The year-old Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now considered a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, in a formal declaration that many public health experts called long overdue. "This is still a ...
NAIROBI — The World Health Organization took the rare step of classifying an ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo a "public health emergency of international concern" just days after the first case of the virus was confirmed in the major city of Goma on ...
Imagine that 90 percent of all people living with H.I.V. were diagnosed and treated with drugs. Would that be sufficient to end the AIDS epidemic? Scientists tried to answer the question in three enormous studies published on Wednesday in the New England ...
The year-old Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now considered a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, in a formal declaration that many public health experts called long overdue. Emergency ...
Stroll down the menstrual products aisle of your neighborhood drug store and you'll see a dizzying array of disposable pads and tampons in dozens of brands, shapes, colors and sizes. Tucked away on one of the shelves, you might see a lesser-known ...
Where do broken hearts go? Songs sang by Whitney Houston and One Direction didn't really provide the answer, but a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association may provide one possibility: cancer screening. The study was an analysis ...
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES BELOW. While the majority of cases diagnosed as flesh-eating bacteria involve a body of water, one California woman who lost the majority of muscle and skin on her left foot said the origin of her infection remains a mystery.
Today, WHO finally declared the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), something many experts have been urging for months. The outbreak has been ongoing for almost a ...
The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is only the second-largest in history, but undoubtedly the most frustrating. Scientists are fairly certain they have the medical tools needed for victory: one vaccine that appears to work about 98 ...
NEW YORK — U.S. overdose deaths last year likely fell for the first time in nearly three decades, preliminary numbers suggest. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday posted data showing nearly 68,000 drug overdose deaths were ...
The 25-time Grammy winner Stevie Wonder will be taking a break from his busy performance schedule this coming September. It's not for a well-deserved vacation or for time to relax. It's to receive a new kidney. The beloved star has been battling a long-term ...
More than 1 in 10 patients are harmed in the course of their medical care, and half of those injuries are preventable. Among the preventable errors, 12 percent led to a patient's permanent disability or death, according to the report published Wednesday in The ...
Nearly a year after the death of longtime senator and former presidential candidate John McCain, authorities are calling attention to the disease that claimed his life. Last month, the U.S. Senate designated July 17 as Glioblastoma Awareness Day, under a ...
For today's youth, taking a selfie is like second nature. But their connections with social media may be skewing their view of their world. Being a teenager is tough already -- is too much screen time making it tougher? A new study shows frequent social media ...
Glioblastoma is a disease so deadly it's been called "the terminator" and "the eraser" because the fast-growing brain cancer can affect anyone, at any age, and comes with a grim prognosis. As it spreads, the tumor can affect cognition, mood, behavior and ...
WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- To have surgery or not to have surgery? That is the big question for hundreds of thousands of Americans diagnosed each year with a pancreatic cyst. The dilemma? While cysts are very common, most will not ...
The bottom number in a blood pressure reading (the diastolic pressure) has sometimes played second fiddle to the top number (systolic) in clinical settings, but new research confirms that both numbers are important in determining a person's heart disease ...
By E.J. Mundell HealthDay Reporter. WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The largest study of its kind, involving more than 2 million people across five countries, finds that autism spectrum disorders are 80% reliant on inherited genes.
Hong Kong (CNN) A population of the world's most invasive mosquito species was almost completely wiped out by an experiment on two islands in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, according to a study published Wednesday. The experiment ...
You may want to think twice about showering or swimming with your contact lenses in. A 41-year-old woman in England nearly lost her vision in one eye from an infection she got after swimming and showering while wearing contact lenses. Her case is ...
Medical marijuana laws had little impact on curbing non-medical use of prescription opioids, according to a new study that raises doubts over the laws' use an alternative to current substance use disorder treatments. Non-medical use of prescription opioids ...
THURSDAY, July 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The herbal supplement kratom regularly causes serious side effects and doesn't appear safe for use, a new study argues. Kratom, made from the leaves of a Southeast Asian plant, is usually used to treat pain ...
Emerging research suggests that how you spend your money can reflect aspects of your personality. Investigators analyzed over 2 million spending records from more than 2,000 individuals and discovered that spending patterns can be used to infer certain ...
There was a time when Dr. J. Matthew Knight, a practicing dermatologist in Orlando for about 15 years, would diagnose about one case of melanoma a week. Last week, he diagnosed six cases in one day. "There's no doubt that the new cases of skin cancer, ...
Residents in West Virginia are using wasp spray as an alternative form of methamphetamine, according to officials. West Virginia State Police called the use of wasp spray a "cheap fix" for the drug. "People are making a synthetic type methamphetamine out of ...
Another person has died following an outbreak of respiratory illnesses at a Fairfax County assisted-living facility that began more than two weeks ago, county health officials said Wednesday. The outbreak at Greenspring Village in Springfield also spread to ...
WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's is the accumulation of beta-amyloid plaques in the brain, but what part those plaques play in the development of the disease isn't clear. Now researchers have taken the ...
A new study by Montreal scientists published today in Nature demonstrates that a gut infection can lead to a pathology resembling Parkinson's disease (PD) in a mouse model lacking a gene linked to the human disease. This discovery extends recent work by ...
THURSDAY, July 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to blood pressure readings, the "top" number seems to grab all the attention. But a large, new study confirms that both numbers are, in fact, critical in determining the risk of heart attack and stroke.
By JEREMY REHM, Associated Press. NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists say they nearly eliminated disease-carrying mosquitoes on two islands in China using a new technique. The downside: It may not be practical for larger areas and may cost a lot of money.
Pancreatic cancer patients in Northern Ireland are to be the first in the UK to trial a new exercise programme to aid post-surgery recovery. It comes after Queen's University Belfast was awarded a grant of more than £100,000 from Pancreatic Cancer UK.
Drinking coffee does not change a person's risk of being diagnosed with or dying from cancer, a new QIMR Berghofer study has found. The research findings have been published in the International Journal of Epidemiology. Senior author and head of QIMR ...
The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced on Wednesday after the virus spread this week to a city of two million people . A WHO expert committee had declined on three previous ...
Over 90% of parents who have used marijuana over the past year also reported using alcohol, according to a new study. Everett Collection. Parents who used marijuana and drank alcohol over the past year had some of the biggest risks for carrying out ...
Skin cancer rates have "soared" in the UK over the last decade, particularly in men and younger adults, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has warned. Incidence of melanomas rose in men by 53% - from 19 per 100,000 in 2004-6 to 29 per 100,000 in 2014-16.
Health officials in the Philippines declared a national emergency this week after a record-breaking 106,630 cases of Dengue fever were reported since January. Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III issued the alert Monday after pointing to several regions ...
Each summer, as the waters along the U.S. coastline heat up, cases of flesh-eating bacteria start to grow. The parasite — which can be deadly, depending on the type — thrives in water with temperatures that stay above 55 degrees year round, making the ...
A breakthrough technique harnessing two methods to target disease-carrying mosquitoes was able to effectively eradicate buzzing biters in two test sites in China, according to research published on Thursday. The mosquitoes targeted are a type that is ...
Patients with cancer had an increased risk for takotsubo syndrome, also known as broken heart syndrome, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. "Patients with broken heart syndrome might benefit if screened for ...
With obesity now affecting almost a third (29%) of the population in England, and expected to rise to 35% by 2030, should we now recognise it as a disease? Experts debate the issue in The BMJ today. Obesity, in which excess body fat has accumulated to ...
Researchers say you can improve your metabolic health by cutting just 300 calories a day from your diet. They say the small calorie reduction can improve biomarkers for blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol. Participants in a study lost an average of ...
Studies by researchers at Montreal University have found that a mild gut infection can result in motor symptoms and brain pathology resembling Parkinson's disease (PD) in mice that carry a gene mutation known to be associated with the disorder in humans.
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. overdose deaths last year likely fell for the first time in nearly three decades, preliminary numbers suggest. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday posted data showing nearly 68,000 drug overdose deaths ...
It's the last half of summer and you know what that means: Back-to-school season is here. While much of the season is dominated by shopping lists and much ado about wardrobes, physicians say it's also a great time of year to check in on your child's physical ...
Having osteoarthritis may increase the risk of death from cardiovascular disease. Osteoarthritis, the painful degenerative disease of the joint cartilage and bones that progresses with age, affects about 10 percent of men and 13 percent of women over 60.
July 18, 2019 -- For the first time in three decades, drug overdose deaths in the United States fell last year, preliminary federal government data suggests. Provisional numbers released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show ...
U.S. overdose deaths last year likely fell for the first time in nearly three decades, preliminary numbers suggest. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday posted data showing nearly 68,000 drug overdose deaths were reported last year.
LANSING — Summertime in Michigan is peak season for ticks and mosquitoes. The bugs aren't just annoying. Blacklegged ticks spread Lyme disease and mosquitoes are a vector for diseases including West Nile virus. Here's what you need to know about ...
By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- To have surgery or not to have surgery? That is the big question for hundreds of thousands of Americans diagnosed each year with a pancreatic cyst.
A woman's habit of keeping her contact lenses in while swimming and showering had serious consequences: She developed a rare eye infection that left her legally blind in one eye, according to a new report of the case. The 41-year-old woman, who lives in ...
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