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Kathryn R. Bown

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Kathryn - Our health specialist likes to share with the readers the latest news from the field. Nobody understands better than her the relation between healthy mind and healthy body.
Eating tomatoes may lower the risk of prostate cancer
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Tomatoes may lower risk of prostate cancer

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The Ebola outbreaks have a case fatality rate of up to 90 percent and occur primarily in remote villages in Central and West Africa, near tropical rainforest
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How to avoid Ebola virus

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Nigerian schools have been ordered to remain closed until October 13 as part of measures to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus
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Ebola outbreak 2014: Nigerian schools to remain closed until October 13

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ZMapp has been credited with helping several Ebola patients recover
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Ebola outbreak: Liberian doctor Abraham Borbor dies despite taking ZMapp

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Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed two Ebola deaths in the country's north-west
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Ebola outbreak: Democratic Republic of Congo confirms two deaths

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Sierra Leone’s parliament voted to pass a new amendment to its health act, imposing possible jail time for anyone caught hiding an Ebola patient
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Sierra Leone: Hiding Ebola patients is illegal

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Recent research suggests that breakfast may be just another meal
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Most important meal may not be breakfast

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Dr. Kent Brantly contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia, where he and his family moved in October 2013
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Ebola outbreak: Dr. Kent Brantly released from hospital

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Research on mice found that using Botox to kill nerves could halt the growth of stomach tumors and make them more vulnerable to chemotherapy
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Botox may slow tumor growth in stomach cancer

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The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is an activity involving pouring a bucket of ice water on someone's head or donating to the ALS Association
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What is ALS Ice Bucket Challenge?

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Liberia has imposed a night-time curfew in a bid to halt the deadly Ebola outbreak
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Ebola outbreak: Liberia imposes night-time curfew and orders quarantine

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Seventeen suspected Ebola patients who went missing in Liberia after a Monrovia quarantine centre was attacked have been found
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Ebola outbreak: Liberia runaway patients found

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The Mia Moo Fund is offering a Jim Dillard boat to raise awareness about cleft lip and palate and help children affected by this condition
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Miamoo.org announces new cleft lip event: Jim Dillard Boat Giveaway

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Liberia has admitted that 17 suspected Ebola patients are missing after Monrovia quarantine unit was looted
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Ebola outbreak: Liberia admits West Point patients lost

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The Liberian quarantine centre for suspected Ebola patients in Monrovia has been attacked and looted by protesters
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Ebola outbreak: Liberia quarantine centre attacked by protesters

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Kenya is closing its borders to travelers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in response to the deadly Ebola outbreak
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Ebola outbreak: Kenya closes borders to travelers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea

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Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder and the most common movement disorder
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Parkinson’s disease: Symptoms, causes and prognosis

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The Ebola virus death toll reaches 1,069 in West Africa
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WHO: Scale of Ebola outbreak vastly underestimated

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Obesity puts people at greater risk of developing 10 of the most common cancers
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Obesity linked to 10 of most common cancers

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A second senior doctor in Sierra Leone was confirmed dead from Ebola
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Ebola outbreak: Second Sierra Leone doctor dies from hemorrhagic fever

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Canada will donate up to 1,000 doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine to help battle the disease's outbreak in West Africa
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Ebola vaccine: Canada to donate up to 1,000 doses to WHO

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There a handful of Ebola drugs that have been shown to work well in animals
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What Ebola drugs exist currently?

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The WHO says it is ethical to use untested drugs to treat patients infected with the Ebola virus
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WHO: Untested Ebola drugs can be used

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Denmark Listeria outbreak caused by contaminated sausages kills at least 12 people
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Denmark Listeria outbreak caused by contaminated sausages kills at least 12 people

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ZMapp, the experimental drug given to Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol to fight the Ebola virus, seems to be working
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ZMapp: What you need to know about Ebola experimental drug?

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