Mail-in tick testing kit speeds up Lyme disease diagnosis Mail-in tick testing kit speeds up Lyme disease diagnosis:- Lyme disease can become seriously debilitating if it isn’t treated early on. But if you are bitten by a tick, it can be tough to know if you’ve actually contracted Lyme. Not […]
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Ex-rugby champ undergoes heart surgery after Lyme infection Ex-rugby champ undergoes heart surgery after Lyme infection:- An ex-rugby player is headed toward a full recovery after undergoing multiple heart surgeries and 18 months of treatment to treat a Lyme disease infection. Matt Dawson, who won the World Cup with England […]
Program aims to boost prenatal care in rural US Program aims to boost prenatal care in rural US:- A program meant to address the shortage of OB-GYNs in rural America could help many families who are faced with an hours-long — and often dangerous — journey to the nearest qualified […]
Doctors From Top Medical Schools Prescribe Fewer Opioid Painkillers Doctors who got their training at low-ranked medical schools wrote three times as many opioid painkiller prescriptions as medics who earned their diplomas at Ivy League or other top-tier schools. That’s the headline of a new study by two Princeton University […]
Blood Test Finds Cancer Before Symptoms Start Blood Test Finds Cancer Before Symptoms Start:- Researchers say they have taken a big step towards developing a test that can tell people if they have cancer long before the first symptoms show up. The blood test detected the majority of cancers in […]
CT scan of an olive led to man’s Crohn’s disease diagnosis CT scan of an olive led to man’s Crohn’s disease diagnosis:- When a 24-year-old man in Belgium went to the hospital because he had belly pain, doctors found an olive stuck in his small intestine — and soon after, […]
