7 Sneaky Habits That Can Cause Heart Problems
It’s well known that certain habits, like smoking or drinking excessive amounts of alcohol, can damage your heart over time. But many of the everyday habits that we don’t really think about — how frequently we brush our teeth, the supplements we take and the amount of coffee we drink — can also take a […]
Blood Type Tied to Early-Onset Stroke Risk
Two variants in ABO, a known stroke locus, were linked with early-onset ischemic stroke risk, a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) showed. The variants tagged blood type subgroups O1 and A1, and effect sizes were significantly larger in early-onset (under age 60) than late-onset stroke, reported Braxton Mitchell, PhD, MPH, of University of Maryland […]
Polio: History, Outbreak, Vaccine, Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
Polio Symptoms & signs Polio can be a minor illness, known as the abortive type of polio. This occurs in 80%-90% of clinical infections, chiefly in young children, and does not reach the CNS. In this case, symptoms and signs include slight fever, malaise, sore throat, headache, and vomiting 3-5 days after exposure. Recovery occurs […]
Men More Prone to Cancer Than Women, But Why? – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Cancer News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 2022 Men are known to be more likely to develop cancer than women, and a new study suggests that this is largely due to biologic differences between the sexes. “After controlling for factors like smoking, alcohol use, diet, physical activity and common medical conditions […]
Long COVID: It’s Not Just Adults
Post-COVID-19 conditions (PCCs), aligning with what’s come to be known as long COVID, persisted at 3 months for many children who sought emergency care for acute illness, according to an international pediatric hospital network study. Out of 1,884 children diagnosed with COVID-19 infections who received a 90-day follow-up, 5.8% of those who had been seen […]
Astronomers find evidence for most powerful pulsar in distant galaxy
Astronomers analyzing data from the VLA Sky Survey (VLASS) have discovered one of the youngest known neutron stars — the superdense remnant of a massive star that exploded as a supernova. Images from the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) indicate that bright radio emission powered by the spinning pulsar’s magnetic […]
Is There an Age Limit for Shingles?
What are shingles? Shingles is known as herpes zoster and it is a skin disease caused by a varicella-zoster virus. There is no age limit for shingles. There is no age limit for shingles. However, you’re more likely to develop shingles as an adult if you had chickenpox as a child. The virus that causes […]
New knowledge on lymphoid cell maturity could lead to more effective IBD therapies
A research group at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has analysed how certain immune cells known as innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) develop into mature cells that play a part in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The findings could pave the way for more effective treatments against IBD, a disease that causes considerable suffering and that is linked […]
Staph Infection: Treatment, Symptoms, Contagious, Pictures, MRSA
What is antibiotic-resistant S. aureus? Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, known as MRSA, is a type of Staphylococcus aureus that is resistant to the antibiotic methicillin and other drugs in the same class, including penicillin, amoxicillin, and oxacillin. MRSA is one example of a so-called “superbug,” an informal term used to describe a strain of bacteria that […]
Burst of accumulated zinc shows how the mineral boosts immune function, suggesting ways to improve health: In mice, zinc helps thymus of the immune system regrow and immune-cell recovery after bone marrow transplant
Zinc’s immune-boosting properties are well-established, but scientists haven’t known exactly how it works. In a new study published online March 25 in the journal Blood, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center scientists reveal two ways the mineral supports immunity and suggest how it could be used to improve health. Using mice, the team discovered that zinc […]