BEIJING — Japan on Thursday reported its first case of a new coronavirus that has sickened 41 people in China, adding to concerns about the spread of the virus outside Chinese borders ahead of a major holiday. A Chinese man in his 30s has tested positive ...
A pinch in the leg, a squeal and a trickle of tears. One baby after another in Malawi is getting the first and only vaccine against malaria, one of history's most deadly and stubborn diseases. The southern African nation is rolling out the shots in an unusual pilot ...
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Jan. 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- In another step toward using artificial intelligence in medicine, a new study shows that computers can be trained to match human experts in judging the severity ...
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The cost of essential medications for multiple sclerosis have nearly tripled this decade, despite the release of the first generic MS drug, a new study shows.
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. THURSDAY, Jan. 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- In another step toward using artificial intelligence in medicine, a new study shows that computers can be trained to match human experts in judging the severity of prostate ...
As an infectious disease specialist for the better part of four decades, Bernhard "Bud'' Wiedermann has deep expertise on a range of illnesses, from malaria to Lyme disease to recurrent fevers. This year's flu season has thrown him a curveball, though it is ...
Influenza is still going strong in the United States and isn't expected to slow down for at least several more weeks, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). What's more, this season's vaccine is only a 58% match for ...
By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Popular media often portrays heart disease as a man's problem, but new research suggests that women's blood vessels actually age faster than men's do. The new ...
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) isn't confined to soldiers on the battlefield; it can happen to anyone after a traumatic event -- including pregnancy loss.
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- People considering obesity surgery have a lot to think about, including the specific procedure they want. Now a large study finds that one surgery is tied to a ...
By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Popular media often portrays heart disease as a man's problem, but new research suggests that women's blood vessels actually age faster than men's do ...
Alzheimer's disease has long been characterized by the buildup of two distinct proteins in the brain: first beta-amyloid, which accumulates in clumps, or plaques, and then tau, which forms toxic tangles that lead to cell death. But how beta-amyloid leads to the ...
Yes, indeed, it's good to be rich in old age. According to a new study, wealthy men and women don't only live longer, they also get seven to nine more healthy years after 50 than the poorest individuals in the United States and in England. "It was surprising to ...
(CNN/CBS4) — A 4-year-old girl in Iowa nearly died and is now blind because of the flu, and her parents have a message: Get your child vaccinated. Jade DeLucia after she regained consciousness (credit: Amanda Phillips/Facebook via CNN). "If I can stop ...
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) isn't confined to soldiers on the battlefield; it can happen to anyone after a traumatic event -- including pregnancy ...
A study published Wednesday looking at how blood pressure measurements change in men and women as they age offers new insights into why the two sexes experience heart disease in different ways. Starting as early as young adulthood, women ...
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- People considering obesity surgery have a lot to think about, including the specific procedure they want. Now a large study finds that one surgery is tied to a higher rates of ...
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Japan Reports First Case of New Coronavirus. Japan has reported its first case of new coronavirus that's caused an outbreak in China.
A new study from Finland sheds fresh light on how melanoma cells interact with other cells via extracellular vesicles they secrete. The researchers found that extracellular vesicles secreted by melanoma cells use the so-called hedgehog signalling pathway to ...
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Japan Reports First Case of New Coronavirus. Japan has reported its first case of new coronavirus that's caused an outbreak in China. A Chinese man ...
Psychedelic drugs—once promising research subjects that were decades ago relegated to illicit experimentation in dorm rooms—have been steadily making their way back into the lab for a revamped 21st-century-style look. Scientists are rediscovering what ...
It's been described as one of the few remaining illnesses that is still largely a mystery - and yet it claims hundreds of lives in the UK each year. Motor neurone disease (MND) sees muscles waste away after a loss of nerve cells that control movement, speech ...
One of the age groups most likely to be sidelined by the flu this season is also the least likely to get flu shots: millennials. That's one of the findings from a survey released Thursday conducted by the American Academy of Family Physicians. The survey asked ...
By Elizabeth Heubeck HealthDay Reporter. THURSDAY, Jan. 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- For people with the mysterious chronic pain condition fibromyalgia, researchers say nerve stimulation may offer some relief. In a recent study, use of TENS ...
Beyond its effects on the body, medical care can be a balm for the mind. Extensive treatment can feel like a promise that doctors have done everything possible. But that perceived security can come at a high price. As health costs soar, patients are emptying ...
Teri Hines was in her mid-40s when she started to notice that her body was changing. Her period became irregular and more intense. "It increased in frequency, it increased in intensity and it increased in duration," she says. She began to have hot flashes, ...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Drugs may kill twice as many Americans as government records suggest, a new study claims. In 2016, the reported rate of drug-related deaths among 15- to 64-year-olds was 9% -- compared with about 4% ...
By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental flu vaccine gave mice long-lasting protection against six different flu virus strains, researchers report. The nanoparticle vaccine contains ...
Women who have sex more than once a month go into menopause later. We asked ob-gyns to explain why this might be. By Korin Miller. January 15, 2020. Pin FB More. Twitter Email Send Text Message Print. sex-delay-menopause Woman's biological watch ...
DES MOINES — Jade DeLucia started the holiday season a healthy 4-year-old girl, causing trouble with her 5-year-old sister in Waterloo, Iowa. She spent Christmas fighting to survive. Her mother, Amanda Phillips, said Jade felt sick for a few days leading up ...
Some people's hearts stay strong well into their 60s, but their kidneys begin to fail. Others may have the kidneys of a 30-year-old but fall victim to constant infection. Now, scientists may be one step closer to understanding why the aging process varies so ...
New research shows for the first time that women's blood vessels, both large and small arteries, age at a faster rate than men's. The findings, published Wednesday in JAMA Cardiology, challenge the long-held belief that vascular disease and cardiovascular ...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's government said Thursday a man treated for pneumonia after returning from China has tested positive for the new coronavirus identified as a possible cause of an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The man developed a fever and ...
An estimated 2,135 additional people could die every year in the United States as a result of climate change-related injuries like assaults, drownings and falls, if temperatures rise 2°C over current long-term averages, according to findings published in Nature ...
The Academy of Eating Disorders has released a list of "9 truths" they say people should know about eating disorders. They say the truths dispel myths that people with eating disorders are either overly skinny or noticeably overweight. Among the truths are ...
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter. WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- For women, a humdrum sex life might also mean an earlier onset of menopause, a new study suggests. British researchers who tracked the sex lives and menopausal ...
A new study from Finland sheds fresh light on how melanoma cells interact with other cells via extracellular vesicles they secrete. The researchers found that extracellular vesicles secreted by melanoma cells use the so-called hedgehog signaling pathway to ...
UPDATE: Seven people now have died, at least 448 have been hospitalized and 576 cases have been diagnosed. Find out where. By Tom Davis, Patch Staff. Jan 16, 2020 7:54 am ET. Reply. 0. NJ Hepatitis A Outbreak Expands; 7 Now Dead (Shutterstock ...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Surgical removal of the entire tumor may extend the lives of patients with a rare and deadly type of brain cancer called brainstem high-grade gliomas, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed data from ...
We all know what it is to feel pain. Acute pain, that is, such as slamming your finger in the door or grazing your knee. Chronic pain is different. It might be triggered by arthritis, an injury to your back or by an operation you never completely recover from.
Whooping cough bacteria are becoming smarter at colonizing and feeding off unwitting hosts, strengthening calls for a new vaccine, according to UNSW researchers. Australia needs a new whooping cough vaccine to ensure our most vulnerable are protected ...
At some point, usually around the age of 50, your ovaries produce fewer hormones, your periods end, and you're in menopause. For some people, menopause can happen earlier than that. A 2013 study published in Annals of medical and health sciences ...
Japanese health officials said a man who recently returned from China and was diagnosed with pneumonia also tested positive for a new coronavirus that's sickened at least 41 others in the Wuhan area and resulted in one death. The officials said the man ...
This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. During the last Alzheimer's disease support meeting I attended at my mother's assisted living center, I sheepishly asked if anyone else was worried about their own risk for the disease. A lot of hands ...
Women with more active sex lives may experience menopause later in life, according to the results of a 10-year study. Published by the Royal Society Open Science, the study showed that women who reported weekly physical intimacy over a decade were ...
Since the outbreak began last year, 7 people have died, at least 448 people have been hospitalized and 576 cases have been reported. By Alexis Tarrazi, Patch Staff. Jan 16, 2020 10:48 am ET | Updated Jan 16, 2020 10:50 am ET ...
Lurking deep inside some tumours are "factories" full of immune cells that help the body fight a rearguard action against cancer and are key to helping some patients recover, new research shows. In recent years doctors have turned to a new treatment for ...
Two Idaho teachers have come up with an eye-opening way to remind students to wash hands during flu season. Last month, Jaralee Metcalf, a behavior specialist at Discovery Elementary School in Idaho Falls, posted the aftermath of a science project which ...
By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Many people turn to the internet with health questions, but how reliable is the information you find? When it comes to probiotics, a new study urges caution.
TOKYO — Japan's government said Thursday a man treated for pneumonia after returning from China has tested positive for the new coronavirus identified as a possible cause of an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The man developed a fever and ...
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