[ad_1] By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 24, 2018 (HealthDay News) – A new study suggests that autumn winds and cold winter temperatures can make you more vulnerable to heart problems. The …
Read More »The Quack Medicine Industry Is Getting Millions From Crowdfunding Sites
[ad_1] Photo: Shutterstock Another study has found that when well-meaning people donate to crowdfunding campaigns raising money for medical treatments, that cash sometimes ends up in the pockets of people offering useless …
Read More »The spines of unborn babies repaired in the belly
[ad_1] During a first medical visit to the UK, a fetal surgery was undertaken to repair the spinal defects of two babies with spina bifida. Mothers and babies are said to be …
Read More »New Jersey: Adenovirus kills seven children at Wanaque Center
[ad_1] Lindsey Bever General appointment reporter national covering and breaking news October 24 at 12:54 PM Seven children have died and others remain ill at a viral outbreak at a nursing home …
Read More »Julia L. Blum's Story Breast Cancer Survivor
[ad_1] In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we asked them to read their breast cancer dayneys on Patch. This is Julia Blum's story: In 1968, when my mother was diagnosed …
Read More »FDA approves new drug to treat influenza
[ad_1] Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Xofluza (Baloxavir marboxil) for the treatment of acute uncomplicated influenza (flu) in patients 12 years of age and older who have been symptomatic …
Read More »Forty percent of the rare cases resembling polio are in the Midwest
[ad_1] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention do not know why young children across the country are contracting a rare disease called flaccid acute myelitis. Many consider AFM to be a …
Read More »A liquid biopsy confirms the remission of HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer
[ad_1] The so-called liquid biopsy is very promising for the more accurate detection of a variety of cancers, for the direction of individualized treatment and for the improvement of monitoring during treatment. …
Read More »Washington State: first flu-related fatal season
[ad_1] Washington state health officials confirmed the state's first death with the 2018-2019 season virus, a man in his forties who had "chronic health problems that have increased its risk of complications. …
Read More »Prostate cancer inhibited by a compound against an unfathomable target
[ad_1] New York University (NYU) scientists and the New York University School of Medicine have used computer-based simulation tools to develop a new type of compound that blocks the interaction of the …
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