(CNN) Exposure to the enormous cloud of toxins, dust and debris that resulted from the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 has been linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease among first-responder firefighters, according to a new ...
With measles making a comeback in many upper-income countries including the United States and still rampant in some poorer nations such as Democratic Republic of Congo and Madagascar, a leading measles expert is warning of a danger beyond the ...
Does guzzling diet soda lead to an early demise? There was a collective gasp among Coke Zero and Diet Pepsi drinkers this week after media reports highlighted a new study that found prodigious consumers of artificially sweetened drinks were 26 percent ...
State and federal health officials investigating mysterious lung illnesses linked to vaping have found the same chemical in samples of marijuana products used by people sickened in different parts of the country and who used different brands of products in ...
LONDON - 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 misinformation.
First there were the drugs that could knock back HIV to undetectable levels, and the virus was no longer synonymous with a death sentence. Then came a treatment that allowed people who were HIV-negative to remain that way, even if their partners weren't.
An HIV therapeutic that would give long-term remission without sustained antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a long-term goal. Byrareddy et al. [Science354, 197 (2016)] reported that treating simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)–positive macaques with an ...
The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) 5th Vaccine Conference will hear that the risks of failing to vaccinate children may extend far beyond one specific vaccine, although currently the most urgent problem to ...
Have you ever experienced the type of day-to-day distress that affects your productivity or even your health? Have you ever found yourself puzzled at how stress has caused you to act like a completely different person? Are you thinking, "I've heard this all ...
By Deborah DiSesa Hirsch HealthDay Reporter. THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Marriage has been said to deflect depression, stave off stress, even help people live longer. Now a new study says it may also decrease your chance of ...
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. 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% ...
Researchers from the American Cancer Society have found increasing incidence of colorectal cancer among young adults in nine high-income countries where population-based screening initiatives have led to stabilized or decreasing trends among older ...
A fifth person in Massachusetts has been diagnosed with the life-threatening mosquito-borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus, state health officials said Thursday. A man in his 70s from southwestern Middlesex County is infected with the virus, ...
Vegetarians are often health conscious, so it may come as a surprise that a study released in the British Medical Journal this week found vegetarians have a 20% higher risk of stroke than people who eat meat. "Plant-based diets have been on the rise for ...
(CNN) A new study found using antibacterial mouthwash after working out negated the blood-pessure-lowering effects of exercise. But don't rush out and change your habits just yet, says cardiologist Dr. Martha Gulati. She runs the cardiology division at the ...
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). 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 ...
College-educated black women are about five times as likely to die from a pregnancy-related complication as their white counterparts, according to a federal analysis of 10 years of data across the U.S.. From 2007 to 2016, the U.S. saw 6,765 ...
By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may make a woman more vulnerable to ovarian cancer, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed ...
New research suggests there's even more reasons for middle-aged and older adults to keep a close watch on their blood pressure. Besides higher risk of stroke, heart attack, and other illnesses, research presented at the American Heart Association's (AHA) ...
By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer rates among young adults are on the rise in the United States, Canada and seven other wealthy nations, even though rates among older adults ...
Being a dairy-free Vegan is no longer a lifestyle reserved for faddy nutrition geeks or people with dairy intolerances. It is now regarded as mainstream, as more and more people discover the many health benefits of Veganism. In fact, most restaurants and ...
THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may make a woman more vulnerable to ovarian cancer, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed data from a national study of nearly 55,000 U.S. ...
Two blood donors — one each in Oakland and Wayne counties — have tested positive for the West Nile virus. An additional person in Wayne County also is suspected to have the virus, Michigan health officials said Thursday. The American Red Cross ...
Longer-term effects of Ebola infection, such as renal failure, contributed to many subsequent deaths among survivors of the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, researchers found. In the nation of Guinea, 59 Ebola survivors later died -- with renal failure ...
THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Small, lasting changes in cholesterol and blood pressure levels can dramatically reduce the risk of heart disease and strokes over a lifetime, new research suggests. The large study found that a combination of ...
Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), such as soda and bottled iced tea, are an increasingly popular approach to reducing obesity, diabetes, and other health harms (1). As of mid-2019, 42 countries and seven U.S. cities have implemented SSB ...
A fifth person has contracted the rare mosquito-borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis, or EEE, virus in Massachusetts amid the state's first outbreak in several years, public health officials announced Thursday. A man in his 70s from southwestern Middlesex ...
A man in his 70's in South western Middlesex County is the latest reported case of EEE virus in the state, bringing the total cases to five. By Samantha Mercado, Patch Staff. Sep 5, 2019 5:43 pm ET ...
Health officials in New York State said on Thursday that they are investigating a possible cause of a recent surge in severe vaping-related illnesses: a compound called vitamin E acetate. The state Department of Health said in a news release that "very high ...
Community location and factors like job opportunities and housing quality impact suicide rates in the United States, a new study indicates. In light of a nationwide rise in suicide rates, researchers from Ohio State University and elsewhere examined data on ...
A woman in the Placer County town of Loomis says she might lose her 21-year-old son to a disease associated with vaping — the use of e-cigarettes to deliver tobacco, marijuana and other drugs. "We don't know if Ricky is going to make it ... if we still get to go ...
Taking hot yoga classes lowered blood pressure in a small study of adults with elevated or stage 1 hypertension, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Hypertension 2019 Scientific Sessions. While there is evidence ...
The Orange County Vector Control is applying DeltaGard, a water-based public health mosquito control product (pesticide). By Ashley Ludwig, Patch Staff. Sep 5, 2019 2:55 pm ET. Reply. 0. A water-based public health mosquito control product (pesticide) will ...
People who regularly consume soft drinks — sweetened both artificially and by sugar — may be better off drinking water, according to the findings of a new study published this week in JAMA Internal Medicine. In the study, researchers found that people who ...
Your mouthwash could have a bizarre effect on how exercise affects your body, a new study this week suggests. The study found that swigging mouthwash can prevent exercise from lowering your blood pressure as it normally does. Strange as that sounds, ...
Mosquitoes are counted in July 2017 at the Saginaw County Mosquito Abatement Commission lab, 211 Congress in Saginaw. The SCMAC fights mosquito populations that increase after rains. MLive.com files The Saginaw News/MLive.com.
OAKLAND COUNTY, MI — A blood donor has tested positive for the West Nile Virus for the first time in 2019, state officials announced Thursday afternoon. Oakland County Health Division was notified by the Michigan Department of Health and Human ...
Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed artificial intelligence (AI) technology that could identify whether someone is at high risk of a fatal heart attack years before it occurs. Machine learning has been used to create a fingerprint called a "fat ...
Despite what your friend may have told you, choosing an "extreme" form of personal grooming, i.e. shaving or waxing all pubic hair, will not raise your risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease (STD), according to a new study. Previous research has for ...
New research published in the journal PLOS ONE reveals that women who wax or shave their pubic hair do not appear to have a higher risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Researchers studied 214 female college students, finding 98 ...
When Tracy Bennett, the head of Seattle Waldorf School, got word last spring that the state would make it a lot harder to forgo the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine, she got to work. She dedicated a staff member at the private school to contact parents ...
Another Mosquito With West Nile Virus Found In Tredyffrin. This marks the second positive sample found in Tredyffrin and the 18th in Chester County this summer, according to the Pennsylvania DEP. By Max Bennett, Patch Staff. Sep 5, 2019 4:12 pm ET ...
A researcher from Moffitt Cancer Center participated in the study, which found that those with six or more symptoms of PTSD had double the risk of getting the disease. Researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa participated in a newly released study ...
Scientists have developed a robotic device that could transform the treatment for strokes, which each year strike 795,000 Americans and kill 140,000. It's a wormlike robot designed to wend its way through the maze of tiny blood vessels inside the human brain ...
If you're a person with a uterus and plan to get pregnant at some point, avoiding e-cigarettes may be crucial for successfully conceiving, new research says. Published in the Oxford Academic Journal of the Endocrine Society, the new study shows that using ...
While the world's media may well have moved on to new stories, the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which was one of the most devastating in history, continues to have a significant impact on the lives of those affected by it. Writing in the International ...
Doctors are preparing for delays for this season's flu vaccine as formulation changes led at least one major manufacturer to ship its supply later than planned. According to a notification by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Sanofi Pasteur, the largest ...
Facebook and Instagram have rolled out a new feature in a bid to combat the spread of anti-vaccine misinformation, which has been driving outbreaks of illnesses worldwide. Users To Be Connected To Health Authority Sites. Facebook, which purchased ...
Drug resistance in the microbial world is a public health threat that is nearing pandemic proportions globally. While limiting antibiotic use is still seen as one of the best long-term defenses against the spread of resistance genes through bacterial populations, ...
A study of bacteria in the gut identified differences between people with high blood pressure compared to those with high blood pressure plus depression, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Hypertension 2019 ...
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