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World ‘losing battle’ to contain Ebola, MSF warns response ‘lethally inadequate’

World ‘losing battle’ to contain Ebola, MSF warns response ‘lethally inadequate’

Aug 03, – International medical agency Medecins sans Frontieres said the world was “losing the battle” to contain Ebola as the United Nations warned of severe food shortages in the hardest-hit countries. MSF told a UN briefing in New York that world leaders were failing to address the epidemic and called for an urgent global […]

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Health News: Insomniacs’ brains lose focus, scans suggest

Health News: Insomniacs’ brains lose focus, scans suggest

Sep 02, – Brain scans of people who say they have insomnia have shown differences in brain function compared with people who get a full night’s sleep. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, said the poor sleepers struggled to focus part of their brain in memory tests. Other experts said that the brain’s […]

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Immune response to stress ‘has effect on mood’

Immune response to stress ‘has effect on mood’

Aug 24, – Scientists say they have discovered that mood is influenced by cells from the immune system, which are called to the brain in response to stress, according to a study published in The Journal of Neuroscience. Researchers from Ohio State University conducted a mouse study in order to find out how stress can […]

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Study finds: HIV Patients Get a Mental Lift From Exercise

Study finds: HIV Patients Get a Mental Lift From Exercise

Aug 18, – Regular exercise can give a brain boost to people with HIV, according to a new study. Trouble with memory and thinking, something doctors call “neurocognitive impairment,” affects nearly half of people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. It can interfere with the ability to do daily tasks such as handling […]

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Drug overdoses among U.S. women rises: CDC

Drug overdoses among U.S. women rises: CDC

July 03, AP – Long thought of as primarily a male problem, drug addiction is increasingly affecting women, and the new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 42 women in the United States die each day from prescription drug overdoses. The rate of fatal overdoses of prescription painkillers and other […]

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Injuries from Sea Waves More Common Than Thought

Injuries from Sea Waves More Common Than Thought

June 23, AP – To keep safe, it’s important to swim at beaches with lifeguards, ask them about surf conditions and never turn your back to the waves, one study author suggested. A study out of Delaware suggests that injuries to beachgoers caused by ocean waves are more common and severe than previously suspected, and […]

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