Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A food poisoning report with good news: Fewer E. coli cases
Health officials say fewer Americans are getting sick from a nasty germ sometimes found in undercooked hamburgers.
May 14, 2015
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Earlier distinction between Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia
In the white matter of the brain in particular, large differences can be measured between the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease and those with the behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia. Neuropsychologist Christiane ...
May 7, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bird flu virus raises questions scientists working to answer
It's been five months since the H5N2 bird flu virus was discovered in the United States, and producers have lost 21 million birds in the Midwest alone. Yet, researchers acknowledge they still know little about a bird flu ...
May 2, 2015
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Pediatrics
Outsmarting smartphones: Technology reduces distracted driving among teens
Technology can bolster efforts by parents, lawmakers and insurance companies to reduce distracted driving among novice teen drivers, according to a study to be presented Monday, April 27 at the Pediatric Academic Societies ...
Apr 27, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Youths who survive self-poisoning continue to be at risk of suicide for years
Teenagers who are hospitalized after intentionally poisoning themselves are at a significantly increased risk of dying by suicide in the following decade, according to a study to be presented Saturday, April 25 at the Pediatric ...
Apr 25, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Whooping cough: A small drop in vaccine protection can lead to a case upsurge
In 2012 the USA saw the highest number of pertussis (whooping cough) cases since 1955. New research finds that a likely explanation for this rise in disease is a drop in the degree of vaccine protection for each vaccinated ...
Apr 23, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC eyeing bird flu vaccine for humans, though risk is low
Federal officials said Wednesday they're taking steps to create a human vaccine for the bird flu virus that's slammed the Midwest poultry industry, though they still consider the danger to be low and the food supply not at ...
Apr 22, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC: 10 listeria illnesses now linked to Blue Bell foods
Federal regulators say they're now aware of 10 listeria illnesses linked to ice cream and other products made by Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries over the last five years.
Apr 21, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
More than 100 sickened by norovirus during San Diego cruise
Federal health officials say 106 passengers and six crewmembers aboard the Celebrity Infinity cruise ship were sickened by the gastrointestinal illness norovirus.
Apr 13, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Number of people sickened in listeria case grows
The number of people sickened by a foodborne illness linked to some Blue Bell ice cream products has grown to include three others in Texas, according to federal health authorities.
Apr 9, 2015
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