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Following Death of Her Deputy, Top Doctor Under Ebola Quarantine

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Following the Ebola death of her deputy, Liberia's chief medical authority has placed herself in quarantine, health officials and humanitarian sources said on Sunday. Dr Bernice Dahn, who is also a deputy health minister, opted to put herself in isolation after her assistant died of the infectious disease on Thursday. Dahn and her assistant's staff, whom she also quarantined, will remain under observation for 21 days, the sources said, for the full incubation ...

Outsmarting Corruption With Whistleblower Phone App

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A teacher at a government school outside Uganda's capital Kampala is the Kiwenda primary, and Douglas Buule, a teacher there has a recurring problem. "The money used to access the chalk comes late, even towards the end of term," explains Buule. "It is a big burden to keep on writing on a chalk board. So sometimes the head teacher buys chalk on credit or even uses her own money." Funds arriving late or going missing altogether also mean the school's 529 ...

Trademarking Cinnamon Spice Success is Sri Lanka's Next Agenda

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Sarath Kumara, whose cinnamon plantation in Sri Lanka was devastated during the Asian tsunami, was forced to start over with nothing. But the farmer faces a new threat from further afield. Sri Lanka is the world's leading cinnamon supplier thanks to its centuries-old industry, whose lush, green plantations are strung along the island's southern coast where European colonists and Arab traders once flocked. But the industry says its product known the world ...

China's Ningxia Comes Out as a Quality Wine Producer

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Wines from Ningxia were unknown to most people until a few years ago, but today the region is one of the ground producing the country's best vintages and it doesn't plan on stopping there. At a gathering in Beijing last week, 50 wines from Ningxia -- a largely arid region with harsh, cold winters -- were on show and the general consensus was that the quality of the wine is on an upward trajectory. "Ten or twelve years ago, if you tasted 60 Chinese wines, ...

Wattpad as a Social Medium for Writers and Readers

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Allen Lau calls himself to be a living proof that love of good writing is alive and going great in the age of streaming video and terse text messages. He offers as further evidence the 32 million people who each month visit online literature social network Wattpad, which he and Ivan Yuen launched eight years ago as an online venue for writers and readers to connect. "Wattpad is the world's largest community for reading and writing," Lau told AFP during ...

A Social Network Gone 'Anti-Facebook' Gets Viral Surge

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The new social network Ello has become perhaps the hottest ticket on the internet, in a matter of days. It is described as the "anti-facebook" for its stand on privacy and advertising. Created last year as a "private" social network, Ello (www.ello.co) recently opened its doors on an invitation-only basis. Because of the limited supply and strong demand, the invitations have been selling on eBay at prices up to (Dollar) 500. Some reports said Ello is getting ...

Dental Care during Pregnancy

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Dental care is not only safe but also essential during pregnancy. Hence, it is important for you to take good care of your teeth while you are pregnant.

New Role for Estrogen in the Pathology of Breast Cancer Discovered

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Mechanism by which estrogen prepares cells to divide, grow and, in the case of estrogen-positive breast cancers, resist cancer drugs has been discovered by scientists. The researchers say the work reveals new targets for breast cancer therapy and will help doctors predict which patients need the most aggressive treatment. The University of Illinois team reports its findings in the journal iOncogene/i. Estrogen pre-activates the unfolded-protein ...

Intensive Care Units Have More Children Admitted But Fewer Staff

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A new report published jointly by the University of Leeds and University of Leicester has revealed that more children than ever are being admitted to intensive care units in England and Wales but there are fewer staff per bed available to cope with these cases. The Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network (PICANet) report showed that there was a 15% increase in admissions over a 10-year period between 2004 and 2013, but this included an increase of 4% that was not ...

Paying Attention To The Rhythm of Your Heartbeat

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We often experience some fluttering in the chest or pounding of the heart before a public speech or while we run to catch a bus or train that is leaving the platform. These are familiar and common responses to stressful events that we often ignore. However, when it occurs without any rhyme or reason, then we ought to give it some thought. Was it sudden or did it gradually start? Is there associated chest discomfort, shortness of breath or light-headedness are other ...

Quiz on Metabolic Syndrome

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Metabolic syndrome is a new-generation ailment that has resulted from modern lifestyle. See how much you know about metabolic syndrome by taking this quiz.

"No News of Family", Says Husband At Monrovia's Ebola Centre

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As families flock at the gates of Monrovia's Ebola centre with photos of loved ones, bags of food and hope, they are still in the dark of news of the fate of their sick loved ones inside. George Williams brought his wife and daughter to the Island Clinic on Tuesday and since then has had "no news, no contact with my family". "I trust the doctors and the government," he says. But his faith draws hoots of laughter from the 40-odd others also ...

Indian Women at High Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

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Shedding light on the unhealthy lifestyle of Indian women, a new study has found that three in five women in the country are at high risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The three-year-long study, which is India's largest study on risk factors causing heart disease, involved 1.6 lakh urban women in twelve leading metro and non-metro cities. According to the study, the largest group of women at risk of CVD is aged between 35 and 44 and ...

New Way To Detect Early Sign of Pancreatic Cancer

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A new study discovered a sign to detect pancreatic cancer in its early stages. Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and other institutions have found an upsurge in certain amino acids that occurs before the disease is diagnosed and symptoms appear. This study is published online today by the journal iNature Medicine/i. Although the increase isn't large enough to be the basis of a new test for early detection ...

Muskegon and Oceana Counties Enroll More Than 4000 Residents in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Plans

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Get Covered America which is a national campaign that promotes the Affordable Care Act and is associated with Enroll America focuses on increasing the number of Americans who can get covered by health insurance. According to this group every one of six Americans are without health insurance covers. The survey showed that more than 4000 residents of Muskegon County came under the health insurance plans through the federal marketplace. Stevi Riel led Enroll West ...

Switzerland Votes On The Country's Health System

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People of Switzerland on Sunday voted to decide if they wanted to do away with the country's all-private health insurance system or to create a state-run scheme. The polls suggest that the Swiss are likely to reject a public system. Going public would be a seismic shift for a country whose health system is often hailed abroad as a model of efficiency, but is a growing source of frustration at home because of soaring costs. "Over the past 20 years in ...

Autistic Children Are More 'inactive' Than Those Without The Disorder

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Children with autism are more "inactive" as compared to those who do not have the disorder, says a new study. The study conducted at Oregon State University suggested that kids suffering from autism have less than 50 minutes a day of moderate physical activity and 70 minutes more each day sitting. The study showed that children with autism performed as well as their typical peers on fitness assessments such as body mass index, aerobic fitness levels ...

Union Finance and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley Shifted to AIIMS Isolation Facility to Avoid Recurrence of Infection

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Union Finance and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley shifted to a special isolation facility at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after doctors advised that he needed a few more days of rest to recover completely from a respiratory infection. Mr. Jaitley was shifted to AIIMS from the Max Hospital in South Delhi. Doctors at the hospital said that though he has recovered satisfactorily from respiratory infection, he has been advised further rest ...

Pain Keeps Surgery Patients Awake, Extends Hospital Stay

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Pain makes it difficult for some patients to get a good night's rest while recovering in the hospital following certain surgical procedures, says study. The study shows patients who reported poor sleep while in the hospital following total hip replacement or knee replacement surgery had higher pain scores. "Our results show that increased pain scores result in deceased sleep duration," says study lead author Anya Miller, M.D., with the Department ...

Land-ice Decay Led to Rise in Sea Level Up to 5 Meters Per Century, Reveals Study

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Land-ice decay has led to rise in global sea-levels at rates of up to 5.5 metres per century, reveals research. An international team of researchers developed a 500,000-year record of sea-level variability, to provide the first account of how quickly sea-level changed during the last five ice-age cycles and found that more than 100 smaller events of sea-level rise took place in between the five major events. Katharine Grant, from the Australian ...

Refrigerators to be Powered by Sun-generated Hydrogen Fuel

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A new method to generate hydrogen fuel from the Sun using Earth-abundant materials has been discovered by scientists. At the Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces at EPFL, scientists have developed methods for generating fuels such as hydrogen through solar water splitting. To do this, they either use photoelectrochemical cells that directly split water into hydrogen and oxygen when exposed to sunlight, or they combine electricity-generating ...

Link Between Job Insecurity and Asthma Identified

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A link between asthma and work related stress has been discovered by scientists. The researchers base their findings on just over 7000 working adults, who responded to the German Socio-Economic Panel Study-an annual representative survey of the German population-in 2009 and 2011, when questions about asthma were asked. It was found that those who didn't feel their tenure was secure were less likely to be on permanent contracts and more likely ...

World Heart Day 2014: Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan Urges Disciplined Lifestyle

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Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan announced campaigns centered on major communicable and non-communicable diseases. These will involve NGOs, religious organisations, educational institutions, medical professionals of the government and private sectors, clubs and related social forums as means to developing a social movement over health. "A specific day in a year will be dedicated to awareness building on a particular disease. For instance, ...