5 Life Lessons You Can Learn From Extroverts
If you imagine extroverts as shallow and abrasive — rather like used-car salesmen — you might wonder what on earth you could possibly learn from them.
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Yes, Your Allergies Are Getting Worse (No, You’re Not Imagining It)
It’s not all in your head. Allergies are actually getting worse, thanks to this.
Oman Sultan returns in 'complete health' after treatment in Germany
Oman’s Sultan Qaboos returned home “in complete health” on Monday after an eight-month medical stay in Germany, state television reported, adding his treatment had been a success. Qaboos, 74, has been absolute ruler of the Arabian peninsula state since 1970, but his absence in Germany since July had led to growing concern about his health. Qaboos “returned to the soil of the dear nation this evening, blessed by God’s favor
A year after Ebola discovered, relapses seen in fight to end it
By Emma Farge DAKAR (Reuters) – Lapses that fueled the Ebola outbreak after it was first discovered a year ago are dogging the final stages of the fight against the virus as fatigue and complacency set in, delaying the end of the deadly epidemic. Three doctors were discovered to be infected with Ebola at a hospital in Guinea’s capital Conakry last week in what health reports and government officials blamed
Tumors grown in dishes could help customize cancer treatment
Experiments conducted at an underground laboratory at Vanderbilt University could prove vital in the fight against cancer. Alex Walsh, a biomedical researcher, is using a laser to make what she calls organoids glow. The organoid is then dosed with a cocktail of cancer drugs and placed under a microscope at which point it is blasted with a laser. Measuring the variations in the intensity of the resulting fluorescence provides a
Tenet forms JV to create largest U.S. ambulatory surgery provider
(Reuters) – Tenet Healthcare Corp said it would create the largest provider of ambulatory surgery services in the United States through a joint venture with United Surgical Partners International (USPI), with the option to buy USPI over five years. Tenet said it will pay $425 million to private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and other USPI shareholders and assume $1.5 billion of USPI’s debt for a 50.1 percent
Obamacare at Five
In the five years since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law, we’ve seen more progress in expanding health care to millions than in the last four decades combined. The ACA has translated into real reform and real changes that help real people. An incredible 16.4 million have gained coverage through the ACA, and those gains are only the…
10 Foods That Fight Inflammation
Olives, tart cherries and red onions are among the best.
MEI Pharma shares swoon as cancer drug fails study
MEI Pharma lost more than two-thirds of its market value on Monday after the company’s cancer drug failed to meet the main goal in a mid-stage study. The drug, pracinostat, was being tested in combination with chemotherapy drug azacitidine to treat patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) – a blood cancer where immature blood cells in the bone marrow fail to become healthy cells. The trial failure raised questions about the
WHO denies politics swayed Ebola emergency declaration
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization denies that politics swayed the decision to declare an international emergency over the spread of the Ebola virus in West Africa despite evidence showing senior staffers discussing the diplomatic and economic fallout of such a move.