en_il-hotdailynews: 2015-02-27 Israel Health

Genetic trickery deployed by malaria to escape immune system attack revealed
Business Standard
A team of scientists has revealed that malaria plays hide-and-seek with human immune system by using long noncoding RNA to switch genes. Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have revealed the genetic trickery that this deadly Plasmodium ...

Hebrew University develops 'breakthough' method to suppress malaria ...   Jerusalem Post Israel News
Researchers reveal how malaria parasite deploys genetic trickery to escape ...   News-Medical.net

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Meet the Italian doctor who wants to perform human head transplants
9news.com.au
An Italian doctor says human head transplants can be completed within two years, but acknowledges the profound ethical issues such an operation would entail. Dr Sergio Canavero, from the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group, has dedicated much of ...

First human head transplant could happen by 2017, says Italian surgeon   Washington Times
First human head transplant two years away, says one surgeon   CBS News
Doctor Seeking To Perform Head Transplant Is Out Of His Mind   Forbes
The Independent
OregonLive.com
Sky News Australia
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Too much sleep may be bad for your health, study reports
Science Recorder
A new study finds a correlation between increased stroke risk and increased hours of sleep. While many people in today's world would kill for eight hours of sleep a night, getting more than that could actually be bad for your health. This new study, according to ...

More Than 8 Hours Of Sleep May Increase Your Risk Of Stroke, So Don't Catch ...   Bustle
Long Sleeping Hours Raise Stroke Risk   SMN Weekly
Higher Risk of Stroke Connected with Longer Sleep   Lighthouse News Daily
Physical Therapy Products
Tech Times
Science World Report
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: Ebola battle far from over
Washington Times
Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf wants Americans to know she's grateful for the help so far but her country's battle with the deadly Ebola epidemic is far from over. A day before meeting with President Obama at the White House, Ms. Sirleaf used a ...

Liberian Leader Thanks US for Ebola Support   Voice of America
US wraps up Ebola military mission in Liberia   Times of India
Army's 101st Airborne Wraps Up Ebola Mission in West Africa   Wall Street Journal
Channel News Asia
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The world should learn from the Ebola crisis to combat MERS in Saudi Arabia
Washington Post
A DISEASE outbreak has a source and a pathway for transmission, but both can be exceedingly difficult to discover. Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS, is surging anew in Saudi Arabia and raising familiar questions: Where is this coronavirus coming ...

Lab test only way to confirm MERS infection   Arab News
PhilHealth covers MERS-CoV patients   Inquirer.net
Mers-CoV does not spread through camel says study   Khaleej Times
Infection Control Today
Gulf Daily News
CIDRAP
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FDA Approves Sanofi's Insulin Drug
International Business Times AU
Sanofi has won approval from United States health regulators for its diabetes treatment Toujeo. The drug is a successor to the French drugmaker's top selling product Lantus, which loses patent protection in 2015, Bloomberg reports. The Food and Drug ...

Sanofi's diabetes drug Toujeo gets US approval, label disappoints   Yahoo Finance UK
Sanofi sets out aggressive pricing strategy for new diabetes drug   Financial Times
Sanofi's new Lantus may not be the new Lantus   Medical Marketing and Media
Investorplace.com
Wall Street Journal (blog)
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Chemical Additives In Ice Cream Linked to Painful Crohn's Disease, Colitis
Sputnik International
The additives used to make your ice cream creamier may also promote inflammatory bowel diseases ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, according to research findings. Emulsifiers are chemicals that are added to packaged foods like ice cream, margarine, ...

Why Food Additives May Increase Risk of Inflammatory Diseases   Monthly Prescribing Reference
The secret ingredient that is making you put on weight   Warwick Daily News
Food additives cause metabolic syndrome, obesity   The Hans India
NDTV
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Traditional and religious leaders to champion new Ebola vaccine study in Sierra ...
Sierra Express Media
Freetown, 20, 015 (MOHS) –Tribal Heads, Religious Leaders and Ward Councillors in the Western Area have been briefed about the new Ebola Prevention Vaccine (marklate) to be introduce in Sierra Leone in March this year. (Photo: Cross section of the ...

'Marshall plan' needed to rescue Ebola-ravaged countries   Mail & Guardian Online
Amid uptick in Ebola cases, UN agency cites challenges in reaching affected ...   UN News Centre
Videos from the field: Canada's Ebola nurse reports from Sierra Leone   CityNews

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Tobacco kills two in every three smokers: report
The Express Tribune
A study also reveals that every two in three smokers die from smoking-related diseases. STOCK IMAGE. Every two in three smokers die from a number of smoking-related diseases, a risk much higher than thought before, revealed a large study, BBC reported.
Smoking 'doesn't relieve your stress - it increases it'   Irish Examiner
Smokers die 10 years sooner   The Hindu
Smokers Are More Likely To Suffer From Anxiety And Depression   Huffington Post
Times of India
Business Standard
Philly.com
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Is there toxin in your oat breakfast?
Times of India
Often touted for boosting cardiac health, oat-based breakfast cereals have now come under the scanner as researchers have detected in them potentially dangerous mould contamination. Some oat-based breakfast cereals contain a high-level of ...

Oat-based breakfast cereal high amounts of mold related toxin   FanIQ
Oat breakfast cereals may contain common mold-related toxin   Business Standard
Toxin in your oat breakfast?   The Indian Express

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