Monday, July 18, 2022

Google Alert - health

Google
health
Daily update July 18, 2022
NEWS
The New York Times
Although he was covered with lesions, it took four hours of phone calls, and then five hours in a Harlem emergency room, for Gabriel Morales to be tested for the monkeypox virus earlier this month. And that was just the beginning of his wait.
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
The Washington Post
Two unrelated people died after testing positive for Marburg in the southern Ashanti region of the country, the WHO said Sunday, confirming lab results from Ghana's health service. The highly infectious disease is similar to Ebola and has no vaccine.
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
ABC News
Blood samples taken from two patients in the southern Ashanti region were sent for testing to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Ghana's capital, Accra, with preliminary results suggesting earlier this month that their illness was due ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
U.S. News & World Report
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Many have experienced side effects after getting a COVID vaccine -- tiredness, fever, headache and soreness are the most common. But a new study confirms that people who have periods may experience lesser known ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
U.S. News & World Report
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of older adults try to manage an underactive thyroid gland with daily medication, but a new study suggests they may still be vulnerable to developing ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
U.S. News & World Report
By By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling HealthDay Reporter, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A drug in development as a cancer therapy may also help the body regenerate damaged nerves after spinal injuries, ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
CNET
Vitamin D is essential for immune function and bone health. Here are five simple but effective ways to get more of it. Amanda Capritto headshot · Amanda Capritto.
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
Reuters
July 17 (Reuters) - Ghana has officially confirmed two cases of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, its health service said on Sunday, after two people who later died tested positive for the virus earlier this month.
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
San Francisco Chronicle
So far, Bay Area public health officers aren't contemplating a return to mask mandates or other social restrictions to address the current surge. But a new vaccine developed using more conventional protein technology might lure some skeptics to get shots ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
ABC News
AMEBA UPDATE: Our partners at the Iowa Department of Public Health announced a precautionary beach closure in response to a Missouri resident's rare primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) infection caused by the ameba Naegleria fowleria.
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
Fortune
"Because mood disorders generally begin later in life than anxiety disorders, we were not able to establish the association between parental psychiatric disorders and the onset of mood disorders in children," researchers wrote. "We ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
Voice of America
Marburg is a highly infectious viral hemorrhagic fever in the same family as the Ebola virus disease. The symptoms of Marburg include diarrhea, fever, nausea and vomiting. The World Health Organization has confirmed the test ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
Aljazeera.com
The samples were sent to the Pasteur Institute in Senegal which confirmed the diagnosis, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) said. "This is the first time Ghana has confirmed Marburg Virus Disease," said ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
The Mercury News
But the doctors who treat these patients are seeing consistent indications that for most, the disease is less severe than in earlier surges of the deadly virus that has killed more than a million Americans. "What ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
KPVI News 6
A second case was confirmed in Jefferson County following the news, according to Birmingham health officials. The monkeypox virus is a rare disease caused by avirus that is in the same family ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
Technology Networks
The research found these remarkable mammals carry unique genetic variants that reduce their risk of tumors, and the findings could help develop new cancer therapies for humans. As an organism grows older, and its cells continue ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
The Conversation AU
As part of a series on cycles of disadvantage, supported by a philanthropic grant from the Paul Ramsay Foundation, we're publishing three articles on the social determinants of health. They look at how factors like income, where you live and your ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
PrecisionVaccinations
The percentage of children who received three doses of the vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTP), a common marker for immunization coverage, declined by 5% between 2019 and 2021 to a low of 81%.
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
UnHerd
The usual suspects have been out in force demanding greater health restrictions as the story of rising covid cases is peddled through the media. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been urging governments to employ "tried and tested ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
KTVU San Francisco
The San Francisco Aids Foundation held an appointments only monkeypox clinic, to administer 500 vaccinations to community members in its San Francisco Castro District health center. With vaccine supplies still way behind demand, people were selected from ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
Eat This, Not That
But, on the other hand, if blood sugar levels drop too low (a condition called hypoglycemia), it can lead to dizziness, confusion, and even unconsciousness. That's why it's essential to maintain healthy blood sugar levels by eating a balanced diet and ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
Tehachapi News
Advisories for individuals who are immunocompromised or at high risk for severe disease range from having a plan for rapid testing and talking to healthcare providers about potential treatments when the transmission rate is low to taking greater ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
Globalnews.ca
People who have been both vaccinated and infected should be bolstered by "hybrid immunity," said Hankins. But signs that some people are getting reinfected with COVID-19 not long after a previous bout indicates that any natural immune boost would be short- ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
NEWS.com.au
For most of us, our late teens and early 20s are a time when we drink and party the hardest. However, a new study has discovered that people under 40 really shouldn't be drinking at all. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
The Indian Express
Dietary intake of pigmented carotenoids act as antioxidants. Two specific carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin, are found in specific tissues of the eye and brain and have been shown to directly improve central nervous system degeneration.
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
Victoria News
As research suggests that COVID-19 has infected roughly half of the Canadian population, the emergence of an even more contagious version of the virus means some people may be in for another round. But questions remain about the prevalence of ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
ETHealthworld.com
Any woman should be psychologically and physically prepared for the screening procedure before having her breasts inspected. This is necessary to eliminate any potential uncertainties that may occur once the breast screening is commenced. ETHealthWorld ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
KVUE.com
AUSTIN, Texas — The number of COVID-19 cases is still climbing across the country as doctors monitor new subvariants spreading in the United States. In Texas, case numbers are up 21% in the past week and up 79% in a month. More patients are ending up ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
FierceBiotech
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany have new research out that reads like the draft of the next science fiction series, suggesting E. coli bacteria-based "microrobots" could be a future mechanism for treating ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
nj.com
New Jersey on Sunday reported another 2,425 confirmed COVID-19 positive tests and no confirmed deaths, the first time in six days that there were less than 2,500 new cases reported. Cases had been climbing recently with omnicron's subvariant BA.5.
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
The Hill
As variants continue to circulate and develop, White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha says the U.S. has "got to stay on top of this virus" as it quickly evolves. "We're still in the middle of this pandemic," Jha said Sunday on ABC's "This ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
CBC.ca
Heat-related illnesses can range from mild, requiring cooling and rehydration, to severe — requiring emergency medical treatment. Yellow zone: Mild heat-related illness. Heat edema occurs when blood vessels dilate ...
Facebook Twitter Flag as irrelevant
You have received this email because you have subscribed to Google Alerts.
RSS Receive this alert as RSS feed
Send Feedback

No comments:

Post a Comment