[ad_1] What is legionnaire's disease, what is the cause, and is it fatal? Legionnaires' disease is a serious form of pneumonia or inflammation of the lungs caused by an infection. Here are the symptoms, the treatment and the causes. By × Legionnaires' disease is a serious form of pneumonia or inflammation of the lungs caused … Read more
[ad_1] The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided not to declare a global health emergency in response to the current Ebola epidemic in Africa, despite the large number of deaths each day. The epidemic began in August 2018 and is to date the second most deadly outbreak of Ebola in history. On Friday, 1,206 people … Read more
[ad_1] A drug used to help control blood sugar levels in diabetics helps prevent or slow kidney failure, which causes millions of deaths each year and forces hundreds of thousands of people on dialysis to stay alive. Doctors say it's hard to overestimate the importance of this study and what it means to curb this … Read more
[ad_1] United Nations, April 16 (IBNS): Noting a 300% increase in the number of measles cases in the first three months of this year compared to the same period last year, two officials said the following: United Nations agencies said Monday that we were standing now "in the midst of measles crisis." "Cases have skyrocketed … Read more
[ad_1] Teens need a junk food intervention. New research now provides some ideas on how to do it. A study from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, published in the journal Nature Human Behavior, reveals that some food companies handle them by consuming unhealthy and addictive processed foods as well as … Read more
[ad_1] Number of measles United States has reached the second highest level in 25 years – and this is only in April. As the disease spreads to new states and the number of cases is expected to increase, here's what you need to know about infection, current outbreaks, and ways to protect yourself. What is … Read more
[ad_1] "Current evidence is insufficient" to support such screening, according to the recommendations of the US Task Force on Prevention Services, published in the medical journal JAMA Tuesday. The working group is an independent group of national medical experts who make recommendations that impact on clinical practice. Now, "we publish a recommendation" I ", which … Read more
[ad_1] Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN health and fitness Posted at 17:59, 17:59 (CNN) – Researchers have 3D printed a heart using a patient's cells, hoping that this technique could be used to heal hearts or transform new ones for transplants. "This is the first time anyone has managed to design and print a whole heart … Read more
[ad_1] By April 10, California had reported 21 cases of measles this year. Two of these cases (one adult and one child) were reported in San Mateo County and four in Santa Clara County (one child and three adults), according to the California Department of Public Health. Britt Ehrhardt, head of public health communications at … Read more
[ad_1] Scientists believe that a nasal spray of oxytocin could help treat alcoholism, according to a new study. The research, published Tuesday in the journal PLOS Biology, found that alcohol-dependent rats drank less after receiving a dose of oxytocin, the "hug hormone." The authors of the study – led by Drs. Tunstall, Koob and Vendruscolo … Read more