A man whose lungs were damaged beyond repair by vaping has undergone a double lung transplant at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. The hospital says it ...
Tests of lung samples taken from 29 patients with vaping-related injuries suggest all contained vitamin E acetate, a discovery US officials described on Friday as ...
U.S. health officials announced a breakthrough Friday into the cause of a mysterious outbreak of vaping illnesses, reporting they have a "very strong culprit."
U.S. health officials announced a breakthrough Friday into the cause of a mysterious outbreak of vaping illnesses, reporting they have a "very strong culprit."
U.S. health officials finally have a potential breakthrough in the vaping illness outbreak that's killed at least 39 people, narrowing in on vitamin E acetate as a ...
Officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are pointing their fingers toward a common ingredient in vaping fluid. The substance is ...
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will be meeting with vaping industry officials as well as medical and political officials to discuss vaping and ...
Teen tobacco use has jumped in recent years after nearly two decades of declines, and nonsmoking advocates say one thing is to blame — electronic cigarettes ...
Flu season has arrived in the Las Vegas valley, and there has already been one death related to the virus. The Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) reports ...
Flu season is upon us and already California has recorded three deaths from the flu. While no deaths have been recorded in San Luis Obispo County, five ...
Question: The pharmacist recommended a different flu shot for my 72-year-old mom than for me. Why is that? Answer: Flu symptoms include fever, body aches, ...
Cholesterol levels are dropping nationwide — and patients are having fewer heart attacks, thanks to new treatment methods and more cholesterol-lowering ...
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President Trump said he's planning to meet with vaping-industry representatives and medical professionals as the White House considers new limits on the sale ...
For some patients in pain, opioids are still part of the long-term solution, doctors say. But by adding meditation, hypnosis or other treatments, the opioid dose can ...
For some patients in pain, opioids are still part of the long-term solution, doctors say. But by adding meditation, hypnosis or other treatments, the opioid dose can ...
In Getting Wrecked: Women, Incarceration, and the American Opioid Crisis, a Rikers Island doctor says drug treatment in U.S. jails and prisons is often shaped ...
Researchers from the George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, analysed 43000 adults between 2016/17. They found cannabis users were two-and-a-half ...
Young people who use marijuana frequently are more than twice as likely to have a stroke compared to those who don't use the drug at all, according to a new ...
While most parents see asthma as a major cause of missed time from school and work, some might not realize that severe asthma attacks, which require ...
Alzheimer's disease is the leading cause of dementia in the U.S., with approximately 5.4 million currently affected and an estimated 16 million by 2050. Damage ...
For years, experts have been working to learn what lifestyle factors can impact our risk for developing Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Now, a recent study ...
November is Alzheimer's awareness month. TheAlzheimer's Association in El Paso is educating the community in ways to prevent and cope with Alzheimer's.
Doctors have reported on the first attempts in the United States to use gene editing to help patients fight cancer. Researchers say the tests were carried out ...
The ultimate goal of genome editing is to be able to make any specific change to the blueprint of life. A 'search-and-replace' method for genome editing takes us ...
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has developed a way to use the CRISPR gene editing technique for dose-dependent ...
Researchers from the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, trained a tiny molecule to react when it detected traces of a virus and it could work ...
Today, the European Union granted an Ebola vaccine "conditional marketing authorization." The vaccine, developed by the pharmaceutical giant Merck, ...
The first human vaccine against the often-fatal viral disease Ebola is now an official reality. On Monday, the European Union approved a vaccine developed by ...
Seattle Children's has currently closed 11 of its operating rooms after air tests conducted this weekend detected mold in multiple areas. The move comes several ...
Seattle Children's has closed three of its operating rooms because of the same fungus that forced the shutdown of all the hospital's operating rooms earlier this ...
SEATTLE - A group of operating rooms at Seattle Children's Hospital have been closed for the second time this year after a type of potentially dangerous fungus ...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Maryland is one of two states seeing widespread flu activity already this flu season.
As part of a study aimed at developing a better, longer-lasting flu vaccine, participants signed up to get infected with the flu, quarantined and tracked by ...
A 64-year-old patient who went to the hospital complaining of back pain and fever has died after doctors pulled a 7.8-inch blood clot in the shape of a bronchial ...
Scientists from Boston University found smoking the devices triggered changes in cholesterol linked to the life-threatening condition, similar to cigarettes.
The Tampa Bay area has been hit especially hard by hepatitis A cases this year. The region has led the state this year with 466 new hepatitis A cases in Pasco ...
Climate change means melting ice and habitat loss for animals in the Arctic. But there's an invisible side effect of warming temperatures and rising tides, and it's ...
Climate change means melting ice and habitat loss for animals in the Arctic. But there's an invisible side effect of warming temperatures and rising tides, and it's ...
Washington: Decline of ice in the Arctic sea can lead to the emergence of a deadly virus that could threaten marine life in the North Pacific, says a recent study.
Turns out that following your heart into a career might not work out—for your heart. A study of 65,000 post-menopausal women found that women in some jobs ...
A study led by Columbia University Women found those who sit down for dinner after 6pm are more likely to have risk factors for heart disease such as high ...
EATING dinner after 6pm may increase heart disease risk, experts say. Later dining was linked to higher blood pressure, larger BMI and poorer blood sugar ...
COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A middle school student in Cobb County is the latest person in Georgia infected with measles. The sudden measles outbreak this year is ...
Researchers developed the AI which can more accurately predict when a patient will die than doctors based on heart scans – but they aren't exactly sure how it ...
The neural network model that directly analysed the ECG signals was found to be superior for predicting one-year risk of death. By Indo-Asian News *Service* ...
In recent years, scientists have found that serious infections that progress rapidly and resist treatment are often caused by multiple microbes interacting with one ...
Doctors have discovered an aggressive flesh-eating infection that spreads around the body when two strains of microbe combine to overcome the host's ...
Vaping advocates took to D. C. on Saturday to hold a rally to urge President Trump not to put limits on flavored vapes. The Trump administration also plans to ...
A five-year-old dementia sufferer who forgot his parents recognises them again after a pioneering treatment. Harley Bond, from Sheffield, was diagnosed with ...
A five-year-old who couldn't remember his parents after suffering with a rare type of dementia, can now recognise them again after having a microchip implanted ...
Harley Bond, from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, forgot his parents after suffering from a rare type of childhood dementia which can cause permanent brain ...
Harley Bond, five, from Sheffield, was diagnosed with Sanfilippo syndrome when he was three. Within months the youngster had forgotten his parents Wayne ...
HEART attack is a medical emergency and is the result of unhealthy lifestyle decisions such as eating an unhealthy diet. Fortunately, eating certain foods can ...
A 68-year-old woman felt an irritation in her right eye, so she flushed it out with water. That's when she noticed the worm. A 1.3 centimenter round worm came out ...
For many adults, the phrase \u201cas easy as riding a bike\u201d might sound like a misnomer. Because let\u2019s face it \u2014 exercise isn\u2019t fun for ...
London (CNN) The fluid in e-cigarettes could cause a potentially life-threatening lung condition in some people, British doctors have warned, after a 16-year-old ...
Doctors have issued a warning over vaping after a teenager in the UK almost died from serious respiratory failure linked to e-cigarettes. Ewan Fisher, who turns ...
Richard Cerutti knew from an early age that he wanted to be an explorer of the past. He was not yet 10 when he joined his father at a construction site in La Jolla, ...
With African swine fever wiping out a quarter of the world's pigs, primarily in China, doctors and drugmakers around the world are sounding the alarm about a ...
Humans have evolved dynamic defense mechanisms against the viruses that seek to infect our bodies—proteins that specialize in identifying, capturing and ...
The the link between a pregnant woman's smoking and her baby's risks for sudden infant death syndrome. An Arizona University study in rats suggests how ...
Researchers say computer systems are learning from lots and lots of digitized books and news articles that could bake old attitudes into new technology.
COBB COUNTY, Ga. - State health officials confirm a metro Atlanta child has a case of the measles. Authorities said the unvaccinated student may have exposed ...
The Georgia Department of Public Health has confirmed a case of measles in Cobb County, officials said Saturday in a statement. Health officials said an ...
Compared to recent years, the 2019-2020 flu season in Clark County is off to an alarming start as the Southern Nevada Health District records the area's first ...
Advanced technology that can tell whether a person has used heroin even if they wash their hands could help police identify drug users and dealers. A forensic ...
"Research like this is important, as it could help us to understand more about breast cancer risk and possible new ways to treat it," an expert told "Newsweek."
Food and cancer: Generally, the substances that are capable of giving birth to cancer are known as Carcinogens. These include chemical agents like smoke, ...
When Tricia Smith tried to fill her prescription for tamoxifen two weeks ago, she was shocked by what she heard: The drug commonly prescribed for breast ...
Some household detergents, antiseptics and insecticides are potential environmental risk factors and new targets for treating an aggressive form of breast ...
Doctors in the U.K. who recently treated a teenage boy with respiratory failure are warning that the fluid in e-cigarettes could trigger a life-threatening allergic ...
Sudden Oak Death (SOD), a deadly disease for oak trees, is on the rise in California. According to a survey conducted by UC Berkeley scientists, the number of ...
The rate at which trees in Marin County became infected with sudden oak death in 2019 nearly tripled compared to the previous year, according to a new study.
Venus is likely too hot to support life, with a toxic atmosphere and temperatures approaching 900 degrees, but that isn't stopping NASA from exploring it.
If you're looking to make your brain work better, you have plenty of options. You can start sleeping better, invest in a juicer, spend time at a decent gym. Or—if ...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) Some useful advice from the American Heart Association in preparation of removing the snow that falls from this storm. For most ...
As a healthy food writer, I've heard before that certain foods could be sneaky acne-causing culprits. In high school, the teen mags I read loved to make the ...
As a healthy food writer, I've heard before that certain foods could be sneaky acne-causing culprits. In high school, the teen mags I read loved to make the ...
An important aspect of human memory is our ability to conjure specific moments from the vast array of experiences that have occurred in any given setting.
By Paul Biegler. Researchers have uncovered a new class of brain cell that acts like the red pin on a Google map to tell you where you found things on past ...
Neuroscientists have discovered a curious aspect of how our memory works. When your brain needs to recall information that's related to a specific location, ...
A man who went to the doctor with back pain and a fever has died following the discovery of a 7-inch blood clot in his lungs in the shape of the lung's airways.
A MAN who arrived at hospital with back pain was found to have a giant blood clot in his lungs. The clot measured a staggering 20cm or 8ins and had moulded ...
Researchers at a U.S. healthcare provider trained an AI to predict when you'll die by which patients were at a higher risk of dying within the next year.
Susan Peirce Thompson says the secret to losing weight is sticking to four rules. Ditch sugar, ditch flour, weigh all your portions precisely and eat three meals a ...
An expert in intermittent fasting, Amy Shah, M.D., offers 3 tips on how to know if intermittent fasting will work for you and how to safely give IF a try.
A patient has become the first in Wales to start on a revolutionary new genetic treatment for blood cancer. CAR-T therapy involves genetically modifying a type of ...
Using light to generate order in an exotic material: Physics experiment with ultrafast laser pulses produces a previously unseen phase of matter. Adding energy ...
An experiment by MIT physicists uses ultrafast laser pulses to generate a previously unseen phase of matter. While adding energy to a material typically makes ...
Each time a newborn baby hiccups, it triggers a large wave of brain signals which could help the baby learn how to regulate their breathing, finds a new UCL-led ...
A new study in "Clinical Neurophysiology" discovers that hiccups cause a wave of brain signals that could help babies learn how to regulate their breathing.
Although hiccups seem a nuisance, scientists have discovered they may play a crucial role in our development -- by helping babies to regulate their breathing.
Scientists may have solved the mystery of why we hiccup — they help babies to learn how their bodies work. Researchers observed that each time a newborn ...
PLATTE CITY, Mo. -- Five years: That's how long it took for one retired Marine veteran to find the right treatment while battling with post-traumatic stress disorder.
In a study conduncted in mice from the University of Maryland in Baltimore, two-thirds of rodents that received a vaccination against S. aureus in 3 weeks ...
The Samoan family of a two-year-old boy, who died of suspected measles a week ago, is now also mourning the death of his one-year-old sister, who is also ...
TYPE 2 diabetes is a lifelong condition that requires daily monitoring to regulate blood sugar levels and ward off the risk of developing deadly complications.
World Diabetes Day 2019: Diabetes is affecting a huge population today. There is an urgent need to take necessary prevention steps to control diabetes and ...
TYPE 2 diabetes is a chronic condition that affects the way the body metabolises sugar. If the condition is left untreated, long-term health complications could ...
Stress hormone and not neurons, manage the fixed circadian rhythm that controls everything from sleep needs to body temperature, the researchers have found.
While IF has purported benefits, it's not for everyone. Experts share the side effects, e.g. mood changes, fatigue, and hair loss, that mean you should stop.
