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Seven people in San Diego have died in just the last two months after contracting a flesh-eating bacteria that is associated with black tar heroin use, the County of San Diego Communications Office announced Wednesday. Between Oct. 2 and Nov. 24, nine people who injected black tar heroin were admitted to hospitals in San Diego County with severe myonecrosis, a […]
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Around one in six Australian women have had an abortion by their mid-30s. These women come from all age groups and demographics: some are mothers already, while others are child-free; some are partnered, others are single. Abortion was removed from the New South Wales Crimes Act in October and is now legal in all Australian states and territories, under certain […]
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Type 2 diabetes causes the body not to respond to insulin properly, causing blood sugar levels to become too high. If blood sugar isn’t controlled properly and stays too high, a number of problems can occur, including kidney failure, nerve damage, foot ulcers, heart disease and stroke. READ MORE Type 2 diabetes symptoms: ‘Shin spots’ may be sign of high […]
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Medicare-for-all will lose Dems election in 2020: Trump campaign press secretary Trump 2020 campaign press secretary Kayleigh McEnany shares her insights on the 2020 presidential election. As Medicare’s Open Enrollment period draws to a close this week, the experience for seniors in the program has never been better. The Trump administration has made historic strides in strengthening and protecting Medicare. […]
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Vaper, 49, suffers an incurable lung disease usually found in metal factory workers who spend decades inhaling toxic fumes E-cigarette smoker, from US, was diagnosed with hard-metal pneumoconiosis Caused permanent scarring in lungs, leaving her constantly gasping for breath First time rare illness linked to vaping – but experts say it could happen to others A vaper has been diagnosed with an […]
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Inflammation is a hallmark of many health conditions, but quantifying how the underlying biology of inflammation contributes to specific diseases has been difficult. For the first time, UNC School of Medicine researchers and colleagues now report the development of a new technology to identify white blood cells called neutrophils that are primed to eject inflammatory DNA into the circulation via […]
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Women who take the Pill each day have an ‘essential’ brain region which is 6% SMALLER, scientists discover The hypothalamus is crucial for the normal production of hormones The small region plays a role in mood, appetite, sex drive and sleep This is the first time changes to its size have been found in women using the Pill Early research […]
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Spending yet another morning squished into a bus or tram? It might be having a toll on your body as well as your nerves. As a result of overcrowding and sometimes design – in Sydney, the new metro train network comes with more standing room and fewer seats as a selling point and in Melbourne many trams now have pack […]
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Tapped for their work aimed at stemming opioid abuse and halting what has become an epidemic in the United States, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received federal grants totaling more than $10 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The grants are part of […]
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Come fall and winter, certain things are worth looking forward to. The holidays, for starters. All the pumpkin spice and gingerbread-infused eats, of course. Not on the short list? The flu. Every year, the cold weather brings about concern over the seasonal sickness. In the 2017 to 2018 season, an estimated 48.8 million people got sick with influenza, 22.7 million […]
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