Experts have warned restrictions on e-cigarettes aimed at protecting public health amid a rise of vaping-related lung illnesses in the U.S. "may do more harm ...
THC-containing vaping products sold under the name Dank Vapes are the most common brand associated with vaping-related injuries, according to a new ...
Recent deaths linked to vaping have, in the eyes of many, cast it as public health enemy No. 1, but a new report suggests vilifying vaping could do more ...
Public health officials have reported Louisville's first flu death of the season. According to officials, an unvaccinated person with an underlying medical condition ...
With just a few weeks left until the end of the decade, there's still time to get the best gift possible for your health and the health of everyone around you: a flu ...
The 2019-2020 flu season in the USA has commenced and may be attributed to the early rise of influenza B – a strain of the virus that typically emerges toward ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's color-coded map indicates how much influenza has been detected by the end of November, a month that is ...
Arkansas Department of Health reports a total of seven flu-related deaths so far in 2019. The CDC has reported a total of six pediatric deaths nationwide this ...
You might think twice about what you eat. U.K. researchers claim that a new food labeling system that would show how much exercise would be needed to burn ...
It's the holidays and, as The Takeout's resident recipe developer, my diet for the past two months has involved testing and re-testing puddings, cookies, pizza, ...
Food is so much more than its calorie *content*. It should be enjoyed, balanced and taste good. Labelling food with how much walking or running it equates to, as ...
For the first time since the early 1900s, more Americans are dying at home rather than in hospitals, a trend that reflects more hospice care and progress toward ...
As the number of people living with HIV in South Carolina continues to rise, state and federal health officials want to increase awareness and reduce the stigma ...
A correspondent at NBC News is crediting a report she did on unusual symptoms of breast cancer with saving her life after she recognized one of them in herself ...
In 2016, NBC News correspondent Kristen Dahlgren reported on unusual signs of breast cancer that aren't widely known. Three years later, she spotted one of ...
The Mayo Clinic's recent announcement regarding its opening of a “mega-hospital” joint venture in Abu Dhabi was made with the usual fanfare associated with ...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The cold and flu season is just beginning, but the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Monday that three deaths ...
As many as 2,400 people have died from the flu in the United States since Oct. 1, according to the latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and ...
The loneliness epidemic may not be such an epidemic after all, at least nothing that previous generations haven't already seen. According to a pair of studies ...
The pacific island nation of Samoa has been making headlines over the past month due to a significant measles outbreak. At last count, 4,995 measles cases ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A deadly measles outbreak that has gripped Samoa is triggering concerns about low vaccination rates in Hawaii. The state ...
According to a report from FijiVillage.com, the Fijian Health Ministry has confirmed at least 19 cases of measles. The latest case is a 9-month old, who is reported ...
Many distinct psychiatric diseases share a common genetic structure, according to new research by scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the ...
Ariana Rae Delfs, 17, from Fernandina Beach, Florida, died from the virus mononucleosis on Monday after suffering a stroke in the hospital last week, which ...
ATLANTA -- Federal health officials said a hepatitis A outbreak possibly linked to blackberries sold at *Fresh* Thyme Farmers Market may also be linked to ...
The suicide of a construction worker in 2014 became a pivotal event for the Denver-based company that employed him. The death led management to make ...
For many of us, celebrating the holidays means pouring another drink. But reaching for one more cranberry martini or spiced winter ale can be dangerous, and ...
Ridofranz/iStock(NEW YORK) -- In contrast to media reports in recent years about a crisis of increasing isolation and loneliness in the United States, called an ...
Despite some claims that Americans are in the midst of a "loneliness epidemic," older people today may not be any lonelier than their counterparts from previous ...
Any loneliness "epidemic" is due to our increasingly aging population, according to two new studies, but that doesn't mean we should stop the fight against the ...
Federal health officials are sending teams of experts to Pacific island nations in response to measles outbreaks amid concerns that a major outbreak on Samoa ...
A group of volunteers from Rotorua has been working 12-hour days to make tiny coffins for the victims of Samoa's measles crisis. "Every single one of us are ...
A Samoan family whose baby died a week ago from measles are battling to get their son back for burial and have been forbidden from visiting him at the morgue ...
A Palmerston North woman has wiped away her tears and put her hand up for her homeland. Fatima Sae has family in Samoa. You can hear the pain in her ...
Health care costs in the United States are, well, pretty insane. A decent insurance plan helps mitigate out-of-pocket costs for certain medications, but those with ...
A new study finds that regularly taking naps that exceed 90 minutes, or sleeping for over 9 hours each night, may raise one's chances of suffering a stroke.
Sleeping more than 9 hours a night or taking long midday naps were each associated with increased risk of incident stroke in a large, prospective cohort study.
Researchers from China, found those who napped for more than an hour-and-a-half were 25 per cent more likely to have a stroke over the course of six years, ...
A woman's severe rheumatoid arthritis caused her to develop a bizarre condition known as “telescoping fingers,” according to a case report released this week.
Somewhere in the ocean there could be a whale that has been alive since 25 years before the USA existed and seven years before Admiral Nelson was born.
In today's “the U.S. healthcare system is utterly broken” news, a study has found evidence that some people are buying fish antibiotics online to use on ...
Perhaps nothing unites people — especially Americans — quite like the shared desire to lose a couple of pounds. I'm in this camp as well. I've tried and ...
A team of researchers at the University of Denmark has tested the popular notion that tapping a can of beer after it has been shaken will prevent it from spraying ...
LGBTQ and HIV groups claim the ads are “causing significant harm to public health.” Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Cuomo have also called for the ads' ...
Google users in the United States had a lot of questions about blood pressure, hiccups and human papillomavirus in 2019. Those topics were among the 10 ...
Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have succeeded in distinguishing the molecular pathway responsible for an illicit drug's abuse potential ...
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the ...
Hallucinogenic trips and addictive rushes of euphoria might be the first effects that come to mind when you think of MDMA. But the illicit party drug also has a ...
A study in mice suggests serotonin release underlies the drug's prosocial effects while dopamine mediates the rewarding properties that drive its potential for ...
The social feelings that accompany MDMA have unique signature's in the brain that differentiate it from MDMA's other effects, a mouse study conducted at ...
This time two years ago, it must have felt as though the long international campaign to eradicate polio—launched in 1988 and decades past its hoped-for end ...
HAMPTON, Iowa -- Health officials in Franklin County are trying to determine if an Iowa high schooler who tested positive for tuberculosis exposed anyone else ...
A new study from The Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee says that drinking coffee may reduce the risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases, such ...
Jenna Jameson has announced that she's gone back to following a keto diet. The former adult film actress shared the news with her close to 500000 Instagram ...
Right from celebs to fitness enthusiasts, Ketogenic diet is one of the most popular diets that has turned out to be a love for health conscious people. This is ...
The Real Housewives of Orange County alums Heather and Terry Dubrow are behind the popular eating lifestyle. By Tamara Palmer. Heather Terry Dubrow ...
Jenna Jameson is saying goodbye to carbs once again. The adult film star-turned-lifestyle and fitness maven revealed on Instagram on Monday that she was ...
The Allegheny County Health Department has identified active tuberculosis in a student at Pittsburgh Arsenal 6-8, which is located in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville ...
BEST supplements for weight loss: Weight loss is best achieved through eating a healthy, balanced diet and regular exercise, but some experts believe the ...
A healthy diet and active workout routine work in tandem to bring about effective weight loss. Both the methods of weight loss are equally important to achieve ...
Two groups of scientists identified mutations in RIPK1 that cause a previously unknown human autoinflammatory disease. (kirstypargeter/iStock/Getty Images ...
Seven people with a mysterious disorder that triggers a fever every few weeks have finally been given a diagnosis. A genetic analysis has revealed that all of ...
The patients are from three families in the US and are aged between 10 and 82 years old. Scientists found a mutation causes a 'superkiller molecule' to cause ...
Molecular drills have gained the ability to target and destroy deadly bacteria that have evolved resistance to nearly all antibiotics. In some cases, the drills make ...
Google founder and recently stepped-down Alphabet co-CEO Larry Page has apparently been working quietly on a project to create a universal influenza ...
Chyler Leigh has taken on some challenging roles in her career, including learning to be a surgeon as Lexie Grey on "Grey's Anatomy" and helping keep the ...
A Navy veteran from Cleveland tried vaping marijuana to deal with his chronic pain. He landed in the hospital, becoming one of over 2200 Americans who have ...
A new study, published in Pediatric Obesity, cross-referenced five 'lifestyle factors' of 1,480 at ages 4 and 7 with BMI, blood pressure and waist circumference.
London: Among the lifestyle habits that influence the risk of overweight and obesity in children, watching television is the worst, suggests new research.
IT WAS A combination of things. An unusual feeling of depression. Constant forgetfulness. An irregular menstrual cycle. Lucy, a British woman in her early 40s, ...
If you're in the middle of a millennial burnout or a mid-life crisis and searching for meaning in your life, you might have a little while to go yet until.
If you see some people around you who are always happier and healthier than others despite not being wealthy, they must have found a meaning in their lives.
We often contemplate about finding the meaning and purpose of life. From reading philosophers to doing random adventurous sports, we often look for the ...
Nano-sized vesicles released by certain bacteria that inhabit the vagina may protect against HIV infection, suggests a study of human cells and tissues by ...
At just 17 years old, Ariana Rae, known to many as Ana, died of mononucleosis, a contagious disease many people have heard of, but one that many believe ...
Ladysmith (WQOW) - Five cases of the chickenpox have been confirmed in what the health department in Rusk County is calling an "outbreak." According to the ...
If you're on a low-carbohydrate eating regimen, you typically aim to get less than 45% of your daily calories from carbs. Fruits are generally healthy, containing ...
GALES CREEK, OR (KPTV) The entire Oak Grove Academy in Gales Creek was closed Wednesday with nearly half of the school's staff members out sick with ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A program for special needs students in the Forest Grove School District was canceled on Wednesday after most of its staff members ...
A storehouse of ancient treasures, including precious jewels and gold beads, has been uncovered by archaeologists on an island near Crete devoted to making ...
WESTON, Conn. (AP) — A mother and her young child who were attacked by a rabid raccoon at a school bus stop in Connecticut last week are undergoing ...
School officials in Harnett County, North Carolina, are warning parents that three students have fallen ill with pertussis, or whooping cough. Contagious bacteria ...
A commercial farm in Suffolk is to cull 27,000 chickens after cases of bird flu at the site were confirmed. A number of birds were found to have the H5 strain of ...
The bird flu has been detected at a commercial chicken farm in the United Kingdom, officials announced this week. The outbreak is the first in the country since ...
Around 27,000 chickens are due to be culled following a bird flu outbreak at a farm in Suffolk. A number of birds at the commercial chicken farm, close to Eye, ...
(AP) -- A judge has denied two University of Arkansas students' request to block a public health decree that has barred them from attending classes during a ...
Oncogenic activation of RAS is associated with the acquisition of a unique set of metabolic dependencies that contribute to tumour cell fitness. Cells that express ...
A new study reveals the mechanism that helps pancreatic cancer cells avoid starvation within dense tumors by hijacking a process that pulls nutrients in from ...
Coffee is one of the most popular drinks worldwide, but you may wonder whether it's dehydrating due to its caffeine *content*. This article reviews whether coffee is ...
U.S. scientists who violate government rules on disclosing foreign research ties should be investigated for research misconduct, says an independent group of ...
