Articles filed under Health
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Key events in life of wealthy eccentric Robert DurstMar 15, 2015 11:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A timeline of key events in the life of Robert Durst, a member of a wealthy New York real estate family who was arrested in New Orleans on a murder wa...
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Gym chain Life Time Fitness to become private companyMar 15, 2015 11:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Life Time Fitness Inc. said Monday that it will sell itself to two private equity firms for more than $2.8 billion, in a deal that will turn the gym chai...
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American who contracted Ebola in Africa now in critical condition at Maryland hospitalMar 15, 2015 11:00 pm - BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - American who contracted Ebola in Africa now in critical condition at Maryland hospital. ...
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Studies boost hopes for new class of cholesterol medicinesMar 14, 2015 11:00 pm - SAN DIEGO (AP) - New research boosts hope that a highly anticipated, experimental class of cholesterol drugs can greatly lower the risk for heart attacks, death and othe...
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10 US charity staff to leave Sierra Leone amid Ebola scareMar 14, 2015 11:00 pm - FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Ten health care workers with a Boston-based nonprofit organization responding to Sierra Leone's Ebola outbreak are to be evacuated to the U...
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11,000 sign up within 24 hours for Apple ResearchKit medical studyMar 14, 2015 7:43 am - Stanford University researchers were stunned when they awoke Tuesday to find that 11,000 people had signed up for a cardiovascular study using Apple's ResearchKit less t...
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Apple's health research kit makes test subjects of iPhone usersMar 14, 2015 7:43 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Apple's new ResearchKit software platform turns the iPhone into a diagnostic tool drawing medical data from millions of potential customers, creating a b...
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Study calls heart imaging into question for mild chest painMar 13, 2015 11:00 pm - SAN DIEGO (AP) - People checked with a heart CT scan after seeing a doctor for chest pain have no less risk of heart attack, dying or being hospitalized months later tha...
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Americans returning from Africa for Ebola monitoringMar 13, 2015 11:00 pm - ATLANTA (AP) - Public health officials said Saturday that a number of Americans will return from west Africa to be monitored after possibly being exposed to Ebola. The C...
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Cook County measles outbreak has cost health departments $150,000Mar 13, 2015 1:00 am - The recent Cook County measles outbreak has cost the state and suburban health departments at least $150,000, officials said. Illinois hasn't seen a new measles case sin...