For example, a study from 2019 on refugee mental health offers a disturbing epidemiologic insight: 10% of refugees escaping conflict in Nepal showed signs of PTSD, 27.5% suffered from depression, and 22.9% from anxiety. The rate of depression surpasses 90% ...
Several over-the-counter and prescription medications can help with allergy symptoms. Many doctors recommend nasal steroid sprays like Nasonex (with a prescription) or Flonase as the first line of treatment, said Dr. Sandra Hong, an allergist at the ...
Antidepressant use is not associated with significant improvement in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with depression, new research suggests. Researchers who conducted the study admit this finding was unexpected, and outside experts ...
Studies in mice seemed to support so-called time-restricted eating, a form of the popular intermittent fasting diet. Small studies of people with obesity suggested it might help shed pounds. But now, ...
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, April 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- "Time-restricted" eating has become a popular weight-loss tactic, but a new clinical trial finds no benefits in adding it to old-fashioned calorie-cutting.
Marked by a sudden spike in blood pressure, protein in urine, or other problems during pregnancy, preeclampsia can cause serious health problems for moms and babies when left untreated. The condition also increases a woman's risk of heart disease later in ...
Cognitive impairment predicted risk for major cardiovascular events, stroke, and death in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a large retrospective analysis. In 8,772 patients from the REWIND trial followed for approximately 5 years, ...
By By American Heart Association News HealthDay Reporter, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, April 20, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Over the past decade, marijuana use, both recreational and medicinal, has grown as state ...
They note that people with mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia tend to have higher rates of smoking and other lifestyle factors that can contribute to poorer heart health. Experts say mental health professionals and cardiologists ...
However, Oxitec says larger tests are needed to determine whether the insects can suppress the disease-spreading mosquito population in the wild, according to Nature. Dengue, Zika, and yellow fever are some of the diseases the experiments hope to reduce.
The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed countries, and it's known that preeclampsia — a serious and life-threatening pregnancy complication — is one of the factors behind the country's elevated maternal death rate.
The team acknowledged studies have demonstrated the efficacy of antidepressant medications in the treatment of depressive disorder. These medications' effect on overall well-being and health-related quality of life remains debatable, the authors said.
Millions of chickens and turkeys have been killed to control an avian flu outbreak, but the virus is also infecting wild birds. (Story first aired on Weekend Saturday on April 9, 2022.) Related NPR Stories. A worrisome new bird flu is spreading in ...
The virus is spread through the bite of an infected deer tick (Ixodes scapularis), groundhog tick (Ixodes cookei) or squirrel tick (Ixodes marxi), according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Pregnant women have been an "afterthought" during the coronavirus pandemic and some of their deaths were "preventable", a leading scientist has told Newsnight. Data shows there have been at least 40 maternal deaths from Covid in the UK.
A 36-bed specialty recovery hospital that operates on the seventh floor of DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit is no longer admitting new patients because of an outbreak of a drug-resistant, highly contagious and often deadly fungal infection called ...
Bird flu, which has been spreading across the U.S. and affecting birds in most states, has now been detected in bald eagles. At least 36 bald eagles have died in 14 states after contracting the virus, according to the latest data from the U.S. ...
DETROIT, Mich.— With more cases of bird flu detected in wild and domestic birds across Michigan, the Department of Natural Resources suggests Michiganders take down their bird feeders and birdbaths out of an abundance of caution.
Counting coronavirus cases just isn't what it used to be. It's long been known that many coronavirus infections go unreported. Then the omicron variant blasted off the charts earlier this year — just as rapid, at-home tests became more commonly used ...
Some people, particularly the elderly and immunocompromised, face a higher risk of developing serious symptoms if they get infected. For others, there is an economic and social cost of getting sick, especially if their workplace or school mandates a ...
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A person in eastern Maine has died from a rare virus spread from the bite of an infected tick, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.
The team conducted its study using single-cell whole-genome sequencing of 319 hippocampal and prefrontal cortex neurons of patients with or without AD to determine the link between the number and type of somatic mutations and AD.
The Waldo County resident died in hospital after falling ill with Powassan virus, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) said in a press release on Wednesday. It is thought that the resident ...
The state Department of Agriculture has confirmed the state's first positive case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in a commercial poultry flock. The state said Saturday that positive samples were detected in a flock of commercial layer ...
"It's quite possible that people could have what they think are allergy symptoms and actually have COVID," Dr. Robin C. Colgrove, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard who works in the infectious disease division at Mount Auburn Hospital in ...
Wednesday's additions bring the state's overall total to 2,411,464 cases and 35,935 deaths since the virus was first detected here in March 2020. Hospitalization rates in Michigan increased for the first time this week after declining for nearly ...
Individuals may experience common acute neurological syndromes, such as headache, anosmia and fatigue, and less commonly, behavioral changes or rare instances of meningitis, encephalitis and cerebrovascular disease. Chronic syndromes commonly seen with ...
MADISON (WKOW) — UW Health cancer experts recommended patients pursue screenings for head and neck cancers so the disease can be found in earlier stages, making it easier to treat. According to a news release from UW Health spokesperson Emily Kumlien, ...
French scientists have identified a dedicated neural circuit responsible for anxiety-like behavior in an established mouse model of sepsis that parallels psychiatric symptoms seen in patients recovering from sepsis. The experimental study was published ...
Good morning, Mission, and welcome to Virus Village, your (somewhat regular) Covid-19 data dump. As recorded infection numbers and positivity rates rise, hospitalizations remain remarkably flat. R Number models suggest the virus is increasing in the ...
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden's former chief epidemiologist, considered the architect of the country's unconventional response to the coronavirus pandemic, isn't going to work for the World Health Organization after all. Sweden's Public Health Agency ...
The New York area, as the CDC defines it, has another new dominant COVID subvariant -- and this one could be 60% more contagious than the "most transmissible yet" one that came before it, experts say ...
Sweden's former chief epidemiologist who was considered the architect of Swedish pandemic approach, which avoided lockdowns but saw the Scandinavian country earn one of the world's highest per capita COVID-19 death rates, isn't going to work for the ...
In the age of COVID, people might try to leap to the conclusion that it's related -- but that doesn't seem to be the situation. Some of the cases have been quite severe, particularly in the United Kingdom where six children have required liver transplants.
AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – As allergy season once again overcomes the High Plains with a mixture of warm weather and high winds, anxieties and confusion have lingered for some as their symptoms seem to mimic those of COVID-19.
As Michigan continues to respond to detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza – commonly referred to as "bird flu" – some residents are asking questions about how best to keep themselves, their poultry flocks and wild bird populations safe.
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - UW Health is urging the public to get head and neck cancer screenings after a recent rise in serious cases has occurred at UW hospitals and clinic. According to UW Health, head and neck cancers tend to be very curable, ...
It is also important to establish a meal routine, she said. Eating at about the same time every day, your blood sugar levels will become more predictable. Freeman advises diabetics to eat three full meals a day and not to go more than five hours without ...
There are about 90 different species in Florida, according to Eva Buckner, an assistant professor and medical entomology extension specialist at the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
For the present analysis, researchers utilized data from the German Stroke Registry – Endovascular Treatment from 2015 to 2019 to identify 606 patients of the working population who survived at least 90 days after mechanical thrombectomy for large vessel ...
William Husel sits during his trial Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. Husel is accused of ordering excessive painkillers for patients in the Columbus-area Mount Carmel Health System. He was indicted in cases involving at least 500 micrograms of the ...
CFA also plans to develop a program for providing infectious disease event insights to the public to help inform individual decision making. "I am excited we have launched CDC's Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics," ...
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Department of Natural Resources is giving information on how Michiganders can keep themselves safe from the highly contagious avian influenza, also known as the bird flu. The bird flu has been confirmed in wild birds and domestic ...
A Waldo County, Maine resident has died after contracting a rare tick-borne virus that causes brain infections. It is the third fatal case of Powassan virus recorded in Maine over the past decade. Robert Long, a spokesperson for the Maine Center for ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Hospitalizations are low, but so is testing. Potentially making it appear that the pandemic isn't as prevalent as it once was. Big Bend Hospitals are seeing a positive covid-19 trend. HCA Capital Health hasn't had a covid ...
A pair of turkey vultures found dead this week on the University of Wyoming main campus died of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The university reported Wednesday that state Game and Fish officials collected the birds and submitted them to the ...
We all know that regular exercise is good for the body. But regular physical activity — even something as low-impact as walking — can work wonders for mental health as well. A new meta-analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry revealed that regular walking ...
The alarm was first raised in Glasgow in late March, and cases have since been found in countries including the US, Denmark and Israel. By Harriet Barber, Global Health Reporter and Sarah Newey, Global Health Security Correspondent 21 April 2022 • 12: ...
On World Malaria Day, WHO calls for continued innovation to save lives. 21 April 2022 - More than 1 million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have now received one or more doses of the world's first malaria vaccine, thanks to a pilot programme ...
74 children have tested positive for inflammatory liver condition in Britain so far · Scottish experts claim it could be caused by less social mixing in pandemic ...
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