Vaccines against preventable illnesses like measles, tetanus, mumps and rubella are safe and effective, but healthcare professionals still find themselves having to push back against vocal anti-vaccination campaigns. Parents looking for answers on the safety ...
Although people with refractory epilepsy, including some with frequent, ongoing convulsive seizures, are at high risk for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), a large North American registry study reveals that even those with well-controlled and ...
The National Domestic Violence Hotline received more than half a million calls, texts and online chats in 2018 — marking its busiest year ever. The 573,670 calls and other communications were a 36 percent increase from 2017, according to the hotline, which ...
BUNIA, Congo (Reuters) - Insecurity in northeast Congo has hampered a measles vaccination drive and forced people to flee their homes, local responders said on Wednesday, complicating efforts to control the spread of a virus that has killed more people ...
Mobile technology has transformed the way we live — how we read, work, communicate, shop and date. But we already know this. What we have not yet grasped is the way the tiny machines in front of us are remolding our skeletons, possibly altering not just ...
At its core, Facebook is a giant repository of information about the people who use it, from their age and phone number, to their music preferences, to their shopping habits, and everything else they've added to the platform over the years. And from Facebook ...
(CNN) The suicide rate in the United States continues to climb, with a rate in 2017 that was 33% higher than in 1999, new research finds. Suicide rates among people 15 to 64 increased significantly during that period, rising from 10.5 per 100,000 people in ...
Eight individuals at a school in North Yorkshire have been treated for Hepatitis A, Public Health England (PHE) has confirmed. PHE did not confirm whether the cases involved staff, pupils, or both though the school - Outwoods Academy, Ripon - said two staff ...
Children born to women who are overweight or obese have a significantly increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life, the results of a large Scottish study reveal. The findings underline the need for effective weight loss intervention during and, ...
Birth defects may put children at increased risk for childhood cancers, with a new study estimating that just under 10% of childhood cancers could be attributed to chromosomal or nonchromosomal birth defects. "However, the overall absolute risk of cancer in ...
By Serena Gordon. HealthDay Reporter. WEDNESDAY, June 19, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- If you're looking to improve your heart health, getting regular exercise and eating healthy foods can definitely help, but new research says popping a daily vitamin D ...
(CNN) The 17-year-old traveled 250 miles with a bloody mouth, broken teeth and a hole in his jaw, trekking from a small town in Nevada to a pediatric hospital in Utah with his mother. There, doctors rushed him into surgery, working to reconstruct and repair ...
Changes in inflammatory and immune regulatory mechanisms after exposure to World Trade Center dust may drive prostate cancer progression among 9/11 responders, according to study results published in Molecular Cancer Research. "We know that ...
For those of us who can't seem to get on board the keto trend because of how restrictive it is, there's another option: lazy keto. A traditional keto diet forces the body to go into ketosis, which is a metabolic state that uses fat for energy instead of glucose (carbs).
A new drug may delay the onset of insulin-dependent Type 1 diabetes in those who are at high risk for the autoimmune disease, according to the results of a trial published in New England Journal of Medicine. "This is the first time we have showed that ...
A cancer patient whose death has been linked to the listeria outbreak has been named. Ian Hitchcock, 52, was being treated at Derby's Royal Hospital after being diagnosed with liver cancer last month. In a statement, the businessman's family said he ...
A possible link between hepatitis C infection and Parkinson's disease has been further strengthened by a new study from Taiwan. The study shows that among patients with chronic hepatitis C, those who received therapy with interferon-based antiviral therapy ...
Lee Donald didn't think she would see her 21st birthday. She had struggled with an eating disorder from the age of 13 and at her lowest point made herself sick more than 10 times a day. But she successfully hid her problem throughout her teenage years ...
By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, June 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Being first at the office and the last to leave may help get you that promotion, but new research warns that working long hours may not be so good for your ...
U.S. suicide rates are at their highest since World War II, according to federal data—and the opioid crisis, widespread social media use and high rates of stress may be among the myriad contributing factors. In 2017, 14 out of every 100,000 Americans died by ...
(Reuters Health) - Injuries from cosmetics, shampoo and other personal care products send one young child to a U.S. emergency room every two hours, according to a new study that suggests many parents may need to do more to keep these things out of tiny ...
Scientists say they have identified the earliest signs of Parkinson's disease in the brain, 15 to 20 years before symptoms appear. Scans of a small number of high-risk patients found malfunctions in the brain's serotonin system, which controls mood, sleep and ...
(CNN) While childhood obesity remains a serious problem in the United States, an "encouraging" new study finds that obesity rates among low-income preschoolers have declined. The prevalence of obesity among 2- to 4-year-olds enrolled in the nation's ...
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a wide spectrum, ranging from those with severe disabilities to highly functioning autism. In reality, all of us are somewhere on the autism spectrum, and there are multiple subtypes of autism. Nevertheless, people who are ...
A wealthy Manhattan couple has emerged as significant financiers of the anti-vaccine movement, contributing more than $3 million in recent years to groups that stoke fears about immunizations online and at live events - including two forums this year at the ...
SEATTLE-New research published today in The Lancet examines high-resolution images in areas where the fight to defeat malaria is succeeding and where it has stalled. "Understanding the distribution of malaria is crucial for fighting the disease," said lead ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A low-carb diet may have benefits for people at risk of developing type 2 diabetes even if they don't lose any weight, a new study suggests. Researchers at The Ohio State University wanted to know what happens to obese people with ...
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, June 19, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Radiation treatment for cancer can damage the heart and blood vessels, increasing the risk for a stroke or heart attack. But a new study suggests ...
Inflammatory and immune-regulatory mechanisms were found to be altered in animal models and in archived prostate cancer tumor samples of responders exposed to dust from the World Trade Center terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. The study is published ...
Cars have cruise control. Jet planes have auto pilot. Factories have industrial process control. And now, thanks to synthetic biology, cells have human-engineered integral feedback control. In a proof-of-concept study, Escherichia coli bacteria have been ...
More moms-to-be in the United States are using marijuana, especially in their first trimester, according to a study published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA . The percentage of pregnant women who reported using marijuana in the past month increased ...
It's no surprise that small children are accident prone. After all, by age 2, many of them are already trying to imitate the behaviors of adults, such as when getting ready to go out. Sometimes it can be cute and funny, like when a child pours baby powder or lotion ...
Scientists have found a correlation between a disease involving chronic pain and alterations in the gut microbiome. Fibromyalgia affects 2-4 percent of the population and has no known cure. Symptoms include fatigue, impaired sleep and cognitive difficulties, ...
When the Human Genome Project was completed back in 2003, its top researcher Dr. Francis Collins, now the head of the National Institutes of Health, referred to it as "the first draft of the human book of life." Collins, and science in general, have since ...
Among patients with peripheral artery disease, the use of alternative pain-free exercise methods may be beneficial in lowering the severity of intermittent claudication, according to findings published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
A health watchdog has criticised NHS Highland over its failings in the case of a woman who died from cancer. The woman twice went to Oban's Lorn and Islands Hospital with vomiting symptoms and was discharged on both occasions. She was incorrectly ...
So many statistics say that life in the U.S. is getting better. Unemployment is at the lowest level since 1969. Violent crime has fallen sharply since the 1990s—cities such as New York are safer than they've ever been. And Americans lived nine years longer, ...
(Reuters Health) - Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may affect as many as 37% of adults in North, Central and South America, according to a review of epidemiological studies presented June 9 at Sleep 2019, the annual meeting of the Associated Professional ...
Mobile technology has transformed the way we live - how we read, work, communicate, shop and date. But we already know this. What we have not yet grasped is the way the tiny machines in front of us are remolding our skeletons, possibly altering not just ...
Researchers at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) want to know how some older adults retain their youthful thinking and memory abilities despite the evidence of neurodegeneration or Alzheimer's-related pathology in the brain. And they've created a way ...
Like many autistic people, I don't handle background noise well. My senses and brain can't separate it from any other sounds. It's often just as loud as, if not louder than, what I'm trying to listen to. And the effort it takes to try to handle that issue while focusing ...
Infections from a rare and nasty flesh-eating bacteria were almost unheard of in and around New Jersey's coastal waters. The water was just too cold for the bacteria to thrive like it could in warmer areas. Climate change, however, is altering that, according to ...
THURSDAY, June 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Before having that operation, you might want to ask your surgeon's colleagues about his behavior. A new study finds that patients whose surgeons have more complaints from coworkers about unprofessional ...
Researchers identified a 14-gene expression pattern that predicted transplant-free survival for 2 years in pediatric patients with biliary atresia, according to a study published in Gastroenterology. Zhenhua Luo, from the University of Cincinnati College of ...
Researchers propose a new model for studying age-related cognitive decline—one that's tailored to the individual, a study reports. People are living longer than ever before, but brain health isn't keeping up. There's no such thing as a one-size-fits-all ...
Working long hours is linked to an increased risk of stroke, researchers say. Long hours were defined in the French study as more than 10 hours on at least 50 days per year. People who did long hours for more than a decade were at the greatest risk of stroke, ...
Restrictive recommendations for pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP) issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) systematically disqualified nearly all women at risk for HIV and/or motivated to use the medication, researchers at the Yale ...
People with a condition which raises the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke reversed their symptoms after eating a low-carb diet, according to the authors of a small study. Scientists at The Ohio State University studied 16 obese people with ...
ATLANTA - A 2-year-old girl who was diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer is now cancer-free. ABC News reported that McKenna Shea Xydias has had four rounds of chemotherapy since she was diagnosed in February. McKenna's parents, Mike ...
A mother of one who lost both of her legs to meningitis said she initially thought her symptoms were due to a spiked drink. Hayward said she initially thought someone had spiked her drink, as she only had one that evening before her symptoms set in. (SWNS).
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