HOUSTON – An investigation is underway after a man was killed in a hit-and-run crash near the Galleria area early Monday. The incident happened shortly before 1 a.m. in the 4800 block of Westheimer Road. According to Houston police, the man was walking along the eastbound lanes of Westheimer Road near the 610 West Loop […]
The trajectory of well-known health and wellness platform Hims & Hers is one that most entrepreneurs and investors would hope for. Not even six years old, the company has for the most part experienced hockey-stick customer and revenue growth since its inception by offering consumers telehealth-based access to care for historically stigmatized conditions like sexual […]
Conjunctivitis is highly contagious and affects people of all ages Conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye is an inflammation of the conjunctiva (it is the thin clear membrane covering the white part of the eye and inside of the eyelids). Conjunctivitis is highly contagious and affects people of all ages. However, children get it more […]
One in four U.S. men die of heart disease. Hims aims to expand access to preventive care with new dual-action capabilities that support sexual health and the heart together, signaling the company’s next frontier of personalized health and wellness. Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (“Hims & Hers”, NYSE: HIMS), the leading health and wellness platform, […]
So many things go into making up “population well-being” — healthy or unhealthy behaviors, physical and social environment, financial security, access to green spaces, readily available healthy food…the list goes on. Public health researchers, using validated holistic measures, have shown strong associations of population well-being with health outcomes, lower rates of hospitalizations and emergency department […]
A research study led by the University of Oxford provides a transformational new insight into how antimicrobial resistance (AMR) emerges in patients with bacterial infections. The findings, published today in the journal Nature Communications, could help develop more effective interventions to prevent AMR infections developing in vulnerable patients. The study’s findings challenge the traditional view […]
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Houchin Blood Bank is asking the community to help battle the ongoing blood shortage by donating blood and platelets and have a chance to win a $250 back-to-school gift card of your choice, according to organizers. From August 1st to 19th, every donor will be automatically entered into the drawing. The […]
A Georgia resident has died of Naegleria fowleri after likely becoming infected while swimming in a freshwater lake or pond, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. Naegleria fowleri is commonly referred to as the “brain-eating amoeba” because it destroys brain tissue, causing brain swelling and usually death, according to the Georgia Department of […]
Cases of leprosy — an infectious disease that’s been around since ancient times — have increased dramatically in Florida, and health experts fear the infectious disease is now endemic to the Sunshine State. Central Florida accounts for nearly one-fifth of all cases in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and […]
Connecticut public health officials are warning about the potential dangers of saltwater and eating raw or undercooked seafood following a series of bacterial infections that left one person dead. Three cases of Vibrio vulnificus infections have been reported to the state Department of Public Health since July 1, the agency says. All patients were hospitalized […]