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Because of the wastewater findings of the poliovirus, scientists around the world have one key message to parents: Protect children by getting them vaccinated

Introduction: The recent multi-nation outbreaks of human monkeypox in non-endemic areas have created an emerging public health issue. Medical students who will become future healthcare providers are directly associated with community people and can easily sen…

Lead researcher James Webster told Insider possible reasons include such women having a lower BMI on average and potential nutritional deficiencies.

Officials are urging parents to immunize their kids against polio—a serious disease that can cause paralysis or death and which mainly strikes young children—after the virus that causes it was found in several countries that had all but eliminated it.

Amid rising daily COVID-19 cases, patients are presenting more non-specific symptoms like diarrhoea and chest pain leading to heart attacks.

With increasing numbers of monkeypox virus among 1.3 billion people, African health experts have expressed worriness over lack of appropriate vaccines to contain the outbreak in Africa. That however in mid-August, the acting director of the Africa Centers for…

<p>A medical product that many Aussies rely on is being impacted by a global shortage, with a very specific type of seaweed behind the company&rsquo;s issues.</p>

Individuals have been able to check their blood pressure at home using devices that lack connectivity features for years, raising the question of whether the technology improves outcomes.

USA: Isolated distal deep vein thrombosis (IDDVT) causes lower all-cause mortality and fewer venous...

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), published a new paper in Cell Reports Medicine...

Using anti-Pseudomonas aeruginosa antibiotics may not provide additional benefit for children with cystic fibrosis who were culture negative for P. aeruginosa for at least 1 year, researchers reported.&ldquo;Antibiotics are heavily utilized in the care of peo…

In a decision analysis comparing left atrial appendage occlusion and oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation, left atrial appendage occlusion tended to be favored when patients were at low risk for stroke and high risk for bleeding. Derek S. Chew, MD…

Women who underwent cesarean delivery may have lower chances of pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence surgeries, according to a register-based linkage study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology.

Betadine and silver appear to work synergistically to inhibit the growth of biofilms and may be beneficial in wound care, researchers say, but at least one expert questions the validity of the study.

AT SOME point in most people's lives they have to take a pill due to a medicinal issue. Whether it's pain relief or an antibiotic, it's likely that every person has to ingest a pill-based medication to return to positive overall health. However, a new study s…

Among patients with kidney failure on dialysis, investigators found a low circulation of anti&ndash;SARS-CoV-2 antibodies correlated with an increased risk for COVID-19.Further, the association was independent of vaccine doses.

An assay under development can measure and evaluate circulating biomarkers called extracellular vesicles (EVs) -- early indicators of the presence of tumors -- and may give clinicians an early heads-up on the presence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the mo…

Among individuals with familial pulmonary fibrosis, environmental exposures are common, vary by sex and influence the CT pattern, timing of disease onset and mortality, researchers reported. &ldquo;Despite a linkage between exposures and specific interstitial…

A team of researchers from Korea University College of Medicine, the University of California and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging reports that transfusing young mice with blood from older mice makes them grow fatigued and unable to run long distances…

TUESDAY, Aug. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- By combining technology with interactive art activities, older people at home can have museums come to them -- and this can support their physical, mental and social well-being, a new study reports. "This participato…

Investigators aimed to determine how individuals with and without concomitant NSP differ in characteristics and in their perception of treatment responses to analgesics.

Meet the new ingredient said to be more powerful than Vitamin C, fighting skin sensitivity

According to Public Health Ontario, as of Aug. 6, there have been 14 West Nile virus positive mosquito pools identified in the province but no human cases.