Researchers turn to creative approaches to battle kidney stones
Can a high-tech water bottle help reduce the recurrence of kidney stones? What about a financial incentive? Those are questions researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health will seek to answer as they begin recruiting participants for a two...
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EPA’s Top Tips for Breathing Easier in Hot, Smoky Conditions
Doctors and researchers agree: the biggest health threat posed by breathing smoke is from the fine particles, which can lodge deep in your lungs, making it difficult or impossible for your lungs to expel them naturally over time. These microscopic...
CDC Releases New Data on the Connection between Health and Academics
As millions of students across the United States head back to school, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on September 7, released new data confirming the close connection between student health and academic performance.
Growing concern for nearly 1.4 million internally displaced people living in cholera ‘hotspots’ as outbreak spreads in northeast Nigeria
Children collect water in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state in north-east Nigeria.
Sierra Leone to begin cholera vaccination drive in disaster-affected areas
Half a million people in Sierra Leone will be able to access the life-saving cholera vaccine within weeks, the country’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation.
Progress has stalled in US stroke death rates after decades of decline
After more than four decades of decline, progress has slowed in preventing stroke deaths, according to the latest Vital Signs report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Not only has progress slowed among most demographic groups...
Drug combination reduces risk of HIV infection among teen males
Zika virus selectively infects and kills glioblastoma cells in mice
Transmission electron microscope image of negative-stained, Fortaleza-strain Zika virus (red),...
CDC urges early recognition, prompt treatment of sepsis
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on August 31th, launched Get Ahead of Sepsis, an educational initiative to protect Americans from the devastating effects of sepsis. This initiative emphasizes the importance of early recognition and...
