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Experimental Ebola treatment in Phase 1 clinical trial A first-in-human trial evaluating an experimental treatment for Ebola virus disease has begun at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
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Influencer Who Documented Cancer Battle Dies at Age 24 Nara Almeida, a popular blogger and influencer from Brazil, has died after inspiring her over 4.5 million social media followers during her nearly year-long battle with stomach cancer.
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FDA warns that benzocaine teething products aren't safe for children (CNN) The US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to consumers Wednesday to stop using over-the-counter teething products that contain benzocaine.
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Lung cancer rates in younger white and Hispanic women surpass those of men Reversing a historic trend, rates of lung cancer among younger white and Hispanic women have surpassed those of men - and the change cannot be fully explained by gender differences in smoking behavior, researchers said Wednesday.
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FDA warns teething medicines unsafe, wants them off shelves The US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to consumers Wednesday to stop using over-the-counter teething products that contain benzocaine.
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Stop Using OTC Benzocaine Teething Products, FDA Says The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers to immediately stop using benzocaine-containing over-the-counter drug products, including those used to treat teething pain, in infants and children under 2 years of age as they can pose a ...
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Three Ebola patients fled quarantine in Congo, sparking fears that the disease may spread Health officials in Congo are anxious to contain the country's deadly Ebola outbreak - which has already spread to an urban area - before the situation gets any worse.
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Do kids need a different kind of sunscreen? (CNN) A busy sunscreen aisle can leave parents confused about which lotions, sticks or sprays to buy for their kids. Complicating matters are varying recommendations for the average consumer: The US Food and Drug Administration recommends buying ...
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Water resistant sunscreen claims 'meaningless', says Which? Water-resistant sunscreen products work much less well after they have been worn in the sea, a consumer group has warned ahead of the summer holiday season.
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Scientists discover opioids in some Puget Sound mussels The opioid epidemic has now made its way into marine life in the Puget Sound. Scientists who track pollution have for the first time, discovered traces of oxycodone in mussels.
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Nara Almeida, 24: Young Brazilian Blogger Dies After Year-Long Battle With Stomach Cancer So heartbreaking! Beautiful Brazilian social media influencer Nara Almeida has died at just 24-years-old after battling stomach cancer for less than a year.
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Relaxed mussels? Opioids found in Puget Sound shellfish hint at crisis If you take legal or illegal drugs, or even flush them down the toilet unused, there's a good chance they'll wind up in Puget Sound.
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Newer PSA Test Reportedly Would Prevent 40 Percent of Biopsies Researchers continue to try to improve upon the blood test used to screen for prostate cancer - the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test.
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What's really in public swimming pools? With summer approaching, public health officials have a cautionary vacation buzzkill: Public pools are teeming with parasites and bacteria linked to diarrhea and Legionnaire's disease, which in some cases could cause serious illnesses.
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How Vaccine Fears Helped Kill the Lyme Disease Vaccine Lyme disease is the fastest-growing vector-borne (bug-transmitted) infection in the United States today, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and stopping the spread of the disease is difficult.
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Obesity may make women more vulnerable to a host of cancers, especially if they gain weight quickly Compared to women of normal weight, those with obesity are 24% more likely to develop one of a handful of cancers linked to the condition, and their chances of developing cancers of the kidney or endometrium were around twice as high as those of ...
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Sleeping in on the weekends can compensate for lack of sleep during the week, study suggests Sleeping in on a day off feels marvelous, especially for those of us who don't get nearly enough rest during the workweek. But are the extra weekend winks worth it?
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The FDA Is Warning People to Steer Clear of Sunscreen Pills Sunscreen comes in many forms, from lotions to sprays to creams - but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers to steer clear of one formula in particular: so-called sunscreen pills.
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Money a better motivator to stop smoking than free e-cigs or quit aids (Reuters Health) - Providing free electronic cigarettes or other stop-smoking products to employees to get them to give up real cigarettes is less effective than the threat of taking away a cash reward for quitting, according to a new study that weighs ...
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The 10 Latest Facts On Nipah Virus Including Symptoms And Checks 1) The virus infects both animals and humans (a phenomenon known as zoonosis). It has joined the list of recent zoonotic outbreaks such as swine flu and bird flu.
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How More Carbon Dioxide Can Make Food Less Nutritious Carbon dioxide helps plants grow. But a new study shows that rice grown in higher levels of carbon dioxide has lower amounts of several important nutrients.
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Nipah virus: No need to panic, says doctor who led WHO team When an outbreak of encephalitis occured in Siliguri town of West Bengal in India in February 2001, investigators took nearly six months to conclude that it was a Nipah virus outbreak.
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Potential TB Exposure Reported At UCSD LA JOLLA, CA - Public health officials are warning the public of possible tuberculosis exposure at UC San Diego's main university campus in La Jolla.
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'The Mediterranean diet is gone': region's children are fattest in Europe The diet Greece, Spain and Italy are famous for - rich in fruit, vegetables, fish and olive oil - is supposedly the healthiest in the world, but obesity is rocketing.
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Can simulating evolution on a computer explain our enormous brains? Compared to the rest of the animal kingdom, the human brain is way out of whack. Our brains are roughly six times larger than what you would expect for a placental mammal of our stature, scientists say.
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Men take shortcuts, women stick to the routes they know, study finds May 23 - Men and women use different navigation strategies, new research shows. Men are more likely to take short cuts, while women prefer well-known routes.
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Could More Fish in the Diet Boost Sex Lives and Fertility? WEDNESDAY, May 23, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Adding more seafood to the diet could help get couples' sex lives, and even their fertility, back in the swim of things, new research shows.
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Legend of Loch Ness Monster will be tested with DNA samples The stories seem as tall as the lake is deep. For hundreds of years, visitors to Scotland's Loch Ness have described seeing a monster that some believe lurks in the depths.
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Poor diet can also lead to depression, warn experts The impact of fast food on people's waistlines and physical health is well understood, but a poor diet can also lead to depression and other mental health problems, experts warn.
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Legend of Loch Ness Monster will be tested with DNA samples. FILE -This is an undated file photo of a shadowy shape that some people say is a photo of the Loch Ness monster in Scotland. For hundreds of years, visitors to Scotland's Loch Ness have described seeing a monster that some believe lives in the depths.
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Adoption of 'healthier' Mediterranean-style diet varies considerably across US states The traditional diet of people in Mediterranean countries has been linked to numerous health benefits and has been shown to cut the risk of obesity.
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Walking, biking to work lowers risk for fatal heart disease People who walked or rode their bikes to work lowered their risk for ischemic heart disease by 11% and risk for dying of this disease by 30%, according to findings recently published in Heart.
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Hide, Nessie, Hide A team of researchers is heading to Scotland to trawl for traces of DNA that might indicate whether there truly is a Loch Ness Monster, Newsweek reports.
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Legend of Loch Ness Monster will be tested with DNA samples WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The stories seem as tall as the lake is deep. For hundreds of years, visitors to Scotland's Loch Ness have described seeing a monster that some believe lurks in the depths.
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New app tells hearing-impaired parents when and why their baby is crying For parents Delbert and Sanaz Whetter a crying baby is a particularly difficult challenge. The Whetters are deaf, so when they're in another room they rely on cameras and remote noise-monitors to help keep an eye on their two children, one of whom is ...
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New app interprets baby's cries New parents no longer have to scratch their heads, wondering why their baby is crying. A team at UCLA Health has developed an app to help.
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Small World? Not With One-Quarter Obese by 2045 TUESDAY, May 22, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- If current trends continue, nearly one-quarter of the world's population will be obese by 2045.
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