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The United States is stepping up its response to a historic outbreak of Ebola in two African nations. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention activated its Emergency Operations Center Thursday to assist in the government's response to the second-largest outbreak of Ebola on record.

CDC Opens Emergency Operations Center for Congo Ebola Outbreak

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The virus has crossed the border from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda
Drug

Drug, Alcohol, and Suicide Deaths Up Among Millennials

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Recommendations to address issue include price strategies, investment in nonopioid, nondrug pain tx
For African women seeking effective contraception

HIV Risk Does Not Differ With Three Contraceptive Methods

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No significant difference seen with use of DMPA-IM, copper IUD device, levonorgestrel implant in African women
Gabapentinoids are associated with increased risks for adverse outcomes related to coordination disturbances

Gabapentinoids Linked to Increased Risk for Significant Adverse Outcomes

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Risk increased for suicidal behavior, unintentional overdose, road traffic incident, head/body injuries
For Chinese postmenopausal women

Vitamin D, Estradiol Deficiency Have Synergistic Effect on MetS

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Findings seen in cross-sectional study involving 616 postmenopausal Chinese women
Increases in red meat consumption over eight years are associated with an increased mortality risk during the subsequent eight years

Increases in Red Meat Intake Linked to Increased Mortality

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Increase of at least half a serving a day of red meat, especially processed meat, linked to greater risk
The Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2018 staging schema improves discriminatory ability for women with stage IB cervical tumors

FIGO 2018 Staging Ups Discrimination of Stage 1B Cervical Cancer

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Classifying all women with positive lymph nodes into single stage yields highly variable survival rates
Seroconversion to human papillomavirus type 16-E6 antibody positivity can occur decades before diagnosis of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

HPV16 Antibodies Can Develop Long Before Throat Cancer Diagnosis

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HPV16-E6 seropositivity increases with shorter lead time, reaching 38.9 percent for <10 years
Energy expenditure is higher for standing positions versus sitting or lying positions in young

Young, Healthy Adults Expend More Energy While Standing

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Energy expenditure significantly higher in standing positions versus lying or sitting
Persistently high fat mass during adolescence is associated with greater arterial stiffness

Obesity During Teen Years Tied to Stiffening of Arteries

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This adverse effect is further aggravated by an unfavorable metabolic profile