|  | |
| health | |
| NEWS | |
| Isolated And Struggling, Many Seniors Are Turning To Suicide Dr. Julie Rickard thought her visit to Wisconsin over the Christmas holiday would bring a break from her day job working in suicide prevention in Wenatchee, Wash. The visit didn't go as planned. After a tense fight broke out between her mother and another ... | |
| | |
| | |
| 7 Myths About The HPV Vaccine Doctors Want To Bust The human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine has been distributed to millions of people in the United States since it became available in 2006, but despite its enormous efficacy rate, myths about the HPV vaccine still make it difficult for people to seek it out. | |
| Work done behind the scenes to prevent West Nile bug in Utah MAGNA — While most of us try to avoid all contact with a mosquito's wiry legs and sharp pinch, some make their living as they spend their days hunting the insects down. And this is the busiest time for Utah's mosquito abatement districts after a long, wet ... | |
| | |
| | |
| Genetic Counseling in Prostate Cancer - Brittany Szymaniak Alicia Morgans discusses genetic counseling in GU cancers with Brittany Szymaniak. This conversation includes the challenges, the benefits, the concerns of genetic testing and how this is accomplished in clinical practice for people who have genital urinary ... | |
| Nevada: Sixth human case of West Nile virus in Clark County By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews. Officials with the Southern Nevada Health District has reporting Clark County's sixth case of West Nile virus. Image/francok35. The individual is a female under the age of 50 who has the neuroinvasive form of the illness ... | |
| One dose of HPV vaccine might be enough, study finds Just one dose of the human papillomavirus vaccine might be enough to prevent precancerous cervical lesions, a new study suggests. >> Read more trending news. Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is sexually transmitted and is named for the warts ... | |
| | |
| The A, B, Cs of hepatitis and prevention The recent outbreak of hepatitis A in parts of South Carolina put health officials on high alert, but hepatitis A isn't the only strain of hepatitis on the radar of infectious disease specialists. Hepatitis C is on the rise among younger people in the Florence area, ... | |
| | |
| World Hepatitis Day: The growing threat of hepatitis in India Hepatitis kills thousands of people every year across the globe and has been ranked as the second major infectious disease. Yet awareness about hepatitis among people is too low. Most of the people infected with this disease do not even know that they are ... | |
| Let's pledge to end hepatitis I know I will never be Hepatitis B negative and my partner will never accept me. It is better to die than live this life of daily neglect and humiliation." Such are the woeful tales of millions of hepatitis B-infected men and women in India. Today, the transmission of ... | |
| | |
| | |
| Hepatitis: silent disease affecting millions ANKARA. Viral hepatitis B and C kill hundreds of thousands of people worldwide every year and hepatitis ranks as the second major killer infectious disease despite being preventable, treatable or even curable, but most people are completely unaware they ... | |
| Too much time on smartphones leads to obesity, deadly disease NEW YORK, July 27 (Xinhua) -- Smartphone addiction could lead to serious weight gain and the onslaught of deadly diseases, according to a new study. Young adults who use their smartphones five or more hours per day have a 43 percent increased risk of ... | |
| Symptoms of some drugs may imitate dementia By all accounts, the woman, in her late 60s, appeared to have severe dementia. She was largely incoherent. Her short-term memory was terrible. She couldn't focus on questions that medical professionals asked her. But Malaz Boustani, a doctor and ... | |
| | |
| | |
| When A Biological Zika Diagnosis Matters July 28th, 2019 – To diagnose the Zika virus, a healthcare provider will ask about any recent travel to endemic countries and may order tests to help determine if you have Zika. A conventional blood or urine test can help determine if you have Zika from sexual ... | |
| Did you know that smartphone usage can lead to obesity? Washington: In the 21st century everyone is hooked up with his smartphone, particularly young people, which lead to a decrease in physical activity, researchers have found. University students who used their smartphones five or more hours a day had a 43 ... | |
| Pakistan among countries with most HIV-AIDS patients: UN ISLAMABAD: The United Nations (UN) has enlisted Pakistan as one of the 11 countries with the highest number of people suffering from HIV-AIDS. The UNAIDS-2019 report said the disease has a 13% prevalence in Pakistan, the highest recorded in the ... | |
| Dear Doc | Did I really give it to her? Q Dear Doc, my girlfriend was recently told by her doctor that she has chlamydia and that I should get treatment for it as well, and sent her with a prescription for me. I don't have any problems, never had, but now she is saying I gave it to her. I was not asked to ... | |
| | |
| | |
| 5 hours daily on phone increases risk of obesity New Delhi: Researchers have found that students who use their smartphones five or more hours a day are prone to higher risk of obesity and likely to have other lifestyle habits that increases the risk of heart disease. According to a study, researchers ... | |
| High blood sugar may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer The five-year survival rate for people with pancreatic cancer is only nine percent because the disease is so difficult to diagnose and is often not found until later stages when the cancer has spread from the pancreas to other parts of the body, the research ... | |
| | |
| |
Receive this alert as RSS feed 
No comments:
Post a Comment