Washington D.C. bus riders get meningitis scare
One of Washington Metropolitan Area Transporation Authorities' latest 7000 series New Flyer bus in service at Minnesota Avenue.
(Credit: Facebook/Metro Forward)(CBS News) Washington D.C. residents are on alert after a bus operator came down with viral meningitis.
The bus driver last worked on Friday morning on a bus assigned to the 14th Street Line on Route 52 and 54, and it is not believed he went on any other bus during his shift, according to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Before that, he had been on vacation. The vehicles in question have been removed from service to be sanitized, and all 164 buses in the fleet were to be disinfected Monday night.
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Measles deaths went down from 535,300 deaths in 2000 to 139,300 in 2010, according to the study published in the April 24 issue of The Lancet. Researchers looked at statistics from World Health Organization (WHO) member states to determine rates.
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(CBS News) Almost 40 percent of migraine sufferers could reduce the frequency of their painful migraines by taking one of seven types of preventive treatments, according to new guidelines from the American Headache Society.
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But less than one-third of migraine sufferers actually use these treatments, according to the guideline authors.
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(CBS/AP) In a rare procedure, a 26-year-old woman who had been declared brain dead gave birth to twins at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Christine Bolden of Muskegon, Mich., had called her brother Vance Terrell on the last day of February to tell him she had picked out baby names for her twin boys she was pregnant with, choosing to call them Nicholas and Alexander, Michigan news site mlive.com reported. The next day on March 1, Bolden collapsed while leaving a Grand Rapids building with her 3-year-old son and boyfriend. Her family would never speak to her again.
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Hangover Heaven bus rolls through Las Vegas
Bryan Dalia, left, of Caldwell, N.J. takes a photo of his IV bag while being treated on the Hangover Heaven bus by EMT Stacey Kreitlow, second from left, and Dr. Jason Burke, second from right, as another patient named Alex, right, looks on, Saturday, April 14, 2012, in Las Vegas.
(Credit: AP)HealthPop reported earlier this month that Dr. Jason Burke, a board-certified anesthesiologist, was taking to The Strip in his Hangover Heaven bus to charge vacationers and locals nursing a hangover for a "cure" that can leave you hangover-free in 45 minutes.
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Another heart attack at the Heart Attack Grill?
A person eats a "bypass burger" at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas
(Credit: CBS)(CBS News) Another patron of the Heart Attack Grill has reportedly fallen ill during a meal at the hospital-themed Las Vegas restaurant.
CBS affiliate KLAS-TV Las Vegas reports that a woman is recovering after collapsing unconscious and suffering a possible heart attack at the restaurant that serves up fatty fare.
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Restaurant owner "Dr. Jon" Basso told KLAS-TV the woman was "doing everything society tells you not to do" Saturday night at the restaurant, including eating high-calorie foods, drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes. Her current condition or cause of the medical episode was not immediately known but Basso said the woman is expected to recover.
Hangover headache? 10 tips to reduce your risk
The Hangover Heaven roving bus in Las Vegas that promises to provide a hangover remedy.
(Credit: Hangover Heaven)(CBS News) Have you ever had a hangover? You're not alone. According to Dr. Noah Rosen, director of the Headache Center at the North Shore-LIJ Health System's Cushing Neuroscience Institute, in Great Neck, N.Y., more than 70 percent of people will have a hangover in their lives. But according to Rosen, it's still not clear whether frequent boozers are more or less likely to be hungover - so anyone is at risk.
Hangovers are most likely a process that involves how the body metabolizes alcohol, drinking's effects on blood flow to the brain and the interaction of neurotransmitters like histamine, serotonin and prostaglandin. But the effects of a hangover can reach beyond a headache, causing tremors, sweating, increased pulse and blood pressure, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, dehydration, thirst, light sensitivity, fatigue, depression and anxiety.
While partygoers in Las Vegas can reportedly cure their hangover in 45 minutes with the help of a recently rolled out "Hangover Heaven" bus (pictured), the rest of us can be in for an uncomfortable recovery the day after drinking.
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Continue »Vt. debates letting parents say no to vaccines
(CBS/AP) Should childhood vaccinations be required for all children or up to parents to decide? It's an oft-debated topic in the U.S., and in Vermont, the debate has reached the state legislature . State lawmakers are debating whether to end the state's "philosophical exemption" - the right of refusal for parents who want to enroll their kids in school or child care without immunizations.
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The Vermont Department of Health and the CDC call for about 20 vaccinations by the time a child enters kindergarten. The CDC and state health officials say Vermont is among the states with the highest exemption rates for childhood vaccinations. Some say it's no coincidence that Vermont recently has seen an outbreak of one of the diseases the vaccines target: pertussis, or whooping cough.
Continue »What causes brain freeze? Study reveals new clues
(CBS News) We've all been there before: On a hot day, you reach for an ice cold drink or a big scoop of ice cream - and are shortly met with excruciating pain.
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We're talking the dreaded "brain freeze," - often dubbed an "ice cream headache" - and a new study claims to have finally unlocked clues as to what causes this chilly sensation. The researchers behind the study say their findings may lead to better treatments for other headache sufferers, such as people with migraines or those with traumatic brain injuries.
Continue »Chemotherapy without hair loss? Cooling cap in works
(CBS News) Hair loss is one of the most visible effects of chemotherapy. But chemotherapy without losing one's hair may soon be possible. Scientists have developed a hood that cools the scalp during chemotherapy, reducing the circulation of blood - and, accordingly, the poisons from chemotherapy. As a result, hair roots survive.
The study is currently being carried out at the Jerusalem hospital in Hamburg, Germany.
Dr. Kay Friedrich of the hospital says, "It is an illusion that the whole hair can be preserved. About 10 to 30 percent of the hair gets lost. But the better the starting conditions are, full and strong hair, the less you see the loss of the hair."
What do patients think?
One says, "It's unpleasant, it does not feel good. But it serves a good purpose."
Click the above video to watch how the cap works.