Neuroscience
Researchers explore new possibilities for the treatment of epilepsy
Ongoing research at Iowa State University is investigating the connection between initial seizures and the onset of epilepsy later in life.
Oct 1, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
First case of Ebola diagnosed in US
The United States has diagnosed its first case of the deadly Ebola virus in a man who became infected in Liberia and traveled to Texas, US health officials said Tuesday.
Sep 30, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dallas hospital monitoring patient for Ebola
A patient in a Dallas hospital is showing signs of the Ebola virus and is being kept in strict isolation with test results pending, hospital officials said Monday.
Sep 30, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Simulations provided early warning to deadly potential of Ebola
The Ebola epidemic could claim hundreds of thousands of lives and infect more than 1.4 million people by the end of January, according to a statistical forecast released this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
Sep 26, 2014
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Diabetes
Rate of diabetes in US may be leveling off
Following a doubling of the incidence and prevalence of diabetes in the U.S. from 1990-2008, new data suggest a plateauing of the rate between 2008 and 2012 for adults, however the incidence continued to increase in Hispanic ...
Sep 23, 2014
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Health
Sales influence consumer food shopping habits
(HealthDay)—Consumers are more likely to buy high-calorie foods (HCF), but not low-calorie foods (LCF) on sale, according to a study published in the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Preventing Chronic Disease.
Sep 22, 2014
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Medications
US 'upgrades' plan against antibiotic resistance
US President Barack Obama on Thursday issued an executive order to ramp up the national response to the problem of antibiotic resistance and infections that cannot be treated.
Sep 18, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Swatting chikungunya
Summer days may be waning, but health officials are still on high alert for new cases of chikungunya, a painful mosquito-borne virus that spread to the United States from the tropics earlier this year.
Sep 18, 2014
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Medications
Deaths from narcotic painkillers quadrupled in past decade, CDC reports
(HealthDay)—The number of Americans dying from accidental overdoses of narcotic painkillers jumped significantly from 1999 to 2011, federal health officials reported Tuesday.
Sep 17, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Obama to discuss Ebola response with top medical experts (Update)
President Barack Obama will meet leading US medical experts next week as he considers how to follow through on his pledge to step up aid to Africa over the Ebola epidemic.
Sep 12, 2014
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