Breast cancer patients turn to alternative treatments in battle against disease
Working alongside oncologists, practitioners choose a combination of acupuncture, herbal medications and diet to strengthen the body before …
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Year: 2014
Daylight Savings All Year Round May Encourage Children To Exercise More
The silver lining is that children are inspired to get up and outside for exercise when the sun sets later. So British researchers investigated how much …
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Diet Detective: News You Should Use
So, when you're trying to estimate the calories in the foods you eat, thinking … losing weight at a slow initial rate, as recommended by current dietary …
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Mass casualty exercise held at Madill highschool
MADILL, OK — A mass casualty exercise was held this morning at Madill … law enforcement were able to exercise a life-like mass casualty scenario.
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State runs 'mock' Ebola exercise
Health officials said the exercise went smoothly, and there were no gaps … and have exercised those plans," said Mona Dohman, MN Department of …
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Amber Alert exercise highlights areas in need of improvement
Troopers say it was a great exercise, but that some kinks were discovered. For example the email server was slow and now it's being worked out.
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U.S. airlines see third-quarter profits rise, upbeat outlook
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – American Airlines Group , United Airlines and other carriers reported strong third-quarter profits on Thursday, helped by falling fuel costs, and mostly shrugged off concerns that Ebola could affect their outlook. Despite concerns about increased competition in some markets, several major U.S. carriers also signaled they would boost capacity, betting on a steady increase in passenger traffic through next year. American, which exited bankruptcy last year via a merger with U.S. …
1st Ebola case in W. African nation of Mali
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s health minister says the West African country has confirmed its first case of Ebola.
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NY doctor being tested for Ebola has not been working at hospital
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The doctor being tested in New York for Ebola has not been back to his hospital job or seen patients since returning from West Africa, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center said on Thursday. Dr. Craig Spencer was described as a “committed and responsible physician who always puts his patients first” in a statement released by the hospital in upper Manhattan. Spencer, 33, who was in Guinea with Doctors Without Borders, was being tested at Bellevue Hospital after experiencing fever and gastrointestinal discomfort. …
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EU names coordinator to step up response to Ebola
By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union appointed a coordinator on Thursday to lead its drive to fight Ebola in West Africa following criticism that European efforts so far to contain the world's worst recorded outbreak of the disease have been inadequate. Christos Stylianides, who takes over on Nov. 1 as the EU's commissioner for humanitarian affairs and crisis management, will also be the 28-nation bloc's point man on Ebola. …
Mali becomes sixth West African nation hit by Ebola
By Adama Diarra and Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali confirmed its first case of Ebola on Thursday, becoming the sixth West African country to be touched by the worst outbreak on record of the hemorrhagic fever, which has killed nearly 4,900 people. Mali's Health Minister Ousmane Kone told state television that the patient in the western town of Kayes was a two-year-old girl who had recently arrived from neighboring Guinea, where the outbreak began. "The condition of the girl, according to our services, is improving thanks to her rapid treatment," the minister told state television. …
Beware Claims That Activated Charcoal Can Cure Gut Troubles
In the case she and her colleagues profiled in the new report, an alternative medicine practitioner told a 48-year-old man to take activated charcoal as …
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