack care could add a year to your lifeOct 05, 2016 7:00 am - Going to the right hospital for heart attack care could add a year to your life, a new study suggests. Using Medicare records, researchers found that roughly 17 years af...
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4 uterus transplants from live donors done in Texas; 3 failOct 05, 2016 7:00 am - Texas doctors have done the first womb transplants using live donors in the United States. Four women who had been born without a uterus received one in operations last ...
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Don't expect Fitbits to improve health, help drop poundsOct 05, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Wearing a fitness tracker may help you keep tabs on how many steps you take, but the devices themselves - even with the lure of a cash reward - probably wo...
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Administrator: Valley Hi 'back to normal' after scabies outbreakOct 05, 2016 1:00 am - The worst of a scabies outbreak at a Woodstock nursing home is over, its top administrator says. The McHenry County-operated facility has revised its infection control p...
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Don't expect Fitbits to improve health, help drop poundsOct 04, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Wearing a fitness tracker may help you keep tabs on how many steps you take, but the devices themselves - even with the lure of a cash reward - probably wo...
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Crowdsourcing effort takes aim at deadliest breast cancersOct 03, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Forget the pink ribbons. Spitting in a tube for science is what unites a growing group of breast cancer patients taking part in a unique project to advanc...