Medical
Syphilis And Gonorrhea Rates Have Risen Within The Past Year In England
A staggering 78 percent of diagnoses of the infection affected queer men. The high rates of syphilis and gonorrhoea diagnoses in England have sparked concern. However, the decline may also reflect a rise in the use of home testing kits - and the availability of testing in other settings, it says. "Government must reverse cuts to councils" public health grants because we can not tackle this by ... [Full Article...]
Kate Spade’s husband says she battled demons, death was complete shock
Spade is survived by her husband , Andy , and their 13-year-old daughter, Frances Beatrix . He told the New York Times that Kate Spade suffered from depression and anxiety for many years and she was actively seeking help. Kate and Andy Spade sold majority stake in their company to Neiman Marcus in 1999, and the remaining shares in 2006 for a combined $93 million. "Long before we talk... [Full Article...]
Naloxone Injection, Syringe System Recalled
The FDA announced there is a possibility for "loose particulate matter on the syringe plunger" which could result in a range of adverse events. Below are the two lots that have been recalled. Package labeling recommends visual inspection to detect the presence of discoloration or particulates before administration, which would diminish the risks for using these lots. [Full Article...]
Medicare’s financial problems worsening, government warns
Medicare will run out of money sooner than expected, and Social Security's financial problems can't be ignored either, the government said today in a sobering checkup on programs vital to the middle class. Social Security covers 62 million people, split among retired workers and their dependents, survivors of workers who've died and disabled people. Democrats, meanwhile, want to extend the socia... [Full Article...]
Abiraterone Plus Leuprolide Offers Edge in M0 Hormone-Naive Prostate Cancer
One of them is Michael English (72), who found out he had cancer in 2005. "Today I'm effectively cancer-free". The new trial relates to immunotherapy drugs . "This is important as although immunotherapy is exciting, it can have severe side effects". Immunotherapy drugs work by stimulating the immune system to recognise and fight the cancer, and are used to treat some advanced cancers, inclu... [Full Article...]
Five dead in worst USE coli outbreak in more than a decade
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which is investigating the outbreak alongside the CDC, believes that the probable link to all these illnesses is romaine lettuce sourced from the winter growing areas in and around the Yuma growing region in Arizona. [Full Article...]
'Remarkable' therapy beats terminal breast cancer
Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical and scientific officer for the American Cancer Society said that he was "delighted" by the study and anxious about unnecessary cancer treatment and the side effects that come from chemotherapy . He is not an author of the study, but his hospital participated. Two-and-a-half years after getting the new cells, the woman is cancer-free. She remains free of cance... [Full Article...]
Oldest living Miss America endorses decision to drop swimsuit competition
The Miss America telecast will still have an evening-wear competition but contestants will be encouraged to "outwardly express their self-confidence in evening attire of their choosing", the org stated. Carlson has been at the forefront of sexual-harassment issues for several years, garnering $20 million in settling a lawsuit against Fox News chief Roger Ailes in 2016. [Full Article...]