The hardest part of curing tuberculosis, doctors say, is getting patients to take all their pills every day for at least six months. Even the easiest regimens of four antibiotics can cause nausea, fevers, rashes and stomach pain. Health officials have tried many ...
Hold up, diet soda drinkers. Regular consumption of soft drinks — both sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened — was associated with a greater risk of all causes of death, according to research published this week in JAMA Internal Medicine. Participants ...
Hold up, diet soda drinkers. Regular consumption of soft drinks — both sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened — was associated with a greater risk of all causes of death, according to new research published this week in the Journal of the American ...
The dramatic increase in colorectal cancer (CRC) in younger adults that was reported in the United States is also seen in many other high-income countries, according to a new analysis that included data from 43 countries on six continents. This study is the ...
A study published Wednesday found that women who practiced "extreme" grooming habits, shaving all or most of their pubic hair on a regular basis, are not at higher risk of contracting certain sexually transmitted infections, contradicting past research.
LONDON (Reuters) - People who survive Ebola virus infection face a dramatically higher risk of dying - probably from severe kidney damage - within a year of leaving hospital, according to a study of survivors of an epidemic in Guinea. FILE PHOTO: A health ...
(CNN) Non-meat diets have soared in popularity with many people ditching beef, pork and chicken in pursuit of health and environmental benefits and concerns about animal welfare. However, a new study suggests that vegetarians and vegans may be at a ...
A second person has died from a severe lung illness after vaping, according to a lead investigator on the case in Oregon. The investigator said that the person had apparently become sick after vaping T.H.C. from a product purchased from a recreational ...
Adam Hergenreder started vaping about two years ago at age 16. The mint and mango flavors were his favorites. Now Hergenreder, of Gurnee, is hospitalized and unable to breathe without a steady flow of oxygen through tubes affixed to his nostrils. Doctors ...
(CNN) For the first time, scientists have identified the genetic differences associated with left-handedness, a trait found in 10% of the human population. What's more, those genetic variants result in differences in brain structure, which might mean that ...
Facebook has revealed a renewed strategy to combat the anti-vaccine movement and get scientific evidence in front of people when it comes to being inoculated. Interested in Facebook? Add Facebook as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Facebook ...
Vaping, even without any nicotine or THC, can cause changes in the lungs that might increase susceptibility to viruses and possibly raise the risk of pneumonia, a study published Wednesday suggests. The research was conducted in mice, but may shed ...
LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Thursday it welcomed a commitment by Facebook that it would direct users seeking vaccine information on its Instagram, Facebook Search, Groups and other forums towards facts, not ...
PARIS -- The leading cause of death in high-income countries has commenced its shift from cardiovascular disease (CVD) to cancer, an analysis of 21 countries across five continents indicated. In the PURE study, CVD remained the most common cause of ...
Seems like flu season just ended. It did. Last year, the flu season set a record as the longest-running in a decade petering out around April and led to record-breaking hospitalizations. But with flu season starting in October, the American Academy of Pediatrics ...
Scientists have found the first genetic instructions hardwired into human DNA that are linked to being left-handed. The instructions also seem to be heavily involved in the structure and function of the brain - particularly the parts involved in language. The team ...
New Zealand's ongoing measles outbreak has hit the milestone of more than 1,000 confirmed cases. A total of 1,051 people were affected between 1 January and 5 September, 2019, the ministry of health said. Measles is a highly contagious and potentially ...
New York City officials on Tuesday declared an end to the largest measles outbreak the city has seen in nearly 30 years. Officials said New York City spent more than $6 million to combat the outbreak, which primarily affected Orthodox Jewish communities in ...
Vegetarians and vegans are likely to be concerned by the results of a new study with a surprising finding: those following meat-free diets, which are typically associated with better cardiovascular health, may actually have a higher risk of stroke than those who ...
(Reuters Health) - People living in U.S. counties with the highest rates of poverty are more likely to die from heart failure than those from more affluent areas, a new study suggests. Researchers examining data from more than 3,000 U.S. counties found that for ...
A lot of otherwise healthy-seeming high schoolers and young adults are getting very sick. Since June, 28 cases of a mystery respiratory illness have been reported in Utah. Wisconsin has found 32 so far. Nationwide, more than 200 cases of patients with ...
A new American Cancer Society study finds that colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence is increasing exclusively in young adults in nine high-income countries spanning three continents. The study, appearing in the journal Gut, finds the rising rates are in contrast ...
A series of hospital failings contributed to the death of a five-year-old girl who died from toxic shock syndrome, an inquest jury has found. Ava Macfarlane died on 15 December 2017 after being treated at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre. Prescribing ...
A fraction of college-aged people who got the mumps vaccine in childhood don't have sufficient immunity against the virus, research indicates. The findings, published in PNAS, highlight the need to better understand the immune response to mumps and its ...
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Sept. 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- More than 40 million Americans suffer from varicose veins, which can be both unsightly and painful, but the best way to get rid of them hasn't been clear.
THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Vegetarianism is all the rage these days, but a new study suggests that slicing meat from your diet might raise your risk of stroke slightly. While vegetarians had a 22% lower risk for heart disease, they had a ...
London (CNN) More pet owners are failing to vaccinate their animals, new figures show, and a UK animal charity is describing the growing problem as a "ticking time bomb" for pets. Millions of animals are being left unprotected and vulnerable to potentially ...
By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The overall death rate of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa may have been underestimated, with new research finding survivors could have a five times higher ...
A statewide health alert was issued: One NJ user reportedly talked about vomiting blood. Others said they've become perpetually sick. By Tom Davis, Patch Staff. Sep 5, 2019 9:10 am ET. Reply. 0. Previous. NJ's Vaping Sicknesses Nearly Double In Growing ...
NEW YORK – Different genetic factors influence people's body mass index during infancy compared to later in life, a new genome-wide association study has found. For a new study appearing in Science Advances today, researchers from the Early Growth ...
A new study has for the first time identified regions of the genome associated with left-handedness in the general population and linked their effects with brain architecture. The study, led by researchers at the University of Oxford who were funded by the ...
By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Sept. 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Higher levels of the brain chemical serotonin are linked to a lower risk of potentially deadly seizure-related breathing pauses in people with epilepsy, ...
(CNN) New HIV diagnoses in the United Kingdom have fallen by almost a third since 2015, bringing the island nation closer to its goal of zero new HIV transmissions by 2030. They fell from 6,271 in 2015 to 4,484 in 2018 -- a decrease of 28% and the lowest ...
THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The overall death rate of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa may have been underestimated, with new research finding survivors could have a five times higher death rate after leaving the hospital than the ...
At least one Hawaii resident has been infected with measles, according to a report. Officials with the state's Department of Health confirmed the case on Tuesday, according to Hawaii News Now, which added the resident contracted the virus while traveling to ...
Women who regularly remove all their pubic hair - known as "extreme" personal grooming - are not at greater risk of chlamydia or gonorrhea, a study of female students suggests. The findings go against past research warning shaving and waxing could leave ...
A promising new treatment that could mean the end of life-threatening allergic reactions to peanuts has shown both efficacy and safety, according to a study released Wednesday. Liquid drops consisting of a miniscule amount of liquefied peanut protein ...
Michigan is the first state to ban sales of flavored e-cigarettes in a move the governor says will curb teen vaping. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer directed the state health department to issue emergency rules to ban the sale of flavored nicotine vaping products in ...
About 7 in 10 young adults in Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana have vaped at least once, a newly released survey shows. Nearly 4 in 10 of these 18- to 29-year-olds or 36% use vape products regularly. Those who use electronic ...
Over the last few weeks, an alarming number of mysterious vaping-related lung diseases has been reported. Federal and state officials along with CDC (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) are currently investigating about 215 cases of the ...
Older adults who get hearing aids for a newly diagnosed hearing loss have a lower risk of being diagnosed with dementia, depression, or anxiety for the first time over the next three years. Getting a hearing aid is also linked to a lower risk of suffering ...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Higher levels of the brain chemical serotonin are linked to a lower risk of potentially deadly seizure-related breathing pauses in people with epilepsy, researchers say. The findings suggest serotonin may help ...
Mosquitoes trapped in Tiverton became the first sample to test positive for West Nile Virus in Rhode Island in 2019, according to a joint announcement from the state Department of Health and Department of Environmental Management released late Tuesday ...
People with peanut allergies may have a new way to protect themselves from severe allergic reactions, new research suggests. A tiny dose of peanut protein under the tongue can offer safe and substantial protection against the allergy, scientists say.
Over 1000 people have been infected by the measles outbreak in New Zealand this year. Health authorities reported that between Jan. 1 to Sept. 5, 1051 people were infected by the viral disease. "Measles is circulating in New Zealand, particularly Auckland," ...
People allergic to peanuts may have a new way to protect themselves from severe allergic reactions to accidental peanut exposure. It's called sublingual immunotherapy—or SLIT—and it involves putting a miniscule amount of liquefied peanut protein under ...
Taxing sugary snacks like cookies and cakes may have a substantially larger impact in fighting obesity than levies on sweetened drinks, suggests a new study. Using economic modeling, UK researchers found that increasing sugary snack prices by 20% had ...
The New York City measles outbreak that sickened more than 600 people in Brooklyn and Queens over the course of almost a year has ended, officials said. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and city health commissioner Oxiris Barbot, MD, announced that the ...
Oregon health officials are investigating the death of a resident who suffered "severe respiratory illness" after they used an e-cigarette device. The person, who was not identified, passed away in July, according to the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). He or she ...
The Centers for Disease Prevention and Control has awarded the Massachusetts Department of Public Health more than $7.1 million in funding to track opioid overdose data in as "closely to real time as possible." 0. By Anne-Gerard Flynn | Special to The ...
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