[ad_1] You have undoubtedly filled countless patient information sheets in waiting rooms at hospitals or medical centers. Usually they ask you for an emergency contact – and for many people, it's a …
Read More »Another case of confirmed meningococcal disease in a lodge of the University of Otago
[ad_1] HAMISH MCNEILLY Last updated on 17:47, 27 July 2018 HAMISH MCNEILLY / STUFF Studholme Hall in Dunedin, A student diagnosed with meningococcal disease recovers at the hospital while staff and students …
Read More »The rarity of cancer in elephants can help explain the disease in humans
[ad_1] DAVID KOHN Last Updated 08:01, July 24, 2018 A study has shown that elephants and humans have a similar gene that prevents elephants from having cancer. Elephants have 100 times more …
Read More »Deadly lung disease affecting Australian trades could arrive in New Zealand
[ad_1] The deadly lung disease affecting Australian trades is also hovering over New Zealand. There has been an alarming spike in the case of Australians suspected of being linked to silicosis – …
Read More »New evidence on Cochrane Health challenges the belief that omega-3 supplements reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, or death
[ad_1] New evidence released today shows that there is little or no effect of omega 3 supplements on our risk of suffering from heart disease, dementia. A stroke or death. Omega 3 …
Read More »3D Color X-rays Could Help Identify Deadly Disease Without Surgery
[ad_1] Trilobites A new medical scanner, derived from the technology used by CERN's particle physics researchers, "is like upgrading the black-and-white film to color," says L & # 39; one of its …
Read More »3D color X-rays could help diagnose cancer, heart disease and more
[ad_1] Image courtesy of MARS Bioimaging New Zealand Scientists Realize First-Ever 3D Color X-ray on a Human Using Technology That Can Improve Medical Diagnostics in Oncology , cardiology, neurology and orthopedics Based …
Read More »Doctors monitor Thai boys for cave disease after their rescue
[ad_1] The 12 boys of a youth football team and their coach have now been rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand after spending more than two weeks trapped inside. The next …
Read More »Eradicating cattle disease M. bovis can be expensive if not impossible, but we must try
[ad_1] RICHARD LAVEN Last updated: 18:29, 13 July 2018 STUFF Mycoplasma bovis guilty unlikely to be found. NOTICE : In May of this year, the New Zealand government decided that it would …
Read More »New testing procedures will save dairy cows from Mycoplasma bovis disease
[ad_1] A calf suffering from a middle ear infection caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma bovis. Credit: Mette Bisgaard Petersen Mette Bisgaard Petersen, Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen and Matt Denwood "The cows died and …
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