Five years ago, the doctor Kent Brantly was evacuated back to the U.S. after being infected with Ebola—against the wishes of the man who is now president. Ed Yong. 2:02 PM ET. Doctors who traveled to affected countries and contracted Ebola were treated ...
It's been one year since the Ebola epidemic outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. So far, more than 2,400 cases have been detected and over 1,700 people have died from Ebola. Richard Preston's new book "Crisis in the Red Zone" chronicles the ...
(CNN) Fourteen teens and young adults have been hospitalized in Wisconsin and Illinois for breathing problems potentially linked to vaping, health officials in both states announced Friday. In Wisconsin, severe lung disease has sent 11 people to the hospital, ...
If we were rational creatures, we would fear our back yards more than our beaches. Though oceans contain real-life monsters like the great white, our lawns and parks are home to humankind's deadliest foe: the ubiquitous mosquito. "Harvester of human ...
A medical procedure that allows women to delay the menopause for up to 20 years has been launched by IVF specialists in Britain. Doctors claim the operation could benefit thousands of women who experience serious health problems, such as heart ...
By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews. In a follow-up on the dengue fever outbreak in Honduras, the Ministry of Health reported Friday that the case count is now at 42,300, including 59 fatalities, according to a Telesur TV report (computer translated).
Fourteen teens and young adults have been hospitalized in Wisconsin and Illinois for breathing problems potentially linked to vaping, health officials in both states announced Friday. In Wisconsin, severe lung disease has sent 11 people to the hospital, ...
A ward has been closed to new admissions at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) after three young patients contracted infections. Children had been moved there from the neighbouring Royal Hospital for Children. Work is being carried ...
No new friends. No old friends. No friends... period? More than 20% of millennials surveyed in a YouGov poll released this week claimed that they don't have a singe friend. And less than a third of Millennials said they have double-digit friends, according to ...
ATLANTA — 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 ...
Are you feeling down? A piece of chocolate might help, according to a new report. >> Read more trending news. Researchers from University College London recently conducted a study, published in the Depression and Anxiety journal, to determine the ...
RELATED: Chocolate is a better cough suppressant than medicine, study says. Researchers from the University College London recently conducted a study, published in the Depression and Anxiety journal, to determine the association between chocolate ...
Heather Owens looks at the before and after photographs on her cell phone. The photo on the left shows when she weighed 200 pounds. Owens, the benefits coordinator at the Cherokee Nation Three Rivers Health Center, said she was, according to her ...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine health officials say the number of reported cases of chickenpox at a shelter for asylum seekers is in the single digits. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has said individuals staying at Portland Expo are ...
The city of Abilene will spray for mosquitoes 4 to 5 a.m. Sunday after a mosquito tested positive for West Nile virus, according to a city of Abilene news release. There is not a vaccine or medication to treat West Nile virus, which is primarily spread by mosquito ...
The lives of thousands of women could be transformed after doctors made a medical breakthrough in delaying the menopause for up to 20 years. The revolutionary procedure, which takes 30 minutes, is designed to 'trick the biological clocks of women, into ...
Women can delay the menopause for up to 20 years in a medical breakthrough being offered by the fertility expert who pioneered IVF. The revolutionary procedure could transform the lives of thousands of women by tricking their biological clocks into thinking ...
A porcelain bowl that languished on a shelf for years "shocked and delighted" its owner by selling for more than £200,000. The blue and white bowl was taken to an auctioneer in Bath by its owner as they prepared to move house. Experts realised it was ...
Twelve people were ordered to undergo testing for possible Ebola infection in Goma in DR Congo on Saturday, only days after three patients in the densely populated city tested positive for the disease, the country's presidency said. "A total of 12 people from ...
A ward has been closed to new admissions at Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Children after two young patients contracted infections. A number of measures have already been put in place at the ward to improve the water supply and air quality. NHS Greater ...
MISSOURI — For decades, researchers have sought a blood test for beta amyloid, the protein that is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. Several groups and companies have made progress, and Thursday, scientists at Washington University in St. Louis ...
According to a study published in the journal PLOS Medicine, water treatment alone is sufficient to cause an 18 per cent reduction in roundworm infection rates. ANI | Published: August 4, 2019 9:21 am. Facebook share; Twitter share · Share on Whatsapp.
Mozambique has yet to report an Ebola case, but DRC's regional neighbours have been on high alert while the World Health Organization (WHO) has elevated the crisis to a global health emergency. Mozambique on Saturday set up disease checkpoints ...
LONDON: Reducing high levels of remnant cholesterol or 'ugly cholesterol' can significantly cut the risk of stroke and myocardial infarction, suggest researchers. In a study, published in Atherosclerosis journal, the researchers from University of Copenhagen ...
According to a study published by the Journal PLOS Genetics, regular jogging is the best type of exercise for managing obesity. ANI | Published: August 4, 2019 9:12 am. Facebook share; Twitter share · Share on Whatsapp. Tags: exercise benefits Help to ...
Roundworm infections can be reduced significantly simply by improving the treatment and quality of drinking water in high-risk regions. ANI. Leave a comment. August 4, 2019 17:31 IST. Water treatment could complement large-scale deworming medication ...
SEATTLE, Washington — In Western and Central Africa, HIV infections in infants and adolescents are prevalent, and treatment requires greater effort. Due to a lack of resources for the 540,000 children living with HIV, eight out 10 do not seek access to ...
Frailty is associated with a lower quality of life and deals with three out of these five following conditions: low physical activity, weak grip strength, low energy, slow walking speed, non-deliberate weight loss. ANI. Leave a comment. August 4, 2019 15:31 IST.
MAINTAINING an active social life in middle age can stave off dementia, suggests new research. Sixty-year-olds who meet up with friends and family on a regular basis are less likely to develop the devastating illness years later, according the study. The same ...
There is hardly anyone who can say no to chocolate; they are a definite mood lifter. But now you may have another reason to enjoy a bar of chocolate as a new study, published in Depression and Anxiety, is the first to examine the association between ...
Kiwi adults living with asthma are being urged to check they are up to date with whooping cough vaccinations as winter kicks in. Thousands of New Zealanders living with common respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
In the study published in the journal PLOS Genetics, researchers from the National Taiwan University analysed 18,424 Han Chinese adults, aged 30 to 70. By analyzing this data, the researchers identified six exercises that seemingly helped participants keep ...
Frailty, long considered an inevitable part of getting older, is its own medical condition and deserves more attention by the medical and scientific community, according to new research. Researchers from Monash University in Australia conducted the first ...
Washington D.C: People do associate frailty with ageing but according to a new study, it is a medical condition and is not merely related to turning old. The study published in the journal 'JAMA Network Open' took into account around 120,000 people from 28 ...
A new study from Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University, Denmark, has shown that probably 1 in 4 people in the world carry the tuberculosis bacterium in the body. The disease tuberculosis is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, ...
Our sedentary lifestyle and dependency on processed and packaged food has made high cholesterol a common problem these days. And it's not just our diet, but even obesity and stress may also increase the chances of high cholesterol. According to a study, ...
Aug 04, 2019 (12 hours ago) | ANI. Washington D.C. , August 3 : A recent study has found types of exercise that are especially effective at combating genetic effects that contribute to obesity. For people who inherit genes that increase their chance of becoming ...
August 03, 2019 03:33 PM. A new study shows more people are allergic to sesame than previously thought. According to researchers from the Northwestern University, more than a million Americans are believed to have a sesame allergy and a majority ...
In Komarno, Man., whose name means 'mosquito infested' in Ukrainian, a giant statue pays tribute to the region's signature insect. Dr. Gordon Goldsborough, Manitoba Historical Society. Timothy C. Winegard is the author of The Mosquito: A Human History of ...
SCREAMING in horror, mum Charlotte Cooper watched as her worst nightmare played out in front of her. Her tiny baby girl was lying lifeless as doctors desperately tried to save her. After trying for two years to get pregnant with her husband and partner of ...
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