Articles filed under Health
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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...
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E-cigarette ingredients concern Naperville councilMar 13, 2015 1:00 am - Uncertainty about what's really inside the alternative smoking devices known as e-cigarettes is concerning some Naperville City Council members as they consider new regu...
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Louisiana germ release likely due to lax use of lab garmentsMar 12, 2015 11:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - The accidental release of dangerous bacteria at a Louisiana research center probably occurred because workers were lax about how they wore protective gar...
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IRS warns of tax scams involving health care lawMar 12, 2015 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Unscrupulous tax preparers are using President Barack Obama's health care law as a ploy to pocket bogus fines from unsuspecting taxpayers, including so...
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German court orders vaccination cynic to pay for virus proofMar 12, 2015 11:00 pm - BERLIN (AP) - A German court has ruled that a prominent anti-vaccination advocate must pay a doctor 100,000 euros ($105,720) in prize money he had promised to anyone who...
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American who contracted Ebola arrives at Maryland hospitalMar 12, 2015 11:00 pm - BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - An American health care worker who contracted Ebola while volunteering in a Sierra Leone treatment unit is in serious condition after arriving at th...