Schools in the Pacific island nation of Samoa were closed indefinitely on Monday and children have been barred from public gatherings amid a measles epidemic that has killed at least six people, most of them younger than age 2. As Samoa, a country of ...
A hunter who killed and ate a wild rabbit on the Mongolian steppe contracted bubonic plague, Chinese health officials said Monday, days after two other people from the same region were diagnosed with an even deadlier strain of the disease. The hunter, a ...
If the many health issues that come with aging, one of the most vexing is also among the hardest to talk about, even with a doctor: a troublesome bladder. Now, researchers and doctors are mounting new efforts to erase the stigma, inform patients about the ...
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). SUNDAY, Nov. 17, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Bypass operations, angioplasty and the placement of artery-opening stents: For decades, millions of Americans have undergone these expensive, invasive ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Samoa has closed all its schools, banned children from public gatherings and mandated that everybody get vaccinated after declaring an emergency due to a measles outbreak that has so far killed six people. For the past ...
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). SUNDAY, Nov. 17, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A cheap drug that's been around for centuries as a gout treatment might also shield heart attack survivors from future heart crises, new trial results show.
PHILADELPHIA -- After the ISCHEMIA trial delivered its clear determination that early revascularization isn't better than medication alone for moderate-to-severe, but stable, heart disease, cardiologists saw little "reperfusion injury" for their practice overall.
Samoa has closed all its schools, banned children from public gatherings and mandated that everybody get vaccinated after declaring a state of emergency due to a measles outbreak that has killed 6. By. NICK PERRY Associated Press. November 17, 2019 ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Samoa has closed all its schools, banned children from public gatherings and mandated that everybody get vaccinated after declaring a state of emergency due to a measles outbreak that has so far killed six people.
Vaccine-preventable disease (VPD) outbreaks are increasing in frequency in the United States, but this trend is also met with an uptick in legislation aimed at increasing childhood vaccination in places where those epidemics occurred, according to findings ...
You've spent days, weeks, and months trying to transform your eating habits. You've tried meal prepping and various popular diets, each one of them emphasizing eating certain food groups and foregoing others. You've followed all the rules, lost a bit of ...
A doctor in China was forced to reject a pair of donated lungs that came from a deceased 52-year-old who had spent 30 years of his life chain-smoking. Dr. Chen Jingyu, of Wuxi People's Hospital, said he realized he would not be able to give the lungs to a ...
This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is at risk of suicide please call the U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255, text TALK to 741741 or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for additional resources. When it comes to ...
Researchers and academics say e-cigarette companies have largely borrowed from Big Tobacco's playbook and employed many of the same advertising tactics, such as targeting youth and making dubious health claims. Although it took decades to expose ...
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported a third case of bubonic plague on Sunday after two other plague cases were revealed last week, but the disease remains rare despite its fearsome reputation and authorities say the cases appear unrelated.
The overall rate of new cancer cases is decreasing in men but increasing in women younger than 80 years, and obesity-related cancers are increasing in young people, according to a study on cancer trends in Canada from 1971 to 2015 published in CMAJ ...
Samoa has closed all its schools, banned children from public gatherings and mandated that everybody get vaccinated after declaring an emergency due to a measles outbreak that has so far killed six people. For the past three weeks, the Pacific island nation ...
To Bernard Lown, MD: Sir, you are no longer a maverick. We should have listened to you. It took over 40 years, but today, at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2019, we learned that you were right to stop referring "most patients with ...
Two thirds of parents in the U.S. say they feel there are barriers to them recognizing their child has depression, according to a survey. Of the nationally representative sample of 819 parents, who lived with a child aged between 0-18 years old, 40 percent said ...
A woman is suing a London NHS trust for not revealing her father had been diagnosed with Huntington's disease before she had her own child. She only discovered he carried the gene for the degenerative, incurable brain disorder after her daughter was ...
GLOUCESTER, Va. (WAVY) — A couple from Virginia is in for the fight of their lives. During Lung Cancer Awareness Month, they have a story to share and a reminder for others. Lisa and Seth Doyle have known each other since they were 14 years old, and ...
The distance germs travel when someone sneezes or coughs may be farther than you think. The average uncovered sneeze sends droplets about six feet, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But for smaller-size particles, it's more like ...
How quickly you spend your savings in retirement may have as much or more to do with your personality than whether you have a lot of debt or want to leave an inheritance. A new study published by the American Psychological Association found that people ...
A deal to supply two drugs described as "life-extending" for people living with cystic fibrosis has been agreed for the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Health authorities began to speak with manufacturers Vertex after NHS England announced its own deal last month.
Introduced about 100 years to treat drug-resistant epilepsy, and incorporated into a phase of the Atkins diet in the 1970s, the ketogenic diet could have a new role: boosting the immune system. This possibility emerged when research indicated that a ketone ...
National Institutes of Health researchers found that a single, low-dose ketamine infusion was relatively free of side effects for patients with treatment-resistant depression. Elia Acevedo-Diaz, M.D., Carlos Zarate, M.D., and colleagues at the NIH's National ...
When mice learn to do a new task, their brain activities change over time as they advance from 'novice' to 'expert.' The changes are reflected in the wiring of cell circuits and activities of neurons. Using a two-photon imaging microscope and a wealth of genetic ...
Three cystic fibrosis drugs will be available to Jersey residents under an agreement between the island's government and the manufacturer Vertex. A government spokesman said the deal was similar to the one secured by NHS England in October. He said ...
Iowa health officials late last week reported the state's first flu-related deaths of the 2019-2020 season. GET PAID TO GET THE FLU: STUDY LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS WILLING TO GET SICK. The deaths were reported in a Central Iowa woman between ...
WASHINGTON — Flu activity remains widespread in Maryland. Sporadic activity was reported in D.C. and West Virginia, and activity is now local in Virginia, according to data for the week ending Nov. 9. A weekly flu update from the Centers for Disease ...
Progeria is a very rare disease that affects about one in 18 million children and results in premature aging and death in adolescence from complications of cardiovascular disease. In a study on mice and human cells, researchers at Sweden's Karolinska ...
Telling the difference between a teen's normal ups and downs and something bigger is among top challenges parents face in identifying youth depression, a new national poll suggests. Though the majority of parents say they are confident they would ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A single case of Legionnaires' disease has been confirmed at a Lake County nursing home, the Lake County General Health District announced Monday morning. Lake County health officials, the Ohio Department of Health and the ...
'It is common and it's something we're seeing on a regular basis in addiction services'. Sara Fraser · CBC News · Posted: Nov 18, 2019 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: in 9 hours. CBC has agreed not to identify the woman, who has twice battled an addiction to ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: Could you please explain in layman terms the difference between an X-ray, CT scan, MRI and PET scan? — C.D.B.. ANSWER: All four of these tests provide images of the body, which your doctor can use to evaluate symptoms or search ...
The facts about omega-3, whether in pill form or as food, can be a bit unclear if you read health and nutrition headlines. Many people get confused as to whether they should consume two to three servings of omega-3 rich fish per week or take them in pill form.
Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health said for the first time in the past 40 years, binge drinking and depressive symptoms among adolescents are no longer linked. Investigators discovered binge drinking among U.S. ...
Dear Dr. Roach • Could you please explain in layman terms the difference between an X-ray, CT scan, MRI and PET scan? — C.D.B.. Answer • All four of these tests provide images of the body, which your doctor can use to evaluate symptoms or search for a ...
Out of all cases of diabetes, 90% is comprised of type 2 diabetes. This is also the type that is linked to obesity. The number of diabetic patients worldwide has increased, which is why medical practitioners are also going out of their way to remind everyone to ...
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a progressive and life-threatening form of atherosclerosis that narrows the arteries serving the legs, arms, chest, and abdominal organs. It affects more than 8.5 million people in the United States, including 10 to 20 percent ...
(CNN) Samoa has declared a state of emergency after several deaths linked to a measles outbreak, closing schools and placing restrictions on public gatherings, the Reuters news agency reported. There have been at six least deaths linked to the outbreak in ...
On October 21, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new therapy that could improve the lives of thousands of people living with cystic fibrosis (CF). The first triple combination therapy has been made available to treat patients with the most ...
The symptoms may be similar, but the differences between these two conditions are important to know. As of the most recents studies, diabetes remained the seventh most common cause of death in the United States. And yet, there remains a great deal of ...
When it comes to sexual health, three of the most recognizable letters are H, I and V. The human immunodeficiency virus, better known as HIV, is a viral infection that may stop the body's immune system from functioning properly. This could lead to someone ...
The NHS is running short of dozens of lifesaving medicines including treatments for cancer, heart conditions and epilepsy, the Guardian has learned. An internal 24-page document circulated to some doctors last Friday from the medicine supply team at the ...
Nicola is Facebook's vice president EMEA, one of the most powerful women in the UK tech industry, but in 2016 she was told she had cancer. Now the 48-year-old mum of four tells Marie Claire why her new charity, Follicular Lymphoma Foundation, will help ...
PHILADELPHIA — People with severe but stable heart disease from clogged arteries may have less chest pain if they get a procedure to improve blood flow rather than just giving medicines a chance to help, but it won't cut their risk of having a heart attack or ...
A 24-page document circulated to doctors listed 17 new drug shortages, including treatments for cancer, heart conditions, epilepsy, vaccines and antibiotics. Share. Comments. By. Chiara Fiorillo. 10:03, 18 NOV 2019; Updated 10:09, 18 NOV 2019. News.
A document leaked from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has revealed that some medicines might need to be cut in half due to a shortage of 86 drugs. The internal 24-page document, circulated late last week to certain doctors by the ...
The dangers of vaping and e-cigarettes have been a hot topic in the news lately, especially among young adults. In fact, the state of Michigan has recently become the first state to pass a bill to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes. Despite the prevalence of ...
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