Counties where auto plants close see significant spikes in fatal opioid overdoses within five years, according to newly published research from the University of Pennsylvania, suggesting a strong association between eroding economic opportunity and ...
Eggs are good for you. Eggs are bad for you. Avoid red meat. Enjoy red meat in moderation. Butter is out. Butter is back. If your head is spinning, you're not alone. According to a recent International Food Information Council Foundation survey, 80 percent of ...
The last two decades have brought both a sharp decline in automaking jobs in the United States and the rise of a deadly epidemic of opioid abuse. According to a new study, the two trends may well be related. The study, published Monday in JAMA Internal ...
Fewer than half of nearly 900 pharmacies surveyed in California provided correct information about the disposal of unused prescription antibiotics and opioids, and only 11% reported take-back programs at their location, according to findings of a brief ...
(Reuters Health) - Only 1 in 10 California pharmacies have programs to take back unused prescription opioids and just one in five give consumers accurate disposal information, according to a study that suggests drugstores could do more to help combat ...
Edward Aschoff, a popular and well-respected college football reporter for ESPN, passed away on Christmas Eve -- his 34th birthday. Close family and friends gathered together this weekend to celebrate Aschoff's life and impact. In a string of 12 tweets posted ...
MONDAY, Dec. 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The scourge of addiction among Americans young and old made big headlines in 2019, as did one big change in heart health guidelines. Here are the top health stories of the past year, as compiled by editors at ...
By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, Dec. 31, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Having dense breast tissue raises a woman's odds for breast cancer, so many states require providers to notify women if a mammogram finds they have ...
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, Dec. 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- It's a connection that health officials might miss, but an alarming new study shows that when factories close, deaths from opioid overdoses soar. "There's this ...
Facebook has quietly started removing some misleading ads about HIV prevention medication, responding to a deluge of activists, health experts and government regulators who said the tech giant had created the conditions for a public-health crisis. The ads ...
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Dec. 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- It's a connection that health officials might miss, but an alarming new study shows that when factories close, deaths from opioid overdoses soar. "There's this sense of ...
(Reuters Health) - Pollutants that persist for decades in the environment may affect fetal growth, a U.S. study suggests. FILE PHOTO: The skyline is seen through polluted air during a poor air quality day in Bangkok, Thailand, January 17, 2019.
(CNN) An automotive assembly plant closing in a US county has been associated with 85% higher opioid overdose death rates among working-age adults in that county after five years, according to a study published in the medical journal JAMA Internal ...
Researchers found an unexpected pattern in a group of older adults that may challenge the "amyloid-first" model of Alzheimer's disease. The theory, which postulates that brain amyloid plaques occur before neurodegeneration and cognitive changes, ...
"I don't think anyone's ever won an argument with a person with Alzheimer's," says Ruth Drew, who worked as a counselor in a hospital's geriatric psychiatric ward before becoming a director with the Alzheimer's Association, where she oversees the 24-hour ...
By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. TUESDAY, Dec. 31, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Having dense breast tissue raises a woman's odds for breast cancer, so many states require providers to notify women if a mammogram finds they have dense breast ...
If you choose to reveal it, Facebook will know the date of your last Pap smear or blood test. The tech giant back in October announced that users in the United States could opt-in to personalized preventive healthcare recommendations and checkup reminders, ...
Facebook has disabled some advertisements about the potential side effects of HIV prevention medication Truvada following complaints that they were misleading and a "harm to public health." The decision comes less than a month after almost 70 LGBTQ ...
MONDAY, Dec. 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The odds of surviving childhood cancer may be influenced by the type of health insurance a young patient has, researchers say. In a new study, children and young adults covered by Medicaid or other ...
MONDAY, Dec. 30, 2019 (American Heart Association News) -- Receiving CPR from a bystander can double the chance of surviving a cardiac arrest. But you're less likely to get this help – and less likely to survive – if your heart stops in a Hispanic ...
There aren't enough NHS staff to meet the needs of growing numbers of people with cancer, a health charity is warning. Macmillan Cancer Support says patients are calling its helpline "at breaking point", feeling they can't ask questions of the overstretched ...
A pproximately 50 million people live with dementia. And that number is expected to rise dramatically in the coming decade, according to an editorial published in The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease in September. At the same time, our ...
The government of Samoa ended the state of emergency it had declared in response to a measles outbreak that swept the small island nation of fewer than 200,000 this month. (MORE: Low vaccination rate and deadly medical mistake led to Samoa measles ...
The proportion of outpatient visits for influenzalike illness rose from 3.9% to 5.1% during the week ending December 21 in the United States ― 8 weeks earlier than last season, when it peaked at 5.1% during the week ending February 16 (week 7), according ...
A new case study details the shocking case of a man whose untreated skin cancer resulted in a large 'dragon horn' growth on his back. By Leah Groth · Pin FB More. Twitter Email Send Text Message Print. cutaneous horn. BMJ. A 50-year-old man, whose ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can't prove that a program intended to curb opioid misuse and improper prescribing was ever effective, according to an analysis of newly uncovered documents. The analysis, published Monday in the journal JAMA ...
Dec. 30, 2019 -- This year's flu season started with a twist. Normally, it starts around October and lasts through March or April, with the A strain of influenza dominating during the early months and the B strain showing up near the end. But for the 2019-20 flu ...
Seattle Public Schools has informed parents that unvaccinated students will not be allowed to return to class after a January deadline and is making free clinics available to get students' immunization records up to date. The district posted a notice Dec.
A preventive treatment for dementia may proceed to clinical trials after successful animal testing. The US-led research is looking to develop effective immunotherapy via a new vaccine to remove 'brain plaque' and tau protein aggregates linked to Alzheimer's ...
Researchers report that accumulating amyloid protein occurred faster among persons deemed to have "objectively-defined subtle cognitive difficulties" (Obj-SCD) than among persons considered to be "cognitively normal," offering a potential new early biomar.
The findings, in JAMA Internal Medicine, highlight fading economic opportunity as a driving factor in the ongoing national opioid epidemic, and build on previous research that links declining participation in the labor force to increased opioid use in the US, ...
Tri-County health officials identified more than 250 individuals who might have been exposed to measles while at the emergency department at Children's Hospital Colorado. Earlier this month, health officials warned that individuals at the hospital's Anschutz ...
Most dieting trends require a person to revise their shopping list and re-stock their kitchen with special new products. But the latest trend doesn't require one to buy — or eat — literally anything at all (at least for a day or two each week). In 2018, intermittent ...
Nearly one million Americans will be living with Parkinson's disease next year. So far, there is no cure, but medication can bring patients some relief from the symptoms. Now, a neurologist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., is trying ...
(CNN) – A single dose of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine may be just as effective as two or three doses at preventing cancer-causing HPV infection, a new study suggests. The study, published in the medical journal JAMA Network Open on Friday, ...
BEIJING — Chinese health authorities said they are investigating 27 cases of viral pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan, after rumours on social media suggested the outbreak could be linked to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Of the people ...
Children who drink whole milk are less likely to be obese, according to a study which questions international dietary guidelines. Researchers analysed data from 28 existing studies across seven countries involving at total of 20,897 healthy children aged ...
The pager for Dr. Jamie Woods Green seemed to vibrate almost nonstop on Christmas with calls pouring in from parents of sick children with high fevers, vomiting and fatigue. The Conyers pediatrician knows to expect a handful of flu-related illnesses on any ...
A cancer patient had to have a five inch (14cm) horn-shaped growth removed from his back. The British Medical Journal (BMJ) said the 50-year-old man was operated on at the Countess of Chester Hospital, with a skin graft taken from his thigh. The journal's ...
Public school students in Seattle have until January 8 to get vaccinated or they cannot return to school, according to an announcement by the city's school system. About 2,000 students need their immunization records updated, Seattle schools spokesman Tim ...
(HealthDay)—Flu continues to spread throughout the United States and has reached elevated levels in nearly every state. "We're still seeing an increase in activity, which is what we've been experiencing over the last few weeks," said Dr. Scott Epperson, ...
If your New Year resolution is to lose some weight, avoid fad diets, because they don't work and can be harmful, says NHS England's top doctor. Diet pills, "tea-toxes" and appetite suppressant products are no quick fix, says Prof Stephen Powis, NHS medical ...
It's been a rough couple of months for the residents of the island nation of Samoa. A measles outbreak has made island life a lot more difficult, with over 5,600 infected individuals and a total of 81 deaths thus far. The outbreak was fueled by an anti-vaccination ...
I'm the kind of person who'll drink two glasses of wine at dinner and wake up with a splitting headache, a dry mouth, and not even enough energy to leave my bed. Due to this trait, I'm constantly on the lookout for something that'll cure my day-after drinking ...
(HealthDay)—Environmental exposure to pyrethroid insecticides is associated with an increased risk for all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality, according to a study published online Dec. 30 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Wei Bao, M.D., Ph.D., from the ...
Douglas County now has two flu-related deaths reported in this flu season. Advertisement. The health department reported both patients were at least 65 years old. Experts said more people are getting sick earlier than usual. Douglas County just set a new ...
Cancer patients are being pushed to "breaking point" because of a lack of support from overstretched nurses and carers, a leading charity has warned. Almost half of specialist cancer nurses have told the Macmillan Cancer Support charity that their high ...
By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews. Health officials in Hong Kong report closely monitoring a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Image/Robert Herriman. According to an announcement from the Health Commission of Hubei Province, ...
By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews. Health officials in American Samoa continues its campaign to vaccinate all school aged children in light of it's measles outbreak declaration earlier this month. Image/CDC. On December 11, 2019, American Samoa ...
As 2019 draws to a close, Healio Psychiatry has compiled a list of the top stories of the year for psychiatrists and other mental health professionals. New evidence supporting physical activity's protective effect against depression, research into the loneliness ...
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