Cardiology

Benefits seen for first-in-field brain shield used with TAVR

An investigational device that deflects debris away from the brain during transcatheter aortic valve replacement seems to improve in-hospital safety outcomes and cognitive scores at discharge, according to preliminary findings ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Leprosy still occurs in US, CDC reports

(HealthDay)—Leprosy, although quite rare, continues to appear in the United States, a new U.S. government study reports.

Health

US probes likely synthetic pot outbreak

A federal team has arrived in Colorado to help investigate hospital reports that synthetic marijuana is to blame for scores of recent illnesses and possibly three fatalities in the state.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Baby boomers need hepatitis C test, CDC study confirms

(HealthDay)—Baby boomers—the generation known for sex, drugs and rock and roll—are the most likely Americans to develop hepatitis C, and too many of them aren't tested until it's too late to prevent liver damage, U.S. ...

Diabetes

High lifetime costs for type 2 diabetes

A person with type 2 diabetes may spend an average of nearly $85,500 to treat the disease and its complications over his or her lifetime, reports a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The earlier diabetes ...

Health

Dairy CEO: Infant formula botulism scare is over

The chief executive of New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra said Wednesday the risk that people could contract botulism from infant formula made with the company's whey concentrate has ended.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Black-legged ticks linked to encephalitis in New York state

The number of tick-borne illnesses reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on the rise. Lyme disease leads the pack, with some 35,000 cases reported annually. In the Northeast, the black-legged ...

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