NPR Zika Images Show ‘Worst Brain Infections That Doctors Will Ever See’NPRA series of medical images published Tuesday offer the most complete picture, so far, of how the Zika virus can damage the brain of a fetus. How Big, Really, Is The Zika Outbreak In Florida? Shots – Health News · How Big, Really, Is ...
NBCNews.com Zion Harvey: A Year After Double Hand Transplant 9-Year-Old ‘Can Do More Than I Imagined’NBCNews.comEarlier this month, 9-year-old Zion Harvey got to experience what most kids can only dream about: he threw out the first pitch at a Baltimore Orioles game against the Texas Rangers. But Zion is no ordinary kid, and simply throwing ...
Washington Post Sepsis is a medical emergency, CDC says. It can be stopped if caught in time.Washington PostThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared sepsis a medical emergency, reporting Tuesday that about 72 percent of patients with this fast-moving and deadly illness have recently been seen by doctors and nurses, representing missed …Sepsis Declared ...
Disability Scoop Banned PCB Chemicals Still Tied to Autism in U.S. KidsU.S. News & World ReportTUESDAY, Aug. 23, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Children exposed to relatively high levels of PCBs in the womb may have an increased risk of developing autism, a new study suggests. PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, are man-made chemicals once used …Chemicals banned ...
International Business Times Breast Cancer Risk Increases Threefold On Combined HRT Usage, Study FindsInternational Business TimesWomen who use combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can increase their risk of breast cancer by about three times, researchers found. They added that previous studies had dangerously underestimated this risk. HRT is used to treat menopause …How often should you ...
The Siasat Daily Socioeconomic Factors, Not Race, Influenced Myeloma Survival in Younger PatientsCancer NetworkSocioeconomic factors affected the care and survival of younger patients with multiple myeloma, but race/ethnicity itself did not influence survival, according to the results of a study published in Cancer. Although there have been advances in the …Social class may influence multiple ...
NPR How Big, Really, Is The Zika Outbreak In Florida?NPRAs expected, the Zika outbreak in Florida is growing — though how fast is still difficult to say. State and federal health officials say mosquitoes are spreading Zika in two neighborhoods of Miami, including Miami Beach. The Centers for Disease …Zika Fears Weigh on Miami BeachWWDNIH ...
NBCNews.com See-Through Mice May Soon Substitute for Live AnimalsNBCNews.comResearchers have developed a way to make a mouse transparent — by removing the liquids and fats from its tissue. They hope their method can be used to make a complete, unsliced model of a human brain, with all the delicate nerve connections untouched …A ‘revolutionary’ new technology ...
Medscape FDA Okays Marketing of First Cognitive Testing Devices for Patients With Head InjuryMedscapeTwo medical devices for evaluating symptoms and cognitive function after a head injury have received marketing permission, according to an announcement today from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The computerized Immediate …Head Injury Screening Tests ApprovedU.S. News & World ReportConcussion diagnosis? ...
New Vision Pitt professor, expert on health security diesPittsburgh Business TimesDonald Ainslee Henderson, a Pitt professor and medical doctor whose accomplishments include helping to eliminate smallpox from the world, died Friday in Baltimore. He was 87. Henderson — known as DA — was one of the world’s foremost …Dr. Donald A. Henderson, Who Helped End Smallpox, ...
