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The family of Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died at Texas Presbyterian Health Hospital, announced today it has settled its wrongful death claim against the facility. There will not be a lawsuit. Monetary terms were not disclosed.

New research suggested that men with the sort of wider faces that indicate higher testosterone levels show greater dominance and fare better than narrow-faced men in negotiations.

From 2001 to 2010, the infection rate of an intestinal superbug has doubled, with increases in mortality rates and length of hospital stays reflecting this trend, suggested research in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC).

Researchers from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health have published research identifying a myriad of potentially harmful pathogens carried by New York City (NYC) rats.

Attempting to catch up with bacteria's resistance to drugs, University of California, Los Angeles, CA (UCLA) researchers have manufactured an antibiotic that they believe will counteract bacterial antibiotic resistance.

Ebola's evolutionary history goes back anywhere from 16 to 23 million years, much more expansive than previously thought, claimed University of Buffalo (UB) researchers, who believe their discovery will highlight viable treatments.

By adapting new technologies, George Washington University School of Medicine investigators are pressing their colleagues to research methods which will fight off parasitic worms.

After a period of 6 months from post herpetic neuralgia onset, patients often report chronic pain, according to a study conducted in Rome, Italy.

Changing the combination of existing drugs could help patients save thousands of dollars in annual prescription costs.

Researchers at Yale University and miRagen Therapeutics found that when a microRNA (miRNA) mimic was injected into mice lungs, it not only blocked pulmonary fibrosis, but also reversed their symptoms within a short period of time.

Stress management, practice relaxation, and light exercise for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can improve both their mental and physical states, according to researchers from Duke University.

In a joyful and emotional public appearance this morning, New York City officials, staff at city-run Bellevue Hospital System, and Craig Spencer, MD celebrated his release. http://www.hcplive.com/articles/US-Ebola-Free But throughout the event at the hospital this morning speakers stressed that Ebola stigmatization is an ongoing problem.

The US is Ebola-free, at least for now. Craig Spencer, MD, the New York City physician who contracted Ebola as a volunteer for Doctors Without Borders in Guinea will be released from city-run Bellevue Hospital Center tomorrow. He has been a patient there since Oct. 23 sparking a city-wide alarm about whether he might have spread the virus in the days before he was diagnosed.

New research suggests that a simple blood test could identify people with a genetic predisposition towards atrial fibrillation and justify prophylactic treatment to cost-effectively prevent strokes.

A new study indicates that medications produce far more fatal cases of anaphylaxis than either venom or food.

Patients with type 1 diabetes could get much needed help from an unlikely source if positive results from animal model tests with a common diabetes drug can be replicated in clinical trials with humans.

Moderate alcohol consumption can protect against coronary heart disease. But according to a study of 618 Swedes with coronary artery disease, that is true only for those who have a particular genetic makeup, a mere 15% of the general population.

A recent study led by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and the School of Medicine has shown that aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) protect against the development of colorectal cancer through cell suicide pathway induction in intestinal stem cells that carry a certain mutated gene.

Researchers in Denmark have found that serotonin production contributes to muscle spasms in spinal cord injury and Parkinson's disease patients.

A national clinical trial has found non-efavirenz antiretroviral therapy effective as a first-line treatment, which is good news for patients with HIV who are ineligible to use the common drug.

The seasonality of exacerbations imposes a considerable burden on COPD patients in terms of mortality and morbidity, and on health care systems responsible for patient care.

In a surprising move Friday, the Supreme Court agreed to review a closely watched Appeals Court decision that said the federal government can extend tax credits to federally established health exchanges. If the Supreme Court votes to reverse the lower court's decision, it would effectively spell the end of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

For some patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, a full dose of medication may not be needed as the condition progresses.

A recent study has shown that in addition to losing weight patients who undergo weight loss surgery also decrease their chances of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Patients with Lyme disease know that their symptoms and the effects of the disease can be debilitating and last for a long time, often persisting even after treatment.

Canada-based Tekmira Pharmaceuticals will supply US troops in West Africa with 500 doses of its promising experimental Ebola treatment, the company announced today. The company specializes in RNA interference delivery technology. The new product interrupts the Ebola virus's life cycle. The US Army announced that on Saturday it will open an Ebola treatment unit for medical workers infected with the virus in Monrovia, Liberia. (The unit is seen in photo.)

White blood cells may be the cause of rheumatoid arthritis, according to a study from Northwestern Medicine.

President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $6.2 billion in emergency funding to help eradicate Ebola in West Africa. According to the Associated Press, Obama said $2 billion would be funneled through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), $2.4 billion would go to the US Department of Health and Human Services (the parent agency of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and $1.5 billion would go into a contingency fund. The Pentagon would get $112 million. The US military is currently committing about 4,000 troops to Ebola-containment efforts in West Africa.

Republican opponents of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have more clout with their new ascendance to Senate majority status. They've also done well in gubernatorial races. Will that mean the GOP can undo the ACA?

Serum-derived bovine immunoglobulin/protein isolate appears to be a safe and effective nutritional moiety in patients with refractory IBS-D or IBS-M.