Year: 2014

By Bate Felix and Umaru Fofana DAKAR/FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone plans to ban parties and other festivities over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays and to launch a “surge” to cut the risk of Ebola spreading further in the West African country now with the most infections, officials said on Friday. Sierra Leone is struggling to reduce the spread of the viral hemorrhagic fever as the death toll in West Africa continues to rise, fueled in part by increasing infections in the country. …
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Are you a normal cancer patient? Cancer treatments can lead to hair loss, body changes and shifts in your personality. Although going through it can make you feel crazy, here are 10 "normal" things that patients can expect:Rushing all over town. Care for the sick is not all in one place. If you have cancer, expect to make a stop at the…

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PARIS (AP) — France's president wants to allow doctors to keep terminally ill patients sedated until death comes, amid a national debate about whether to legalize euthanasia.

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By Zeba Siddiqui MUMBAI (Reuters) – India has extended price caps to 52 drugs deemed essential by the government, as the country's drug price regulator enforces measures to improve the affordability of medicines. The additional drugs, including painkillers and antibiotics, join a list of nearly 400 essential treatments under price control in India, where a majority of people live on less than $2 a day and health insurance is scarce. Indian law allows the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) regulator to fix prices of drugs on a list of essential medicines. …

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Fitness Friday: Get Results with Your Weight Loss Resolutions … Use the 80/20 Rule when dieting, making 80% of your diet healthy whole foods and …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – The European Union has resumed aid to Mali which it suspended in June due to suspected irregularities in government spending, including the purchase of a $40 million presidential jet, the Malian government announced on Friday. The International Monetary Fund had questioned the way the government acquired the plane and a $200 million state guarantee for a loan obtained by a private company which won a contract to provide supplies for the army. The IMF halted its support for the West African country. …

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