Koalas have been running into hard times. They have suffered for years from habitat destruction, dog attacks, automobile accidents. But that's only the beginning. They are also plagued by chlamydia and cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, and in ...
A new drug, created to treat just one patient, has pushed the bounds of personalized medicine and has raised unexplored regulatory and ethical questions, scientists reported on Wednesday. The drug, described in the New England Journal of Medicine, ...
As part of World Mental Health Day, Business Insider looked into the state of millennials' mental health. Depression and "deaths of despair" are on the rise among millennials, many of whom suffer from loneliness, money stress, and burnout in the workplace.
There's fresh evidence that eating a healthy diet, one that includes plenty of fruits and vegetables and limits highly processed foods, can help reduce symptoms of depression. A randomized controlled trial published in the journal PLOS ONE finds that ...
A simple dietary intervention that emphasizes lean meat, fish, and fresh fruits and vegetables appears to improve depressive symptoms within 3 weeks in young adults with unhealthy eating habits, new research shows. Heather Francis, PhD. The results of the ...
In the past few months, vaping has turned into something critics say is little – or even no better – than smoking. The claim is central to the future of electronic cigarettes. Within weeks, the Food and Drug Administration is likely to finalize its ban on flavored ...
The link between vaping and severe lung problems is getting a lot of attention. But scientists say they're also worried about vaping's effect on teenage brains. "Unfortunately, the brain problems and challenges may be things that we see later on down the road ...
Despite an absence of supporting evidence, Americans increasingly view people with mental illness as a threat, and many support involuntary hospitalization for such individuals, new research shows. The increasing stigma toward people with mental illness ...
Next time you pick up a pizza from your favorite pizzeria and toss the box in your front seat, think about why the grease doesn't saturate through the cardboard onto your upholstery. Or when you hear popcorn bursting in a bag in your microwave, consider why ...
Snacking should be banned on public transport and extra taxes placed on unhealthy foods to tackle child obesity, England's outgoing chief medical officer says. In her final report as CMO, Dame Sally Davies also called for tighter restrictions on advertising and ...
Health officials in the Washington region are warning residents to get flu vaccinations as the first flu cases of the season are reported. Maryland's Department of Health has seen 11 laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza since Sept. 1. The bulk of those, ...
Women may be more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease, but men are typically diagnosed at earlier stages, when symptoms are mild. By tweaking memory tests a little, more women might be caught at an early stage of the disease, when they can benefit ...
The CDC published a new report that found the number of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia cases have reached an all-time high in the United States. Experts say the rise can likely be attributed to the recent opioid epidemic, less use of condoms, and cuts to ...
(CNN) Humans may not be able to regrow amputated limbs like salamanders can -- but we do have a "salamander-like" ability to regrow damaged cartilage, a new study has found. The study, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, found that ...
The local health-department workforce has shrunk by nearly a quarter since 2008, said one public-health expert. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images. Even as STD rates climb, studies indicate that Americans are having less sex than they did in previous years ...
People who experience a sharp drop in income are significantly more likely to suffer a heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular problem in the following years, a new study indicates. The study, published Wednesday in JAMA Cardiology, adds to a growing ...
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Humans may lack the salamander skill of regrowing a limb, but a new study suggests they do have some capacity to restore cartilage in their joints.
(CNN) More than 4,000 people have died from a measles outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year, UNICEF, the United Nations' children's agency, said on Wednesday. There have been 203,179 cases of the preventable illness across the ...
Pairing Viagra with Mozobil facilitated the release of stem cells into the bloodstream in mice, offering a potential new strategy for transplantation, scientists have found. (Wikipedia/Tim Reckmann). Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print. Hematopoietic ...
The Boston Public Health Commission confirmed a resident of Boston has been diagnosed with the measles for the first time since 2013. In a statement released Wednesday, the BPHC said the person was diagnosed Sunday, after they traveled to multiple ...
(Reuters Health) - Young adults who eat poorly and feel blue might be able to perk themselves up by switching to a healthier diet, a small study suggests. FILE PHOTO: Walnuts are on display at a shop of a food market in Vienna, Austria, April 19, 2016.
Raise your hand if you thought mumps — the infectious disease that can make your neck swell — had gone the way of Saturday classes, cheap tuition and residence hall curfews. Separate outbreaks in the past month at both High Point University and Elon ...
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Humans may lack the salamander skill of regrowing a limb, but a new study suggests they do have some capacity to restore cartilage in their joints. The findings run counter ...
Not enough pregnant women are getting the flu vaccine and it's putting themselves, their babies and the public at risk, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
An international research team headed by scientists at Columbia University restored normal working memory in a mouse model of schizophrenia (SCZ). The achievement, demonstrated using both genetic, and pharmacological approaches, effectively ...
(DAKAR, Senegal) — More than 4,000 people have died in Congo this year in the world's largest measles outbreak, the United Nations children's agency said Wednesday. The Central African nation is also battling an Ebola outbreak that has killed about half ...
Politicians must take decisive and urgent action to prevent a childhood obesity crisis, the UK's most senior doctor said. In her final report before she stepped down this month as Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Prof Dame Sally Davies said the Government was ...
Even before I was officially diagnosed with depression, I felt bad about being depressed. Raised in an upper-middle class home in New England, the kind you see in movies with the two-car garage, a golden retriever lounging on the front porch, and two ...
Antibiotic resistance is a one of the world's most pressing public health problems. Army scientists have developed a new weapon to combat super-bugs, which could protect Soldiers and fight resistance. Bacteriophage, a virus that infects and replicates within ...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Are some tests designed to measure memory declines missing signs of trouble in women? New research suggests that might be the case. More women than men were diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment ...
Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis reached record numbers in 2018, according to a new CDC report. By Kimberly Johnson, Patch Staff. Oct 10, 2019 11:01 am ET. Reply. 0. Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis reached record numbers in 2018 ...
Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis reached record numbers in 2018, according to a new report. By Feroze Dhanoa, Patch Staff. Oct 9, 2019 4:18 pm ET. Reply. STDs In Harris County Reach Record Numbers Amid Nationwide Rise (Shutterstock).
Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis reached record numbers in 2018, according to a new report. By Amber Fisher, Patch Staff. Oct 9, 2019 5:04 pm ET. Reply. 0. STD rates have reached another record high in the United States. (Shutterstock). Cases of ...
French President Emmanuel Macron said a conference of the Global Fund to fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria raised at least $13.92 billion for the next three years. Macron, who hosts the international conference in the French city of Lyon, vowed to ...
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron said a conference of the Global Fund to fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria raised at least $13.92 billion for the next three years. Macron, who hosts the international conference in the French city of Lyon, ...
California just became the first state to allow people to buy HIV prevention drugs at pharmacies without a prescription, according to recent news reports. Around 1.2 million Americans currently live with AIDS, an incurable disease that develops after an ...
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Wednesday opened a drive to raise $14 billion to fight the global epidemics but face an uphill battle in the face of donor fatigue. Host President Emmanuel Macron is to chair the final day of the ...
Arizona is leading the country in deaths from West Nile virus so far this year and public health investigators are trying to figure out why. Nationwide, 35 people have died from West Nile virus so far this year, and 16 of the deaths, or nearly half, were in Arizona.
ANALYSIS/OPINION: There's a passage in the Bible that speaks to the reaping of what is sown. There's another passage in the Bible that warns that God will not be mocked. And there's yet one other bit in the Bible that tells how God, when ignored, mocked ...
A Boston resident was diagnosed with measles Sunday, the city's Public Health Commission said Wednesday in a statement. "During the infectious period, the individual went to locations where other people may have been exposed," the statement said.
If only talking to friends about mental health was as easy as pushing a button. In honor of World Mental Health Day, Facebook has launched two new tools on Messenger created to do just that. Produced in consultation with the World Health Organization, the ...
Hispanics who have trouble sleeping may be at a higher risk of Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia, according to a new study. The study found a possible link between insomnia, prolonged sleep duration (more than nine hours of sleep) and a ...
Hispanics who have trouble sleeping may be at a higher risk of Alzheimer's disease or other dementia's, according to a new study. The study found a possible link between insomnia, prolonged sleep duration (more than nine hours of sleep) and a decline in ...
Patients with depression, anxiety or stress are more likely to drop out of cardiac rehabilitation, reports a study published on World Mental Health Day in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
Pennsylvania's youth obesity rate ranks as the ninth highest in the country. That's according to a first-of-its-kind report -- titled State of Childhood Obesity: Helping All Children Grow Up Healthy -- issued by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on Thursday.
Heads of states, CEOs and global health leaders gathered Thursday in France to try to raise at least $14 billion to finance the fight against AIDS , tuberculosis and malaria over the next three years. French President Emmanuel Macron , who was hosting the ...
Based on new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showing that sexually transmitted disease (STD) levels hit an all-time high in 2018, the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) yesterday issued an urgent call for more ...
Parsley Health, a New York-based personalized medicine provider founded in 2016, today revealed that it closed a $26 million series B funding round this summer, led by White Star Capital. The round included participation from FirstMark Capital, Amplo, ...
(CNN) - More than 4,000 people have died from a measles outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year, UNICEF, the United Nations' children's agency, said on Wednesday. There have been 203,179 cases of the preventable illness across the ...
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