Juli Engel was delighted when a neurologist recommended a PET scan to determine whether amyloid — the protein clumps associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease — was accumulating in her mother's brain. "My internal response was, 'Yay!
Martin and Brevard counties are among 17 in Florida "critically impacted" by the hepatitis A virus. They're the main concern for Florida Department of Health officials and the reason the state's surgeon general declared a 'public health emergency' Thursday ...
There is so much we don't know about Lyme--the disease's course and unusual symptoms, nor how to diagnose Lyme accurately, let alone agreement on how to treat the disease. Part 1 of the Lyme Wars gave some of the background as to the different ...
(CNN) Days after returning home from a Punta Cana vacation, Marie Trainer called out of work with a backache and nausea. Then her temperature spiked and dropped, sending her to a local Stark County, Ohio, emergency room in the early hours of May 11.
(Reuters Health) - - Monitoring for measles in U.S. workplaces needs improvement, especially in the healthcare sector, an occupational safety expert argues. FILE PHOTO: A vial of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine is pictured at the ...
Excessive alcohol consumption is not safe for a person at any age, but it is particularly dangerous for older adults. And according to a study published this week, about one in 10 older adults are considered binge drinkers. "Binge drinking, even episodically or ...
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has recently issued draft guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease. This was written together with the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and the American College of Rheumatology ...
MIAMI — Officials have declared a public health emergency over the rising number of hepatitis A cases in Florida, the latest part of the country dealing with outbreaks of the liver disease. Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees declared an emergency ...
The incidence of Lyme disease in the United Kingdom is around three times higher than previously estimated, findings from a retrospective cohort study published in BMJ Open suggest. "Lyme disease is not as widely known in the U.K. as it is in the United ...
It was a startling image, seen around the world: a young American, encased in a biohazard suit, slowly walking out of an ambulance. On that cloudy day five years ago, Dr. Kent Brantly became the first Ebola patient to set foot on U.S. soil. With the help of a ...
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter. THURSDAY, Aug. 1, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A simple blood test helped pinpoint the early signs of Alzheimer's in a new study. Up to two decades before people develop Alzheimer's symptoms such as memory loss ...
(Reuters Health) - - Touted to improve nighttime eyesight, yellow lens glasses don't help drivers see better and may, in fact, worsen vision, a new study suggests. Researchers found that yellow-lens wearing volunteers operating a driving simulator were no ...
The Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District is offering free mosquito repellent to community groups planning outdoor activities for the National Night Out on Tuesday. All you have to do is schedule pickup. Mosquitoes carry the deadly West Nile ...
FRIDAY, Aug. 2, 2019 (American Heart Association News) -- With hurricane season in full swing, the constant counsel along the nation's coastlines is to be prepared. But that means more than filling disaster kits with non-perishable food or planning out ...
FRIDAY, Aug. 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Cost often influences breast cancer patients' decisions about surgery, even if they have good incomes and insurance, a new study finds. "Eligible women with early-stage breast cancer often have choices for surgical ...
A recent cohort study identified an increasing incidence of colorectal cancer diagnoses among Canadian men and women younger than 50 years. "While rates among adults younger than 50 are still considerably lower than older adults, our results suggest ...
At least one million children and adults in the United States are allergic to sesame, an ingredient used in everything from hummus to snack bars, researchers reported on Friday. The finding indicates that sesame allergy is more prevalent than previously ...
By MARCUS LIM, Associated Press. MIAMI (AP) — Officials have declared a public health emergency over the rising number of hepatitis A cases in Florida, the latest part of the country dealing with outbreaks of the liver disease. Florida Surgeon General Scott ...
WELD COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – The Weld County Health Department is reporting cases of West Nile Virus in mosquitoes in the Greeley/Evans area. No human cases have been reported in Weld County, but officials say the risk has increased. (credit: CBS).
Being more socially active in your 50s and 60s predicts a lower risk of developing dementia later on, finds a new UCL-led study. The longitudinal study, published in PLOS Medicine, reports the most robust evidence to date that social contact earlier in life ...
NEW YORK – Regular exercise, particularly jogging, can dial down obesity risk in individuals who are genetically prone to the condition, according to a new study of Han Chinese adults that was published online today in PLOS Genetics. "The genetic effects ...
New York ended religious exemptions for mandated vaccines for students in schools across the state. (Lon Horwedel | AnnArbor.com). 0. By Annalise Knudson | aknudson@siadvance.com. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- More than 200 Staten Island children who ...
By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, Aug. 2 , 2019 (HealthDay News) -- More than 1.5 million children and adults in the United States have sesame allergy -- more than previously believed, a new study finds. And even though sesame ...
Seven communities in southwestern Massachusetts are at "high risk" for a rare but potentially fatal mosquito-borne virus, health officials say. Health officials have found the eastern equine encephalitis virus – commonly known as EEE – in 92 mosquito ...
Five mosquito samples recently tested positive for the West Nile Virus in Suffolk County. Here are some tips on avoiding mosquito bites. By Michael DeSantis, Patch Staff. Aug 2, 2019 11:59 am ET ...
U.S. drug overdose deaths had been most common in Appalachia and other rural areas in recent years, but they are back to being more concentrated in big cities, according to a government report Friday. NEW YORK — U.S. drug overdose deaths had been ...
ATLANTA — A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says drug overdose deaths are happening more often in cites now. It's a reversal from the last dozen years when most of those deaths came from rural communities. The CDC ...
Being socially active in your 50s and 60s may help lower the risk of developing dementia in later life, a study has found. Researchers studied data that tracked more than 10,000 people from 1985 to 2013. The participants answered a questionnaire every five ...
In the past 3 decades, drug overdoses have killed approximately 870,000 people. Since first wave of the opioid epidemic began in the 1990s, the epidemic has expanded to include other synthetic, illicit drugs, including heroin and fentanyl. As new CDC data ...
With nearly 2,600 cases of hepatitis A reported in Florida since 2018, state health officials have declared a public health emergency. By Paul Scicchitano, Patch Staff. Aug 2, 2019 11:24 am ET. Reply. 0. Florida health officials have declared a public health ...
KAMPALA, Uganda — Researchers in Uganda are launching the largest-ever trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine that is expected to be deployed in neighboring Congo, where a deadly outbreak has killed over 1,800 people. The trial of the Janssen ...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. drug overdose deaths had been most common in Appalachia and other rural areas in recent years, but they are back to being more concentrated in big cities, according to a government report Friday. The Centers for Disease Control ...
Roundworm infections can be reduced significantly simply by improving the treatment and quality of drinking water in high risk regions, according to an international team of researchers led by Tufts University. Ascaris lumbricoides/CDC. The discovery ...
Dave Harper and Dale Drewery are not only romantic partners, they're keto diet partners as well. In 2013, the couple, who live in Vancouver and have been together for 22 years, decided to give the high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet a try. Six years and 40 or so ...
Efforts to create human-animal chimeras have rebooted an ethical debate after reports emerged that scientists have produced monkey embryos containing human cells. A chimera is an organism whose cells come from two or more "individuals", with recent ...
Three more residents in Clark County have been diagnosed with a neuroinvasive illness caused by the West Nile Virus., according to the Southern Nevada Health District reports three more Clark County residents have neuroinvasive illness caused by the ...
By Aaron Ross. GOMA, Congo, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Congolese authorities were racing to contain an Ebola epidemic on Thursday, after a gold miner with a large family contaminated several people in the east's main city of Goma before dying of the hemorrhagic ...
As the West Nile Virus season heats up, a second batch of infected mosquitoes has been found within Los Angeles County. By California News Wire Services, News Partner. Aug 2, 2019 5:19 pm ET ...
Doctors may now be able to predict who is at risk of developing acute kidney injury, before symptoms even arise, thanks to "mindblowing" artificial intelligence. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is when your kidneys suddenly stop working. Approximately 2 million ...
Officials have declared a public health emergency over the rising number of hepatitis A cases in Florida, the latest part of the country dealing with outbreaks of the liver disease. Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees declared an emergency Thursday to allow ...
After nearly a decade when US drug overdose death rates were higher in rural parts of the country, drug death rates have shifted to be higher in urban areas, according to a new analysis from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National ...
More than 1,800 people have died and at least 2,700 have been infected in the latest outbreak of Ebola in central Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the crisis a public health emergency of international concern. BBC Africa spoke to a ...
ATLANTA (AP) — As the second deadliest Ebola outbreak in history rages in Congo, a doctor who survived the deadly disease five years ago worries that people aren't paying enough attention. "We need the United States government and the international ...
ATLANTA - Some of the first American patients successfully treated for the Ebola virus reunited with their doctors Friday at Emory University Hospital. Dr. Kent Brantly, a missionary and doctor who was infected with the virus in 2014 while caring for patients in ...
From the Norwalk Public Health Department: The Health Department will launch its annual larvicide application program next week to reduce the mosquito population and prevent mosquito-borne diseases such as West Nile Virus. Workers from All Habitat Inc.
More people hospitalized with serious lung problems linked to vaping have been found, Wisconsin health officials reported Friday. Last week, health officials reported eight cases of this strange cluster, all involving teens. The cases now involve teens and ...
FRIDAY, Aug. 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- "Night-driving" glasses that promise to dim the glare of headlights may not work as advertised, a new study finds. The glasses, featuring yellow-tinted lenses, have been marketed for years as a way to ward off ...
Another batch of West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes was collected in Bellflower, the second group of infected insects captured in the county this year, the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District announced Friday. Vector-control officials noted that ...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The Kern County Department of Public Health issued a warning Friday about a potential measles exposure in the county in the last two weeks. KCDPH says someone diagnosed with measles travled through Kern County while ...
Damaged hearts could soon be repaired with an injection of stem cells after British scientists showed vast improvements to tissue. In Britain there are nearly one million people are living with heart failure, where the heart is too damaged to pump sufficient ...
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