Burnout brings racial bias to the surface among resident physicians, according to new research. In a study of nearly 3400 second-year residents in the United States, nearly half of these physicians-in-training reported symptoms of burnout, and the presence of ...
GENEVA — The United States could bolster the battle against the Ebola virus in Congo by allowing more of its experts to travel to the outbreak zone, a senior World Health Organization official said Friday. The virus has killed more than 1,700 people in Congo ...
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States could bolster the battle against the Ebola virus in Democratic Republic of Congo by allowing more of its experts to travel to the outbreak zone, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Friday. The virus ...
When the self-help author Marianne Williamson appeared on the presidential debate stage last month, Twitter users delighted in unearthing her old comments about vibrations and "morphic" fields. But her performance also put a spotlight on much more ...
The death of a boy after a severe allergic reaction at school is being investigated by the Health and Safety Executive, the BBC has learned. At the inquest, the coroner called the school's emergency response to Karanbir Cheema's anaphylaxis "inadequate".
Persistent use of opioids in women following childbirth dropped over the past decade, a study of national insurance claims data found. In the analysis from 2008 to 2016, rates of new persistent opioid use decreased from 2.2% to 1.1% for women giving birth ...
While many men try using supplements or other medications to help with erectile dysfunction (ED), the possibility that a change or addition to diet could be helpful is intriguing. According to the result of small study recently published in the journal Nutrients, ...
A recent study published by the European Journal of Endocrinology set out to determine whether consistent vitamin D3 supplementation could improve insulin sensitivity in patients either newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes or at high risk of developing the ...
HealthLeaders Media reported that nearly half of physicians nationwide are experiencing burnout symptoms, and a study published in October found burnout increases the odds of physician involvement in patient safety incidents, unprofessionalism, and ...
Earlier this week, Merck released the results of a small and early trial showing a prototype of a pin-sized implant could block HIV from infecting individuals for a full year. Through an upper-arm implant, the same device used to administer certain birth controls, ...
While extremely rare, Naegleria fowleri can lead to death — but there are precautions people can take to avoid contracting the amoeba. By Julie Mazziotta. July 26, 2019 05:05 PM. FB Twitter More. Pinterest Email Print Send Text Message. cleanString caption.
By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, July 26, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Opioid painkillers were prescribed to nearly half of U.S. women who gave birth in recent years. That's from a new study that found 1% to 2% of those women were ...
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, July 26, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The United States has grown a bumper crop of couch potatoes in recent years, a new study reports. The amount of time people spend sitting around actually ...
During the summer, student athletes will often begin practicing for their fall sports. Before they can compete, they must have a state required pre-participation exam or physical. The physicals usually include height and weight evaluation, vision tests, blood ...
MEXICO CITY -- The tools needed to end the worldwide AIDS epidemic are either in the hands of clinicians, governments, or patients, or can be implemented by using government and social willpower, researchers said here at the International AIDS Society ...
FRIDAY, July 26, 2019 (American Heart Association News)—Flint, Michigan, is best known in recent years for its troubles over tainted water. But another problem has challenged the city for decades: Most of its population lack easy access to healthy, nutritious ...
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter. THURSDAY, July 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- While you're watching your calories to avoid packing on extra pounds, you might also want to cut down on your smartphone usage, new research suggests. Spending too ...
The Illinois Department of Public Health is investigating two cases of Legionnaires' disease in patients at Rush Oak Park Hospital. The individuals were patients at the hospital for part of the time when they could have been exposed to the bacteria that causes ...
Welcome to The Week That Wasn't. Here are three trending stories we decided not to cover this week, and why. Luke Skywalker Arms. Seven amputees in Utah are test driving prototypes of a new robotic arm that enables them to touch and feel again.
Taylor Bryant, 26, contracted a debilitating infection in her right leg after going in a hot tub while staying at a hotel in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, in March. The infection started out as a rash, but led her to be hospitalized for four days, fearing she might lose her ...
By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, July 26, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Surgery is safe for people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a new study finds. "The idea that patients with MS might be at an increased risk of relapse following ...
A family who lost their aunt and uncle just four days apart say 91-year-old Audrey Pettit died of a "broken heart" after her husband of 68 years succumbed to deep vein thrombosis, which had spread to his lungs. They hadn't spent a day apart since getting ...
Like the vegetable gardening, Palisade peach and wildflower seasons, the West Nile virus season has been delayed because of our cool late spring and early summer. So delayed that not one mosquito in Larimer, Weld or Boulder counties tested has been ...
FRIDAY, July 26, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- You're on an overseas flight with your young child, who starts complaining of fever and chills. You ask the flight attendant for help, maybe some pain relievers. Will the plane's first aid kit have what your child needs?
By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, July 26, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- You're on an overseas flight with your young child, who starts complaining of fever and chills. You ask the flight attendant for help, maybe some pain relievers.
"Our inaction, combined with FDA's complacency, is dooming an entire new generation of children to nicotine addiction." -- Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), on congressional inaction with regard to regulating e-cigarettes. "When I learned that the amount of money we ...
BENI, Congo (AP) — They made their way through the thick forest like astronauts carrying a fallen comrade. Their booted steps were slow and deliberate as if they walked on the moon. A few men waited by a freshly dug grave, checking their smartphones.
The first trial using CRISPR within the human body is to begin this fall to treat a form of blindness, according to the Associated Press. Editas Medicine and Allergan plan to enroll 18 people with Leber congenital amaurosis, a genetic form of blindness that ...
I don't know if there's anything I can say to fully prepare you for what you're about to see and read, so let's jump right into it: A teenage girl recently shared photos of the severe blisters on her back from a horrendous sunburn, and now her story's going viral.
The world's food supply will become safer as the food industry shifts to high-resolution, whole-genome sequencing—which examines the full DNA of a given organism all at once. This move to make sequencing ubiquitous will lead to the consistently reliable ...
Despite believing that self-care is a vitally important part of health and overall well-being, many physicians overlook their own self-care, according to a new survey conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of Samueli Integrative Health Programs. Lack of time ...
Bee, hornet and wasp stings can be deadly — and over a recent six-year period, those stings have killed more and more Americans, according to a new report released Friday. The number of United States deaths caused by hornet, wasp or bee stings ticked ...
A Juul representative repeatedly told a ninth grade classroom that the company's e-cigarette was "totally safe" before showing underage students the device, according to two teenagers who testified under oath to Congress on Wednesday. The comments ...
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WDTV)-- World Hepatitis Day is July 28, this evening will learn not only about the global burden of this disease, but also how we have felt the impact of hepatitis in the mountain state, as we have lead the nation in some measured ...
It is summertime and we spend a lot of time outdoors. Depending on what time of day you are outside, and where you are, you can be at risk for tick or mosquito bites. Do you know how to safely remove a tick? Do you know what can help stop a mosquito bite ...
July 26, 2019 -- In a U.S. first, a clinical trial to begin this fall will use the inside-the-body gene-editing technique CRISPR to try to cure illness. Doctors hope to use the cutting-edge technique to cure a type of inherited form of blindness called Leber congenital ...
By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews. New Jersey agricultural officials are reporting a equine case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in a 12-year-old mare in Ocean County. Image/markusspiske. The horse had been previously vaccinated against EEE ...
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) — Officials with the El Paso Public Health Department said three cases of West Nile virus have been confirmed in El Paso. Two women in their late 70s and one man in his 50s, all in east El Paso, were confirmed to have the virus.
Another case of West Nile virus was reported Friday in Clark County, one day after the Southern Nevada Health District announced an "outbreak of mosquito-borne diseases." The health district announced that a sixth reported case of the mosquito-borne West ...
NEW YORK - One in five Americans will get skin cancer in their lifetime, making it the most common cancer in the U.S. — and its prevalence is on the rise at alarming rates in women according to new research from the American Academy of Dermatology.
SALEM, Oregon (AP) - Oregon will allow students to take "mental health days" just as they would sick days, expanding the reasons for excused school absences to include mental or behavioral health under a new law that experts say is one of the first of its ...
That glass of vitamin-fortified milk may do much more than help develop strong bones or give you a cool mustache, as investigators from Laval University in Quebec have just released findings from a new study that shows vitamin D supplementation may slow ...
OAK PARK, Ill. -- Public health officials are investigating two cases of Legionnaires' disease possibly contracted at Rush Oak Park Hospital. Officials with the Illinois Department of Public Health were at the hospital this week to test water samples for the ...
When her son was a high school freshman, Kristin Beauparlant noticed a change. The hockey player began getting gassed more easily on the ice. Beauparlant could hear her son's coughing and wheezing from the stands. But it was his demeanor that scared ...
Public health officials are investigating two confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease among residents at a Rocky Hill nursing home, one of whom has died. The Connecticut Department of Public Health was notified of the illnesses at Apple Rehab on July 17 ...
For years, conventional wisdom was to take a daily aspirin to help prevent heart disease. A new study shows doing so could actually be harmful to one's health. Millions of Americans take a daily dose of aspirin to lower the risk of heart attack and stroke, but a ...
Vitamin D supplementation may slow the progression of type 2 diabetes in newly diagnosed patients and those with prediabetes, according to a study published in the European Journal of Endocrinology. The study findings suggest that high-dose ...
The World Health Organization estimates that 325 million people are living with viral hepatitis B and C worldwide — and many of them don't know it. Hepatitis is a general term meaning 'inflammation of the liver.' The liver, which is in our upper right abdomen, ...
Few people know that besides cows milk there are other types of milk that are plant-based such as almond milk. Plant-based products are equally nutritious if not more beneficial. Commercial almond milk is credited with many health benefits. Some of the ...
Deep in southeast Pakistan, in Sindh province, is Larkana District. Sitting along the historic Indus River, Larkana is known as the "city of holy Alams" — or "holy shrines." It's perhaps most famous for housing Mohenjo Daro, an archeological site that dates back ...
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