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Medical Charity Says Has Reached Limit in Fight Against Ebola
Post Date: 2014-10-16 23:17:36 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Medecins Sans Frontieres, a medical charity that has been at the forefront in the fight against Ebola in West Africa, said it was reaching its limit and urgently needed other organizations to step up the efforts against the deadly disease. The organization currently operates six centers in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, with a total of 600 beds. Its personnel on the ground have grown from about 650 at the start of August to about 3,000 currently. "We have increased our capacity a lot," said Brice de le Vingne, director of operations for MSF, which is also known as Doctors Without Borders. "Now we have reached our ceiling." De le ...
Obama: 'I Hugged and Kissed' Ebola Medical Staff — and 'Felt Perfectly Safe Doing So'
Post Date: 2014-10-16 17:44:45 by BTP Holdings
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Obama: 'I Hugged and Kissed' Ebola Medical Staff — and 'Felt Perfectly Safe Doing So' Wednesday, 15 Oct 2014 11:00 PM By Greg Richter In an effort to quell growing public fears over the Ebola crisis, President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he felt safe touching nurses who had treated two Americans at Emory University Hospital recently. "I want to use myself as an example just so people have the sense of the science here," Obama said. "I shook hands with, hugged and kissed – not the doctors, but a couple of the nurses at Emory because of the valiant work that they did in treating one of the patients. "They followed the protocols. They ...
Boehner: Ban Flights From West Africa to Stop Ebola Spread
Post Date: 2014-10-16 17:42:21 by BTP Holdings
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Boehner: Ban Flights From West Africa to Stop Ebola Spread Wednesday, 15 Oct 2014 07:46 PM By Todd Beamon House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday joined a rising number of Republicans in calling on the Obama administration to ban west African travel to help stop the spread of Ebola. "A temporary ban on travel to the United States from countries afflicted with the virus is something that the president should absolutely consider, along with any other appropriate actions as doubts about the security of our air travel systems grow," the Ohio Republican said. "It is also imperative we ensure that federal, state and local agencies, along with our public health infrastructure, ...
Could Statins Treat Ebola?
Post Date: 2014-10-16 17:26:48 by BTP Holdings
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Could Statins Treat Ebola? Wednesday, 15 Oct 2014 03:32 PM By Nick Tate Statins should be considered as a possible treatment for Ebola, some researchers argue. In addition lowering cholesterol levels, statins have anti-inflammatory properties, and some scientists say they may be able to fight the out-of-control immune-system response in Ebola patients that damages the body, Fox News reports. David Fedson, M.D., a retired professor and vaccine expert in France, advanced the notion in an editorial on the topic in The Journal of Infectious Diseases. In patients with Ebola, the virus can cause life-threatening symptoms by attacking the immune system, which causes the release a ...
Healthcare: A Fundamental Human Right
Post Date: 2014-10-16 09:16:04 by Stephen Lendman
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Healthcare: A Fundamental Human Right by Stephen Lendman Obama's Affordable Care Act (ACA) falls way short of promised benefits. It's outrageously expensive. A new Congressional Budget Office assessment estimates hundreds of billions of more dollars than Obama claimed. Around $300 billion or more. It's unaffordable for millions. Double what healthcare costs in other developed nations. Marketplace medicine fails. Often when it's most needed. In America, it's a healthcare rationing system. A scam. A scheme based on ability to pay. A boon to providers. A ripoff to enrich insurers, drug companies and large hospital chains. Despite high-minded claims, millions are left ...
Prescription Drugs Now Factor in Higher Percentage of Fatal Car Crashes Than Alcohol or Marijuana
Post Date: 2014-10-16 09:01:53 by Katniss
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Prescription drugs, marijuana, and multiple drug combinations are frequently found in the blood of drivers involved in fatal car crashes on US roads, according to a new study in Public Health Reports.1 Drivers today are more likely to test positive for drugs than drivers 20 years ago, and drugged drivers are now likely to be older than 50. Gone are the days when drunk drivers were our only concern—alcohol is but one of MANY drugs that can make you dangerous behind the wheel. And now many people are on multiple drug cocktails, especially prescription drugs, which multiplies their impairment. In 1993, about one in eight drivers were using more than one drug, but by 2010, it was closer ...
EBOLA VIRUS EPIDEMIC: Planned In Advance; Release Of Aerosolized Virus And Deaths Would Frighten Americans To Demand Use Of Unproven Vaccines And Drugs
Post Date: 2014-10-16 08:09:18 by Ada
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There is no ethical way to conduct a study of anti-Ebola virus vaccines and drugs in humans. You can’t intentionally inject individuals with a deadly virus and then give an inactive placebo pill to half of those who agree to participate as they do in most controlled human clinical studies. [Guardian UK Oct 10, 2014] An article published in Scientific American asked: “How do you test a human Ebola vaccine that works?” The answer: “You don’t.” [Scientific American Sept 17, 2004] But what if the Ebola virus is spreading rapidly and killing hundreds or even thousands? The public would likely demand public health officials do something even if available vaccines ...
Obama Refusal To Release Data On US Military Ebola Vaccine Shocks Russia
Post Date: 2014-10-16 06:32:54 by Tatarewicz
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Sorcha Faal... A new report prepared by the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being (Rospotrebnadzor) that is circulating in the Kremlin today states that Russian disease experts were shocked this past week after the Obama regime refused to turn over to them test results on a successful ebola virus vaccine developed by the US military in 2004. Rospotrebnadzor disease experts, this report notes, have been at the forefront in the battle against the ebola virus, where their work in the West African nation of Guinea has provided funding for the purchase and supply of medical modules, medicines and disposables for 60,000 people in countries most ...
Ebola Spreads Through Droplets in the Air
Post Date: 2014-10-15 16:51:39 by BTP Holdings
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Ebola Spreads Through Droplets in the Air Tuesday, 14 Oct 2014 11:51 PM The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Sunday that a nurse at a Dallas hospital who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan, who died from Ebola last week, was the first person to become infected with the virus on U. S. soil. The nurse reportedly wore a gown, gloves, a mask and a face shield while caring for the Liberian national at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. Many, including CDC Director Tom Frieden, are questioning how the nurse became infected despite wearing the appropriate personal protective equipment, which should have shielded her from direct contact with Duncan and his bodily fluids. Once ...
Glen Campbell's Heartbreaking Alzheimer's Battle: 'I'm Still Here, But I'm Gone'
Post Date: 2014-10-15 16:43:41 by BTP Holdings
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Glen Campbell's Heartbreaking Alzheimer's Battle: 'I'm Still Here, But I'm Gone' Wednesday, 15 Oct 2014 09:46 AM Country singing legend Glen Campbell has released a heartrending final song and video. The song, I'm Not Gonna Miss You, was recorded in 2013, two years after Campbell, who is best known for songs such as Rhinestone Cowboy and Wichita Lineman, announced he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. "I'm still here but yet I'm gone / I don't play guitar or sing my songs," Campbell begins, and then pays tribute to his wife, Kim, singing, "You're the last person I will love / you're the last face I will ...
Importan Information From a Medical Professional--Contains Harsh Language But I Am Posting It "As Is"
Post Date: 2014-10-15 10:57:09 by James Deffenbach
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I have had just about enough BULLSHIT from this incompetent government about ebola. They say it isn't airborne. BULLSHIT! A semantic definition based on droplet size. If the ebola patient coughs in your direction, you're FUCKED! They say it can't be spread via food and water. BULLSHIT! If the ebola patient contaminated the food or water, and you consume it, you're FUCKED! They say you can only catch ebola from a symptomatic patient. BULLSHIT! Ebola patients don't go from playing basketball to bleeding out their asses in one moment. The early symptoms may be mild and unnoticable. When a stranger on the street brushes up against you, depositing his sweat on you, and his ...
China military-linked firm eyes quick approval of drug to cure Ebola
Post Date: 2014-10-15 04:32:57 by Tatarewicz
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Yahoo... SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A Chinese drugmaker with close military ties is seeking fast-track approval for a drug that it says can cure Ebola, as China joins the race to help treat a deadly outbreak of a disease that has spread from Africa to the United States and Europe. Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd has signed a tie-up with Chinese research Academy of Military Medical Sciences (AMMS) last week to help push the drug called JK-05 through the approval process in China and bring it to market. The drug, developed by the academy, is currently approved for emergency military use only. "We believe that we can file to the Chinese Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) before ...
How to Wreck Your Heart What not to do for your heart's health.
Post Date: 2014-10-15 02:53:10 by Tatarewicz
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When it comes to the heart’s health, there are some things you can’t control -- like getting older, or having a parent with heart disease. But there are many more things you can do to lower the chances of sabotaging your ticker. “An ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of cure in this instance,” says Gregg Fonarow, MD, an American Heart Association spokesman and associate chief of UCLA's division of cardiology. To help your heart keep on keeping on, here are 10 things not to do. WebMD Food & Fitness Planner: Create a Heart-Healthy Diet Plan 1. Keep smoking. A major cause of heart disease, smoking raises blood pressure, causes blood clots, and lowers ...
Metabolic Syndrome
Post Date: 2014-10-15 02:49:27 by Tatarewicz
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Given how common metabolic syndrome is -- it's estimated that one out of four people meet the criteria -- everyone should be worried about their risk factors. After all, metabolic syndrome can dramatically increase your risk of serious health problems, such as diabetes, heart attacks, and strokes -- yet often people don't even know what it is. Metabolic syndrome is generally defined as a cluster of risk factors, including high blood sugar, extra abdominal fat, high blood pressure, and unhealthy cholesterol levels. Recommended Related to Metabolic Syndrome Metabolic Syndrome The risk factors that make up metabolic syndrome -- unhealthy cholesterol levels, high blood pressure, ...
Have Ebola? CDC Will Travel
Post Date: 2014-10-14 21:41:24 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... In the wake of a nurse contracting Ebola from a patient at a Texas hospital, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will send a team of Ebola experts "within hours" to any hospital that diagnoses someone with the deadly virus, the agency's director said today in a press conference. The agency dispatched personnel to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas as soon as it admitted Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan with Ebola on September 28. However, "in retrospect, we could have sent a more robust hospital infection-control team and been more hands-on with the hospital from day one on exactly how this should be managed," said CDC ...
Two Major Advances in Multiple Sclerosis
Post Date: 2014-10-14 21:26:06 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape This is Dr Andrew Wilner, reporting for Medscape from MSBoston 2014, the Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS)/European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) meeting, in Boston, Massachusetts. Today I am here to give you a few of the highlights from this very exciting meeting. This figure shows the immunopathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS), and it supports the main point of the plenary session[1] by Dr David Hafler, from the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr Hafler said that there is no longer any doubt that MS is an immune-mediated disease that includes genetic and ...
Russian scientists can save the world from Ebola.
Post Date: 2014-10-14 20:52:38 by Tatarewicz
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Pravda.Ru... Professor of the Institute of Virology, Mikhail Shchelkanov, who studied Ebola virus in Africa, shared his views in an interview with Pravda.Ru about chances for the virus to spread in Russia. "Several outbreaks of the infection have recently been reported in the USA and in Europe. People actively buy protective suits, and scientists confirm that the virus will continue to conquer Europe. How true is this information?" "We've always said that there is a possibility for the virus to cross the Russian border. But I am sure that only individual cases are possible, or hospital-acquired infections, but not more than that. In Russia, we have a system for ...
wednesday's C2C
Post Date: 2014-10-14 07:12:29 by Tatarewicz
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Wednesday October 15, 2014 Hosted by George Noory Guest(s): Ty Bollinger Motivated by the death of both parents from cancer, journalist Ty Bollinger set out to find out all he could about cancer. He'll discuss the world of effective cancer treatments which are being ignored by the medical establishment. From Bolinger's August Newsletter: What Is Cancer? Posted by Ty Bollinger on Jan 31, 2011 in Cancer Truth | 47 comments Conventional medicine defines cancer as a colony of malignant cells, or a tumor. If you have a tumor, then the conventional oncologist will try to cut or slash it out via surgery. After they cut you, then they typically recommend chemo to try to kill any ...
Doctor gives blood for Ebola-infected Dallas nurse
Post Date: 2014-10-14 05:29:00 by Tatarewicz
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Yahoo... DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas nurse who caught Ebola while treating a Liberian patient who died of the disease has received a plasma transfusion donated by a doctor who beat the virus. Related Stories Health officials urge hospitals to 'think Ebola' Associated Press CDC urges all US hospitals to 'think Ebola' Associated Press About 70 hospital staffers cared for Ebola patient Associated Press CDC: Protocol breach in treating Ebola patient Associated Press News Guide: Officials review Ebola procedures Associated Press Ebola has killed more than 4,000 people in an outbreak the World Health Organization has called "the most severe, acute health emergency seen in ...
Living near major roads may increase risk of sudden cardiac death in women
Post Date: 2014-10-14 00:44:03 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily: Living close to a major road may increase women's risk of dying from sudden cardiac death, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. "It's important for healthcare providers to recognize that environmental exposures may be under-appreciated risk factors for diseases such as sudden cardiac death and fatal coronary heart disease," said Jaime E. Hart, Sc.D., study lead author and an instructor in medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. "On a population level, living near a major roadway was as important a risk factor as smoking, diet or obesity." While ...
Statins: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown Clinicians Are Talking About Statins
Post Date: 2014-10-13 23:31:41 by Tatarewicz
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In July, Medscape posted "Growing Doubt on Statin Drugs: The Problem of Drug-Lifestyle Interaction," a perspective by cardiac electrophysiologist Dr John Mandrola about the value of statin medications in primary prevention for cardiovascular disease (CVD). The driver for his article was a recent experience in which he treated a patient's myalgia and arthralgia by discontinuing her statin. Dr Mandrola had no qualms about stopping the statin, citing a lack of data supporting a significant benefit for these drugs in primary prevention. The commentary generated more than 600 responses from Medscape readers, a substantial majority of whom agreed with his viewpoint. This is a ...
Hospital staffers aren’t adequately trained for Ebola: Experts
Post Date: 2014-10-13 16:26:45 by X-15
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CHICAGO - Some healthcare experts are bristling at the assertion by a top U.S. health official that a "protocol breach" caused a Dallas nurse to be infected with Ebola while caring for a dying patient, saying the case instead shows how far the nation's hospitals are from adequately training staff to deal with the deadly virus. Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, made the declaration on Sunday at a news conference and called for an investigation into how the unidentified nurse became infected while caring for Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan, the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States. Duncan died last week at ...
Officials say no risk to the public as possible contagious illness detected at Edmonton hospital
Post Date: 2014-10-13 05:28:08 by Tatarewicz
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Alberta Health Services says there is no risk to the public as they care for a patient with a potential contagious illness at an Edmonton hospital. Officials would not say what the illness was but have put the patient in isolation as a precaution and to reduce any potential risk to other patients, staff and the public. “As we are awaiting the results of various test, we are not yet in a position to confirm a diagnosis,” spokesperson Kerry Williamson wrote in an e-mail. Williamson also confirmed that the patient did not spend time in a waiting room but was immediately placed in isolation. No further details have been released and one expert told CTV News the lack of ...
Boston hospital monitoring patient for possible Ebola case
Post Date: 2014-10-13 04:49:50 by Tatarewicz
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(Reuters) - A man in Massachusetts who recently returned from Liberia is being evaluated at a Boston hospital for a potential case of Ebola after complaining of a headache and muscle aches, health officials said on Sunday. The patient is at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center but there is no confirmation of Ebola, said Dr. Kenneth Sands, chief quality officer at Beth Israel. The response in Massachusetts demonstrates the high state of alert medical facilities are under since a Texas health worker became the first person on Sunday to contract the disease in the United States. She had treated a Liberian man who died of the deadly virus last week. "We are taking all necessary ...
ABC Chief Medical Expert: CDC Wrong, All US Hospitals Can't Treat Ebola Safely
Post Date: 2014-10-13 04:09:58 by Horse
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Dr. Richard Besser, the chief health and medical editor for ABC News, told WFAA-Dallas on Sunday that he found the second Texas Ebola case "very concerning." As reported by Breitbart Texas, the latest patient diagnosed with Ebola is a female nurse at the Texas Presbyterian Hospital who treated Thomas Eric Duncan before he died from the disease. Besser, having recently returned to the United States after visiting Ebola-stricken areas of Liberia, expressed sharp disagreement with the protocols being followed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), dissatisfied with their admission that they needed to adopt enhanced protocols in a press conference Sunday. Poster ...
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