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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.
Liberia will receive an untested experimental drug, Zmapp, to treat people infected with Ebola
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ZMapp: Liberia to receive untested drug to treat Ebola patients

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Kieran Sorkin was born deaf with small lobes where his ears should be
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Kieran Sorkin: Boy born without ears has pair created from ribs

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David and Wendy Farnell were accused of abandoning a baby born with Down's syndrome to a Thai surrogate mother
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Surrogate baby: David and Wendy Farnell wanted to take baby Gammy home

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Clinical trials of a preventative vaccine for the Ebola virus made by GSK may begin next month and made available by 2015
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Ebola vaccine may be available by 2015

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Infusing stem cells into the brain may help boost recovery after a stroke
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Stem cells may help boost recovery after stroke

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Guinea has decided to close its borders with Liberia and Sierra Leone to contain the spread of Ebola
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Ebola outbreak: Guinea closes borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia

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Nigeria has declared the outbreak of Ebola a national emergency
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Ebola outbreak: Nigeria declares state of emergency

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Metformin could increase lifespan
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Metformin could increase lifespan

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Older people who have a severe vitamin D deficiency have an increased risk of developing dementia
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Vitamin D deficiency boosts dementia risk

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The WHO has declared the spread of Ebola in West Africa an international health emergency
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Ebola outbreak: WHO declares international health emergency

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The Ebola suspected patient has been isolated shortly after arriving at Mount Sinai hospital
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Ebola outbreak: New York isolation patient tests negative

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Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has declared a state of emergency over the Ebola outbreak
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Ebola outbreak: Liberia declares state of emergency

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The Ebola virus spreads by contact with infected blood and bodily fluids
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Ebola outbreak: Suspected patient dies in Saudi Arabia

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Taking aspirin every day can reduce the chance of developing or dying from bowel and stomach cancers
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Daily aspirin can reduce bowel, stomach and esophageal cancer deaths by 40%

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Dr. Kent Brantly and Nurse Nancy Writebol’s condition appear to be improving after receiving Ebola experimental serum ZMapp
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ZMapp: Ebola trial drug given to infected Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol

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Surrogate mother Pattharamon Chanbua has been looking after Gammy as well as two children of her own
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Surrogate baby: Australian child protection services investigate biological father

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The World Bank will allocate $200 million in emergency assistance for West African countries battling to contain the Ebola outbreak
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Ebola outbreak: World Bank to allocate $200 million in emergency assistance

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Hidden germs like Salmonella, Listeria, E. coli, plus mold and yeast are lurking in your kitchen
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Dirtiest spots in your kitchen

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Playing video games for a short period each day could have a small but positive impact on child development
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Playing video games for less than an hour a day may have a positive impact on child development

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Pattharamon Chanbua has claimed that she was asked by the Australian couple to have an abortion once they knew about Gammy's condition
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Surrogate baby: Biological parents and Thai surrogate mother give conflicting accounts

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Nurse Nancy Writebol is expected to fly Tuesday to the US for treatment
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Ebola outbreak: Nurse Nancy Writebol to be flown to US for treatment

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The US will send at least 50 public health experts to West Africa to help fight the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola
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Ebola outbreak: US to send at least 50 public health experts to West Africa

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Gammy has a congenital heart condition and a lung infection as well as Down's syndrome
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Gammy: Thai surrogate mother left with Down’s syndrome baby by Australian couple

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Ebola infected Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol will be treated at a specialized unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta
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Ebola outbreak: Dr. Kent Brantly arrives in US for treatment at Emory University Hospital

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Ebola virus has claimed 729 lives in four West African countries since February
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WHO: Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than efforts to control it

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