Wake up, people: you're wrong about sleep, according to a study

[ad_1] Sandee LaMotte, CNN health and fitness Posted at 4:37 pm, April 16, 2019 (CNN) – Hey, sleepy. What you believe about sleep is perhaps a pipe dream. According to researchers at NYU Faculty of Medicine Langone Health, who conducted a study published Tuesday in the journal Sleep Health, many of us have notions about … Read more

Anti-vax moms suing NYC as US moves toward record measles spread

[ad_1] Enlarge / NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 10: A sign warns people of measles in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community of Williamsburg on April 10, 2019 in New York. As the measles epidemic continues to spread, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has recently announced a state of emergency and asked residents of … Read more

Scientists discover new broad-spectrum antibiotic based on arsenic

[ad_1] Adriana Emilce Galvan, FIU researcher, Masafumi Yoshinaga, Kunie Sakurai, Sarkarai Nadar of Venkadesh, Jian Chen, Barry Rosen. Photographed in Rosen's laboratory at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Credit: Doug Garland, CRF Antibiotic resistance has been described as one of the greatest threats of our time to public health. There is an urgent need … Read more

Republicans reject democratic attempts to tighten vaccine legislation

[ad_1] Democrats in six states – Colorado, Arizona, New Jersey, Washington, New York and Maine – drafted or co-sponsored legislation to prevent parents from avoiding vaccination of their school-age children. | Johannes Eisele / AFP / Getty Images Health care The stakes are high: the United States has had its worst measles epidemic in decades. … Read more

Diabetic drug can slow down and prevent kidney disease: study

[ad_1] Doctors say it's hard to overstate the importance of this study and what it means to tackle this problem, which is gaining momentum as a result of the obesity epidemic. The study tested the drug Invokana from Janssen Pharmaceuticals. The findings were discussed Sunday at a medical meeting in Australia and published by the … Read more

Your life can be predicted in your heartbeat – WebMD

[ad_1] TUESDAY, April 16, 2019 (HealthDay News) – Where does your resting heart rate go, your health goes. This is the suggestion of a new study that elderly Swedes with a resting heart rate of 75 beats per minute were twice as likely to die prematurely, even though this rate was within the normal range … Read more

Bar-Ilan researchers find intestinal bacteria "detect" pregnancy – Israel News

[ad_1] Wu Tianyang, pregnant with her second child, attends a sonogram at a local hospital in Shanghai on September 12, 2014. (photo credit: CARLOS BARRIA / REUTERS) X Dear reader, As you can imagine, more people are reading the Jerusalem Post than ever before. Nevertheless, traditional economic models are no longer sustainable and high-quality publications, … Read more

Two Million Israelis Not Vaccinated Against Measles, Ministry of Health Helpless – Israel News

[ad_1] According to a Channel 13 report, more than two million Israelis are unvaccinated or only partially vaccinated against measles. A measles epidemic has been troubling the Israelis for months as it spread throughout the country, and lately also in the rest of the world. But Israeli media reports Tuesday night revealed the seriousness of … Read more

Mystery solved: how measles arrived in Oakland County and infected 39 people

[ad_1] Click to enlarge The man who brought measles to Michigan was identified. Patient Zero (Michigan) of Michigan traveled to Brooklyn, New York, in early March, in Oakland County to raise funds for charitable works in the Orthodox Jewish community. Oakland County Health Authority the Washington Post. Up to now, 39 people have been infected … Read more

Employee wellness programs give little benefit, according to a study

[ad_1] Businesses have long embraced workplace wellness programs to improve worker health and reduce overall medical expenses, but a new study could lead employers to rethink these efforts. The study, published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA, examined the experience of 33,000 workers at BJ's Wholesale Club, a retailer, for more than a year and … Read more