Health

[ad_1] Recent artificial intelligence (AI) technology has the ability to accurately predict an individual’s future lung cancer risk, according to researchers.  In a study published earlier this year, a team of international researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital — as well as in Taiwan — said […]

[ad_1] Two mothers who gave birth at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida, passed along the COVID-19 infection to their newborns through the placenta, researchers at the University of Miami Health System and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have found. In both cases, the infection caused brain damage in the babies, according […]

[ad_1] Weight loss in older adults may increase their risk of death, according to new research.  A cohort study published in the journal JAMA Network Open Monday looked at more than 16,000 adults in the U.S. and Australia. The authors from the University of Melbourne, Monash University and others said weight loss in healthy older […]

[ad_1] Nearly 100 people have likely contracted blastomycosis in an outbreak at the Billerud Paper Mill in Escanaba, Michigan, according to numerous reports and a press release from Public Health Delta & Menominee Counties (PHDM). Blastomycosis is an infection caused by a fungus called Blastomyces, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  As […]

[ad_1] Amid reports of two confirmed Marburg virus outbreaks in the African countries of Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released an alert last week for U.S. doctors to keep an eye out for any potential cases. “Currently, the risk of MVD [Marburg virus disease] in the United States […]

[ad_1] Cancer, heart disease vaccine could be ready by 2030
 Online News 72h medical contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat says the technology that the vaccine uses has been studied since the 1980s and that it teaches the body to recognize cancerous cells in order to attack and destroy them. Colorectal cancer is becoming more prevalent among […]

[ad_1] The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a warning about the rare Ebola-like Marburg virus Thursday, advising American public health officials and doctors to be on the lookout. There are two confirmed outbreaks of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea. The CDC says the pathogen likely spilled over […]

[ad_1] People who have asthma or eczema could be at a higher risk of developing osteoarthritis, a new study from Stanford University has found.  Additionally, researchers postulate that existing allergy medications could block an allergic pathway to help slow the progression of the degenerative joint disease. “The main implication of our study is that we […]

[ad_1] For many people, ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) calls to mind overactive kids who have trouble focusing or behaving. Yet the disorder also affects adults, many of whom are getting diagnosed well into their 30s, 40s and beyond. A recent study from Epic Research, a health analytics firm based in Verona, Wisconsin, found that the share […]