Spain confirmed Thursday that a pregnant woman was diagnosed with the Zika virus, the first known case in Europe. The Health Ministry said in a statement that she was presumably infected during a trip to Colombia and is in her second trimester of pregnancy. The woman is among seven people who showed symptoms of Zika […]Load more...
Preeclampsia is a mysterious disease, experts say, striking up to 60 percent of pregnant women globally. It is marked by high blood pressure and the presence of protein in the urine. Untreated, preeclampsia can progress to eclampsia, which can cause seizures and lead to comas. Eclampsia causes 13 percent of maternal deaths around the world. […]Load more...
Providence – Almost four years after creating a multidisciplinary Palliative Care Program and joining 10 other pioneering organizations nationally to support the Conversation Project with a goal of promoting discussions about palliative care and end-of-life decisions, Care New England Health System is bringing palliative care into the outpatient setting. In addition to an inpatient consult […]Load more...
Jessica Berman Eating seafood has a number of well-known health benefits. The vitamins and minerals in fish protect against heart disease and stroke and are good for brain development. Now, a new study shows that consuming fish at least once per week, even seafood that contains mercury, lowers the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease in […]Load more...
VOA News It is ethical, under certain conditions, to create an embryo from the DNA of three people, according to a new report. The report from the Institute of Medicine said using DNA from three people, a man and two women, was ethical in certain situations. Researchers think creating embryos this way could one day […]Load more...
VOA News Latin American health ministers agreed Wednesday on a public information campaign and boosted the number of medical workers to fight the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which poses the greatest threat to pregnant women. The 14 officials — including Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Castro, whose country has been hit hardest by the virus — held […]Load more...
VOA News A county in the southwestern state of Texas reported what appears to be the first case of the Zika virus being transmitted in the United States by sexual contact. Officials in Dallas County said Tuesday the patient was infected with Zika after having sexual contact with a sick individual who returned from a […]Load more...
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has introduced legislation to combat health care-associated infections (HAIs), which afflict hundreds of thousands of Americans every year and cost billions of dollars to treat, according to estimates by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The bill also promotes stewardship of antibiotics to help […]Load more...
Fern Robinson The explosion of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in the Americas comes as tens of thousands of people are poised to descend on Brazil later this year for the Olympics, possibly making the international games a springboard to transmit the virus around the world when visitors return home. Dr. Beth Bell of the Centers […]Load more...
VOA News The World Health Organization warns the Zika virus, seen as a possible cause of severe birth defects, is spreading rapidly through the Americas and could affect as many as four million people. WHO says the mosquito-borne virus was originally seen as a mild risk to humans, but it has since grown rapidly to […]Load more...
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