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Researchers led by Dr. Joe Verghese and Dr. Alexander Mauskop reported that older adults who walked faster than their peers showed reduced risk of cognitive decline. The findings were based on analysis of data from th...
Experts noted that U. S. life expectancy has roughly doubled since the late 18th century, climbing from about 35-40 years to roughly 79 years today. The increase, reported by Fox News, reflects advances in sanitation,...
Researchers reported that immunopeptidomics of Plasmodium-infected reticulocytes identified 453 HLA-I-bound peptides, including conserved antigens that provoked CD8+ T-cell responses in humans, non-human primates and ...
An 11-year-old boy in northern Ontario died of rabies after a bat landed on his face during a summer vacation. The New York Post reported that the incident illustrated how difficult it can be to detect bat bites, whic...
Dr. Sally Greenwald, an assistant clinical professor at Stanford, opened a high-price concierge gynecology practice in Silicon Valley that charged annual memberships ranging from $10,000 to more than $30,000, accordin...
Monroe County health officials began probing a cluster of cyclosporiasis cases, urging residents with symptoms to seek testing, according to ClickOnDetroit and WDIV Local 4. A day later, the Monroe County Health Depar...
During a recent interview, comedian Conan O'Brien said a conversation with his mother-in-law led him to think about andropause as a possible cause of his reduced drive, the New York Post reported. He explained that th...
The U. S. Food and Drug Administration reclassified the recall of about 685,000 bags of Zapp's and Dirty brand potato chips as a Class I recall, the agency’s highest safety classification, after linking the product to...
According to FOX Weather, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention detailed the appearance, geographic range and illnesses transmitted by several common tick species in the United States. The agency listed the k...
According to AP News, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed 48 West Nile virus cases across 23 states, the highest early-season total in more than two decades, and urged the public to use repellents...
Nashville’s Metro Public Health Department confirmed the presence of West Nile virus in a mosquito sample collected near Cass Street, according to Fox News. The positive result came from a pool of mosquitoes tested by...
Model Nara Smith posted a video in which she disclosed that her two-year-old daughter, Whimsy, had been diagnosed with cancer and was beginning chemotherapy. The Cut reported that the diagnosis occurred the previous y...
According to ClickOnDetroit and WDIV Local 4, health officials warned that a heat wave heightened the risk of illness for people taking certain medications. They said the drugs can reduce the body's capacity to cope w...
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