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Hospital dumped 84-year-old with Alzheimer's outside locked care facility, daughter alleges LONG BEACH, CA (KCAL/KCBS/CNN) - A woman is demanding answers after her 84-year-old mother, who has Alzheimer's, was left outside a locked California healthcare facility after she was discharged from the hospital.
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40 Cases of Measles Confirmed Amid Concerns the Pacific Northwest Outbreak May Spread (VANCOUVER, Wash.) - A measles outbreak in the Pacific Northwest became more worrisome Wednesday with word that people infected with the extremely contagious viral illness traveled to Hawaii and central Oregon after being exposed.
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Washington's measles outbreak attracts help from North Dakota Washington Gov. Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency last week in the measles outbreak, which is now at 40 confirmed cases in the Northwest.
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Here's Why Measles Outbreaks Are Hard to Stop A measles outbreak has appeared in the United States leaving dozens infected in two states. The outbreak is just the just latest to appear in the United States in recent years despite the fact that the virus was declared "eliminated" by the Centers for ...
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Measles are coming back because of vaccination loopholes Yet another measles outbreak is endangering children - this one in Washington state. Of the 37 people already infected in this outbreak, at least 32 weren't vaccinated against measles, and 35 were under 18 years old.
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Milford middle school student dies from flu A middle school-age boy from Milford has died from the flu, the first pediatric flu-related death in Massachusetts this season, officials said Thursday.
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Anti-vaxxer mocked for measles outbreak question A mum has been mocked for asking an anti-vaccination group how to protect her three-year-old from an outbreak of measles. The mum posed the question to the Vaccine Education Network: Natural Health Anti-Vaxx Community group on Facebook.
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E-cigs outperform patches and gums in a quit-smoking study WASHINGTON - A major new study provides the strongest evidence yet that vaping can help smokers quit cigarettes, with e-cigarettes proving nearly twice as effective as nicotine gums and patches.
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Massachusetts is on track to see a bad flu season If you haven't gotten your flu shot yet this year, now might be a good time. Related Links. What to know about the 2018-2019 flu season in Massachusetts.
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Woman says her elderly mother with Alzheimer's was left outside a care facility at 2 am Costanza Genoese Zerbi said her 84-year-old mother, who has Alzheimer's disease, was left alone outside a locked assisted living facility in the middle of the night.
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Are you the owner of a healthy heart? National Wear Red Day is the first Friday of February and raises awareness about heart disease and stroke as one of the leading causes of death in women.
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Wear red for women's heart health on Feb. 1 Throw on a spot of red today, or a whole outfit. Women's heart health takes the forefront in February, and the American Heart Association is exhorting everyone to wear red on Feb. 1 to draw attention to this number one killer of women.
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Vaping much better smoking cessation aid than gum, patches, major study finds Washington -- A major new study provides the strongest evidence yet that vaping can help smokers quit cigarettes, with e-cigarettes proving nearly twice as effective as nicotine gums and patches.
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Go Red for Women Day is Friday, and a Heart Attack Survivor Tells Her Story Five months ago, Breanna Alosi was enjoying life after her second child was born eight months prior. Then, at the age of 33, she had a heart attack.
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Study finds statins can benefit all ages (CNN) - A new analysis of clinical trials reverses current thinking on giving statins to most people over 75, finding that the cholesterol-lowering drugs benefit all ages with minimal risk.
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Sick And Tired? Scientists Find Protein That Puts Flies To Sleep And Fights Infection It's cold outside, you're sick and all you want to do is curl up under the covers until you feel better. In fact, the need for sleep can be so strong when we're sick that this may be all we can do.
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Shingles vaccine side effects mostly mild, yet 3% of complaints were serious, CDC says (CNN) Reported side effects of the Shringrix shingles vaccine in its first eight months of doctors' office use were mostly unremarkable, but 3% of the complaints were serious, according to a Thursday report from the US Centers for Disease Control and ...
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Delaware officials report 3 more flu-related deaths DOVER, Del. - Public health officials are reporting three more flu-related deaths in Delaware, bringing the total for the current flu season to eight.
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Heart disease: Key steps to prevention There is no better way to start the New Year than to take steps to improve your heart health. No matter your age, health history or lifestyle, there are always ways to make some improvements.
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Study: Many small kids in US are using too much toothpaste NEW YORK - Too many young kids are using too much toothpaste, increasing their risk of streaky or splotchy teeth when they get older, according to a government survey released Thursday.
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Eating breakfast may not help you lose weight, study says LONDON (CNN) - If you're trying to lose weight you've probably been told not to skip breakfast, as it could make you hungrier later in the day.
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Nearly half of Americans technically have heart disease in some form: American Heart Association A change in blood pressure guidelines has revealed jarring new statistics about the incidence of heart disease in the U.S. - almost half of Americans have cardiovascular disease in some form.
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After years of uncertainty, study finds statins can benefit all ages, including those over 75 (CNN) A new analysis of clinical trials reverses current thinking on giving statins to most people over 75, finding that the cholesterol-lowering drugs benefit all ages with minimal risk.
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Is Mindfulness A Promising Option For Treating Chronic Pain? For the 1 in 5 adults who suffer with chronic pain--defined as lasting longer than 3 months--finding a solution is often elusive. Portrait of beautiful young woman meditating and doing namaste hand gesture on a sunny morning at studio.
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New Climate Change Warning: More Infant Heart Defects As climate change increases average temperatures in many areas, the consequent increase in extremely hot days is likely to cause more infants to be born with congenital heart defects (CHD) in the U.S.
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Study finds exercise benefits brains, changes blood flow in older adults Exercise training alters brain blood flow and improves cognitive performance in older adults, though not in the way you might think.
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Pregnant women with severe flu more likely to have poor outcomes (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women so sick with influenza that they're admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) are more likely to have premature and underweight babies than expectant mothers with milder flu and those who don't catch flu at all, a ...
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Extreme exercise not a threat to middle-aged hearts, study says Middle-aged men who partake in extreme exercise are not putting their heart health at risk, a new study contends. Aging athletes who do eight or more hours a week of vigorous exercise have no greater risk of early death than people who work out less ...
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Ebola infects 9 more in DRC as ill traveler sparks response measures The number of people infected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ebola outbreak grew by nine today, as health officials in the neighboring Haut Uele province took steps to prevent the spread of a disease from a resident who was exposed to ...
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A New Discovery Could Help Prevent Future Ebola Transmission As the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo enters its sixth consecutive month, a new discovery in Liberia is revealing more about how bats serve as a reservoir for Ebola and other filoviruses.
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Leaked HIV statuses of over 14000 people in Singapore causes concerns In a country where homosexuality is technically illegal, a recent online security breach of 14,200 people and their HIV positive statuses have LGBT advocates concerned.
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Singapore's HIV data leak: 5 burning questions to ask MOH and others Two days after Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) publicly announced that there had been a massive leak of confidential data from its HIV Registry some two-and-a-half years earlier and worse, that the data had appeared online, burning questions still ...
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