New York City health officials announced over the weekend that three patients might have the new coronavirus. Further testing is needed to know for sure, but for now, with isolated cases cropping up around the country, local health authorities are taking the ...
The first international public survey on cancer perceptions and attitudes in a decade shows that, in spite of progress, low socioeconomic status and lack of education continue to jeopardize the health of the world's most vulnerable populations. The survey was ...
Two-thirds of Americans say the novel coronavirus poses a "real threat" and has not been "blown out of proportion." And, though the majority of Americans are concerned about the potential spread of the virus within the U.S., 61% also say U.S. government ...
Studies examining the health risks of consuming red and processed meats have yielded conflicting results, yet current US dietary guidelines recommend limiting the intake of these foods to one serving per week. A new meta-analysis supports that ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday defended what it called "aggressive actions" to control the spread of the new coronavirus in the United States, including stern advisories against traveling to China and mandatory federal ...
Was he on campus, or wasn't he? That was the question being whispered around the University of Massachusetts-Boston campus early this week, as a student there was held in quarantine with a case of the 2019 novel coronavirus. Initial indications were that ...
Every day for the past few months, children have appeared in Ari Brown's pediatric office in Austin, Texas, and tested positive for influenza. "About 10% of the patients we're seeing every day have the flu," says Dr. Brown. "We've had five this morning.".
From the air we breathe to the water we drink to the food we eat, almost everything in our environment is laced with "man-made chemicals and toxic substances." Yet, it doesn't stop there. Toxins are also promoted within the human body by sedentary lifestyle ...
A 16-year-old autistic boy is in a hospital recovering from a seizure he had while handcuffed by police, according to his family. The teen's mother, Lourdes Ponce, took her family to El Pollo Loco in Fresno, Calif., shortly after seeing a doctor about her son's ...
Salty fluid regularly flushes through the brain to clear away toxins and waste, but after a stroke, this liquid floods the organ, drowning its cells. Swelling in the brain, known as cerebral edema, occurs after stroke as water flows into brain cells and the space ...
Though the vast majority of coronavirus cases have been in China, where hundreds of people have died and thousands more have been diagnosed, public health officials in the United States are racing to stop the disease from spreading widely in this country ...
Chinese residents are using mapping programs and travel trackers to avoid neighborhoods with infections of the coronavirus and to better prepare for the dangers they face. Both the data mapping company QuantUrban and a third-party WeChat mini-program ...
It's been less than two weeks since the Chinese government quarantined 35 million people in the city of Wuhan and surrounding regions to control the fast-spreading coronavirus, but the images coming from there already have a grim familiarity: empty shops ...
After falling slightly around the winter holidays, influenza activity has now risen for 2 consecutive weeks, according to a January 31 report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At a time when many are rightly concerned about the ...
Chinese health officials reported 2,892 new novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases and 57 more deaths, while Hong Kong reported its first instance of local spread and India reported its third case. In other developments today, the World Health Organization ...
The new coronavirus "will be with us for at least some months to come", Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said. He told the House of Commons that the number of new cases worldwide was "doubling every five days" and dealing with it was "a marathon, not ...
A Cornell University student may be infected with novel coronavirus that's behind some 425 deaths and more than 20,000 illnesses worldwide. University officials said in a statement released on Monday that a Cornell student, who was not identified, ...
The first ever treatment for preventing a group of viruses from causing potentially lethal infections has been tested in a phase I clinical trial, and was found to be safe and able to neutralise the viruses, according to results from 40 patients published in The ...
The smart insulin patch is designed to monitor and manage glucose levels in people with diabetes, delivering correct insulin dosages. By SoCal Patch, News Partner. Feb 3, 2020 3:41 pm PT. Reply. 0. The smart insulin patch is designed to monitor and ...
The American Cancer Society recently reported a drop in the overall cancer death rate in the U.S., with an overall 29% decline in cancer deaths from 1991 to 2017. This resulted in 2.9 million fewer deaths over this span. This decline was mainly attributable to ...
Efforts across the U.S. in recent years to encourage medical students, nurse practitioners and others to go into primary care, especially in underserved areas, are built on a consensus in research: Primary care is good for patients. "It's the foundation of the ...
Studies by an international research team suggest that rates of disease caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae could be substantially reduced by changing how vaccines are designed. The scientists, at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Simon ...
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. government aims to end the HIV epidemic by 2030, but skyrocketing medication costs may make that a pipe dream, a new study suggests.
The new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is now responsible for 17,228 confirmed cases in China, reported by the country's National Health Commission on Monday, and confirmed cases of the strain in 23 countries outside China, according to the World Health ...
As coronavirus continues to spread, the Trump administration has declared a public health emergency and imposed quarantines and travel restrictions. However, over the past three years the administration has weakened the offices in charge of preparing for ...
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. government aims to end the HIV epidemic by 2030, but skyrocketing medication costs may make that a pipe dream, a new study suggests. Since 2012, the cost of ...
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccination and screening could nearly wipe out cervical cancer in North America in the next 20 years and rid the world of the disease within the next century, researchers say.
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Rush Limbaugh Has Advanced Lung Cancer. Rush Limbaugh revealed Monday that he has advanced lung cancer.
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Older women with colon or rectal cancer are more likely to die early if they lack support from family, friends or others, a new study finds. For the study, researchers looked at ...
WASHINGTON — Dog detectives might be able to help save ailing citrus groves, research published Monday suggests. Scientists trained dogs to sniff out a crop disease called citrus greening that has hit orange, lemon and grapefruit orchards in Florida, ...
Medford health officials took part in a teleconference with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Monday. By Alex Newman, Patch Staff. Feb 3, 2020 4:11 pm ET. Reply. 0. The risk of contracting the coronavirus in Massachusetts is "very low," health ...
Bostonians are having a range of reactions to the first confirmed case of the Wuhan coronavirus in Massachusetts. The sick person has been identified as a man in his 20s who is a student at UMass Boston. Since university administrators notified students and ...
A team of MIT chemists has discovered the structure of a key influenza protein, a finding that could help researchers design drugs that block the protein and prevent the virus from spreading. The protein, known as BM2, is a proton channel that controls acidity ...
With four of the country's 11 confirmed cases, Northern California as of Monday had become home to the U.S.'s highest concentration of the coronavirus, a distinction that public health officials say they have been preparing for given the region's close ties to ...
A new study recommends colorectal cancer screenings start at age 45. Researchers say that's because of the increasing number of colorectal cancer cases in younger adults. Experts say obesity is a major risk factor for colorectal cancer and the country's ...
The first novel coronavirus patient in the U.S. has been discharged from a hospital in Washington state. The 35-year-old man from Snohomish County had been held in isolation at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Washington, about 30 miles ...
The World Health Organization chief has traveled a dozen times to monitor the Ebola response in Congo. But when he planned to visit China's capital last week over a new viral outbreak emerging from central Hubei province, his daughter got worried.
For years, biosecurity experts have been warning that the US and the world are not prepared for a large-scale pandemic. On the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Spanish flu, which killed at least 50 million people worldwide (or between 3 percent and 6 percent ...
2020-02-03 17:23:00. The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been monitored closely as the number of positive cases in the United States has risen to 11. In response to the recent alert surrounding the virus, hospital systems, such as the University of ...
(Reuters Health) - Some women in the United States may be most at risk of being murdered during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth, a new study suggests. An analysis of Louisiana mortality data found that women were twice as likely to be murdered ...
The number of people who are infected with the new coronavirus that is spreading from China is dwarfed by those affected by a far more common respiratory illness: seasonal flu. Every year there are as many as 5 million severe flu cases worldwide and ...
A large study of smokers and ex-smokers in the Netherlands and Belgium is confirming that widespread screening using low-dose CT scans can dramatically lower the lung cancer death rate. After 10 years, the mortality rate for men who received regular ...
R. Claudio Aguilar, The Conversation. Can the feared anthrax toxin become an ally in the war against cancer? Successful treatment of pet dogs suffering bladder cancer with an anthrax-related treatment suggests so. Anthrax is a disease caused by a ...
NEW YORK – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday that it is submitting a molecular diagnostic test for novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV to the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization. The submission ...
Flavonols, a large class of compounds found in most fruits and vegetables, may be associated with a reduced risk for Alzheimer's disease. Flavonols are known to have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, and animal studies have suggested they may ...
By Julia Ries. Meat is a good source of protein, vitamins, and minerals, but it's still unclear why too much may be harmful to our health. Researchers looked at the impact of meat on our health and found that eating too much unprocessed and processed meat ...
You've decided the keto diet is the plan for you, and you're eager to get started. But it can be tough to jump straight into a low-carb, high-fat way of eating. There's no doubt about it—this is a restrictive meal plan. Plus, of course, there's the fact that the diet of ...
There are 11 confirmed cases of the Wuhan coronavirus in the US. Among them are the first two cases of person-to-person transmissions of the virus in the US. The World Health Organization and the United States have declared the outbreak a public health ...
Two weeks ago Chinese doctors confirmed they had been giving anti-HIV drugs to coronavirus patients in Beijing. As doctors scramble to contain the fast-spreading coronavirus, a potent brew of anti-retroviral and flu drugs has emerged as a possible defence ...
A new Scientific Reports paper puts an evolutionary twist on a classic question. Instead of asking why we get cancer, Leonardo Oña of Osnabrück University and Michael Lachmann of the Santa Fe Institute use signaling theory to explore how our bodies have ...
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