Were you born in an H1N1 year or an H3N2 year? The first type of influenza virus we are exposed to in early childhood dictates our ability to fight the flu for the rest of our lives, according to a new study from a team of infectious disease researchers at McMaster University and Université de Montréal. The findings, published this […]
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(HealthDay)—If you are sometimes less than careful with your prescription medications and have young kids at home, a new study shows how easily tragedies can occur. Researchers found that young children getting into medicines leads to about 400,000 poison center calls and 50,000 emergency department visits in the United States each year. In more than half of these cases, medications […]
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(HealthDay)—Major depressive disorder (MDD) and noncombat trauma are important factors tied to suicide ideation (SI) risk during combat deployment, according to a study published online Jan. 29 in JAMA Network Open. Robert J. Ursano, M.D., from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, and colleagues assessed suicide ideation, lifetime and 12-month stressors, and mental disorders through […]
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Parents of five-year-old boy with leukaemia reveal he is cancer-free after fundraising £500,000 for life-saving treatment in Singapore Oscar Saxelby-Lee, from Worcester, had T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia After condition worsened he was given three months to find stem cell donor More than 10,000 people responded to plea for donors and a match was found But despite the stem cell transplant, […]
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(HealthDay)—During 2010 to 2017, there were 5,009 travel-associated and 378 locally acquired confirmed or probable dengue virus cases in the United States, according to research published in the Feb. 14 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Aidsa Rivera, from the CDC in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and colleagues analyzed cases reported […]
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A process developed by University of Queensland researchers to produce larger quantities of the Hendra virus therapeutic antibody could be expanded to manufacture treatments for other potentially deadly viruses around the world. Researchers at UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) used this process to produce material for Queensland Health’s world-first human Hendra virus clinical trial. Professor Trent Munro, […]
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Not-so-smartphones: Texting and scrolling on touchscreens has sent pedestrian injuries soaring by 800% and almost HALF of us are distracted while crossing the road, scientists warns A review of evidence shows ‘distraction injuries’ are now a significant problem Incidents such as walking into lampposts increased by 800% from 2004-10 Up to half of pedestrians are distracted by their phone when […]
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A new study has presented clinical evidence for a test that can detect clusters of cancer cells in the blood of asymptomatic individuals. A recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report said one in 10 Indians are likely to develop cancer during their lifetime, while one in 15 are likely to die because of it. Part of the problem lies in […]
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Fears coronavirus has hit UK as two Chinese patients are hospitalised with flu-like symptom after returning from Wuhan to Scotland – as Health Secretary Matt Hancock is urged to order checks passengers on ALL flights from China The patients are thought to be from Wuhan, the city at the heart of the outbreak Tests have so far failed to rule […]
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False allegations and rumors about the coronavirus outbreak have been running riot on social media and in some mainstream media. Misinformation is rampant and conspiracy theories have added to the confusion. Examples include reports that the virus can kill a person in seconds, that Ghana has developed a successful vaccine and that HIV drugs have been used as a cure. […]
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