Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis Shows Some Promise in Study
Health literacy: how technology can help to empower patients
Patients are becoming more independent as they can monitor their own health using mobile applications, not only for monitoring serious cases such as kidney failure, but also to quit smoking, drink more water or exercise more. On 1 July the EP’s...
UN Ebola response mission flags importance of staying vigilant as virus resurfaces in Liberia
In Ebola-affected Liberia, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) set up this mobile clinic to provide...
NIH-funded Study is the First Look at Antipsychotic Prescriptions Patterns in the U.S.
Boys are more likely than girls to receive a prescription for antipsychotic medication regardless of age, researchers have found. Approximately 1.5 percent of boys ages 10-18 received an antipsychotic prescription in 2010, although the percentage...
Lack of sanitation for 2.4 billion people is undermining health improvements
Lack of progress on sanitation threatens to undermine the child survival and health benefits from gains in access to safe drinking water, warn WHO and UNICEF in a report tracking access to drinking water and sanitation against the Millennium...
WHO validates elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis in Cuba
A Healthy Body Often Equals a Healthy Brain
Fish-Related Food Poisoning in Florida Under-Reported
UNICEF, WHO: Lack of sanitation for 2.4 billion people undermining health improvements
A woman washes a pot in a river in Sharisha Bari Upazila, Jamalpur District, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh, 2014.
More than 100,000 refugees vaccinated against cholera in Tanzania
Burundian refugee child receives cholera vaccine.
