Month: November 2014

By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has begun assessing more than 120 potential treatments for Ebola patients, it said on Friday, but so far has found none that definitely work, and some that definitely do not. One drug used to treat HIV patients, lamivudine, had started to catch on as a potential Ebola treatment after one doctor used it and others followed, WHO scientist Martin Friede told a news conference. But the WHO examined the evidence and found lamivudine had no effect on Ebola and should not be administered. …

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Of course the continuing challenge is to maintain the lower body weight." … eating a healthy diet and losing weight can reverse diabetes and are also …
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By Pamela Barbaglia and Sophie Sassard LONDON (Reuters) – Pfizer appears unlikely to make a fresh bid for AstraZeneca in 12 days time, when an enforced cooling-off period ends, and the U.S. drugmaker is now weighing other less risky targets. People with direct knowledge of the situation said Pfizer has been reviewing different takeover scenarios with a U.S. investment bank ahead of Nov. 26, when it is allowed to renew its pursuit of AstraZeneca under UK takeover rules. …

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BAMAKO/GENEVA (Reuters) – Mali is tracing at least 200 contacts linked to confirmed and probable Ebola victims as it seeks to control its second Ebola outbreak, health officials said on Friday. An initial batch of contacts linked to a 2-year-old from Guinea who died of Ebola last month were close to finishing their 21-day quarantine period when Mali confirmed its second case this week. At least four more suspected Ebola deaths have occurred, all linked to an imam who entered Mali from neighbouring Guinea and died late last month with Ebola-like symptoms that were not recognised. …

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Ear-O-Smart wearables look and feel just like earrings but they're packed with sensors capable of taking your pulse and monitoring your exercise for fitness tracking.

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While Atkins-related data was inconsistent, the South Beach diet, which also emphasizes low carbohydrate intake, did not produce a weight–loss …
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… diet plans that enable dieters to stop procrastinating, begin losing weight … caloric and nutritional needs to ensure long term weight management.
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… to lose weight knows how hard it can be to rely on willpower. But with some science-backed tricks up your sleeve, it's possible to make healthy food …
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