Efforts to reduce deaths from breast cancer in women have long focused on early detection and post-surgical treatment with drugs, radiation or both to help keep the disease at bay. And both of these approaches, used alone or together, have resulted in a ...
Epidemic is a word that's thrown around a lot these days, from public health crises related to vaping, opioids, and even obesity. But, word choice is important here. Epidemic is a specific term which refers to the rapid spread of infectious disease to a large ...
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, Nov. 11, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking pot doesn't do your heart or your brain any favors, a pair of new studies shows. Frequent pot smokers are more than twice as likely to suffer a ...
(CNN) If certain vegetables have always made you gag, you may be more than a picky eater. Instead, you might be what scientists call a "super-taster:" a person with a genetic predisposition to taste food differently. Unfortunately, being a super-taster doesn't ...
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Nov. 11, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking pot doesn't do your heart or your brain any favors, a pair of new studies shows. Frequent pot smokers are more than twice as likely to suffer a stroke compared ...
Smoking cigarettes has long been established as a major cause of heart disease deaths; now, there's growing evidence that electronic cigarettes may hurt the heart, too. In two separate studies that will presented at the upcoming meeting of the American ...
A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed a link between consuming ultra-processed foods and a decrease in heart health. The study was based on patient interviews with 13,446 adults who reported what they ate during the ...
MONDAY, Nov. 11, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Late dinners and heavy evening snacking do no favors for women's hearts, a new study suggests. Researchers at New York City's Columbia University found that those who ate more of their daily calories in the ...
Heart health deteriorates as early as adolescence, with black girls experiencing greater rates of decline than white girls, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2019—November 16-18 in ...
HOUSTON — Children delivered vaginally and those who were breastfeed had lower odds of developing allergies, according to study results presented at the American College of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology Scientific Meeting. "These results add to our ...
Vaping-related illness has now been reported in 165 patients across New York as authorities race to determine what is causing the rapidly growing outbreak. The new tally of serious lung injuries connected to vaping included the first breakdown by county ...
Discount cards for brand-name drugs provided to patients increased private insurer costs by 46% and varied in their impact on out-of-pocket payments by patients, found new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). "For private insurance ...
(CNN) A man is suing a Kansas restaurant, claiming he was fired because he has HIV -- which would be a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Armando Gutierrez was a server at a Big Biscuit restaurant in Overland Park, Kansas, when he found out ...
The sticky chemical has been found in samples taken from people who got sick or died from vaping-related illness. By Julia Belluz@juliaoftorontojulia.belluz@voxmedia.com Nov 11, 2019, 10:30am EST ...
Nurses face a barrage of stressors during winter, including cold weather and coming into contact with germs from patients and family members. Try these seven nursing winter hacks to stay healthy and comfortable through the winter season: 1. Protect your ...
There are few words scarier than "you have cancer." Each year, doctors deliver this unfortunate message to millions of Americans. Increasingly, physicians are having to tell patients they have melanoma, one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer. Today, more ...
HOUSTON — Women were more likely to have positive penicillin skin test results than men, according to findings presented at the American College of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology Scientific Meeting. Dayne Voelker, MD, of the Mayo Clinic School of ...
With archery season underway and the opening day of the gun deer season on the horizon, the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Division is traveling the state to give hunters and the general public updates on chronic wasting disease (CWD) ...
(Reuters) - One new case of measles was reported this weekend in the United States, with the country suffering its worst outbreak of the highly contagious and sometimes deadly disease in close-to three decades. The measles case was confirmed on ...
Breast Cancer Now, a charitable organization based in the UK has stated that 11,500 women die from breast cancer each year. This just goes to show how deadly this type of cancer can be for women. Cancer kills by spreading to other locations in the body, ...
Women wanting to protect their heart, should eat most of their calories earlier in the day, a new study suggests. Researchers found heart disease risk factors worsened when a large proportion of daily calories were consumed after 6 p.m., and even more so, ...
A man is suing a Kansas restaurant, claiming he was fired because he has HIV -- which would be a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Advertisement. Armando Gutierrez was a server at a Big Biscuit restaurant in Overland Park, Kansas, when he ...
Hospital infections sicken about 2 million Americans every year and kill nearly 100,000, according to the co-author of a new study. Those deaths are "roughly equivalent to the number of deaths if a wide-bodied jet crashed every day," said Michael G. Schmidt, ...
Prostate cancer grows in a very slow manner. This means those who suffer from it may not notice any symptoms at their early stages. The symptoms of prostate cancer oftentimes manifest only when the growth is already big. At this time, it starts to apply ...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - A man is suing a Kansas restaurant, claiming he was fired because he has HIV -- which would be a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Armando Gutierrez was a server at a Big Biscuit restaurant in Overland Park, Kansas, ...
The gene-editing tool CRISPR has been heralded as a scientific miracle destined to eradicate diseases from sickle-cell anemia to cancer, or decried as "the genetic scissors that tailor the human gene pool," an ethically risky technology driving us toward a ...
MILPITAS — Michelle Mauldwin has chronic migraines, but hasn't had much luck in easing the pain with the help of doctors through her Kaiser medical plan. "It's pretty bad," she said Sunday. "I just want to try to do whatever I can to prevent them." So the San ...
In type 2 diabetes, the body loses its ability to control the blood's sugar or glucose content. As a result, the body is unable to produce enough insulin or adequately respond to insulin. This causes blood sugar levels to increase rapidly. If the glucose levels are ...
A fingerprint test developed by British scientists could tell if patients are skipping medication. Forgetting or failing to take drugs can have serious consequences, particularly for people suffering from chronic conditions or those with mental health issues.
Why do we have daylight saving time (DST), when it seems like it is constantly the butt of jokes? Why do we even have it if it appears to be bad for our health? It's an old joke. One idea for DST was presented in 1784 by Benjamin Franklin in a satirical essay in ...
Engaging in artistic activities such as singing and dancing from a young age can reduce social inequalities and encourage healthy behaviours, according to a new report from UCL and the World Health Organisation (WHO). The study, published today, is the ...
While weight-loss surgeries are not usually performed in people above the age of 65, a new study shows that these procedures can lead to successful weight loss and better diabetes control in older adults. The study, presented at the Society for ...
Artificial intelligence can examine electrocardiogram (ECG) test results, a common medical test, to pinpoint patients at higher risk of developing a potentially dangerous irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) or of dying within the next year, according to two ...
WASHINGTON — As the weather gets colder, the flu virus tends to be more active in the U.S. While weather isn't the main driver of the flu, temperature and humidity play a role. The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention noted that flu viruses can be ...
Researchers at the University of Bristol have found evidence of an association between generalized anxiety disorder at age 18 and harmful drinking three years later, thanks to the long-term health study Children of the 90s. The study, published today in Drug ...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (KCTV/CNN) - A Kansas man is suing the restaurant where he used to work as a server after he says he was fired because he has HIV, which would be a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The number of hospital admissions for conditions linked to obesity has topped a million in a year for the first time, NHS figures show. In 2018-19, almost 1.1 million patients in England were admitted to hospital as a direct result of their obesity or with a ...
Though it's been in practice since the 1920s, the keto diet seems to be the rage. In 2018, the Google search trend for "keto diet" reached an all-time high, and more than 300 scientific articles were published on keto. The keto, or ketogenic, diet is an extremely ...
Climate change means melting ice and habitat loss for animals in the Arctic. But there's an invisible side effect of warming temperatures and rising tides, and it's killing key marine species. Melting Arctic sea ice has opened new pathways for Arctic and ...
It isn't uncommon to hear about cancer anymore. In developing nations, non-communicable diseases have emerged as a major health problem owing to improved longevity and better control of infectious diseases. And in recent years, after cardiac diseases, ...
The Tampa Bay area has been hit especially hard by hepatitis A cases this year. The region has led the state this year with 466 new hepatitis A cases in Pasco County, 369 in Pinellas County and 145 in Hillsborough. The Tampa Bay Times reports that ...
Madrid (AFP) – Spanish health authorities confirmed Friday a case of a man spreading dengue through sex, a world first for a virus which until recently was thought to be transmitted only by mosquitos. The case concerns a 41-year-old man from Madrid who ...
Throughout my career as a neuroscientist, I have been investigating a mystery. I call it the obesity mystery, but it applies to anyone who has ever undertaken more than one diet. The mystery is why we capable, smart, modern women (and men) can't lose the ...
Health trends come and go. While some may last the whole year, others are short-lived and seasonal. Foods that were in last summer are suddenly out of favour. Carbohydrates were once everyone's favourite and have fallen out of favour.. 2019 saw wellness ...
Impaired liver function during pregnancy may alter gut bacteria composition and increase the risk of obesity in children, according to results presented at The Society for Endocrinology Annual Conference. In a rodent of model of the most common liver disease ...
ADVICE: I am sure the majority of us have heard of ADHD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The term is most often associated with children and the "typical" image people hold of someone with ADHD is the boy who can't settle down to a task, disrupts ...
Passengers on a flight from Samoa to Auckland have been exposed to measles after travelling with a person who did not know they had the illness. The infected person departed Apia on Air New Zealand flight NZ255 at 3.30pm on Thursday November 7, ...
Last week, the Spanish health authority said that they had confirmed a case of sexually-transmitted dengue. The 41-year-old man who presented with the typical symptoms of dengue fever had reportedly acquired it from his male partner who had recently ...
Advanced technology that can tell whether a person has used heroin even if they wash their hands could help police identify drug users and dealers. A forensic test developed by scientists in the UK is able to distinguish between those who have taken the ...
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