The number of people infected with the skin disease, scabies, is increased in a Region of Germany is particularly strong: Schleswig-Holstein recorded in the 2019 about 13.400 cases, ten percent more than in the previous year. In 2017, the number was still at around 7,800, in 2016 only at 4,500. The findings of a current […]
Florida surpassed New York over the weekend as the state with the second-most coronavirus cases in the U.S., as more than 9,300 new cases were reported in the Sunshine State on Sunday, accompanied by an additional 78 new deaths. Florida’s 423,855 coronavirus cases as of Sunday were surpassed only by California’s 453,659 cases. With 39.5 […]
Summer flu and Corona: Similar symptoms A lot of people currently have often have to cough or a cold, think quickly to infection with the novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. But behind such symptoms, a COVID is not usually-19-disease, but a so-called summer flu. Even if the panic is not as great as a few months ago: […]
A new study has found a molecule that could serve as a biomarker to identify those at greater risk of developing dementia in later life. It could also help scientists develop preventive treatments. Dementia is a debilitating condition that involves the progressive decline of memory, communication, and thinking. Globally, the number of people with this […]
Flicking through death records, alongside survey information, data floated to the surface regarding one potential way to unlock the promise of longevity. Here’s what the research team discovered. Based at Stockholm University, the research team compared death records with long-running survey results. They zoomed in to the question: “Would you say that most people can […]
Given the climate crisis, you’d think that the government would be moving heaven and earth to make the greenest option the easiest and cheapest one too. Not so – at least when it comes to menstruation. Tax may have been dropped for tampons and pads (from 2021) but sustainable period products like period pants still […]
Consultant cardiologist Dr Iqbal Malik – who specialises in heart diseases – has launched a new, remote heart monitor that enables patients to access life-saving healthcare and testing. Dr Malik works at OneWelbeck healthcare facility, who have championed this innovation, as medical staff worry people aren’t seeking medical attention. “Detecting problems with our heart health […]
(HealthDay)—In a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance report, published in the July 24 issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, recommendations are presented for testing and clinical management of health care personnel (HCP) exposed to the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Anne C. Moorman, M.P.H., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues provide […]
Monty Don’s green fingers have forged him a hugely successful career on UK television. The gardener succeeded Alan Titchmarsh on BBC Two’s Gardeners’ World in 2003. The self-taught horticulturist would spend the next five years making the show his own, then, his health took a sudden and dramatic turn for the worse. READ MORE Freddie […]
A team of researchers from Google Health, working with others from institutions across the U.S. and Canada has found that a Google AI system was able to outperform general pathologists when validating Gleason grading of prostate cancer biopsies. In their paper published in JAMA Oncology, the group describes two major experiments they conducted that compared […]
