[ad_1] You have a good chance of knowing someone who has high blood pressure or having it yourself. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports affect one in three Americans. And …
Read More »Hospital Study: Risk of Spread of Superbug Bacteria by Dogs in Therapy
[ad_1] (NEW YORK) – Therapy dogs can bring more than just joy and comfort to hospitalized children. They can also bring stubborn germs. Doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore had reason …
Read More »At age 106 (and 1/2), this doctor does not slow down
[ad_1] Dr. A. William Frankland, dressed in his favorite tie, sits in his beige armchair and tells a story of life that Hollywood producers can only dream of. He was born twin …
Read More »"Last Responders": Maryland funeral directors plan to stock Narcan, an antidote for opioid overdose
[ad_1] Nestled between fluid embalming catalogs and mortuary stretchers, two doses of naloxone, an opioid antidote, sit in a closet near the office of funeral director Jeffrey Gair. "It's just in case," …
Read More »Low dose aspirin can reduce the risk of ovarian cancer
[ad_1] By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, October 4, 2018 (HealthDay News) – A new study suggests that regular use of low-dose aspirin could reduce the risk of ovarian cancer. The researchers …
Read More »Surgeon General sends "digital postcard" on opioid crisis
[ad_1] CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – The country's chief medical officer said that no state has gone further in the fight against the opioid epidemic than New Hampshire. US Surgeon General Jerome Adams …
Read More »Flu season: experts urge everyone to get vaccinated, citing 80,000 deaths last year
[ad_1] More than 80,000 Americans died of the flu last winter, double the estimated annual average and the highest number in more than a decade, health officials said. At least 180 children …
Read More »Vitamin D supplements do not build bones
[ad_1] THURSDAY, October 4, 2018 (HealthDay News) – Vitamin D supplements have long been touted as a way to improve bone health and possibly prevent osteoporosis, a disease that helps to thin …
Read More »29-year-old woman in North Carolina dies from flu-related complications
[ad_1] Scarlett VanStory Levinson was found fainting on the floor of the bathroom by her husband. (Levinson and Axford) A 29-year-old lawyer became the third flu-related death in North Carolina this year …
Read More »Diabetes Reference Group Focuses on Patient-Centered Care and New Therapies in Updated Consensus Report
[ad_1] Providers should prioritize patient-centered care for type 2 diabetes with treatment regimens tailored to the patient's specific goals, while new drugs to reduce cardiovascular risk should be introduced earlier for high-risk …
Read More »