But new research suggests that relief may come at a cost - an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease . The BMJ study could not account for other risk factors for Alzheimer's such as diabetes , cardiovascular disease and a family history of the disease. [Full Article...]
Ethan Lindenberger's mother, Jill Wheeler, is unfazed by her son's recent appearance before Congress where he talked about his decision to get vaccinated despite his parents' wishes. He said that whenever he shows her peer-reviewed scientific studies that prove the safety and efficacy of vaccines, she always countered with information from illegitimate sources that "instill fear into the public". [Full Article...]
It was the first time a child in OR had been diagnosed with rare disease in more than 30 years, according to a report on the case by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Thursday. A month after rehab, the boy returned to normal activities like running around and bicycling. The report said the costs to treat the boy were 72 times the average cost of a pediatric hospital stay in... [Full Article...]
Fitbit has announced four new products - Fitbit Versa Lite Edition , Fitbit Inspire HR , Fitbit Inspire and Fitbit Ace 2 - created to help make health and fitness accessible to more consumers. The original Fitbit Ace was designed for children aged eight and above but the new model is suitable for ages six and over, according to the company. [Full Article...]
There's only a single known case of the virus being eliminated entirely. The patient remained on ARV for 16 months after the transplant , at which point the clinical team and the patient made a decision to interrupt ARV therapy to test if the patient was truly in HIV-1 remission. [Full Article...]
Last week Medecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) suspended medical activities at the focal point of the epidemic after two of its facilities were torched by unidentified assailants. "There is a lot of militarization of the Ebola response", she said. The Interior Ministry has been asked to guarantee security, as it is unacceptable for health officials to be threatened and attacked, ... [Full Article...]
He sounded a note of warning, saying most of the e-cigarette users were ex-smokers so the heart problems could be due to their lifetime of tobacco use. People once viewed them as safe alternatives to tobacco cigarettes. For the study, which will be presented next week at the American College of Cardiology, researchers examined the responses of almost 100,000 people in 2014, 2016 and 2017. [Full Article...]
The drug, esketamine, is being viewed as a breakthrough akin to the debut of Prozac in the late 1980s. Those drugs target the feel-good brain chemical serotonin, and can take weeks or months to kick in. Agency approval came with a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) to restrict esketamine to certified treatment centers where patients are monitored for 2 hours, prohibit it from being dis... [Full Article...]
But new research suggests that relief may come at a cost - an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease . The BMJ study could not account for other risk factors for Alzheimer's such as diabetes , cardiovascular disease and a family history of the disease. [Full Article...]
Ethan Lindenberger's mother, Jill Wheeler, is unfazed by her son's recent appearance before Congress where he talked about his decision to get vaccinated despite his parents' wishes. He said that whenever he shows her peer-reviewed scientific studies that prove the safety and efficacy of vaccines, she always countered with information from illegitimate sources that "instill fear into the public". [Full Article...]
It was the first time a child in OR had been diagnosed with rare disease in more than 30 years, according to a report on the case by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Thursday. A month after rehab, the boy returned to normal activities like running around and bicycling. The report said the costs to treat the boy were 72 times the average cost of a pediatric hospital stay in... [Full Article...]
Fitbit has announced four new products - Fitbit Versa Lite Edition , Fitbit Inspire HR , Fitbit Inspire and Fitbit Ace 2 - created to help make health and fitness accessible to more consumers. The original Fitbit Ace was designed for children aged eight and above but the new model is suitable for ages six and over, according to the company. [Full Article...]
There's only a single known case of the virus being eliminated entirely. The patient remained on ARV for 16 months after the transplant , at which point the clinical team and the patient made a decision to interrupt ARV therapy to test if the patient was truly in HIV-1 remission. [Full Article...]
Last week Medecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) suspended medical activities at the focal point of the epidemic after two of its facilities were torched by unidentified assailants. "There is a lot of militarization of the Ebola response", she said. The Interior Ministry has been asked to guarantee security, as it is unacceptable for health officials to be threatened and attacked, ... [Full Article...]
He sounded a note of warning, saying most of the e-cigarette users were ex-smokers so the heart problems could be due to their lifetime of tobacco use. People once viewed them as safe alternatives to tobacco cigarettes. For the study, which will be presented next week at the American College of Cardiology, researchers examined the responses of almost 100,000 people in 2014, 2016 and 2017. [Full Article...]
The drug, esketamine, is being viewed as a breakthrough akin to the debut of Prozac in the late 1980s. Those drugs target the feel-good brain chemical serotonin, and can take weeks or months to kick in. Agency approval came with a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) to restrict esketamine to certified treatment centers where patients are monitored for 2 hours, prohibit it from being dis... [Full Article...]