Dr. Russell Russo, an Orthopedic Surgeon at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and other researchers stress that orthopedists should have a high index of suspicion for necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating bacterial ...
Sep 17, 2012
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With spring comes glorious sunshine, warmer weather —and ticks.
Mar 20, 2019
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It's the holidays and we're spending more time outdoors. This means we're exposed to the more annoying and painful aspects of summer—insect bites and stings.
Dec 29, 2020
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Health workers in Sudan's Darfur region have begun vaccinating more than two million people against a rare yellow fever outbreak suspected of killing 124 since late September, medics said on Thursday.
Nov 22, 2012
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Summer means more bugs, including pesky mosquitoes and ticks. Our specialists have tips about which insects are harmful, what diseases they carry and how to safely avoid them.
Jun 30, 2014
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Genetic mutations aren't the only thing that can keep a protein called PTEN from doing its tumor-suppressing job. Johns Hopkins researchers have now discovered that four small chemical tags attached (reversibly) to the protein's ...
Jul 9, 2013
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(HealthDay)—Gardening offers exercise and fresh food, but don't forget to protect yourself from potential hazards, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
Apr 22, 2016
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The world is facing a major food crisis where both obesity and hunger are rising in the context of rapidly changing environments. The Food and Agriculture Organization has presented alternative food sources—such as seaweed ...
Feb 4, 2020
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Despite years of TV exposure courtesy of I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here, research shows that the British public are yet to acquire an appetite for edible insects.
Nov 9, 2018
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(AP)—The parents of 7-year-old Sierra Jane Downing thought she had the flu when she felt sick days after camping in southwest Colorado.
Sep 5, 2012
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