Medical
CHEO confirms cases of rare polio-like disease
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) says there are 10 suspected cases of AFM in the state. Most of the confirmed cases nationally involve children. The trigger for the condition is unknown, but MRI imaging shows that those with AFM have an inflammatory abnormality in a region of the spinal cord called the anterior horn cell. [Full Article...]
Borne to be mild: Flu season is officially over
NSW has recorded its mildest flu season in five years - partly thanks to a jump in people getting vaccinated. Flu vaccines need to be administered every year because the vaccine declines in the body's immune system over time and because the flu virus changes each year. [Full Article...]
Organic foods tied to slightly lower cancer risk
What researchers found, was that in patients who ate mostly organic foods, there were less cancers - specifically post-menopausal breast cancer and lymphoma . But the editorialists also pointed out some study weaknesses, most notably "the fact that the organic food questionnaire was not validated; therefore, it is unclear what the intended exposure, organic food consumption, was actually measur... [Full Article...]
Adenovirus Outbreak In New Jersey Kills 6 Children
They are the cause of several infections including the common cold, respiratory tract infections, pink eye, diarrhea, bronchiolitis and pneumonia. Some patients develop neurologic diseases, which can lead to death for patients with compromised immune systems. [Full Article...]
Not exercising is worse for your health than smoking, study reveals
The doctors recorded fitness levels of the individuals and then followed up to track mortality rates. In fact, the study claims not exercising might be more harmful to your health than smoking . The risk of dying was twice as much among those who fared poorly on the treadmill compared to those who had kidney failure on dialysis. "This is not the patients telling us what they do", Jaber said ... [Full Article...]
ACLU: Michigan pharmacist refused to fill woman's prescription for miscarriage
In July, Rachel Peterson's doctor called in a prescription to the Petoskey Meijer pharmacy for medication that would treat her recent miscarriage, according to the ACLU. Meijer Pharmacy does have a policy that prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, age, disability and sex. Meijer, which owns 250 stores in the midwest, said in a statement that Kalkman's employment ended... [Full Article...]
In 2040, Israeli lifespan expected to be the world's seventh highest
In 2040, life expectancy is forecast to increase only 1.1 years to 79.8, but dropping in rank to 64th. The medical journal The Lancet has recently released a study titled Forecasting life expectancy, years of life lost, and all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 250 causes of death, which studied life expectancy, all-cause mortality and causes of death forecasts from the year 2016-2040... [Full Article...]
Novartis pays $2.1bn for nuclear medicine
Completion of the transaction is expected in the first half of 2019. As part of the restructuring, Endocyte said it was ending patient enrollment in a Phase I trial of its folate receptor-targeted tubulysin solid tumor cancer candidate EC1456 ( NCT01999738 ), but continuing enrolling a "small number" of patients in a Phase I ovarian cancer surgical study of EC1456 ( NCT03011320 ). [Full Article...]