Lifespan 2040: Us Down, China Up, Spain On Top
Nearly all countries would see an increase in life expectancy by 2040 but some nations would see a greater gain finds the report. The study shows that Spain is forecast to overtake Japan, previously ranked first, with the East Asian country havin... More..
Novartis and Endocyte announce intention to merge
The latest deal comes shortly after Novartis agreed a $8.7bn deal to acquire AveXis, a United States specialist in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The company bought another company that works in the field, Fr...More..
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No Grounds to Declare Emergency of Int'l Concern Amid DRC Ebola Outbreak
The DRC Ministry of Health, WHO and other partners have been responding to the outbreak with teams on the ground, but WHO has warned that continuing insecurity severely affects both civilians and frontline wo...More..
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease linked to eating squirrel brains
Only a few hundred cases of vCJD have ever been reported , majority in the United Kingdom; just four cases have ever been confirmed in the US. Dr Tara Chen, a medical resident at Rochester Regional Health, s...More..
Michiana man raises awareness about male breast cancer
Roberson was diagnosed in her early 20's with metastatic breast cancer and is still receiving treatment. "When we looked at the trend over three to four years, we saw a higher incidence of later-stage breas...More..
Doctors: You can not get the flu from the flu shot
It found last year's shot was only 17 per cent effective in preventing respiratory illness from H3N2 overall, the dominant A strain of influenza, and only 10 per cent effective for adults aged 20 to 64. That sa...More..
Mad cow disease case confirmed on farm in Scotland
Back in the 90s there was a big problem with BSE and we've learned an bad lot of lessons from then and there are various controls in place to make sure that never happens again. "The BSE outbreak in the late ...More..
Raw chicken causing Salmonella outbreak in Pennsylvania and 28 states
The Centers for Disease Control has linked 92 cases so far to raw chicken products. The illness has been linked to a variety of raw chicken products, "indicating it might be widespread in the chicken industry...More..
Cases of mysterious paralyzing illness reported in 22 states
Gregory said, "It is a little bit concerning any time you're talking about illnesses that primarily seem to affect children". But that bug - enterovirus D68 - could not be definitively linked to the illnesses...More..
1st child has died of flu this season in Florida, state reports
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC ) recommends everyone get their flu vaccine now, as influenza often increases at this time of year. Flu activity remains low across the state, according to the health de...More..
Trading Statistics of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH)
The company is facing increasing competition from Cigna and Aetna Inc after the two rivals each agreed to combine with large pharmacy benefit managers for a business model that will mimic UnitedHealth and its...More..
WHO To Determine If DRC Ebola Outbreak Is Global Health Emergency
The committee of experts may make recommendations to manage the outbreak, which was declared on August 1 and has worsened, with a risk of the virus spreading from northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo int...More..
Salmonella outbreak linked to raw chicken in 29 states
Dozens of people across 29 states, including MI, have gotten sick in an outbreak linked to a variety of raw chicken products. The CDC said , as of Wednesday, a total of 92 people had fallen ill, with 21 of t...More..
Mysterious Polio-like Disorder Striking Children Around US Growing
Additional symptoms include facial drooping or weakness, difficulty moving the eyes, difficulty swallowing and slurred speech. The scariest and most severe symptom is when the disease affects the diaphragm,...More..
U.S. CDC confirms 62 cases of rare polio-like neurological condition
Messonnier said the CDC has definitively ruled out polio - which causes a similar set of symptoms - as the cause. Other possible cases are still under investigation. We actually don't know what is causing t...More..
Apple Watch Now Helps Study Joint Replacement Patients
The app associated with the study will be available for these participants only, however, once the study concludes successful, Apple would roll out the app and the associated tools for all the Apple Watch u...More..
Most states facing confirmed or possible cases of polio-like illness
No one finding can explain all the cases, she said. A sharp spike in cases of pediatric acute flaccid myelitis , or AFM, is raising red flags with health officials, who despite concerted efforts, haven't ide...More..
What is acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), the polio-like illness causing worry?
But this illness is exceedingly rare, affecting fewer than one in a million people. About 120 confirmed cases were reported in 2014. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expressed frustration an...More..
Hundreds of dietary supplements contain potentially 'dangerous' ingredients, finds study
But Duffy MacKay, senior vice president for scientific and regulatory affairs at the supplement industry's Council for Responsible Nutrition, noted that with between 50,000 and 80,000 supplement labels on the m...More..
Polio-like illness causing paralysis in children reaches the Carolinas
Since 2014, 386 cases have been confirmed, the CDC said on Tuesday. Officials will be conducting additional analysis on this year's cases. "AFM is a very rare and serious condition", Messonnier said, urging p...More..
Drugmakers to disclose prices in TV ads; Feds want to go further
So far the only enforcement would be HHS compiling a list of offenders. Now that is has been published as a proposed rule, the agency will be taking comments for up to 60 days, after which it will publish a f...More..
Ancient 'vampire burial' of child with malaria discovered
The 1,500-year-old remains of a 10-year-old malaria victim - a rock anchored in the mouth to keep the child from rising from the dead and spreading the disease - is providing additional evidence of an ancient p...More..
Case Of Polio-Like Illness Acute Flaccid Myelitis Confirmed In Mass.
So far this year, cases have been confirmed in 22 states, based on findings from MRI studies and the cluster of symptoms a child has. CNN reported that 30 states either have cases confirmed, suspected or ...More..
Unvaccinated child is first to die in Florida flu season
The agency's flu surveillance report did not say in which counties the deaths occurred. You can prevent spreading the flu by getting a flu shot, washing your hands and coughing and sneezing into your elbow ...More..
Justin Bieber sympathetic to Selena Gomez
News, "Justin and Selena are not in touch but him hearing the news about Selena definitely upsets him". The world might be hungry for new Justin Bieber tracks, but the musician doesn't want to rush things. ...More..
Mammograms - The best method for detecting early signs of breast cancer
She went to the Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health South Florida for treatment. For many, including Cydnee Greathouse, who are either fighting breast cancer or have survived it, the event has become a...More..
Queens organization raises funds for breast cancer patients
The American Cancer Society (ACS) held their annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk to celebrate breast cancer survivors and remember those who have been lost to the disease. Women are told to get re...More..
Rates of unvaccinated and exempted children on the rise, says CDC
A small but increasing proportion of kids, however, receive no vaccine by age 2, and the median vaccine exemption rate in kindergartners climbed for the third year in a row, to 2.2%. Data for the kindergartner ...More..
Doctors warn of global C-section epidemic
In 2000, 16 million babies were delivered by C-section, accounting for 12% of live births. More and more women in the world have children, not naturally, but resorting to surgery. A special series of three pa...More..
Can most Americans be identified by a relative's DNA? Maybe soon
This percentage includes those who haven't undergone DNA testing themselves, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science . After finding the identities of the distant relatives turned up by ...More..