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World Health Organization, WHO, announced an outbreak of the Madagascar Bubonic Plague, the disease once known as the Black Death. On 4 November 2014, WHO was notified by the Ministry of Health of Madagascar of an outbreak of plague. The…
The man is 50-year-old, had suffered memory flashbacks, pain on his right side and complex seizures before the tapeworm in his brain was removed. The worm had been inside his head for four years, said the scientists at the Wellcome…
Trans fats – memory loss connected? Eating foods that are high in trans fats may not only be bad for your heart, but also for your memory. A new study presented at a recent meeting of the American Heart Association…
The Nebraska Medical Center has issued a statement that Dr. Martin Salia, the doctor who contracted the Ebola virus while treating patients in Sierra Leone, died on Monday. “It is with an extremely heavy heart that we share this news,”…
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that at least 172 people have been infected by the latest norovirus outbreak aboard the Princess Cruises’ Crown Princess. The cruise ship had sailed from Los Angeles to Hawaii and…
Hundreds of women are blaming Essure for ravaging their reproductive systems and causing so much pain, some say it forced them to get full hysterectomies. Essure consists of a pair of metal coils, implanted in a woman’s fallopian tubes. The…
In a few weeks students on the Arizona State University (ASU) Tempe campus will be able to purchase certain medications from a vending machine made by the company InstyMeds. Any ASU student or university employee can pick up prescription drugs…
Can HIV be transmitted through manicure tools? According to a recent study, a 22-year-old woman was diagnosed with HIV after having her nails done using shared manicure equipment. Doctors say the case, detailed in a medical journal AIDS Research and…
Taking dietary supplements and medications at the same time can dangerous, says the FDA. Dietary supplements can alter the absorption and metabolism of prescription and over-the-counter medications, the FDA added. Via FDA: When you take prescription or over-the-counter (OTC) medications,…
Dr. Craig Spencer was diagnosed with Ebola six days after returning to New York on October 17. He was a Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontiers) volunteer who went to Guinea to help fight Ebola on September 16. When asked…