Rheumatoid arthritis can significantly lower quality of life, affecting mobility of a person and causing joint damage which only gets worse as the disease progresses. There is no cure for arthritis, … [+3059 chars]
A little boy whose symptoms were allegedly dismissed by a doctor as attention-seeking turned out to be caused by a life-threatening brain tumour. Arthur Ridout, 3, spent months travelling back and f… [+4785 chars]
Chances are you know someone with diabetes. "37.3 million Americans, or 11.3% of the population, had diabetes" in 2019, according to the American Diabetes Association and "Nearly 1.9 million American… [+7007 chars]
When you peek at a nutrition label or a recipe's nutrition information (if you do, that is), what's the first number you seek out? Perhaps protein content? Carbs? Calories? The length of the ingredie… [+6764 chars]
Public health officials have determined that Staphylococcal aureus (Staph) enterotoxin is the source behind more than 100 foodborne illnesses among bus drivers who shuttled crowds to and from the Coa… [+2869 chars]
Men with overweight or obesity and moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea receiving CPAP assigned to undergo an interdisciplinary weight loss and lifestyle intervention had improved outcomes and … [+2496 chars]
Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a rare autoimmune condition that shows an overlap of at least two connective tissue diseases (CTD) including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid a… [+15506 chars]
Vascular diseases are the leading killers worldwide, accounting for nearly a third of all human deaths on the planet. Continuous monitoring of hemodynamics blood flow through the vascular system can … [+2609 chars]
FRIDAY, May 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While the prevalence of Barrett esophagus (BE) and esophageal cancer (EC) appears to have plateaued in the elderly, it is increasing at a concerning rate in m… [+1480 chars]
A few stem cells, various growth factors, four to six weeks of time -- and of course a great deal of expertise are needed to create a scaled-down but nevertheless lifelike and functional replica of a… [+4896 chars]
An umbrella review of meta-analyses/systematic reviews of COVID-19 outcomes in patients with and without diabetes from around the world found overall worse outcomes in patients with COVID-19 who had … [+6904 chars]
A virulent bird flu epidemic continues to spread across the US, with outbreaks detected at poultry farms in 32 states. More than 28 million chickens and turkeys have died or been destroyed since Febr… [+12020 chars]
