Cutting short “shut eye” by just an hour and a half a night directly impairs blood vessel cells in healthy women. In today’s busy modern society, getting enough sleep can be a challenge while trying to strike a work/life balance. “A third of adults sleep less than recommended 7-9 hours per night. This means that […]
OPINION: The government doesn’t just want your taxes, obedience and votes. Now they want your blood. New Jersey parents just learned hospital staffers were taking their babies’ blood at birth, and keeping the samples — not just for testing of diseases but for a variety of other unseemly reasons — and that they were doing […]
Muskaan Hussain is caught somewhere between processing the grief of losing her father, and searching for answers about the fungal infection that took his life. Key points: Muhammad Hussain contracted an infection after his surgery in Brisbane’s Prince Charles Hospital Five heart transplants patients from the hospital fell ill from fungal infections, including two who have since died […]
Two hospital patients have died and three others have contracted fungal infections after receiving heart transplants at a major Queensland healthcare facility. Five transplant patients were infected at the Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane, where elevated levels of mould were detected in an area where equipment for organ retrieval was kept. Muhammad Hussain was one […]
Penny Asbell, MD, FACS, spoke with Ophthalmology Times about her poster on results from the ARMOR Study and latest diagnostic and therapeutic advancements in ocular infections at this year’s American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting. Video Transcript Editor’s note – This transcript has been edited for clarity. Penny Asbell, MD, FACS: Hi. You know, what could be […]
“Lifestyle changes” are buzz words in conversations around prevention of chronic illness. There can’t be many people who are unaware of the mantras to eat less, move more, drink alcohol responsibly if you must drink, and don’t touch cigarettes. It suits the State and commercial interests to play up personal responsibility for making the “right” […]
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Louisiana health clinics are seeing a spike in the RSV respiratory infection, along with increases in flu and COVID-19 cases. Amid more runny noses, sneezing, coughing fits and fevers, doctors told Fox 8 it’s not unusual to see an uptick in cases among adults and children due to the start of […]
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The United States has been witnessing a spike in new highly contagious COVID-19 variant ‘HV.1’ cases. This variant is credited for over a quarter of all coronavirus cases since October end, Hindustan Times reported. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the HV.1 variant which is also dominating EG.5 aka Eris accounted […]