In a population-based study that included more than 3 million patients over a 40-year span, 1 in 10 cancer patients did not die of cancer but of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Cancer-related deaths occurred in 4 of 10 patients. This finding comes from an ...
Death rates from suicide, drug overdoses, liver disease and dozens of other causes have been rising over the past decade for young and middle-aged adults, driving down overall life expectancy in the United States for three consecutive years, according to a ...
Antibiotic-resistant healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in adult patients are more likely to arise in association with the use of medical devices than after surgery, according to findings from one of two studies published online November 25 in Infection ...
It has been nearly four decades since the first AIDS cases were reported in the U.S., but stigma against HIV-positive people persists, especially among younger Americans who were not alive during the early — and darkest — days of the epidemic. A survey ...
EL PASO — As influenza spread through migrant detention facilities last winter, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that U.S. Customs and Border Protection vaccinate detained migrants against the virus, a push that CBP rejected, ...
(CNN) When adults want a flu shot, they have two choices: go to the doctor or go to a pharmacy. But in most states, laws prevent parents from just walking into a pharmacy and getting their children vaccinated for the flu. Public health experts say that's costing ...
Oregon State University pharmacy professor Daniel Hartung has long suspected that corporate greed is behind skyrocketing prescription drug costs, not pharmaceutical companies' investment in research as company executives regularly claim. Now, Hartung ...
A supposed "brain-boosting" drug that the FDA previously rejected as a supplement can easily be bought online, and can deliver doses far above normal, researchers found. Although piracetam is approved in Europe to treat cognitive impairment, it was never ...
Josh Smith says it all started when he was five years old. He'd go to sleep and in the middle of the night, he'd wake up, his body rigid. One night stood out to him in particular: He was 16. He'd just had sex with his girlfriend and it was stressing him out. Raised ...
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Obese teenagers can have certain brain differences from their thinner peers -- changes that might signal damage from inflammation, a new, preliminary study ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Roche's influenza treatment Xofluza, a one-dose pill that can clear flu symptoms within days, may cause a mutation of the virus that leads to drug resistance, researchers reported on Monday. FILE PHOTO: Roche tablets are seen ...
UNITED NATIONS — The International Committee of the Red Cross reported a new outbreak of dengue fever in war-torn Yemen on Monday, with thousands of cases reported and several dozen deaths. Robert Mardini, the ICRC's U.N. observer, told ...
It's long been known that eating fish — especially cold-water fish such as salmon that are rich in omega-3 fatty acids — is good for heart health. But, for the millions of Americans who are at high risk of heart disease, eating enough fish to make a difference isn't ...
Jack Dorsey doesn't eat anything in the morning. Instead, he meditates for two hours, he takes an ice bath, and drinks a lot of water. He doesn't eat anything for lunch, either. After subsisting on water all day, Dorsey consumes a dinner of proteins, greens, and ...
(Reuters Health) - One in eight adults with heart disease delays filling prescriptions. takes less of the medication than prescribed, or skips medications altogether because of high out-of-pocket costs, a new study suggests. Compared to seniors with Medicare ...
By the second trimester, long before a baby's eyes can see images, they can detect light. But the light-sensitive cells in the developing retina -- the thin sheet of brain-like tissue at the back of the eye -- were thought to be simple on-off switches, presumably ...
CHICAGO - A procedure that applies pulses of focused ultrasound to the brain is safe and effective for reducing tremors and improving quality of life in people with essential tremor (ET) or Parkinson's disease (PD) tremor, according to a new study being ...
Earlier this year, President Donald J. Trump made a bold commitment during his State of the Union Address to end the HIV epidemic in the United States. Subsequently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched an ambitious plan called ...
Over 1,000 patients at an Indiana hospital may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C after an error in a sanitizing procedure, according to recent news reports. Between April and September, one of the Goshen Hospital's seven surgical ...
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Death Toll in Samoa Measles Epidemic Reaches 25. The death toll in a measles epidemic sweeping Samoa has reached 25, and all but one of the ...
INDIANAPOLIS – A hospital faces legal action after it potentially exposed more than a thousand patients to blood-borne viruses such as HIV and hepatitis by failing to properly sterilize surgical equipment. A lawsuit was filed Friday on behalf of a single patient ...
(CNN) Use of screen time explodes between 12 months and three years in the United States, and most Canadian preschoolers between the ages of two and three are not meeting World Health Organization recommendations for appropriate use of television, ...
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Even infants are now watching screens, and as they grow so does the time they spend doing it, two new studies show. In fact, watching TVs, computers, smartphones, ...
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Air pollution may trigger Alzheimer's-like brain changes and speed memory decline in older adults, a new study suggests. Previous research has implied that exposure to fine ...
An expectant mother in Scotland fears a botched tummy tuck two years ago has put her unborn baby at risk after learning that the complications have left her prone to infection. Kerrie Wilkes, 27, told SWNS she wanted to be "Insta perfect" when she elected to ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Using a bright orange electrocardiogram machine attached with suction cups to the body of a blue whale, scientists for the first time have measured the heart rate of the world's largest creature and came away with insight about the ...
A one-off dose of ketamine could help heavy drinkers reduce their alcohol intake, finds a new UCL experimental study. Giving a shot of ketamine to heavy drinkers after reactivating their drinking-related memories led to a rapid decrease in urges to drink and a ...
Living in a more polluted area is associated with a greater likelihood of having glaucoma, according to a new University College London (UCL) study ("The Relationship Between Ambient Atmospheric Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) and Glaucoma in a Large ...
By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to opioids in the womb may affect an area of the newborn brain that regulates emotions, a new study shows. Researchers used MRIs to assess brain ...
The number of people of dying of opioid-related overdoses in Massachusetts has continued its slow and steady decline, even amid the growing prevalence of illicit fentanyl, the state Department of Public Health said Monday. The agency's quarterly report on ...
'Oftentimes we aren't aware of how poor our performance is under conditions of sleep loss,' researchers said. Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images. Work is urgent... but sleep is important. Author photo. By ...
BASEL, Switzerland — To be on track to meet the UNAIDS goal of eliminating AIDS by 2030, which was set 5 years ago, 90% of people with HIV have to be diagnosed, 90% of those have to be on treatment, and 90% of those have to achieve viral suppression ...
Federal public health officials are sounding the alarm about Eastern equine encephalitis, saying this year's outbreaks in multiple states, including one that killed three people in Massachusetts, may be a warning sign of future trouble from the deadly disease ...
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Many working-age Americans struggle to pay for the heart medications that protect them from heart attack, stroke and heart disease, a new study reports. About one in ...
A German man who was licked by his dog died after contracting a rare bacteria, German researchers said. The 63-year-old, who was otherwise healthy, was hospitalized with fever, severe difficulty breathing, blood spots on his skin and pain in his legs, ...
Every weekday, a steel machine inside the concrete vault basement of a research building near UW Hospital produces radioactive atoms used to detect signs of Alzheimer's disease. The atoms, some with short half-lives, are rushed in lead containers to the ...
Half as many diagnosed with depression, a delayed manifestation of Parkinson's, a reduced risk of developing vascular dementia—but not Alzheimer's. These connections were discovered by researchers when they compared 200 000 people who had ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Authorities said Monday that a measles epidemic sweeping through Samoa continues to worsen with the death toll rising to 25, all but one of them young children. "We still have a big problem at hand," Samoa's Director ...
Opioid-related overdose deaths have dropped again in Massachusetts, but the presence of the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl is on the rise. New data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health show an almost 6% decrease in opioid-related ...
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a new method to separate between two types of a common herpes virus (HHV-6) that has been linked to multiple sclerosis (MS). By analyzing antibodies in the blood against the most divergent proteins of ...
By folding snippets of DNA into the shape of a five-pointed star using structural DNA nanotechnology, researchers have created a trap that captures Dengue virus as it floats in the bloodstream. Once sprung, the trap—which is non-toxic and is naturally cleared ...
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) related to the use of medical devices are more likely to be antibiotic resistant than HAIs that result from surgical procedures, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) National ...
You can probably remember the details a nightmare or two from your childhood that left you sitting up in bed, scared out of your wits. Nightmares tend to be vivid and hard to forget, no matter how much time passes by. On the other hand, people experiencing ...
This is the finding of new research, published in the journal BMJ Open, led by scientists at Imperial College London. Burnout is a condition triggered by long-term stress and overload at work, and in particular is associated with emotional exhaustion, lack of ...
Four African countries have reported new cases of polio linked to the oral vaccine, as global health numbers show there are now more children being paralyzed by viruses originating in vaccines than in the wild. In a report late last week, the World Health ...
Thousands of students in Colorado were out of school Thursday because of a suspected outbreak of norovirus. All 46 schools in the district serving Grand Junction and the surrounding area were closed and won't reopen until after the Thanksgiving break so ...
The infection was caused by the bacteria Capnocytophaga canimorsus, found in the saliva of cats and dogs. By Claire Gillespie. November 25, 2019. Pin FB More. Twitter Email Send Text Message Print. For most dog-owners, a few slobbery licks are part of ...
They may not seem like much at first glance, but to the family of Rich Pawulski of Colchester, subtle hand squeezes, whispered words and wide open baby blue eyes are nothing short of miraculous. Rich is one of the four people who contracted the ...
A German man who was considered otherwise healthy died after contracting a rare infection due to being licked by his dog. The 63-year-old man developed flu-like symptoms after contracting Capnocytophaga canimorsus, according to a study published in ...
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (NYSE:TAK) today announced that updated results from the ongoing pivotal Phase 3 Tetravalent Immunization against Dengue Efficacy Study (TIDES) trial of its dengue vaccine candidate (TAK-003) were presented ...
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