Ebola's murderous path from a toddler to global mayhem
When a toddler in a remote Guinean village suddenly died from a mysterious fever last December, no one could have imagined it signalled the start of the worst-ever Ebola epidemic.
Sep 23, 2014
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Boost in quest for TB breath test
A simple breath test may one day show whether someone has a strain of tuberculosis that will respond to a frontline antibiotic, or a drug-resistant type, scientists said Tuesday.
Sep 23, 2014
Three more dead from Legionnaire's disease in Spain
Three more people have died from Legionnaire's disease in Catalonia in northeastern Spain, officials said Tuesday, bringing to seven the death toll from the lung infection in the region in just over a week.
Sep 23, 2014
Guinean suspected Ebola case admitted to Swiss hospital
A Guinean asylum seeker has been hospitalised in Switzerland with suspected Ebola, health authorities announced Tuesday.
Sep 23, 2014
Unless Congress acts, patients may soon lose access to primary care
A national report showing the benefits of preventing a reduction in the rates physicians receive for providing Medicaid services was released today by the American College of Physicians (ACP). The report, "Why Congress Must ...
Sep 23, 2014
Patients accept false-positives to achieve diagnostic sensitivity
Both patients and healthcare professionals believe diagnosis of extracolonic malignancy with screening computed tomography (CT) colonography greatly outweighs the potential disadvantages of subsequent radiologic or invasive ...
Sep 23, 2014
Mefloquine fails to replace SP for malaria prevention during pregnancy
In today's issue of PLOS Medicine, Clara Menendez from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Spain, and colleagues report results from two large randomized controlled trials conducted in Africa to test an ...
Sep 23, 2014
'Brain Breaks' increase activity, educational performance in elementary schools
A recent Oregon survey about an exercise DVD that adds short breaks of physical activity into the daily routine of elementary school students found it had a high level of popularity with both students and teachers, and offered ...
Sep 23, 2014
