Archive: 03/08/2018

Why researchers are testing Viagra for women during pregnancy

A drug trial in the Netherlands which gave pregnant women Viagra to promote the growth of their babies was recently halted after 11 babies died.

Aug 3, 2018

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WHO warns over challenges of containing Ebola in DRC 'war zone'

Containing an Ebola outbreak in a "war zone" in the Democratic Republic of Congo is among the most difficult challenges the World Health Organization has faced, a top official said Friday.

Aug 3, 2018

WHO to know soon if new Congo Ebola outbreak can use vaccine

The World Health Organization said Friday it hopes to know as early as Tuesday whether the strain of Ebola in Congo's latest outbreak of the deadly virus is the one for which an experimental vaccine can be used.

Aug 3, 2018

Pregnant women encouraged to eat cold-water fish

Pregnant women who had low plasma levels of long-chain n-3 fatty acids in their first and second trimesters were at a significantly higher risk of early preterm birth when compared with women who had higher levels of these ...

Aug 3, 2018

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Reading the motor intention from brain activity within 100ms

A collaborative study by researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology has developed a new technique to decode motor intention of humans from Electroencephalography (EEG). This technique is based on the well-documented ...

Aug 3, 2018

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Health Affairs announces launch of new three-year initiative

(HealthDay)—A council on health care spending and value has been established by the journal Health Affairs.

Aug 3, 2018

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Three financial metrics can improve practice performance

(HealthDay)—By understanding three indices and metrics, physicians can change the financial outcome of their medical practice, according to a report published in Medical Economics.

Aug 3, 2018

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NIH releases large-scale dataset of CT images

(HealthDay)—To help improve detection accuracy of lesions, the National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s Clinical Center has made available a large-scale dataset of 32,000 annotated lesions identified on computed tomography ...

Aug 3, 2018

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CDC: Salmonella outbreaks in 44 states linked to backyard poultry

(HealthDay)—At least 212 people in 44 states have been sickened in Salmonella outbreaks linked to contact with live poultry in backyard flocks, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Aug 3, 2018

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Indian mothers campaign to end breastfeeding stigma

Clutching his elephant toy, Avyaan's conversation is pretty much limited to a happy gurgle, but the nine-month-old might be about to go down in history for helping make breastfeeding in public more socially acceptable in ...

Aug 3, 2018

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Archive: 03/08/2018

Why researchers are testing Viagra for women during pregnancy

WHO warns over challenges of containing Ebola in DRC 'war zone'

WHO to know soon if new Congo Ebola outbreak can use vaccine

Pregnant women encouraged to eat cold-water fish

Reading the motor intention from brain activity within 100ms

Health Affairs announces launch of new three-year initiative

Three financial metrics can improve practice performance

NIH releases large-scale dataset of CT images

CDC: Salmonella outbreaks in 44 states linked to backyard poultry

Indian mothers campaign to end breastfeeding stigma

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