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STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Martha Furie stormed into the room and huffily sat down in a chair. “Well, you know, I’ve been working really hard, studying Lyme disease,” she said,…
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STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Martha Furie stormed into the room and huffily sat down in a chair. “Well, you know, I’ve been working really hard, studying Lyme disease,” she said,…
By: Laura Geggel Published: 03/02/2015 03:15 PM EST on LiveScience Measuring children’s height and weight as they grow can be a powerful indicator of whether they have the digestive condition…
According to the suit, the hospital chain failed to provide proper equipment and training to treat Ebola. Pham contracted the disease last fall while treating Thomas Eric Duncan, who started…
Valentina was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when she was 6. Her older brother died from the same disease. Cystic fibrosis is a life-threatening disease that damages the lungs and digestive…
People on social media pilloried them as the “measles family” after they became infected with the virus during their Disneyland vacation and brought the disease back to their hometown of…
A bacteria that triggers deadly diarrhea and is one of the most common causes of U.S. infectious disease deaths is caused, in part, by antibiotics. Clostridium difficile, or C-diff, is…
While severe problems with the memory and the nervous system are hallmarks of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s respectively, it’s the skin that could detect the disease early on, perhaps even before…
If you’re looking for another reason to quit, here it is: Cigarettes may be a sign of mental health problems. Contrary to the perception of cigarettes as a stress reliever,…
A team of scientists from Norway and Switzerland are challenging the widely held view that communities of rats in Europe played host to the fleas carrying the disease for hundreds…
The familiar image of baseball players chewing tobacco may soon be history in California, where state lawmakers are considering outlawing tobacco use in all baseball parks to set a better…
Just when you thought the news today would be bad, we’re here to save the day. The chocolate milk that you’re craving? The Greek yogurt? The aromatic cheeses? Not only…
Health depends on a number of factors — genetics, environment, lifestyle factors, and according to new research, personality might also play a large role in determining health outcomes. – The…
Ai-jen Poo is the co-director of Caring Across Generations, director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and author of the forthcoming book, “The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder…
Ai-jen Poo is the co-director of Caring Across Generations, director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and author of the forthcoming book, “The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder…
The family of superbugs made headlines two years ago when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned they were spreading. Now, they’re back in the news after seven patients…
Though nearly 1.4 billion people are at risk of developing a disfiguring disease that’s easily preventable, it remains one of the most overlooked conditions. But a powerful new campaign hopes…
She had been fighting cancer since 2008. That year, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. In 2013, after the tumor metastasized to others parts of her body, she told Mexican…
David Carr, the New York Times media columnist who died unexpectedly Thursday night, had been suffering from lung cancer, and died of complications from the disease, according to the results…
In 2003, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) crossed the world, originating in Asia and reaching Canada in less than a day. In 2012, a new virus emerged in the Middle…
Doctors are getting a new way to diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome — and influential government advisers say it’s time to replace that hated name, too, to show it’s a real…
However bad you thought smoking was, it’s even worse. A new study adds at least five diseases and 60,000 deaths a year to the toll taken by tobacco in the…
California health officials and doctors are strongly urging parents not to intentionally expose their kids to infectious diseases after news broke that anti-vaccination parents may be throwing “measles parties” so…
As of February 6, 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has documented 121 cases of measles in 17 states and Washington D.C. – Graphics by Alissa Scheller for…
An institute panel recommended that the illness be renamed “systemic exertion intolerance disease.” The term reflects what patients, clinicians and researchers all agree is a core symptom: a sustained depletion of…
Every child who was orphaned by Ebola in Guinea has a familiar place to call home — an astounding development considering these kids were shunned just a few months ago….
Many of the cases32are in Orange County, home to Disneyland, where an outbreak of the disease began in mid-December. Eight of the children who have contracted measles are younger than…
A thyroid cancer diagnosis has a strange reputation: It’s cancer, but with a near 100 percent survival rate when caught in the early stages, it’s one of the “good” cancers,…
The following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. Rep. Mo Brooks and potential presidential hopeful Ben Carson both suggested a connection between illegal immigration and the spread of diseases such as…
And it’s good news since studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that heart disease is the leading cause of death for American women and men. February…
WASHINGTON — Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has stayed relatively quiet during the latest outbreak of potential 2016 presidential contenders stumbling on vaccination policy, even though he has perhaps…