Minnesota's flu season is off to an unusual start, with a B strain of influenza causing most of the lab-confirmed cases so far rather than the A strain, which usually ...
With just a few weeks left until the end of the decade, there's still time to get the best gift possible for your health and the health of everyone around you: a flu ...
The 2019-2020 flu season in the USA has commenced and may be attributed to the early rise of influenza B – a strain of the virus that typically emerges toward ...
THC-containing vaping products sold under the name Dank Vapes are the most common brand associated with vaping-related injuries, according to a new ...
VANCOUVER, Wash. – Health officials are reporting their first patient with a severe vaping-related lung illness in Clark County, Washington. Clark County Public ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's color-coded map indicates how much influenza has been detected by the end of November, a month that is ...
As the number of people living with HIV in South Carolina continues to rise, state and federal health officials want to increase awareness and reduce the stigma ...
Sodiq Oyeleke. The Director General of the National Agency for Control of AIDS, Dr. Gambo Aliyu, says Nigeria has achieved 60 percent control of HIV infection ...
Researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark found boys born at full term weighing less than 6lbs 9oz were 55 per cent more likely to have fertility issues ...
Baby boys who are born smaller than average are at increased risk of fertility problems in adulthood, according to a new study. Researchers in Denmark looked ...
Newborn boys weighing less than 3kg (6lb 10oz) could be at greater risk of infertility when they become adults, a Danish study suggests. By their early 30s, 8.3% ...
You might think twice about what you eat. U.K. researchers claim that a new food labeling system that would show how much exercise would be needed to burn ...
It's the holidays and, as The Takeout's resident recipe developer, my diet for the past two months has involved testing and re-testing puddings, cookies, pizza, ...
Labeling food with how much exercise is needed to burn off its calorie *content* could help combat obesity, researchers say. A new study out of the UK claims that.
Food is so much more than its calorie *content*. It should be enjoyed, balanced and taste good. Labelling food with how much walking or running it equates to, as ...
I remember at the time thinking, 'This story is going to save lives,'” Dahlgren said. “And I just had no idea that the life it would save would be mine.”
In 2016, NBC News correspondent Kristen Dahlgren reported a story on less common signs of breast cancer, including changes in the shape and feel of them ...
The pacific island nation of Samoa has been making headlines over the past month due to a significant measles outbreak. At last count, 4,995 measles cases ...
According to a report from FijiVillage.com, the Fijian Health Ministry has confirmed at least 19 cases of measles. The latest case is a 9-month old, who is reported ...
Ridofranz/iStock(NEW YORK) -- In contrast to media reports in recent years about a crisis of increasing isolation and loneliness in the United States, called an ...
Despite some claims that Americans are in the midst of a "loneliness epidemic," older people today may not be any lonelier than their counterparts from previous ...
Any loneliness "epidemic" is due to our increasingly aging population, according to two new studies, but that doesn't mean we should stop the fight against the ...
Ariana Rae Delfs, 17, from Fernandina Beach, Florida, died from the virus mononucleosis on Monday after suffering a stroke in the hospital last week, which ...
Federal health officials are sending teams of experts to Pacific island nations in response to measles outbreaks amid concerns that a major outbreak on Samoa ...
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) — Health officials in the U.S. territory of American Samoa say they will begin mass measles vaccinations later this week.
The Pacific community in Wellington came out in force last night to support Stand for Samoa, a concert raising funds for families affected by the measles ...
Apia, Samoa — Doctors on the South Pacific islands of Samoa are trying to contain a massive, deadly outbreak of the measles. The virus has infected more than ...
The loneliness epidemic may not be such an epidemic after all, at least nothing that previous generations haven't already seen. According to a pair of studies ...
Many distinct psychiatric diseases share a common genetic structure, according to new research by scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the ...
The suicide of a construction worker in 2014 became a pivotal event for the Denver-based company that employed him. The death led management to make ...
ATLANTA -- Federal health officials said a hepatitis A outbreak possibly linked to blackberries sold at *Fresh* Thyme Farmers Market may also be linked to ...
Health care costs in the United States are, well, pretty insane. A decent insurance plan helps mitigate out-of-pocket costs for certain medications, but those with ...
Everyone's relationship to food is different, which means that there's no quick, universal fix to developing eating habits that support a healthy body and mind.
When it comes to combating the obesity epidemic, researchers are doing their best to invent new ways of convincing us to eat healthier and be more active.
In today's “the U.S. healthcare system is utterly broken” news, a study has found evidence that some people are buying fish antibiotics online to use on ...
For many of us, celebrating the holidays means pouring another drink. But reaching for one more cranberry martini or spiced winter ale can be dangerous, and ...
LGBTQ and HIV groups claim the ads are “causing significant harm to public health.” Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Cuomo have also called for the ads' ...
Perhaps nothing unites people — especially Americans — quite like the shared desire to lose a couple of pounds. I'm in this camp as well. I've tried and ...
It has long been believed that people can't change their personalities, which are largely stable and inherited. But a review of recent research in personality ...
A woman's severe rheumatoid arthritis caused her to develop a bizarre condition known as “telescoping fingers,” according to a case report released this week.
A team of researchers at the University of Denmark has tested the popular notion that tapping a can of beer after it has been shaken will prevent it from spraying ...
Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have succeeded in distinguishing the molecular pathway responsible for an illicit drug's abuse potential ...
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the ...
Hallucinogenic trips and addictive rushes of euphoria might be the first effects that come to mind when you think of MDMA. But the illicit party drug also has a ...
A study in mice suggests serotonin release underlies the drug's prosocial effects while dopamine mediates the rewarding properties that drive its potential for ...
The social feelings that accompany MDMA have unique signature's in the brain that differentiate it from MDMA's other effects, a mouse study conducted at ...
Google users in the United States had a lot of questions about blood pressure, hiccups and human papillomavirus in 2019. Those topics were among the 10 ...
Sometimes people wonder why a minority topic should galvanise so much attention. Why, for instance, is there so much coverage in the press of the “trans” issue ...
HAMPTON, Iowa -- Health officials in Franklin County are trying to determine if an Iowa high schooler who tested positive for tuberculosis exposed anyone else ...
The Allegheny County Health Department has identified active tuberculosis in a student at Pittsburgh Arsenal 6-8, which is located in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville ...
A newly published study has found that baby boomers more commonly exhibit traits of narcissism and defensiveness than millennials, contrary to popular belief.
Can a narcissist change? According to a recent student by Michigan State University, some (but not all) narcissistic personality traits decrease with age.
Contrary to popular belief, baby boomers are actually more sensitive than millennials, according to a new study on narcissism. The research, published 10 ...
A new study suggests that, contrary to popular belief, millennials aren't more sensitive than the baby boomer generation. In fact, it's the other way around.
A new study from The Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee says that drinking coffee may reduce the risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases, such ...
BEST supplements for weight loss: Weight loss is best achieved through eating a healthy, balanced diet and regular exercise, but some experts believe the ...
A new hypothesis may hold the key to solving four medical mysteries associated with the chronic brain disorder. Four unsolved mysteries around schizophrenia ...
Four unsolved mysteries around schizophrenia have long plagued the medical community, but a new hypothesis identifying a common link between them and ...
This time two years ago, it must have felt as though the long international campaign to eradicate polio—launched in 1988 and decades past its hoped-for end ...
Two groups of scientists identified mutations in RIPK1 that cause a previously unknown human autoinflammatory disease. (kirstypargeter/iStock/Getty Images ...
Seven people with a mysterious disorder that triggers a fever every few weeks have finally been given a diagnosis. A genetic analysis has revealed that all of ...
The patients are from three families in the US and are aged between 10 and 82 years old. Scientists found a mutation causes a 'superkiller molecule' to cause ...
A new large-scale Chinese study has found that people who sleep for more than nine hours each night, or who take long naps during the day, may have an ...
A new study finds that regularly taking naps that exceed 90 minutes, or sleeping for over 9 hours each night, may raise one's chances of suffering a stroke.
A Navy veteran from Cleveland tried vaping marijuana to deal with his chronic pain. He landed in the hospital, becoming one of over 2200 Americans who have ...
Google founder and recently stepped-down Alphabet co-CEO Larry Page has apparently been working quietly on a project to create a universal influenza ...
A new study, published in Pediatric Obesity, cross-referenced five 'lifestyle factors' of 1,480 at ages 4 and 7 with BMI, blood pressure and waist circumference.
London: Among the lifestyle habits that influence the risk of overweight and obesity in children, watching television is the worst, suggests new research.
Molecular drills have gained the ability to target and destroy deadly bacteria that have evolved resistance to nearly all antibiotics. In some cases, the drills make ...
Researchers at Rice University have developed a new method to kill emerging superbugs, using molecular “drills” to pierce their cell walls. The same technique ...
Molecular drills have gained the ability to target and destroy deadly bacteria that have evolved resistance to nearly all antibiotics. In some cases, the drills make ...
Nano-sized vesicles released by certain bacteria that inhabit the vagina may protect against HIV infection, suggests a study of human cells and tissues by ...
At just 17 years old, Ariana Rae, known to many as Ana, died of mononucleosis, a contagious disease many people have heard of, but one that many believe ...
If you're in the middle of a millennial burnout or a mid-life crisis and searching for meaning in your life, you might have a little while to go yet until.
If you see some people around you who are always happier and healthier than others despite not being wealthy, they must have found a meaning in their lives.
We often contemplate about finding the meaning and purpose of life. From reading philosophers to doing random adventurous sports, we often look for the ...
Ladysmith (WQOW) - Five cases of the chickenpox have been confirmed in what the health department in Rusk County is calling an "outbreak." According to the ...
GALES CREEK, OR (KPTV) The entire Oak Grove Academy in Gales Creek was closed Wednesday with nearly half of the school's staff members out sick with ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A program for special needs students in the Forest Grove School District was canceled on Wednesday after most of its staff members ...
A storehouse of ancient treasures, including precious jewels and gold beads, has been uncovered by archaeologists on an island near Crete devoted to making ...
WESTON, Conn. (AP) — A mother and her young child who were attacked by a rabid raccoon at a school bus stop in Connecticut last week are undergoing ...
School officials in Harnett County, North Carolina, are warning parents that three students have fallen ill with pertussis, or whooping cough. Contagious bacteria ...
(AP) -- A judge has denied two University of Arkansas students' request to block a public health decree that has barred them from attending classes during a ...
Coffee is one of the most popular drinks worldwide, but you may wonder whether it's dehydrating due to its caffeine *content*. This article reviews whether coffee is ...
Oncogenic activation of RAS is associated with the acquisition of a unique set of metabolic dependencies that contribute to tumour cell fitness. Cells that express ...
A new study reveals the mechanism that helps pancreatic cancer cells avoid starvation within dense tumors by hijacking a process that pulls nutrients in from ...
U.S. scientists who violate government rules on disclosing foreign research ties should be investigated for research misconduct, says an independent group of ...
What is the meaning of life? It's a big question with possibly even bigger implications for our health and wellbeing than we previously thought. Over the last three ...
