If you're going to fly for nearly 20 hours through multiple time zones dressed in a pair of kangaroo-themed pajamas, jolting in and out of sleep in contravention of your normal circadian rhythm, you should take it easy on the medication. No one wants to go ...
Use of marijuana is linked to a higher risk of stroke and hospitalization for cardiac arrhythmia in young people, two new studies suggest. Both studies will be presented at this weekend's American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2019 in ...
BEIJING — Two people in China were diagnosed with plague, setting off a panic on Tuesday about the potential spread of the highly infectious and fatal disease and prompting China's government to warn citizens to take precautions to protect themselves.
A 17-year-old boy whose lungs were irreversibly damaged by vaping received a double-lung transplant at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, a lifesaving measure taken when a patient's own lungs are diseased or damaged beyond repair and there is no other ...
Doctors in Michigan said Tuesday they had performed what they believe is the first double lung transplant on a patient whose lungs were damaged from vaping, highlighting the extreme steps medical experts are taking as they confront a nationwide rash of ...
The ominous signs for a harsh flu season have been lurking like the virus itself. First there was this year's outbreak in Australia – sometimes a predictor of similar trouble in the U.S. – to the presence of the H3N2 strain, which carries an especially powerful ...
A final-year student at Bath Spa University has died after contracting meningococcal meningitis Public Health England confirmed. The business and management student, who has not been named, was admitted to hospital at the weekend and passed away ...
In the fall of 2017, Brandi Bryant had a nagging cough. It seemed mild enough that it would go away on its own, but she began to worry when she also started experiencing shortness of breath. "It was a tiny bit annoying," Bryant, 41, of Atlanta, told TODAY.
(CNN) Over the past decade, the rate of new lung cancer cases diagnosed in the United States has dropped 19% and the five-year survival rate has climbed 26%, according to a new report. Yet lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death ...
After more than two decades of research, the world finally has an approved Ebola vaccine. The European Commission granted marketing authorization to Merck's vaccine, known as Ervebo, on Monday, less than a month after the European Medicines Agency ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that it has prequalified Merck's Ebola vaccine, a move that comes just 1 day after the European Commission granted full approval for VSV-EBOV, which is in use on a compassionate basis and under ...
A report today from a multidisciplinary panel of Canadian researchers estimates that 15 Canadians died each day last year as a direct result of antibiotic-resistant infections. And unless action is taken to address rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR), that ...
By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Grab-and-go foods are an easy option for busy lives, but if you opt for ultra-processed foods a lot, you may pick up something you don't want -- heart disease.
Multiple strains of bacteria can combine to create a potentially deadly flesh-eating infection, according to a newly published case by researchers. When a patient arrived at a hospital with necrotizing fasciitis, a flesh-eating infection, doctors did not know that ...
A British mom of three diagnosed with aggressive cancer will likely lose her vision in one eye and her upper teeth to radiation therapy, a treatment she chose to undergo to spend more time with her children, she said. Kerry Borlase, 37, was diagnosed with ...
E-cigarette smokers were worse off than conventional cigarette smokers in terms of coronary microvascular vascular function, researchers found in a small study. Physiologic changes between rest and a hand-grip exercise to simulate stress showed regular ...
(CNN) Although hiccups seem a nuisance, scientists have discovered they may play a crucial role in our development -- by helping babies to regulate their breathing. In a study led by University College London (UCL), researchers monitoring 13 newborn ...
A double lung transplant recipient who severely damaged those internal organs by vaping has been identified as a Michigan teenager. By. COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press. November 12, 2019, 3:18 PM. 5 min read. Image Icon. Dr. Hassan Nemeh ...
By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- In two studies, artificial intelligence was used with electrocardiogram (ECG) results to identify patients who are at increased risk for a potentially dangerous ...
Penn Medicine researchers have found the first empirical evidence that consuming alcohol contributes to the epigenetic regulation of alcohol cravings, Penn Medicine News reported. This finding is useful for potential treatment of alcohol abuse disorders.
More Americans are surviving lung cancer in recent years, but very few people at high risk are getting the recommended screening. Those are the highlights from the latest "State of Lung Cancer" report from the American Lung Association (ALA), published ...
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter. SUNDAY, Nov. 10, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly nine in 10 American adults lose sleep to binge watch TV, a new survey finds. The more than 2,000 U.S. adults who took part in the American Academy of Sleep ...
Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Science (IMS) and Keio University School of Medicine in Japan have used single-cell RNA analysis to find that supercentenarians--meaning people over the age of 110--have an excess of a type of ...
Thousands of athletes returned to high school, college and professional football fields this fall, renewing discussions about the risk for and potentially devastating consequences of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) in contact sports. However, an even larger ...
One day after winning conditional approval in Europe, Merck's Ebola vaccine received prequalification status from WHO, giving it the agency's stamp of approval as a safe and effective prevention tool against the deadly virus. It was the first time WHO ...
In order to optimally treat motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), it is necessary to have a good understanding of their severity and daily fluctuations. A report in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease describes how a new app, SleepFit, could ...
By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews. Measles in Fiji. To date the measles outbreak is confined to the Serua/Namosi Subdivision, and specifically the Wailali Settement in Wainadoi. A Measles Taskforce has been convened by the Ministry of Health and ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said it had prequalified an Ebola vaccine for the first time, hailing a "critical step" towards its licensing, access and roll-out in countries most at risk of outbreaks. "This is the fastest vaccine prequalification ...
(CNN) Operating rooms and other areas at Seattle Children's Hospital were shut down for the second time this year due to mold problems, according to the hospital. In a statement, the hospital said routine air tests revealed Aspergillus contamination Sunday ...
Cardiologists have issued a stark warning about the dangers of e-cigarettes, particularly for young people, as results of new research show the damage they cause to the brain, heart, blood vessels and lungs. The study, which is published in the European ...
By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Grab-and-go foods are an easy option for busy lives, but if you opt for ultra-processed foods a lot, you may pick up something you don't want -- heart disease. About 55% ...
Two people in China are being treated for plague, authorities said Tuesday. It's the second time the disease, the same one that caused the Black Death, one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, has been detected in the region — in May, a Mongolian ...
NHS Highland has warned of delays affecting some child flu vaccinations in its area. A UK-wide delay in the delivery of the nasal spray Fluenz Tetra has meant the health board receiving fewer vaccines than it ordered. NHS Highland said deliveries UK-wide ...
Measles has a stealth side effect: New research shows it erases much of the immune system's memory of how to fight other germs, so children recover only to be left more vulnerable to bugs like flu or strep. Scientists dubbed the startling findings "immune ...
In recent years, meditation has moved quickly from fringe to much more mainstream in the United States. The Atlanta-based Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that meditation increased threefold among American adults between 2012 and 2017 ...
Health officials are hinting that this flu season could be worse than normal after the first pediatric flu-associated death has been reported earlier than normal. Officials from the Riverside University Health System in California said in a news release earlier this ...
New research on vaping will be presented at an annual medical conference in Philadelphia from Nov. 16 to Nov. 18. Getty Images. 'The best option is to use FDA-approved methods to aid in smoking cessation, along with behavioral counseling,' said Sana ...
Several residents who attended a state health department meeting Tuesday night called for further studies on why three central Suffolk County communities have high rates of cancer, saying the state hasn't investigated the possible causes thoroughly enough.
Nature's survey of more than 6,000 graduate students reveals the turbulent nature of doctoral research. Chris Woolston. Chris Woolston is a freelance writer in Billings, Montana. Search for this author in: Pub Med · Nature.com · Google Scholar · Share on ...
Researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) are pioneering an innovative brain study that sheds light on how the amygdala portion of the brain functions and could contribute to a better understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder, ...
Knowing about the origins and creation of an unfamiliar food can make it taste better, research with tempeh finds, even if the taste isn't great to begin with. The researchers conducted the study in Indonesia with the participation of young Indonesians who rated ...
Some good health news: Americans' cholesterol levels are dropping, and more people at especially high risk are getting treatment. Researchers say Monday's report suggests a controversial change in recommendations for cholesterol treatment may be ...
Today Mail Online reported that hiccups help babies to control their breathing. This follows a study in which 13 newborn babies who were hiccupping had their brain monitored using an EEG (electroencephalogram), which records electrical activity in the brain ...
Long gone are the days you could only watch one episode of your favorite show each week. With the abundance of streaming services available, we can plop down on the couch and spend the entire day with "Jack Ryan" or even "Lucifer." Quite often, a new ...
(CNN) - Although hiccups seem a nuisance, scientists have discovered they may play a crucial role in our development -- by helping babies to regulate their breathing. In a study led by University College London (UCL), researchers monitoring 13 newborn ...
Although hiccups seem a nuisance, scientists have discovered they may play a crucial role in our development — by helping babies to regulate their breathing. In a study led by University College London (UCL), researchers monitoring 13 newborn babies ...
Doctors at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit performed what they believe is the first double lung transplant in the U.S. for a male patient whose lungs were irreparably damaged after vaping, according to the hospital. There's a press conference Tuesday to ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Nov. 12, 2019 — A research team at Rutgers University has developed a biosensor technology that could benefit applications for the treatment of neurological disorders through stem cell therapy. The hybrid biosensing platform ...
Students have been urged to act quickly and contact their doctor if they notice symptoms of meningitis after an undergraduate at Bath Spa University died from the disease. The student, who was in the final year of a business and management course, was ...
Anthrax is generally associated with bioterrorism and its deadly contagious properties, but modified versions of the toxin have become a promising tool in the treatment of a variety of cancers. New research out of Purdue University suggests anthrax could be ...
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