Health
Ebola outbreak: Liberia runaway patients found
Liberia's information ministry has announced that 17 suspected Ebola patients who went missing after a Monrovia quarantine centre was attacked have been found. The government...
Miamoo.org announces new cleft lip event: Jim Dillard Boat Giveaway
The Mia Moo Fund is organizing a new event to raise awareness about cleft lip and palate and help children affected by this condition. For...
Ebola outbreak: Liberia admits West Point patients lost
Liberia has admitted that 17 suspected Ebola patients are "missing" after a quarantine unit in capital Monrovia was looted. The government previously denied the patients...
Ebola outbreak: Liberia quarantine centre attacked by protesters
A Liberian quarantine centre for suspected Ebola patients in capital Monrovia has been attacked and looted by protesters, police say. The incident happened in the...
Ebola outbreak: Kenya closes borders to travelers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea
Kenya is closing its borders to travelers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in response to the deadly Ebola outbreak. The health secretary said Kenyans...
Parkinson’s disease: Symptoms, causes and prognosis
Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder which leads to progressive deterioration of motor function due to loss of dopamine-producing brain cells. It is characterized by...
WHO: Scale of Ebola outbreak vastly underestimated
According to the World Health Organization, the scale of the Ebola outbreak appears to be "vastly underestimated", as the death toll from the disease...
Obesity linked to 10 of most common cancers
Obesity puts people at greater risk of developing 10 of the most common cancers, according to research in the Lancet medical journal. Scientists warn if...
Ebola outbreak: Second Sierra Leone doctor dies from hemorrhagic fever
A second senior doctor in Sierra Leone, Modupeh Cole, was confirmed dead from Ebola on Wednesday as West Africa anxiously awaited the arrival of...
Ebola vaccine: Canada to donate up to 1,000 doses to WHO
Canada will donate up to 1,000 doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine to help battle the disease's outbreak in West Africa. The announcement comes after...
What Ebola drugs exist currently?
There a handful of Ebola drugs that have been shown to work well in animals. One is ZMapp - the drug requested by the Liberian...
WHO: Untested Ebola drugs can be used
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that untested drugs can be used to treat patients infected with the Ebola virus. The WHO said it...
Denmark Listeria outbreak caused by contaminated sausages kills at least 12 people
Health officials in Denmark say they suspect that pork sausage contaminated with listeria bacteria has killed at least 12 people. The infection is thought to...
ZMapp: What you need to know about Ebola experimental drug?
ZMapp, the experimental drug given to Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol to fight the Ebola virus, seems to be working, according to health...
ZMapp: Liberia to receive untested drug to treat Ebola patients
Liberia will receive ZMapp, an untested experimental Ebola drug, to treat infected patients, the government announces. The move came after a request to the US...
Kieran Sorkin: Boy born without ears has pair created from ribs
Kieran Sorkin, a nine-year-old boy from Hertfordshire, UK, who was born without ears, has had a pair created from his ribs. Kieran Sorkin had the...
Ebola vaccine may be available by 2015
Clinical trials of a preventative vaccine for the Ebola virus made by pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline may begin next month and made available by 2015,...
Stem cells may help boost recovery after stroke
According to a pilot study by Imperial College London, infusing stem cells into the brain may help boost recovery after a stroke. Scientists believe the...
Ebola outbreak: Guinea closes borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia
Guinea has decided to close its borders with Liberia and Sierra Leone to contain the spread of Ebola, which has killed 959 people in...
Ebola outbreak: Nigeria declares state of emergency
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has declared the outbreak of Ebola "a national emergency" and approved more than $11 million to help contain it. The move...
Metformin could increase lifespan
According to a large-scale study conducted by researchers at Cardiff University, type 2 diabetes patients treated with metformin live longer than people without the...
Vitamin D deficiency boosts dementia risk
A new study suggests that older people who have a severe vitamin D deficiency have an increased risk of developing dementia. UK researchers, writing in...
Ebola outbreak: WHO declares international health emergency
The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak an international health emergency. WHO officials said a coordinated international response was essential to stop and...
Ebola outbreak: New York isolation patient tests negative
A New York man who was admitted to hospital with a high fever and stomach problems after travelling through West Africa has tested negative...
Ebola outbreak: Liberia declares state of emergency
Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has declared a state of emergency over the Ebola outbreak. Speaking on national television Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said some civil...
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