Benefit of supplements for slowing age-related macular degeneration: After 10 years, AREDS2 formula shows increased efficacy compared to original formula, benefit of eliminating beta-carotene
The Age-Related Eye Disease Studies (AREDS and AREDS2) established that dietary supplements can slow progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of blindness in older Americans. In a new report, scientists analyzed 10 years of AREDS2 data. They show that the AREDS2 formula, which substituted antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin for beta-carotene, not […]
Monkeypox Not the Next Pandemic, WHO Expert Says – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News TUESDAY, May 31, 2022 The hundreds of cases of monkeypox being reported worldwide likely won’t turn into a pandemic, but much remains unknown about the disease, the World Health Organization’s top expert on the illness said Monday. Dr. Rosamund Lewis said it’s not exactly understood how monkeypox is spreading or whether […]
9 Monkeypox Cases Confirmed in United States
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, May 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) Nine cases of monkeypox had been confirmed in seven states as of Wednesday, and there are likely to be more cases as a worldwide outbreak continues, U.S. health officials say. The nine cases of the disease, which does not occur naturally in the United States, […]
Autopsy Helps Confirm Cause of Mysterious Paralyzing Illness in Kids
Latest Infectious Disease News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) Researchers may finally have definitive proof of what’s caused recent outbreaks of a rare polio-like illness in U.S. children: a respiratory virus that is usually harmless. The condition, called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), attacks tissue in the spinal cord, causing […]
Are Antiviral Drugs Effective Against Monkeypox? – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 25, 2022 Up until recently monkeypox infection outside of Africa was rare, but a look back at seven cases occurring in Britain over the past few years gives hints at what drugs work to fight the disease — and which don’t. The need to […]
1 Dirty Pool, Many Cases of E. Coli: Summer’s Swimming Danger – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, May 24, 2022 As the weather warms and families flock to pools, dirty water may dampen the fun. Swimmers at a Pennsylvania community pool learned that the hard way when in June 2021 more than a dozen kids were seriously sickened by two types of […]
A Child’s Pet Dog May Shield Them From Crohn’s Disease
Latest Digestion News TUESDAY, May 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) Add a lower risk of Crohn’s disease to the many benefits of having a dog during childhood, a new study suggests. Sorry, cat lovers, researchers didn’t find a similar benefit for you. “We did not see the same results with cats, though we are still trying […]
Tuberculosis (TB) Treatment, Test, Vaccine & Symptoms
Things to know about tuberculosis (TB) Tuberculosis (TB) is a multisystemic infectious disease caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium. Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that’s transmitted from person to person. Consumption: an old and once common term for wasting away of the body, particularly from pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) at certain times in the past […]
What Is Monkeypox, and How Worried Should We Be? – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, May 23, 2022 A worrisome international outbreak of monkeypox, a less harmful cousin of the smallpox virus, has now reached the United States and Canada. As of Saturday, 92 confirmed cases of the illness, and 28 more suspected cases, have been reported across 12 countries, […]
Jif Peanut Butter Recalled Due to Possible Salmonella – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News MONDAY, May 23, 2022 Some lots of Jif brand peanut butter are being recalled as health officials investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella illness tied to the products. Fourteen illnesses (including two hospitalizations) tied to the Salmonella Senftenberg strain of the bacteria have occurred in Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, Ohio, […]