We are all full of mucus, and not only because cold season is upon us. Our bodies produce a fresh liter of slime each day to coat our passages and tracts. Mucus may be gross, but its grossness disguises how helpful it is. A study published Monday in Nature ...
The nutrition research group whose recent study drew heavy attention for downplaying the risks of red meat has received funding from a university program partially backed by the beef industry. The study in the well-respected Annals of Internal Medicine ...
(CNN) Pregnant women who have been exposed to high levels of pollution face an increased risk of "silent miscarriage" in the first trimester, according to a new study. A "silent miscarriage" happens when a fetus hasn't formed or has died, but the placenta and ...
The human genome is not entirely human. Some 8% of our DNA, in fact, originated in viruses, remnants of ancients invasions dating back millions of years. By infecting sperm and eggs, viral DNA found its way into germline DNA—the genetic information ...
A now 11-year-old British girl lost both of her feet after doctors reportedly mistook her meningitis symptoms for a stomach virus, her mother said. Brogan Patridge first showed signs of meningitis while on a vacation with her family in Cornwall in 2016, her ...
Organs from potential donors once rejected as being unsafe to transplant may not be as risky as once thought, new Australian research shows. Our study, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, suggests organs from injecting drug users or men who ...
A pioneering clinical trial will investigate the use of cannabidiol (CBD) - a compound found in the cannabis plant—in people with Parkinson's-related psychosis. Parkinson's UK, the largest charitable funder of Parkinson's research in Europe, is partnering with ...
For the first time since 1998, an Indiana resident has died from the rare but serious mosquito-borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), health officials announced over the weekend. The resident was from Elkhart County. His or her death marks the first in the ...
A pathologist has said the cause of death of a Clydebank woman was "rare in the 21st Century". Dr Gemma Kemp was giving evidence at the High Court in Glasgow, where Neil Crilley is accused of killing his wife Maureen, who was 67. Mrs Crilley died from ...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month This October, Houston Methodist and ABC13 are proud to participate in National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast Cancer is one of the most common kinds of cancer in women after skin cancer. About 1 in 8 women ...
Psilocybin, more commonly known as "magic mushrooms," "shrooms" or simply "mushrooms," is a psychedelic drug which was outlawed as a substance with no legitimate medical purpose in the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. However, the medical ...
By Christopher Ingraham. Some tips for living a long, healthy life: Eat right. Get plenty of sleep and exercise. And get a dog. That last item comes courtesy of a new study published in Circulation, the journal of the American Heart Association, which reviews ...
NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro talks to Dr. Filipa Lynce, a medical oncologist, and Julia Maues, a woman living with metastatic breast cancer, about what more can be done to fight the deadly disease. LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: It's breast cancer ...
It's the time of year when the leaves are crisping to golden, the mornings are chilly and the afternoons are still hot, and a strange tepid breeze blows through on occasion. Yes, it's finally Fall. While the transition of seasons brings about slow etching changes in ...
Talking about sex and sexual health is often a taboo topic, but there's nothing wrong with educating yourself about sex if you plan on being sexually active or if you are already sexually active. Open conversations about sex are necessary to help prevent the ...
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI), including concussions, can be caused by anything from sports injuries to battlefield trauma. And they can have fatal or lasting effects. The results of a severe concussion—problems with thinking, memory, movement, ...
One of the world's leading scientific journals has retracted a study that said the first gene-edited babies may have a lower life expectancy as a result of He Jiankui's experiments. The paper, published in Nature Medicine, was retracted by the authors, following ...
Adding to what is known about the growing crisis of suicide among American teens, a team led by researchers at the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University have uncovered several troubling trends during the period of ...
Whether you're doing vape tricks for YouTube views or kicking yourself for not realizing that "USB" was actually your teenager's Juul, you know vaping is all the rage right now. You probably also know that President Trump has called on the FDA to ban all ...
OBJECTIVES: To determine if racial and ethnic subgroups of adolescents are at high risk for engagement in suicidal behaviors. METHODS: Using the nationally representative school-based Youth Risk Behavior Survey from the years 1991 to 2017, we ...
When I first heard about the new "meat study" published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, I gave it a look and decided it wasn't worth writing about. But Twitter felt differently, and for a few days it seemed the study was all anyone interested in nutrition ...
In early September, the Food and Drug Administration announced the flu vaccine lots available for 2019-2020 season. Flu season begins in October and continues into the spring. Peak reporting periods fall between December and February. Depending upon ...
Singapore is set to become the first country in the world to ban ads for unhealthy drinks with high sugar content in what it says is the latest move in its ongoing "war on diabetes." The ban, which will apply to "the least healthy" sugar-sweetened beverages, will ...
A new study found that long-term exposure to nicotine-containing e-cigarette vapor increases the risk of cancer in mice. This study adds to a growing body of research highlighting the potential negative health effects of vaping. The researchers caution in a ...
There are around 145,000 people in the United Kingdom with Parkinson's disease, and about half of them are observed to also be suffering from psychosis. Research which will begin next year has been organized because of this situation. Experts will study ...
Among Hispanic and Latino individuals in the United States, long sleep duration was associated with a decline in neurocognitive performance and predicted 7-year neurocognitive decline, according to a study published in Alzheimer's & Dementia.
A major UConn School of Medicine study published in the American Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation shows that more aggressively controlling daily blood pressure in older adults can improve brain health. It's been estimated that approximately ...
Doctors will use a second Ebola vaccine from November in three eastern provinces in the Democratic Republic of Congo to fight the deadly virus, medical officials said Sunday. "It's time to use the new Ad26-ZEBOV-GP vaccine, manufactured by Johnson ...
The decision to have cataract surgery is often delayed. While many people may detect subtle changes in the sharpness of their vision, it's often not until vision is significantly compromised that many people finally decide to have the surgery. With this in mind, ...
The 360 shows you diverse perspectives on the day's top stories. What's happening: The combined number of cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia in the U.S. reached an all-time high in 2018, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...
A 7-year-old girl from England had both her legs amputated after doctors mistakenly diagnosed her with a tummy bug instead of meningitis. Brogan Patridge, now 11, was vacationing in 2016 with her parents at a beach in Cornwall when she began vomiting.
A 7-year-old girl in England lost both of her feet to meningitis after doctors mistakenly sent her home saying she only had a "tummy bug," according to a report Sunday. "The damage was done within just a few hours," the girl's mother, Aimee Partridge, told The ...
A group of doctors wants U.S health regulators to require breast cancer warning placed on a popular dairy product. Petition Asking For Breast Cancer Warning Added On Cheese Labels. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) consist of ...
Metastatic breast cancer kills an average of 116 people a day and 40,000 people a year. The advanced, or metastatic form, of the disease means the cancer has spread through the blood and created secondary tumors in the bones, liver, lung or brain.
AUSTIN, Texas — Sitting in a doctor's office, 51-year-old Lauren Price awaited her test results. Was the lump she felt what she thought it was? Breast cancer? Getting a check-up scared her, but she said her sister would have wanted it. "Her dying wish to me ...
The more a baby weighs at birth relative to its gestational age the greater the risk of childhood food allergies and eczema, according to South Australian researchers. University of Adelaide's Robinson Research Institute senior lecturer and researcher Dr.
You know it's autumn when the waft of pumpkin spice is in the air and ads for flu shots pop up on pharmacy windows. But flu shots aren't the only vaccination that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends — there are actually 11 different ...
Vaping has rapidly become a controversial issue in the United States, especially when the possible effects on teens are considered. Many doctors have spoken out in the media publicly warning parents of the dangers of vaping and encouraging them to ...
Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) in Hawaii are at an all-time high in decades, which according to officials can be linked to the increase in online dating and hookups. There has been a significant rise in the cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis in ...
For Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day on October 13th, 2019, here's a round-up of fast facts and the latest news and updates in this disease space: Three-time cancer survivor and one-woman show writer and performer, Valerie David, sat down with ...
Lisa Pappas was only in high school when her journey with breast cancer began. Luckily, she's never had to battle the disease. Instead, her journey has been one of prevention, after learning her family carries the BRCA 1 gene mutation that puts her at high ...
The beginning of the flu season is quickly approaching and health officials are urging members of the public to protect themselves by getting an annual flu shot. "We haven't seen much flu activity yet, but we are preparing," said Dr. Allison Unthank, Clallam ...
It's estimated there'll be nearly 269-thousand new cases of invasive breast cancer this year. It's not a disease most people care to think about until it happens to them. As a result, there are plenty of myths out there about breast cancer. Dr. Katrina Birdwell, a ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Mayo Clinic tested a new vaccine in clinical trials and found that it effectively helped to remove cancer cells, WTLV reports. Lee Mercker learned she had breast cancer in March. "I'm an exercise fanatic, I eat right," Mercker said.
HONOLULU — An increase in sexually transmitted diseases in Hawaii to the highest numbers reported in decades can be linked to the prevalence of online dating, officials said. Cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis have increased significantly in the ...
Gabrielle Masson - 14 hours ago Print | Email. The CDC has penned a new name for vaping-related illness: EVALI, which stands for e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury, according to new healthcare recommendations the agency ...
Using advanced imaging, researchers have uncovered new information regarding traumatic microbleeds, which appear as small, dark lesions on MRI scans after head injury but are typically too small to be detected on CT scans. The findings published in ...
A healthy diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables and limited amount of highly processed food products can help reduce symptoms of depression, findings of a new study revealed. Effects Of Healthier Diet On Individuals With Depressive Symptoms. In a small ...
An increase in sexually transmitted diseases in Hawaii to the highest numbers reported in decades can be linked to the prevalence of online dating, officials said. Cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis have increased significantly in the state, The ...
Now here's a prognosis that may seem to be more controversial than trying to assess the health of an economy from the sale of movie box-office proceeds: eating red and processed meat has little or no detrimental effect on human health. This is not ...
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