Mosquitoes carrying deadly diseases could invade 75% of America, warns US government Mosquitoes carrying deadly diseases could invade 75% of America, warns US government;- Mosquitoes capable of spreading serious and potentially deadly diseases such as Zika, dengue and yellow fever could invade about three-quarters of mainland United States, the US […]
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What to Know About LASIK Surgery What to Know About LASIK Surgery:- When one of Kristina Alton’s contact lenses fell out at her office in New York City, she had to make the hour-long commute back to her apartment to get a replacement. “It was such a disaster,” she says. […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Patient’s Guide to Diabetes A Patient’s Guide to Diabetes:- Diabetes is one of those sneaky diseases: Symptoms (among them increased thirst and the need to urinate more often) can be mild, develop over time and overlap with other issues such as aging. The result: The American Diabetes Association estimates […]
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, […]
Fewer Americans Killed by Lightning Strikes Lightning — once one of nature’s biggest killers —is claiming far fewer lives in the United States, mostly because we’ve learned to get out of the way. In the 1940s, when there were fewer people, lightning killed more than 300 people annually. So far […]
