The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is still a public health emergency and will be one for at least the next three months, the World Health ...
Geneva: Ebola is infecting and killing people in a gold mining area of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and the "complex and dangerous" outbreak still ...
The deadly Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains an "urgent" global health emergency, The World Health Organization (WHO) ...
In a pair of major Ebola developments today, an emergency committee for the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended extending the public health ...
Three-year-old Ava, her 2-year-old sister, Olivia, and their 2-week-old brother, Landon, have all been diagnosed with a life-threatening blood disorder.
THE world's first Ebola vaccine was recommended for approval by European regulators yesterday. The move was hailed by the World Health Organisation as a ...
Data released this month from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the suicide rate among youth ages 10-24 increased 56 percent ...
A troubling new study from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) indicates that the suicide rate for young people has spiked dramatically. According to the CDC ...
A new finding from a Centers for Disease Control report has epidemiologists and mental health experts stumped and concerned. According to the report, ...
New Delhi, Oct 20 (ANI): While trauma in itself can pose risk to a child's healthy development, overthinking on such events makes the kid more prone to suffering ...
The Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, known for her work in war zones, turns to a topic that is often shied away from: the risks women face when giving ...
All panics begin with a rational fear that quickly turns dangerously irrational. The bans on legal nicotine vaping products in the US is an example of such a panic.
The CDC is investigating EVALI, my family is sending me news articles about exploding vapes and all I hear is that now I won't die of a preventable cancer.
WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL) – We hear it over and over again this time of year; “Get your flu shot.” But when you go to a pharmacy to try and get the vaccination, ...
The eat-first camp says food before exercise boosts blood sugars, giving the body fuel to increase the intensity and length of a workout. It also keeps you from ...
Exercising before eating breakfast burns more fat and improves how the body responds to insulin, new research reveals. Scientists at the universities of Bath ...
A new study in "Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism" finds that people who workout before breakfast can better control their blood sugar levels.
A new study from researchers at the University of Bath and the University of Birmingham shed light on which is better: eating breakfast before or after a.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- This week, the FDA announced a temporary shortage of Vincristine, a chemotherapy agent used in the majority of children with leukemia.
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - A cancer drug called Vincristine is in short supply, and that's leaving many families concerned. "It is fundamentally important to ...
Many of you will be aware of how fatty build-ups in the arteries can increase the chances of developing heart problems, but now scientists have found early ...
A new study found that higher amounts of fat collect in the airways of overweight and obese people, which may help explain why they're more likely to have ...
The peer-review study published in the European Respiratory Journal found that excess fatty tissue can accumulate in airway walls and increase the risk of...
WASHINGTON: Fat can accumulate in the lungs of people, particularly those who are overweight or obese, researchers have shown for the first time. Scientists ...
The U.S. continues to see a rise in the number of sexually transmitted diseases, according to health officials — and in Hawaii, the increase is believed to be ...
By Lisa Rapaport. (Reuters Health) - Women who go through menopause earlier in life may be more likely to have a heart attack or stroke before they reach age ...
The All of Us Research Program has selected the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, Alabama, to evaluate the use of leading-edge DNA ...
If you have a chronic health condition — and about 60 percent of Americans live with at least one — you can use food to help manage your problem. Yet too ...
The bald eagle has been through a lot in the past few decades: Once a species on the brink of extinction, it's bounced back thanks to conservation efforts.
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown virus infecting nearly a third of America's bald eagle population. Scientists at the University of ...
Two Rhode Island women have each endured multiple miscarriages, leaving them feeling depressed and alone. But Danielle Zarrella and Melissa Constant ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A family is suing Northwestern Memorial Hospital over the death of a Texas woman who they say contracted Legionnaires' disease from ...
A Texas family filed a lawsuit against Northwestern Memorial Hospital alleging that a 35-year-old women died after contracting Legionnaires' disease at the ...
CHICAGO — A woman was admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital for a clinical trial, and less than a month later, she died. Her family is now suing the ...
There has been a small increase in vaccine exemption rates among kindergartners in the United States, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for ...
Dr. Bernard Fisher, a University of Pittsburgh surgeon whose research transformed the way breast cancer is treated, bringing an end to the routine use of the ...
Every year from 2013 through 2017 the number of STD (sexually transmitted diseases) has gone up. 2017 was the worst of all, with 200,000 more cases than the ...
Young people, we're told, are having less sex than older generations did at the same age. But they're also contracting more sexually transmitted diseases than ...
University of Versailles and Harvard University researchers found that nurses who use bleach and ammonium day-in and day-out faced higher risks for lung ...
A new study suggests an increased risk for suicide associated with angiotensin receptor blockers compared with ACE inhibitors among older adults, but leading ...
Women undergo significant physical, hormonal and physiological changes during pregnancy and childbirth. Now, researchers are trying to understand how ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – Relax and take it easy – it's good for you! Researchers at Harvard Medical School analyzed post-death brain tissue and compared ...
As the death toll in the Legionnaires' outbreak has risen to four, one Cleveland County man is taking legal action. Jimmy Thomas, one of the more than 140 ...
TYPE 2 diabetes is a chronic condition that requires a complete overhaul of one's eating habits to help stave off health risks. When it comes to snacking late at ...
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Researchers gave treadmill tests to 2979 men - 1602 who were former smokers and 1377 who were current smokers - to assess their "cardiorespiratory" fitness, ...
A Florida woman is now cancer free and in recovery after receiving a trial vaccine at the Mayo Clinic earlier this year. Lee Mercker was shocked when she was ...
Apart from coping with a surge in measles and dengue cases, as well as the reemergence of polio after almost two decades, the Philippines ranks fourth among ...
The world made significant progress last year in finding and treating people with new tuberculosis cases, but overall progress is still well below what is needed ...
A staggering 1.5 million people died from tuberculosis (TB) last year, the UN health agency said on Thursday, in an appeal for far greater funding and political ...
Scientists have been developing astounding new tools for exploring neural circuits that underlie brain function throughout the first five years of the National ...
With support from the National Institutes of Health's Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative, scientists are ...
Should you eat before or after exercise in the morning? The debate has raged for years. The eat-first camp says food before exercise boosts blood sugars, giving ...
HONOLULU (AP) — An increase in sexually transmitted diseases in Hawaii to the highest numbers reported in decades can be linked to the prevalence of ...
Since the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) first emerged in Saudi Arabia in 2012, there have been more than 2400 confirmed cases ...
Working out before breakfast may not be beneficial in all situations. But according to a new study published Friday in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and ...
New research finds that frequent low alcohol consumption, such as one daily drink, has a higher risk of atrial fibrillation than infrequent binge drinking.
Alcohol lovers, take a note. Drinking small amounts of alcohol frequently is linked with a higher likelihood of atrial fibrillation than binge drinking, says a new ...
Drinking one or two glasses of wine every day increases a person's risk of developing an irregular heartbeat more than binge drinking on the weekend, a new ...
New Korean research has found that frequently drinking small amounts of alcohol could increase the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF), an irregular and often ...
ONE glass of wine a day is worse for the heart than binge drinking, a study has revealed. Frequent but minimal drinkers are more likely to develop atrial ...
According to a new study, consuming potatoes may be just as effective as popular carbohydrate gels for an athlete's performance. The research was conducted ...
Consuming potato puree during prolonged exercise works just as well as a commercial carbohydrate gel in sustaining blood glucose levels and boosting ...
A new study has found that potatoes are as effective as energy gels for fuelling bike rides. Researchers described the finding as a “proof-of-concept” that shows ...
Consuming potato puree during prolonged exercise works just as well as a commercial carbohydrate gel in sustaining blood glucose levels and boosting ...
New York: Consuming potato puree during prolonged exercise works just as well as a commercial carbohydrate gel in sustaining blood glucose levels and ...
Researchers at the University of Dundee have discovered an enzyme they believe could be key to preventing Group A Streptococcus infections that cause more ...
Pasadena health officials found a rabid bat Tuesday and want to locate anyone who may have handled it. The bat, which tested positive for rabies, was ...
Summit County Public Health announced Friday that a rabid bat was found inside a home in the Peak 7 Neighborhood of Breckenridge. After the bat was ...
Health officials in Pasadena are looking for anyone who may have come into contact with a rabid bat found in the city this week. The bat tested positive for rabies ...
If the seeds of a pandemic illness were planted tomorrow, how would the world fare? Well, according to a simulation carried out on Friday by Johns Hopkins ...
It's the last day for anyone exposed to measles at the Portland International Airport on Saturday to get the “just-in-time” medication to help stop the virus, ...
HIGH blood pressure is a common condition not only in the UK but also worldwide. It's estimated one in four Britons suffer from the condition and many are ...
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed ultrasensitive nanoscale optical probes to monitor the bioelectric activity of neurons and other excitable cells.
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A recent story on News10's website and Facebook page about a bill proposed in the senate that would mandate HPV vaccines for ...
Public health experts trying to predict the severity of the upcoming flu season in the U.S. often look to the Southern Hemisphere for clues. Here's the word from ...
Autism spectrum disorders affect one in 59 American children by age eight. With no known quantitative biological features, autism diagnoses are currently based ...
In many U.S. cities, tanning salons appear to cluster in neighborhoods where more gay and bisexual men live, according to a study that suggests this might be ...
The San Diego County Department of Environmental Health (DEH) warned residents about a new invasive mosquito that is aggressively biting legs and ankles ...
Consuming potato puree during prolonged exercise works just as well as a commercial carbohydrate gel in sustaining blood glucose levels and boosting ...
Dementia poses a threat to global health on the same scale as HIV and Aids, the Dutch government has said, warning that the number of people with the ...
A Phase 1/2 clinical trial assessing the cancer vaccine galinpepimut-S in combination with Keytruda (pembrolizumab) as a treatment for WT-1-positive advanced ...
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a new, cheap method that can identify highly heterogeneous tumors that tend to be very ...
Depression and sleep have a complex relationship. Often, said relationship is very all-or-nothing, with the sufferer either finding their sleep insufferably broken ...
Flu season is here. Time to reach for the elderberry syrup to boost your immune system. But does that make any scientific sense? Here's what the studies say.
In a study published Wednesday in 'Royal Society Open Science', researchers analyzed 51 samples of raw pet food and found nearly 73 percent of the samples ...
A 44-year-old mother of three in the UK died after a decade of malnutrition and severe weight loss following a gastric bypass operation, according to the ...
A 44-year-old woman died of malnutrition 10 years after undergoing bariatric surgery for weight loss, according to a new report from a local coroner. After the ...
A mother was outraged after she learned her six-year-old son received a flu shot in school without her permission. Kayla Amerson said her son Braxton was ...
A FURIOUS mum has vowed "something will be done" after her son's school administered him with a flu vaccine after she refused to give them permission to do ...
