PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — If you purchased caffeine-infused underwear because of promises it will make you thinner, federal regulators say you were hoodwinked — but at least you can get your money back. The Federal Trade Commission announced Monday that two companies — Norm Thompson Outfi… Source:FTC to retailers: Drop your caffeinated drawers more ›

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday discussed “stringent isolation protocols” with the head of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to limit the risk of more Ebola cases after a diagnosis was made in Dallas, the White House said. … Source:Obama discussed Ebola isolation protocols with CDC director more ›

By William James BIRMINGHAM England (Reuters) – British Prime Minster David Cameron will on Wednesday promise increased healthcare spending if voters re-elect him next year — a political carrot aimed at balancing the stick of welfare cuts set out by his finance… Source:Cameron to woo voters with healthcare spending pledge more ›

The first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States flew from Liberia, federal health officials said. The unidentified man, who traveled to Dallas to visit family, is being treated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital: Sept. 19 — Departs from Liberia Sept. 20 — Arrives in t… Source:Timeline for first case of Ebola […] more ›

DALLAS (AP) — A patient at a Dallas hospital has tested positive for Ebola, the first case of the disease to be diagnosed in the United States, federal health officials announced Tuesday. The patient was in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, which had announced a day e… Source:Government confirms first case of Ebola in […] more ›

When you walk into your doctor’s office and see clipboards and pens emblazoned with brand names of drugs, do you ever wonder just how much money he or she is getting from pharmaceutical companies? Starting this week, it’s now just a click away. This Tuesday the federal government under the Phy… Source:Find out if your […] more ›

What Is Ebola? Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe, often fatal hemorrhagic disease that first appeared in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks. One outbreak was in Sudan and the other was in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a village near the Ebola River — from which the disease got… Source:What you need to […] more ›

NEW YORK –  s of some companies that are studying potential vaccines for Ebola climbed after federal officials announced that the first case of the disease has been diagnosed in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control said a patient being treated at a hospital in Dallas tested positive for the d… Source:Shares of companies […] more ›

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children who participated in a physical activity program after school did better on thinking tasks than kids who didn’t take part in the program, according to a new study. Participants in the nine-month program performed better on tasks that tested their a… Source:After-school exercise may improve thinking skills, fitness more ›

WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Ebola epidemic is spreading so fast that it is turning into a humanitarian crisis leaving children orphaned, families hungry and people dying of treatable conditions, top health experts said on Tuesday in calling for more international aid… Source:Ebola spreading fast, international aid not enough: experts more ›

(Reuters) – U.S. health officials said on Tuesday the first patient infected with the deadly Ebola virus had been diagnosed in the country after flying from Liberia to Texas, in a new sign of how the outbreak ravaging West Africa can spread globally. The patient sought treatment six… Source:First Ebola case diagnosed in the United […] more ›

TUESDAY Sept. 30, 2014, 2014 — Acupuncture doesn’t improve knee pain any more than “sham” acupuncture, according to a new study. “Among patients older than 50 years with moderate to severe chronic knee pain, neither laser nor needle acupuncture conferred benefit… Source:Acupuncture May Not Help Chronic Knee Pain, Study Finds more ›

TUESDAY Sept. 30, 2014, 2014 — Teenagers who have experienced a traumatic brain injury are much more likely to engage in a wide range of risky behaviors, Canadian researchers report. Both boys and girls were more likely to smoke, use drugs, drink alcohol and get poor grades after they… Source:Head Injuries May Raise Chances of […] more ›

TUESDAY Sept. 30, 2014, 2014 — Children conceived either less than one year or more than five years after the birth of a sibling could be at increased risk for autism, a new study suggests. However, both the study’s lead author and an outside expert agree that the research… Source:Spacing Between Sibling Births Tied to […] more ›

The immune system is sort of this big enigma, we know how pieces of it work, but we don’t know it as well as we would like or we wouldn’t have autoimmunity to contend with. Well new research reveals new information about how our immune system functions, shedding light on a vital process that det… […] more ›

In Japanese, the word Kintsugi means “golden rejoining,” a 15th-century oriental master craft dedicated to the restoration of fine ceramic pottery. The essence of Kintsugi is the practice of focusing one’s intention on life’s hidden beauty and power. In the case… Source:From Broken to Beautiful: The Power of ‘Kintsugi’ more ›

Between doing far more yoga than I have in a long, long time (humbling to admit since I am a teacher) and the sitting on the floor for lecture for hours at a time, my body was depleted after three days of a yoga certification weekend. The 7 a.m. yoga practice came way too early […] more ›

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating more cases of children who have developed polio-like symptoms, possibly related to enterovirus D68. Boston Children’s Hospital said Tuesday that it has seen four patients between the ages of 4 and 15 with limb weakness, CBS… Source:Virus probed in more child paralysis cases more ›

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the first case of diagnosed Ebola virus in United States. The patient, still not identified, was admitted on Monday to an isolation unit at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas to be tested for Ebola. The patient was… Source:Ebola confirmed in Texas patient more ›

[ | E-mail ] Contact: Andrea Fiorea.fiore@tue.nl 31-402-472-118Eindhoven University of Technology@TUeindhoven This news release is available in German. IMAGE: This image depicts the ultrafast remote switching of light emission. Click here for more… Source:Ultrafast remote switching of light emission more ›

[ | E-mail ] Contact: Jennifer Donovanjbdonova@mtu.edu 906-487-4521Michigan Technological University@michigantech IMAGE: A ‘virtual breast’ image, part of a software program designed by Michigan Tech’s Jingfeng Jiang. The software is designed to train… Source:‘Virtual breast’ could improve cancer detection more ›

[ | E-mail ] Contact: Cindy Starr 513-558-3505University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center@UCHealthNews CINCINNATIThe potential for doctors to measure damaging “brain tsunamis” in injured patients without opening the skull has moved a step closer to reality, thanks to… Source:Researchers show EEG’s potential to reveal depolarizations following TBI more ›

[ | E-mail ] Contact: Francis Reddyfrancis.j.reddy@nasa.gov 301-286-4453NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center@NASAGoddard IMAGE: DG CVn, a binary consisting of two red dwarf stars shown here in an artist’s rendering, unleashed a series of powerful flares seen by… Source:NASA’s Swift mission observes mega flares from a mini star more ›

[ | E-mail ] Contact: Rob GutroRobert.j.gutro@nasa.gov 301-285-4044NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center@NASAGoddard NASA’s HS3 Hurricane mission examines Hurricane Edouard IMAGE: This graph of data from a dropsonde on Sept. 17 shows very strong, hurricane-force winds at… Source:NASA’s HS3 looks Hurricane Edouard in the eye more ›

[ | E-mail ] Contact: Ioana Patringenaruipatrin@ucsd.edu 858-822-0899University of California – San Diego@UCSanDiego IMAGE: This image depicts the distribution of maximum stress in the 3D model; and a cross-section showing maximum stress. Click here for more… Source:First comprehensive meshfree numerical simulation of skeletal muscle tissue achieved more ›

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — American mobile Ebola labs should be up and running in Liberia this week, and U.S. troops have broken ground for a field hospital, as the international community races to increase the ability to care for the spiraling number of people infected with the d… Source:US Ebola labs, health equipment arrive in […] more ›

By Donny Kwok and Yimou Lee HONG KONG (Reuters) – For some mainland Chinese in Hong Kong, the sight of thousands of people on the streets protesting for greater democracy is an alien one that has prompted comparisons with the relative lack of political freedom back… Source:Divided Chinese eye Hong Kong protests with admiration, anger more ›

Washington (AFP) – The Ebola outbreak in Nigeria is almost over, US health officials said Tuesday, in a rare sign of authorities turning the tide on the highly contagious disease that has killed more than 3,000 in West Africa. But in a fresh setback to the global fight against the… Source:Ebola outbreak nears end in […] more ›

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Several pharmaceutical companies with potential Ebola treatments jumped in extended trade on Tuesday after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first case of the virus diagnosed in the country. U.S.-listed shares of… Source:Trio of pharma companies jump after CDC confirms U.S. Ebola case more ›

DALLAS (AP) — A patient being treated at a Dallas hospital has tested positive for Ebola, the first case of the disease to be diagnosed in the United States, federal health officials announced Tuesday. Officials at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital say the unidentified patient is being … Source:Officials confirm first Ebola case diagnosed in US more ›

By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. doctors and teaching hospitals received $3.5 billion from pharmaceutical companies and medical device makers in the last five months of 2013, according to the most extensive data trove on such payments ever made public. … Source:Drug, medical device companies paid billions to U.S. physicians, hospitals in 2013: […] more ›

Sept. 27, 2014: Six-year-old Liam Myrick scores his first touchdown. (Courtesy: Myrick Family) A six-year-old Missouri boy battling terminal cancer served as captain of a local football team last weekend, and scored a touchdown with the help of some teammates. When he was just 3-years-old, … Source:Missouri boy battling terminal cancer scores touchdown in first game more ›

Each day when I leave the hospital, I find myself becoming more and more discouraged with the direction that America has taken. I am seeing, firsthand, the effects of ObamaCare on families and their struggles to make ends meet. Hundreds of thousands of families are faced with incredibly high… Source:Dr. Manny: A generation lost to […] more ›

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the first case of Ebola in the United States Tuesday. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas officials said in a statement Monday that an unnamed patient was being tested for Ebola and had been placed in “strict… Source:CDC confirms first case of Ebola in US more ›

DALLAS (Reuters) – U.S. health specialists are ready to deploy to Dallas if a patient being evaluated for Ebola is found to be carrying the disease that has killed thousands of people in West Africa, a Dallas County official said on Tuesday. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas… Source:CDC experts to deploy to Texas if […] more ›

TUESDAY Sept. 30, 2014, 2014 — Colon cancer patients who are overweight or obese when diagnosed appear to face a slightly higher risk for developing a second weight-related cancer, new research suggests. The finding didn’t speak to the risk of colon cancer recurrence, only the… Source:Obesity Tied to Higher Cancer Risk for Colon Cancer Survivors more ›

TUESDAY Sept. 30, 2014, 2014 — Medicare should cover low-dose computed tomography lung cancer screening for people at high risk for the disease, a coalition of more than 60 patient and medical groups says. The coalition, which includes the Lung Cancer Alliance, the Society of Thoracic… Source:Groups Call for Medicare Coverage of Lung Cancer Screening more ›

After months of seeing almost no qualified doctors volunteer to help treat infected Ebola victims in West Africa, physicians are now signing up in droves, but it may be too late, experts say. The outbreak, which has claimed more than 3,000 lives, was deemed an “unprecedented… Source:Doctors Volunteering To Help Ebola Crisis, But It May […] more ›

The reason why Malcolm Young left AC/DC has been revealed. “Malcolm is suffering from dementia and the family thanks you for respecting their privacy,” his family said Tuesday in a statement to People magazine. The 61-year-old guitarist and his brother Angus, the band’s… Source:Why Malcolm Young left AC/DC more ›