Medical
Video shows hospital staff dropping baby seconds after birth
KNXV reports the premature twin girl fell out of the Chandler Regional Medical Center employee's hand and landed on a table seconds after she was born. And because the original hospital has been so quiet on the matter of their daughter's health, the parents are left to suspect that the fall might be the cause of their daughter's injury. [Full Article...]
Congo Ebola death toll nears 1,000, expected to spread
A volatile security situation and deep community mistrust have hampered efforts to control the epidemic in eastern Congo. Worldwide aid organizations stopped their work in the two communities because of the violence . World Health Organization has maintained that this Ebola outbreak is geographically contained even as the number of cases rises in a dense, highly mobile population near the borde... [Full Article...]
'Vampire Facial' at New Mexico Spa Likely Exposed 2 People to HIV
Health officials are especially encouraging people who had gotten a vampire facial at the spa to get tested for HIV. Two new cases of HIV, human immunodeficiency virus, were recently reported in the United States. This has put the clients at risk of contracting Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV among other infectious diseases. While it's a process that's supposed to be safe, it could also fa... [Full Article...]
Measles case confirmed in Alabama
There is a blood test that can check your antibodies and let you know if you're at risk. Andrew Pavia, chief of the division of pediatric infectious disease at University of Utah Health, said he's often asked, "What's the big deal?" about measles because it's just "a childhood disease". [Full Article...]
Scientology cruise ship leaves St. Lucia after measles quarantine
The island won't charge the ship for the vaccines. A Church of Scientology cruise ship was quarantined in the port of St. Lucia in the Caribbean after a case of measles was confirmed on board the vessel; reaction from Fox News contributor Dr. [Full Article...]
Eating walnuts may reduce heart disease risk, by lowering blood pressure
At the end of the trials, all three diets were effective in producing better vitals in the study participants, but consuming whole walnuts was found to be most effective in lowering blood pressure . What they found was that while all of the diets produced improvements, the walnut diet had the most pronounced effect. At the end of each round, participants had their vitals taken to account for chan... [Full Article...]
Like Uber, but for organs: first kidney delivered by drone | #AsiaNewsNetwork
The physicians, researchers, and aviation experts from the University of Maryland School of Medicine developed the unmanned drone . Before getting the transplant, the 44-year-old patient with kidney failure spent eight years on dialysis. [Full Article...]
'Zero' risk of HIV transmission in gay men receiving treatment, study says
Its findings add to an earlier phase of the study which looked at HIV transmission risk for serodifferent heterosexual couples in the same circumstances. During that time-frame 15 HIV-negative men became infected with HIV, but none of the viruses screened in the newly infected partner was genetically linked to the HIV virus that had infected their main partners - ruling out any within-couple HIV... [Full Article...]