METRO.CO.UK – As cases of whooping cough, also known as the ‘100-day cough’, are soaring across the country, parents should be aware of the symptoms in both children and adults to protect their family.
Figures from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) have revealed cases of the disease have more than tripled in recent months compared to the same period last year, with 716 cases across England and Wales compared to 217.
Whooping cough, officially...
A simple scratch-and-sniff test could help scientists learn more about brain health. The Michael J. Fox Foundation is asking everyone 60 and up without Parkinson's disease to take a free smell test.
MAYO CLINIC NEWS NETWORK – Pain and stiffness in your shoulder can make every activity, including sleep, difficult.
Worsening shoulder pain, especially at night, could mean you have a frozen shoulder, says Dr. Christopher Camp, a Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon.
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"The scientific name that we give it is adhesive capsulitis, and, basically, it's a condition when the shoulder gets tight and you can't move it very well," says Dr. Camp.
He says frozen shoulder...
KFF HEALTH NEWS – The Social Security Administration has demanded money back from more than 2 million people a year — more than twice as many people as the head of the agency disclosed at an October congressional hearing.
That’s according to a document KFF Health News and Cox Media Group obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration Kilolo Kijakazi read aloud from the document during the hearing...
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'Jeopardy!' star Amy Schneider reveals 'complicated, weird and interesting' life in memoir
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WILLIMANTIC, Conn. (AP) — The killing of a Connecticut nurse making a house call in October was a nightmare come true for an industry gripped by the fear of violence.
Already stressed out by staffing shortages and mounting caseloads, heath care workers are increasingly worrying about the possibility of a patient becoming violent – a scenario that is too common and on the rise nationwide.
Joyce Grayson, a 63-year-old mother of six, went into a halfway...
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-MO, introduced the Protecting Interstate Commerce for Livestock Producers Act to protect farmers from costly state regulations that will hurt their businesses and drive up consumer costs.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN – A recent study finds varying combinations of microbes in the vaginal microbiome may influence health outcomes such as risk of sexually transmitted disease and preterm birth.
While increased diversity is key to microbiomes such as those in the gut or mouth, the vagina has been thought to thrive when it has fewer bacterial species overall and more of one particular species crucial to vaginal health, Lactobacillus crispatus.
But a new analysis published last...
RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — A child care provider accused of sedating an infant with an antihistamine was convicted of manslaughter, and faces up to 25 years in prison when she's sentenced.
A jury on Friday convicted of Stacey Vaillancourt of manslaughter and child cruelty in the 2019 death of Harper Rose Briar in Vaillancourt's home in Rutland.
The 6-month-old was found unresponsive while in Vaillancourt's care, and an autopsy determined she had high concentrations of diphenhydramine,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force is expanding its study of whether service members who worked with nuclear missiles have had unusually high rates of cancer after a preliminary review determined that a deeper examination is needed.
The initial study was launched in response to reports that many who served are now ill. The Air Force isn't making its initial findings of cancer numbers public for a month or so, but released its initial assessment...
KFF HEALTH NEWS – The data included some personal information, such as health details, ancestry trees, and geographic locations. 23andMe said it had not heard of any "inappropriate use" of the stolen data, but the company is requiring all users to change their logins and setup more secure two-factor protections.
The New York Times: Data Breach At 23andMe Affects 6.9 Million Profiles, Company Says
Hackers, using old passwords from customers of the genetic testing company...
BUSINESS INSIDER – A young child had to be rescued by airport workers after climb ionto the baggage conveyor belt at Santiago International Airport in Chile last Thursday.
One video posted on social media racked up over 800,000 views, showing the boy clambering onto the system behind an empty check-in desk.
The footage, which appears to be filmed from security cameras, cuts through different angles of the child traveling on the moving conveyor belt. The child,...