NEW YORK — Anti-vaccine activists held their second rally in weeks Tuesday night questioning vaccine safety in a community battling its worst measles outbreak in nearly 30 years, amid protests by health officials and pro-vaccine parents. The event, which ...
Teenagers using dietary supplements to lose weight, gain weight or build muscle could be putting themselves at risk for serious harm and even death. That's according to a new study, published Wednesday in the Journal of Adolescent Health, which looked at ...
By Serena Gordon. HealthDay Reporter. TUESDAY, June 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- When people who are addicted to opioids make the difficult decision to quit, the last thing they need to face are barriers to treatment. Yet, a new "secret shopper" study ...
Decades after he sat by the man's bedside, Henry T. Lynch remembered the patient whose story helped persuade him — despite widespread doubt across the medical establishment at the time — that there had to be a hereditary component to some forms of ...
By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, June 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- When people who are addicted to opioids make the difficult decision to quit, the last thing they need to face are barriers to treatment. Yet, a new "secret ...
The Food and Drug Administration has won a federal judge's backing for its efforts to crack down on the rapidly growing stem cell industry that promises all kinds of unproven treatments for serious diseases. On Monday, the federal judge ruled that the FDA ...
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, June 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Breast MRI screening is a good way to detect small tumors, but it's unclear how much it benefits women with a history of breast cancer, a new study finds.
As expected, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) health ministry marked an Ebola outbreak milestone of passing 2,000 cases late yesterday, and groups working in the region called for pushing the reset button on the response. In its daily update ...
By Amy Norton. HealthDay Reporter. TUESDAY, June 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Breast MRI screening is a good way to detect small tumors, but it's unclear how much it benefits women with a history of breast cancer, a new study finds. Right now, experts ...
One of every three older Americans falls every year. Among those 75 and older, the number of falls-related deaths tripled to more than 25,000 from 2000 to 2016. Even after adjusting for age, the mortality rate for falls roughly doubled over that period. Of every ...
Spending time in the sun without protection increases the risk of melanoma, but the potentially deadly skin cancer can occur even on sites with minimal sun exposure, doctors warn. Melanoma accounts for only about 1% of skin cancers but causes the majority ...
For paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation (Afib, AF) patients, symptomatic episodes are much more likely after bouts of stress and anger, although beta-blockers may partially offset this risk, an electronic diary-based study found. The two negative ...
TUESDAY, June 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Breast MRI screening is a good way to detect small tumors, but it's unclear how much it benefits women with a history of breast cancer, a new study finds. Right now, experts recommend that breast cancer ...
Cancer-related inflammation impacts significantly on cancer development and progression. New research has observed in zebrafish, for the first time, that inflammatory cells use weak spots or micro-perforations in the extracellular matrix barrier layer to access ...
They probably won't be wearing capes and tights. But will creating new "superchickens" help prevent the next human influenza pandemic? If so, chicken science may have just crossed a road in moving towards genetically engineering chickens to be resistant ...
Women who have high blood pressure during their pregnancies, or a related more severe condition called pre-eclampsia, are at much higher risk of heart attacks and strokes than those who have normal blood pressure, according to new research funded by ...
The Oblisk family got the best possible gift on their son's 2nd birthday: Their toddler woke up after spending four days in a coma. Jackson Oblisk had contracted Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever — a rare and sometimes deadly disease — from a tick bite two ...
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- While taking vitamins may be fine for teens and young adults, supplements for weight loss, muscle-building and added energy may trigger severe medical problems, new research suggests. Regulations to ...
Payton Haynes, a 5-year-old with several scars as a result of brain surgeries, was expecting a surprise when he went to Cracker Trail Elementary School in Sebring, Florida, on Friday, May 24. Still, he couldn't contain his excitement when some 100 ...
Some 300 men and women, ages 21 to 70, with no history of heart problems were given portable blood pressure cuffs for two consecutive days. FC Films/Courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection. Sleep problems have been shown to increase the risk of ...
By Robert Preidt. HealthDay Reporter. TUESDAY, June 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- People whose heart rhythm problems stem from stress and anger may benefit from taking beta blocker drugs, a new study suggests. Atrial fibrillation (a-fib) is a common type ...
Children can keep full visual perception—the ability to process and understand visual information—after brain surgery for severe epilepsy, according to a study funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health. While brain ...
More than 2,000 cases of Ebola have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the last 10 months, officials have said. Two thirds of the cases have been fatal, the health ministry added. The outbreak in the east of DR Congo is the second biggest ...
New research suggests relaxin, a hormone that surges during pregnancy, could lead to treatment for frozen shoulder. More than nine million Americans know the scary feeling: sudden, severe shoulder pain and the sensation that their arm feels stuck, unable ...
A new mother was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer just weeks after the birth of her daughter. Anna Panter was only told after Lydia's birth that the healthy newborn was a surviving "twin" from a molar pregnancy - where abnormal cells grew in her womb ...
A men's dormitory at the Kenosha County Detention Center is quarantined after a man being detained by immigration authorities was diagnosed with mumps. According to the Kenosha Sheriff's Department, the man — who is not being identified — was being ...
(Reuters Health) - Death rates from falls are rising among elderly Americans - and climbing fastest among seniors in their 90s, a U.S. study suggests. Among all adults 75 and older, mortality from falls climbed 5.1 percent from 2000 to 2016, researchers report ...
You really can give yourself heart problems by getting too worked up. Anger and stress can lead to atrial fibrillation — a quivering or irregular heartbeat that can lead to heart failure and other serious cardiovascular problems. There's even a term for the ...
Beta-blockers reduced the effect of atrial fibrillation triggered by anger or stress, according to a study published in HeartRhythm. "For years, our patients have come in the office and talk about the reason why they went into atrial fibrillation; it was a specific ...
Using natural and organic products for skincare is increasingly popular—and that includes sunscreen. Many websites, including Pinterest and Instagram, feature users' recipes for homemade sunscreens. Judging from the commentary, the surge in interest for ...
A Missouri mother who spent over a month in the hospital in dire condition is adapting to life without her 10 toes and right hand after they were amputated in an effort to stop a deadly infection from spreading throughout her body. Rachael Acuff, who first went ...
Last November, Chinese researcher He Jiankui stunned the world when he announced the birth of twin girls whose genomes were altered before birth using CRISPR gene-editing techniques. The feat wasn't necessarily a technical breakthrough—other ...
More than 2,000 cases of the Ebola virus have hit the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the nation's health ministry. The 1,346 deaths make it the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history. On Monday, the Ministry of Health said 539 people have ...
Late last year, a Chinese researcher shocked the scientific community when he announced that the first gene-edited humans had already been born. He Jiankui barreled past an emerging consensus that the technology wasn't ready for use and, once it was, ...
DR Congo's health ministry said it had recorded more than 2,000 cases of Ebola, two-thirds of which had been fatal, since the disease broke out in the country's east 10 months ago. "Since the start of the epidemic, the total number of cases stands at 2,008, ...
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Dentists tend to be overeager when it comes to prescribing antibiotics, new research suggests. The study authors found that antibiotics prescribed to prevent infection during dental procedures weren't ...
A new study has found that not sticking to a regular bedtime and wakeup schedule—and getting different amounts of sleep each night—can put a person at higher risk for obesity, high cholesterol, hypertension, high blood sugar and other metabolic disorders.
From late-night tumbles on the way to the bathroom to accidents outdoors, more and more elderly Americans are dying after a fall, with the risk doubling since 2000, according to a study published Tuesday. The figures confirm a trend that has also been ...
Researchers say that while MRI picks up more than a mammogram, it also can lead to false positives and unneeded biopsies. By. Amy Norton, HealthDay News. (. 0 Comments. Sort by. Oldest. Facebook Comments Plugin. ) While breast MRIs are more ...
As Georgia's population ages, the impact that Alzheimer's disease has on the lives of patients and caregivers is growing. More than 150,000 Georgians age 65 and over are living with Alzheimer's disease right now, and this number is expected to increase to ...
TUESDAY, June 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- New research should reassure dads-to-be who've had testicular cancer that treatment with radiation or chemotherapy doesn't raise the risk of fathering babies with birth defects. "Our research set out to investigate ...
JOHANNESBURG — The deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has surpassed 2,000 cases and is picking up speed. The number of confirmed cases reached the milestone three times as quickly as it took to reach 1,000, experts said Tuesday.
WASILLA, Alaska (KTUU) - A Wasilla woman, officially diagnosed with Lyme Disease just nine months ago, was living with the disease for seven years before realizing what was causing the inexplicable symptoms. Simple things we often take for granted like ...
Parents of children with cystic fibrosis who are desperate to use a drug that the NHS cannot afford are forming a buyers club to obtain a cut-price version made in Argentina where the patent does not apply. Angry at the stalemate between Vertex, the US ...
Over 36 million people in the United States experience an excruciating form of recurring headache attacks, otherwise known as migraine. Migraine, which causes an intense throbbing pain typically on one side of your head, can be an incredibly debilitating ...
A newer drug can lengthen the lives of younger women with advanced breast cancer when given in addition to standard hormone therapy, a clinical trial has found. Data presented by the drugmaker Novartis this week at the annual American Society of ...
People who don't keep regular times for going to bed and waking up could be putting themselves at risk of metabolic disorders including obesity, hypertension, high blood sugar, and high cholesterol, according to research results released today. Multiple ...
MONSEY, Rockland County (WABC) -- Rockland County on Tuesday announced mandated vaccines for all children attending summer camp and for all camp staff. County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert is notifying parents and camp staff ...
A bat flew into the bedroom of a home on Front Street and Maple Avenue in South Plainfield May 25; it tested positive for the rabies virus. By Carly Baldwin, Patch Staff | Jun 4, 2019 1:50 pm ET | Updated Jun 4, 2019 1:56 pm ET ...
"Nicotine and caffeine... are often overlooked as a potential source of significant withdrawal symptoms when abruptly discontinued in ICU," said study leader Dr. Maya Belitova. (. 0 Comments. Sort by. Oldest. Facebook Comments Plugin. ) Caffeine and ...
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