by blundun | Apr 6, 2024 | Health
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health alert Friday to inform clinicians, state health departments and the public of a case of avian influenza — aka bird flu — in a person who had contact with dairy cows in Texas.A farmworker on a...
by blundun | Apr 5, 2024 | Health
Ahead of the Monday, April 8th solar eclipse, eye doctors are warning people not to look directly at the sun — which could lead to blindness and permanent eye damage.”This can happen in less than a second from looking at the sun,” Dr. Matthew Gorski, M.D.,...
by blundun | Apr 5, 2024 | Health
Ahead of the Monday, April 8th solar eclipse, eye doctors are warning people not to look directly at the sun — which could lead to blindness and permanent eye damage.”This can happen in less than a second from looking at the sun,” Dr. Matthew Gorski, M.D.,...
by blundun | Apr 5, 2024 | Health
Ice could be the next frontier in breast cancer therapy, according to new research from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.In breast cancer patients, cold therapy was shown to be effective in freezing and destroying small, cancerous tumors in a study...
by blundun | Apr 5, 2024 | Health
The first person to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has been discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital, the hospital announced on Wednesday.Rick Slayman, 62, had end-stage kidney disease before receiving the life-saving transplant on March...
by blundun | Apr 4, 2024 | Health
The White House has declared April 2024 as Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month.In a proclamation issued on March 29, President Joe Biden acknowledged the “enormous progress” that has been made toward beating cancer in the U.S. while noting that...
