The cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) can spread the bacterial disease typhus to humans. (Image credit: NNehring via Getty Images) Typhus spread by infected fleas is on the rise in L.A. County. According to a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published Friday (Aug. 4) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), L.A. County’s […]
For patients hospitalized for a wide range of medical conditions, type 2 diabetes (T2D) was found to be associated with an increased risk of hospital bed-days, according to a study published today in PLoS Medicine. One group that saw a particularly higher risk of hospital bed-days was patients who received a T2D diagnosis before the […]
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – WVU Hospitals has received five American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines achievement awards for demonstrating a commitment to following up-to-date, research-based guidelines for the treatment of heart disease and stroke, ultimately leading to more lives saved, shorter recovery times, and fewer readmissions to the hospital. Every 40 seconds, someone in the […]
Prenatal diagnosis, or diagnosis before a baby is born, is connected with earlier surgery for kids with congenital heart abnormalities, the most prevalent birth disorders affecting roughly 1 per cent of all live births, according to a study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. The link was found for both critical […]
DETROIT — The state of Michigan must return or destroy dried blood samples from nine newborns or get approval from parents to keep them, according to the latest scathing opinion from a federal judge who found parts of a routine testing program unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Thomas Ludington is not interfering with the practice of […]
Stress isn’t good for our health. Virtually everyone has heard this at some point, whether it’s from a spouse, doctor or well-meaning friend. But isn’t pretty much everyone stressed out? Isn’t being stressed “normal”? Statistics show how common it is to experience high levels of stress on a regular basis, unfortunately. Americans are some of […]
Pregnant women finally have a test to predict preeclampsia, one of the top six causes of maternal death in Georgia, after the Food and Drug Administration recently approved the first of its kind. Preeclampsia is a potentially life-threatening form of high blood pressure that can develop suddenly during pregnancy or following childbirth and quickly turn […]
Tests of umbilical cord blood could help predict whether a baby will develop obesity Shutterstock/Kwangmoozaa The expression of certain genes in umbilical cord blood is associated with an increased risk of childhood obesity. The finding suggests that cord blood could predict whether a newborn will develop obesity, allowing doctors to intervene sooner. Environmental factors such […]
Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images Diagnostic lab workers regularly deal with potentially hazardous samples. In just three months, two lab workers – in different labs and different cities – were hospitalised with typhoid caught from samples they handled. Experts have told The Post lab-related infections should be very rare, raising the question of whether the incidents […]
A man who contracted a flesh-eating bacterial infection in his right leg found that the infection had spread to his left one as well, a mere four days later. The 58-year-old man reported to the University Hospital Gregorio Marañon in Madrid, Spain, after experiencing pain and swelling in his right leg. He also had chest […]