[ad_1] CONCORD, N.H. (AP) Health officials in New Hampshire said they were witnessing an outbreak of hepatitis A in the state. The Department of Health and Social Services said Tuesday that since November, 79 people have been diagnosed with the disease, compared to an average of six or seven a year in recent years. A … Read more
[ad_1] "One of the first times I was sick was when I was trying videos," said Marissa Nielsen, a student at Blaine High School. She received permission from her parents to speak with us. Marissa hopes her personal story will attract the attention of other teens. She is attending a confidential health support group at … Read more
[ad_1] The cancer cells (dark purple) begin to spread into the patient's bone marrow. Mutated genes often trigger endemic growth of AML cancer. Credit: Institute of Pathology of the Armed Forces (AFIP) According to the American Cancer Society, 11,000 people would die of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in 2019. Cancer begins in the bone marrow. … Read more
[ad_1] Revolutionary treatment could help protect hundreds of millions of people from "21st Diabetes-related diabetes epidemic has been the subject of a major trial. Research conducted in Australia and the United Kingdom has shown that a drug that lowers blood sugar once a day, canagliflozin, reduced the cases of renal failure and the number of … Read more
[ad_1] In what the Israeli media calls a "world first", scientists from the Tel Aviv University have printed in 3D a small heart using human tissue, including vessels, collagen and biological molecules – a breakthrough , according to Haaretz, that they hope someday will make the organ donation obsolete. Technology is still a long way … Read more
[ad_1] In an effort to fight obesity, public health researchers have been trying for decades to find a way to convince teenagers not to consume empty food and eat healthy, but to no avail. The huge volume of food marketing that children are exposed to every day is one of the biggest hurdles. This marketing … Read more
[ad_1] (Reuters Health) – An American study suggests that people who regularly consume cannabis may need more than twice the usual dose of anesthesia for surgery. FILE PHOTO: A photo of the cannabis plant taken at the event "Weed the People" as enthusiasts gather to celebrate the legalization of the recreational use of marijuana in … Read more
[ad_1] Last month, a traveler who raised funds for charities in the ultra-orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn went all night to Detroit, his next step in fundraising. He felt bad on the way and saw a doctor when he arrived. But the doctor, who had never seen measles, misdiagnosed human fever and cough as bronchitis. … Read more
[ad_1] A drug that lowers blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes also reduces the risk of end-stage renal disease by 30%, a finding that could help save kidney function in many patients and save billions dollars by preserving them from dialysis, reported Monday. Type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in Long Island … Read more
[ad_1] The study's ketogenic diets did not contain any caloric restriction, but only indications about what to eat and what to avoid. Carbohydrates have been limited to about 30 to 50 grams per day, with the emphasis being on nuts and non-starchy vegetables. Food was also provided, either for groceries that dieters could use to … Read more