Case fatality rate climbs to nearly 48 percent in the DRC, meaning almost one in two people infected with Ebola are dying.The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached 5,515 confirmed cases of infection and killed 2,642 people, with 51 new cases detected in Ituri and North Kivu provinces, according … Read more
Buying groceries at dollar stores may save shoppers money at the checkout, but the cheaper bill could come with a hidden cost to their health, according to startling new research. A UC Riverside study found that greater access to dollar stores was linked to higher rates of obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and type … Read more
An eight-year-old Louisiana girl has died after contracting a rare, typically fatal brain-eating amoeba after a swim in Lake Claiborne.Lillian Smart, of Ruston, died on Saturday, one day after celebrating her birthday, her family announced in a public Facebook post on the “Love for Lillian” page.“Last night Lillian ran from our arms to the arms … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A drug used to treat erectile dysfunction and enlarged prostate symptoms may raise the risk of glaucoma, a serious eye condition that can cause gradual vision loss, according to new research. An international team of researchers analyzed health records from nearly 74,000 men ages 40 and older with … Read more
Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and second leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S. Just this year, the American Cancer Society estimates that roughly 158,850 new cases of colorectal cancer and 55,230 deaths will occur. In recent years, the disease has also taken the lives of people in the spotlight, … Read more
For many women, the most disruptive symptoms of perimenopause (the transition leading up to menopause) and menopause (when you’ve gone 12 months without a menstrual cycle) aren’t just the hallmark ones, such as hot flashes and night sweats. Instead, they may struggle to remember names and words or feel unusually anxious. Or, like Stephanie, who … Read more
SALT LAKE CITY — Like most Utah County moms, Kelsey Flake has been helping her kids get ready to return to school — but she is doing it from out of state, relying on family and friends to help back at home in Cedar hills.Flake, a 39-year-old mom of five, is in Chicago right now … Read more
When heart attacks (myocardial infarctions) strike, it’s because a coronary artery supplying the heart muscle gets blocked, cutting off the oxygen and nutrients the heart needs to keep going.Several natural biological emergency measures then get activated. Previous studies have shown the heart tries to enlarge other arteries and even build new ones to act as … Read more
It’s about time. With as many advances as we’ve seen recently in women’s health — from endometriosis being able to be diagnosed without surgery, to completely rethinking and renaming PCOS, now more accurately, PMOS — we still have a long way to go in terms of understanding how medications affect the sexes differently. It’s often … Read more
It’s no secret that the world of healthcare (especially in the US) has taken a nosedive off a cliff in the past decade or so. While I’m grateful for modern medicine and things like vaccines, dealing with doctors these days is often as frustrating, if not more than, dealing with the condition you’re trying to … Read more