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Undergoing surgery? Get a second opinion
Here are tips on searching for options. – Start with the doctor recommending the traditional surgery, asking what will happen if you don’t have the operation and if there are alternative treatments, either medical or surgical. – Ask your primary […]
‘Autisms’, not autism, please
Researchers are saying that there are many types of autism and therefore to call it ‘autisms’ and not autism. “We believe a better term to use is ‘the autisms,’ or ‘the autism spectrum disorders’ (that is, plural),” Dr. Stephen W. […]
Pfizer slashes vaccine price for poor
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer have slashed the price of the pneumococcal vaccine Prevenar 13 by 6 percent to $3.10 per dose in poor countries as part of a commitment to the GAVI global vaccines alliance. Pfizer’s move comes as GAVI holds […]
Spooked and paralysed? It’s just a sleep disorder
It was an ordinary night, but Salma, a 20-year-old student at The American University in Cairo, had a particularly frightening experience. She woke up, unable to move a muscle, and felt as though there were an intruder in her bedroom. […]
Exercise in moderation for better results
Skip the traditional advice to exercise 150-minute weekly,for smaller doses of exercise. Researchers say current exercise guidelines are unrealistic and argue that doctors should sometimes advise small increases in activity instead. They warn the 150-minute weekly target is beyond the reach of […]
Avoid listeria during pregnancy
With food recalls and listeria outbreaks occurring regularly, it’s important for pregnant women to protect themselves. Your physician probably told you to nix unpasteurized cheeses, deli meats and sushi while you’re pregnant to avoid listeriosis, a serious infection caused by […]
Daily aspirin intake bad for you
If you pop aspirin daily to prevent heart diseases and strokes, you might want to think twice, In fact, it could make things worse for your health. Doctors will often tell patients to take a daily aspirin since doing so […]
Dozens sickened in Seattle due to superbug in scopes
A drug-resistant superbug infected 32 people at a Seattle hospital over a two-year period, with the bacteria spreading through contaminated medical scopes that had been cleaned to the manufacturer’s recommendation, officials said on Thursday. Eleven of the patients infected at […]
Excessive football may cause hip deformities later in life
Bone deformity at the hip has been found to be more common in a study of Dutch professional footballers who started playing the sport for at least four times a week. If the bones of the hip don’t develop normally […]
Extended telomeres reverse aging
A new technique promises to increase the length of human telomeres quickly and efficiently, thereby reversing the aging process and paving the way for treatment of highly debilitating genetic diseases, scientists say. Treated cells behave as if they are much […]
