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UPMC Children's confirms 12 cases of MRSA affecting patients, staff

Additionally, "several" workers have come forward with symptoms, but the results of their tests are still pending. Staph bacteria is common in healthy people ...

Lack of vitamin D increases risk of elevated blood pressure in children

While the researchers explained that there is no recommended vitamin D levels that children should reach, or that pregnant women should strive for before birth,...

Alcohol causes significant harm to those other than the drinker

Because the study only asked about people's experiences in the past year, she added, it's likely that even these findings are underestimating just how much peop...

Some insulin pumps could face 'cyberattack': Health Canada

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said that patients with diabetes using the models should switch their insulin pump to models that are better equipped ...

Mum dies after cutting leg on beach and contracting a flesh-eating bug

But the day after that she was found unconscious at her home and was rushed to hospital. "Mom only moved down there three or four years ago, but she loved it,...

CDC Issues Warning About 'Crypto' Fecal Parasite That Can Live in Pools

Health officials with the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention are warning Americans to take precautions after a report in the rise of 'crypto, ' a f...

CDC issues warning on 'crypto' fecal parasite in swimming pools

It can be worse for kids, pregnant women and anyone who has a compromised immune system. Though it's nearly never fatal, one death has been reported since 200...

Family says Ellenton beachgoer died from necrotizing fasciitis

Lynn Fleming was walking along the seafront with her family a fortnight ago when she slipped in a small underwater depression. It failed there, and then came ou...

Pear-shaped bodies' women are healthier than apple-shaped bodies

Scientists already know that the kind of fat stored around abdominal organs, called visceral fat, increases the risk of metabolic problems like type 2 diabetes...

Health Officials: Salmonella Outbreak Linked To Papayas Sold In Northeast

The CDC discovered that two people in different homes in CT reported being sick after eating papayas from the same grocery store. The illnesses started on dat...

Trump administration agrees to delay abortion care ‘conscience’ rule

The rule is actually very broad and just about anyone can make a refusal to provide medical care, including ambulance drivers to emergency room doctors to recep...

U.S. Democrat Harris clarifies: she won't ban private health insurance

Yet she also imposed upon herself one of the biggest blunders of the night. In May, she told CNN that she meant that she supported getting rid of the "burea...

Parkinson's disease: New research adds weight to gut theory

If borne out, the findings could lead to preventative treatments that detect flawed proteins in the gut then cut off their path to the brain before they can cau...

Murphy says there won't be a state government shutdown

New Jersey's constitution requires a balanced budget be in place by July 1. Legislators have also stood in the way of a key campaign promise: Murphy's pledge t...

Mexican-grown papayas linked to salmonella outbreak in U.S.

CDC is advising that consumers in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island not eat any whole, fresh papayas from Mexico....

Insulin Pumps Recalled Due To Concerns They Could Be Hacked

Medtronic said it has identified about 4,000 patients who may be using pumps that are vulnerable to hacking, and that it's working to determine if there are mo...

Morning people may have a lower risk of breast cancer

Experts warn, however, that other risk factors like being overweight and consuming alcohol have a much stronger adverse effect than sleep habits. The finding...

Google, University of Chicago Sued Over Data Sharing

In 2017, the University of Chicago Medical Center announced that it was teaming up with Google to use data from patients' electronic medical records to try ...

Ogle County mosquito pool tests positive for West Nile virus

City crews will be in the area for mosquito spraying. . Residents are urged to take the necessary precautions to protect themselves from mosquito bites. Grants...

US migrant crisis: Scenes from the border

The federal court filing Wednesday follows last week's discovery of children in a Border Patrol facility in Clint, Texas who were locked up for weeks and task...

Researchers reveal drugs that may increase dementia risk

British researchers analyzed data from almost 59,000 people with dementia as well as people without the condition and found that those who took the most anticho...

IN girl contracts flesh-eating bacteria on vacation in Florida

They thought it was just a Charlie horse and she walked it off. Tuesday and Wednesday it got worse and Michelle said she made Kylei and appointment for when the...

Polar's new fitness watch analyzes your recovery when sleeping

The Ignite offers Global Positioning System for noting speed and distance, plus it has a heart-rate tracker. Numerous features are related to sleep tracking, ...

Gut bacteria based therapy may help reverse food allergies

The study results did point to the fact that the loss of protective gut bacteria is a critical factor in food allergy. "This represents a sea change in our ap...

New guidance on age given for HPV vaccine

As a result, countries with both multi-cohort vaccination and high vaccination coverage showed a decline in anogenital wart diagnoses by 88 per cent among girls...

Coffee could boost fat loss by 'burning calories'

But one US obesity and nutrition expert said it's just too early to label coffee a dieter's best friend. She directs the bariatrics program at Lenox Hill Hosp...

Chemical in soaps, hand sanitizers tied to osteoporosis

According to the study, the evidence was stronger in postmenopausal women than in premenopausal women. The study looked at data from 1,848 women between 200...

USA records 33 new measles cases, mostly in New York State

The New York outbreaks have been concentrated largely among Orthodox Jewish communities. The U.S.is experiencing the largest number of measles diagnoses since...

Study shows major real-world impact of cervical cancer vaccines

Each year in the United States, about 17,500 women and 9,300 men get HPV-related cancer that in many instances could be prevented by vaccination, according to t...

Trump signs executive order calling for upfront disclosure of hospital costs

It's confusing for patients, and experts say it's also one of the major factors that push up USA costs. The new rules would also force health care providers a...