Cholangitis is a liver disease that involves inflammation of your bile ducts. These tubes carry bile from your liver and gallbladder into your small intestine. Bile is a digestive liquid made by your liver that helps digest fats and fatty vitamins. As bile backs up, it harms your bile ducts, causing cirrhosis, or scars in […]
Cleveland rap legend Krayzie Bone is reportedly fighting for his life after an unfortunate health emergency. Admitted to a Los Angeles hospital on Friday (Sept. 22), TMZ revealed that the Bone Thugs-N-Harmony member experienced severe coughing episodes that produced large amounts of blood. According to the outlet’s report, immediate medical scans showed a leaking artery […]
Minnesota-based Memorial Blood Centers on Monday began a new donor screening process allowing LGBTQ individuals to donate blood. The change comes after the FDA issued guidance that bases donor participation on individual assessment rather than a blanket denial due to sexual or gender identity. It was back in 1983 that gay men and women were […]
INDIANAPOLIS — If you walk into Tom Duszynski’s office, you’d think it’s Halloween year round. Scary masks, bat covered mugs and a skull -clattered sign that reads ‘beware of zombies.’ The epidemiologist has an affinity for the undead. “Everybody knows what a zombie is. Everybody loves zombies. We all have our favorite zombie shows. It […]
Share on PinterestExperts say it’s important to monitor your blood pressure. LukaTDB/Getty Images Elevated and high blood pressure in late adolescence might signal cardiovascular disease later in life. Early detection and treatment of high blood pressure could reduce the risk of stroke and other high blood pressure-related diseases. Although women were not included in the […]
MANSFIELD — Vic Amesquita remembers the “good old days” of haunted attractions. Black walls. Strobe lights piercing the darkness. A CD player blaring loud music. Simple. Effective. Primitive. That old-school approach won’t cut it at a massive, modern haunt like Blood Prison, set on the massive grounds and inside the towering walls of the gothic […]
Bill Sullivan is a professor of pharmacology and toxicology at Indiana University. Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it’s a growing – and potentially fatal – threat to people. In September 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory alerting doctors and public health officials of an […]
Nigeria has recorded 210 new suspected cases of Cholera infections and 10 ‘suspected’ deaths across eight states of the federation from 31 July to 27 August. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in its latest monthly situation report on Cholera, covering Epidemiological (EP) weeks 31 to 34. The latest report shows that […]
Shi Zhengli. Photo:IC After virologist Shi Zhengli warned another coronavirus outbreak “highly likely”, other Chinese virologists shot down the possibility of outbreak the world experienced in the past three years would reappear, claiming that the immunity most population gained during this period could help fend off possible outbreaks. However, those virologists also warned sporadic outbreaks […]
