KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Early this year Muhammad Haider Sajjad, a thin bespectacled boy of 15, was hospitalized in Karachi, Pakistan’s commercial capital. Doctors suspected typhoid, but when the most common antibiotics failed to work, the boy’s family began to panic. Sajjad is one of more than 11,000 people, mostly children, to have contracted a [...]
From bad hair to brain drain If your diet’s in need of an overhaul, it’s not just your waistline that will let you know. Sure, weight gain can indicate the need to rethink what you’re putting into your body. But evidence also shows that many other health problems have roots in poor dietary habits. These signs [...]
Ebola response operations were suspended in Beni and disrupted in Butembo today, following an attack on civilians yesterday in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that left eight civilians dead. On Twitter Mike Ryan, MD, the World Health Organization (WHO) executive director of health emergencies, warned that violence always increases [...]
Dr. Mark Hyman reveals all you need to know about meat substitute burgers Itseems like you can’t go to a restaurant nowadays without seeing an Impossible Burger, Beyond Meat burger, or other meat-substitute burgers on the menu. But what’s the deal with these burgers? Are they actually healthy for us? Are they the same as [...]
The first two patients to receive a CRISPR-based treatment for the inherited blood disorders sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia have benefited from the experimental therapy and experienced only temporary and treatable side effects, the companies developing the treatment announced on Tuesday. The two patients, enrolled in a pair of ongoing clinical trials, have been [...]
MORGANTOWN — World-leading brain experts at West Virginia University’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute are celebrating the historic breakthrough Alzheimer patients around the globe have been awaiting. “For Alzheimer’s, there’s not that many treatments available, despite hundreds of clinical trials over the past two decades and billions of dollars spent,” said Dr. Ali R. Rezai, a neurosurgeon [...]
Queensland hospitals, aged care homes and shopping centres will receive a boost to safety standards as the Palaszczuk Government updates Queensland’s mechanical services industry, which are set to take effect in the New Year. Housing and Public Works Minister Mick de Brenni said the Palaszczuk Government was continuing to provide confidence to Queensland’s built environment. [...]
Legionella bacteria has been found during routine testing of the water supply at Armadale Hospital. The bacteria can cause Legionnaires’ disease, a potentially fatal form of pneumonia, if it is inhaled from water or soil. No patients have contracted Legionnaires’ disease because of the bacteria, which was believed to have been found in rooms of [...]
The presence of the fungus Aspergillus has forced the closing of 11 operating rooms at Seattle Children’s Hospital, marking the second such closure in a year. All 14 of the hospital’s operating rooms will be closed later in the week, said hospital spokeswoman Kathryn Mueller. “On November 10, routine air test results revealed the presence of Aspergillus in the air in [...]
Abstract Background: Cell phone use has become common in areas of the hospital, including the operating room. The purpose of this study was to document the frequency of bacterial contamination on the cell phones of orthopaedic surgeons in the operating room and to determine whether a standardized disinfecting protocol decreased the rate of bacterial contamination [...]
