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 According to a new report which checked all the hospitals in the U.S., the southern part of the country is worst regarding its hospitals and its medical care. The new report is part of a program which focuses on the quality of life of the patients and not on the cures for diseases. Organized by the Center to Advance Palliative Care and...
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 Georgetown University’s main dining hall sickened almost 100 students yesterday. They were treated for stomach illness and a health investigation has started to track the cause of the outbreak. The students were taken to Georgetown University Hospital where more of them came complaining of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Leo J. O'Donovan...
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 The National Breast Cancer Awareness Month lasts all October. This is the only celebration which helps bringing people together to raise awareness about the terrible type of cancer because of which so many women die annually. Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States, as the Centers for Disease Control and...
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The death toll in a cholera outbreak in a crowded township in crisis-hit Zimbabwe has risen to 11 since the beginning of the month, state media reported Thursday.
The state-controlled daily Herald newspaper quoted Health Minister David Parirenyatwa as confirming the death toll and saying that 10 more people were sick in hospital with...
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 A tuberculosis patient from San Bernardino was forced by the county authorities into medical isolation on Thursday because after he had received the diagnose of his disease, he didn’t take the medication properly and still continued to go to work, endangering other people to get the virus.Jim Lindley, County Public Health Director, and...
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 Because of the damages caused by Hurricane Gustav and the power outages hundreds of hospital patients could be transported out of the hospitals together with the medical facilities. Officials fear that the patients can’t survive without air conditioning.The patients were seriously ill and a few of them came from burn units, as Alan...
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 The first human case of West Nile virus in Nevada this year was reported in Lyon County earlier this month. The man is less than 50 years old and he was hospitalized with a milder form of the virus. In 2007, at least 12 cases of West Nile were reported in Nevada. The virus has three effects on humans and they are all different. The first...
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 West Nile virus is found in tropical and temperate regions and it commonly infects birds, but it can also infect humans, dogs, bats, horses and rabbits. Humans are mainly infected with the virus through the bite of an infected mosquito. The genetic material of the West Nile Virus is a single strand of RNA which has between 11,000 and...
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 Residents in Norristown are now in danger of getting infected with the West Nile virus brought by the mosquitoes in the area. The virus is really brought by some birds but after these birds die, the mosquitoes collect their blood and then infect the people.The Montgomery County health department issued on Friday a report asking the...
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Psychologists have studied suspects and have been looking for mental quirks. They have also suggested the lines of interrogation and questioning and have helped in deciding when an argument is too intense, or when to push harder in getting what you want. Psychologists in the military and C.I.A. interrogation have marked a central...
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 Mass Murder in Memphis Home, 6 Killed
The bodies of six people - 4 adults and 2 children - were found by police in a small brick house in Memphis, Tennessee. Inside the small building were found three other...
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