March 22, 2023, 11:27 GMT Updated 1 hour ago source of images, Getty Images The Marburg virus has killed five people in the Kagera region of northwest Tanzania, the health ministry said. High fever is a common symptom of the deadly Ebola virus, often followed by bleeding and organ failure. Tanzanian Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu … Read more
Although it is well known that problems like high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking and lack of exercise are risk factors for a heart attack, many people may not know the early signs of whether a cardiac event is occurring. Experts say there are designated symptoms that occur in the days and weeks leading up to … Read more
We thought we were safe. Flu season is winding down. Spring was in the air (sort of, some places). As flu cases stabilized in January and February, Americans breathed a sigh of relief, put our collective feet up…and immediately realized we had accidentally ingested norovirus and paused for the bathroom. Welcome to the new season … Read more
We’ve known for some time now that there’s a complex interplay between our hormones, our gut, and our mental health, but unraveling the most relevant connections within our bodies has proven difficult. New research has found a single enzyme that links the three, and its presence may be responsible for depression in some women during … Read more
Doctors from Queen Mary University of London, Barts Hospital and Cambridge University Hospital have developed a new scanner to detect hormone-producing nodules in a gland, found in a person in twenty suffering from high blood pressure. The research was published in the journal Nature Medicine and solves a 60-year-old problem of detecting nodules without a … Read more
An artist’s interpretation of what the Candida auris mushroom might look like. (Image credit: Shutterstock) The mushroom white earswhich causes a highly contagious and life-threatening infection, is spreading faster in US healthcare settings and is likely becoming more resistant to treatment, a new study finds. C. ear is a fungal species of yeast that can … Read more
NIH press release: “…findings suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection damages the CD8+ T-cell response, an effect similar to that observed in previous studies showing long-term damage to the system immune system after infection with viruses such as hepatitis C or HIV. As the number of hospitalizations and deaths decline, many people say the pandemic is nearly … Read more
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. – Some states are coming up with new ways to prevent overdoses of fentanyl and other drugs, including a system that will show up where it’s needed most. Places like Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Colorado and more have launched mobile clinics that reach directly to people who otherwise … Read more
Summary: The researchers found the presence of many brain asymmetries in brain areas associated with language and visual tasks like facial recognition in newborns. They also found that the asymmetries in premature babies were the same as in full-term babies. The findings suggest that brain asymmetry may be hard-wired and critical for later brain development. … Read more
In a new meta-analysis, researchers found a pair of damaging variants The discovery of new risk genes could facilitate the treatment of the debilitating disease. According to a study published last week in Nature Genetic, there are at least two previously undiscovered “schizophrenia risk genes,” plus an additional gene with potential links to both schizophrenia … Read more
