?New Sleep Duration Recommendations for Most Age Groups – MPR Newborns (0-3 months): 14-17 hours each day (previously 12-18) Infants (4-11 months): 12-15 hours (previously 14-15) Toddlers (1-2 years): 11-14 hours (previously 12-14) Preschoolers (3-5): 10-13 hours (previously 11-13) School … Continue reading
Category Archives: Medicine
Lab on a chip turns smart phones into mobile disease clinics Researchers have designed a cheap, easy-to-use smart phone attachment (shown above) that can test patients for multiple deadly infectious diseases in 15 minutes. All it takes is a drop … Continue reading
Instapundit » Blog Archive » RICHARD EPSTEIN: Measles: Misinformation Gone Viral. “The resurgence of measles is largely attribu… Counterattacks should include demanding immunizations for all illegal immigrants, and a check on vaccination status for welfare recipients. And liability for tony … Continue reading
Amid growing vaccination debate, measles continues to spread and is now in New York state – The Washington Post New York requires that college students taking six credits or more show proof of immunity to measles, according to university guidelines. … Continue reading
Some doctors won’t see patients with anti-vaccine views – Yahoo News LOS ANGELES (AP) — With California gripped by a measles outbreak, Dr. Charles Goodman posted a clear notice in his waiting room and on Facebook: His practice will no … Continue reading
NHS may be forced to abandon free healthcare for all, says Britain’s top doctor as he warns service needs radical change | Daily Mail Online A Department of Health spokesman said: ‘In common with healthcare systems around the world, the … Continue reading
Oral HIV Vaccine Undergoing Testing – MPR A new oral vaccine to prevent HIV infection that does not contain the HIV virus is currently being tested in clinical trials at the University of Rochester Medical Center. The study is designed … Continue reading
Scientists Discover “Game-Changing” Antibiotic in a Pile of Dirt – MPR (HealthDay News) — The new antibiotic, teixobactin, has proven effective against a number of bacterial infections that have developed resistance to existing antibiotic drugs, researchers report online January 7 in … Continue reading
‘Imaginary meal’ tricks body into losing weight — ScienceDaily Salk researchers have developed an entirely new type of pill that tricks the body into thinking it has consumed calories, causing it to burn fat. The compound effectively stopped weight gain, … Continue reading
Boy, 6, Died in His Father’s Arms from THE FLU While Waiting to Be Seen in Hospital as Parents Pleaded for Someone to Help | John Hawkins’ Right Wing News The hospital released a statement they couldn’t comment. ‘We are … Continue reading
Check it out, feminists: in the ongoing campaign of the patriarchy to oppress and terrorize all women everywhere, male scientists have developed genetically engineered sperm. Armored, to defeat contraceptives, and with four flagella rather than one so they can find … Continue reading
‘Off switch’ for pain discovered: Activating the adenosine A3 receptor subtype is key to powerful pain relief — ScienceDaily The scientific efforts led by Salvemini, who is professor of pharmacological and physiological sciences at SLU, demonstrated that turning on a … Continue reading
Ginsburg has heart surgery Eighty-one-year-old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a surgical procedure this morning to relieve a blockage in an artery in her heart, the Court announced. She had gone to the MedStar Washington Hospital Center on Tuesday night after … Continue reading
Dunno if it was the squats/deadlifts or my bike riding, but the latest from my orthopod is that it’s either a torn meniscus, or a stress fracture. Going in for and MRI on the 29th, which should tell us more. … Continue reading
Possible alternative to antibiotics: Nanoparticles made of lipids — ScienceDaily A team of international scientists has tested a novel substance, which has been developed by Eduard Babiychuk and Annette Draeger from the Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern in Switzerland. … Continue reading
Evaluation of rooms with negative pressure ventilation used for res… – PubMed – NCBI RESULTS: One hundred twenty-one (3.4%) of 3,574 hospital rooms were designed to have negative pressure ventilation suitable for respiratory isolation. The percentage of isolation rooms in … Continue reading
Medical mystery: Iowa boy, 12, has no urge to eat, drink Anybody who figures out a way to turn this on and off will become an immediate multi-billionaire. … Continue reading
Breaking: New Ebola case in NYC « Hot Air Before news of the positive test was reported, ABC News told people that they shouldn’t worry too much until more was known. It now seems that New Yorkers really do have … Continue reading
White House halts research into ‘super strains’ of infectious diseases | The Verge The White House has halted research examining how diseases like influenza, MRSA, and SARS can be more easily transmitted among animals, citing safety concerns. The US will … Continue reading
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Belmont Club » My Hull is So Big and the Leak is So Small Spin the wheel enough times and eventually Ebola gets lucky. The more Ebola patients there are worldwide the more times you spin the wheel. Dr. Mobley is … Continue reading
False hope from ‘cure’ of Mississippi baby with HIV leads to resurgence of virus in second child – The Washington Post A third baby who was thought to be cured and who was born near Los Angeles has not stopped … Continue reading
Kids who had contact with Ebola patient monitored DALLAS (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry says a handful of school-aged children who had contact with a man diagnosed with Ebola are being monitored. Perry says health officials learned Wednesday that … Continue reading
Can Eszopiclone Help ADHD-Associated Insomnia in Youth? – MPR he MPR take: Insomnia and other sleep difficulties are estimated to impact as many as 50–60% of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); however, no products indicated for the treatment … Continue reading
Experts question two-day delay in admitting Texas Ebola patient – Yahoo News CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in a U.S. hospital was evaluated initially and turned away, a critical missed opportunity that could … Continue reading
Wealthy L.A. Schools’ Vaccination Rates Are as Low as South Sudan’s – The Atlantic Parents in these schools are submitting a form called a “personal belief exemption,” which states that they are not vaccinating their kids due to “a diffuse … Continue reading
My Year As an Abortion Doula — The Cut The fetus comes out easily; they put it in the bucket and shove it near me. It is fully intact, curled on its left side, fists closed, knees bent up. He sleeps … Continue reading
DHS not prepared to handle killer pandemic, IG says | WashingtonExaminer.com Department of Homeland Security officials aren’t ready to deal with a pandemic disease sweeping across the United States, according to a government watchdog. The problem is that DHS was … Continue reading
Watch That Bite: Ticks Can Turn You Vegetarian | Medical News and Health Information NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Summertime is all about getting outside and firing up the grill for an all American barbeque. However, here is a warning … Continue reading
Congo declares Ebola outbreak in northern Equateur province – Yahoo News KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo declared an Ebola outbreak in its northern Equateur province on Sunday after two out of eight cases tested came back positive for … Continue reading
Alzheimer’s Patients Will Be Injected With the Blood of Young People It’s not often that science confirms ideas straight out of vampire lore, but here you have one: a spate of studies in mice have found that infusions of young … Continue reading
Brain Surgery: Through the Nose | Medical News and Health Information CLEVELAND (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Removing a brain tumor can be tricky for surgeons and painful for patients. Now there’s a new way to take out these lesions as surgeons … Continue reading
New cancer classification system shows promise as lifesaver Classifying cancer tumors by their molecular structure rather than the tissue or organ where they were found, such as the breast or bladder, may lead to more accurate diagnoses and potentially better … Continue reading
What Would Happen If Someone Got Ebola in America? – The Atlantic The following is an account of what would happen if you did, in fact, come down with Ebola, according to interviews with a number of infectious disease specialists. … Continue reading
Antibiotic-resistant ‘superbug’ emerges in Ohio – FierceBiotech Research As resistance to many currently available antibiotics grows, health officials have been on high alert to bacteria that are rapidly adapting and becoming so-called superbugs. Scientists have discovered one such pathogen, called … Continue reading
Small molecule inhibitor reverses cognitive deficits of Alzheimer’s in mice – FierceBiotech Research Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have used a new drug compound to successfully reverse brain deficits caused by Alzheimer’s in animal models. The compound, TC-2153, inhibits … Continue reading
Ebola virus outbreak: live – Telegraph 14.37 As the worst Ebola outbreak in history spreads, our infographic breaks down the previous outbreaks, strains of the virus and numbers of cases and deaths reported over the continent since 1976. Click on … Continue reading
One injection stops diabetes in its tracks: Treatment reverses symptoms of type 2 diabetes in mice without side effects — ScienceDaily n mice with diet-induced diabetes — the equivalent of type 2 diabetes in humans — a single injection of … Continue reading
Shrinking Prostates Without Surgery | Medical News and Health Information Georgetown Dr. James Spies, Radiologist, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, offered Simmons something new… a non-surgical procedure called prostatic artery embolization. “We put a catheter, a very thin tube into the … Continue reading
Teen Tanning Ups Early-Onset Skin Cancer Risk – MPR (HealthDay News) — Early exposure to indoor tanning during adolescence or young adulthood increases the risk of early development of basal cell carcinoma (BCC), according to a study published June 23 in … Continue reading