Articles filed under Health Crises
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New Delhi zoo closed temporarily after birds die of bird fluOct 19, 2016 7:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - New Delhi's zoo has been closed temporarily after nine birds died from suspected bird flu last week, a zoo official said Wednesday. Autopsies conducted ...
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Zika test urged for pregnant women throughout Florida countyOct 19, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The government on Wednesday recommended Zika testing for all pregnant women who recently spent time anywhere in Florida's Miami-Dade County. The county i...
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Obama shakes mind-controlled robot hand wired to sense touchOct 13, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A paralyzed man shared a handshake with President Barack Obama on Thursday by using a mind-controlled robotic arm that, in a first for medical research...
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Prostate cancer & dementia: Do hormone blockers boost risks?Oct 13, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Hormone-blocking drugs for prostate cancer may increase men's chances for developing dementia, a large study suggests, but researchers say the results are...
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Contaminated machines linked to heart surgery infectionsOct 13, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Health officials are warning that small outbreaks of infections spread by contaminated operating room machinery during open-heart surgery could be more w...
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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...