Health
'Tis the season for swimming and bacteria alerts in lakes, rivers
With summer about to start, many people flocking to their favorite swimming holes may also want to read up on bacteria warnings.
Jun 15, 2024
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News tagged with naegleria fowleri
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Finding a live brain worm is rare: Four ways to protect yourself from more common parasites
News reports this morning describe how shocked doctors removed a live worm from a woman's brain in a Canberra hospital last year. The woman had previously been admitted to hospital with stomach symptoms, dry cough and night ...
Aug 29, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Expert shares information about microorganisms in recreational waters that can impact health
As people flock to communal pools, water parks, beaches and lakes to find relief from the summer heat, some may be unaware of the microscopic hazards lurking in these waters. An expert with Baylor College of Medicine shares ...
Jun 29, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Brain-eating amoeba' led to a death in Florida. What you can do to avoid infection
The old "get out of the water" fear once was stoked by a fictional shark tale set off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.
Mar 7, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Officials: Person dies after brain-eating amoeba infection
A person in southwest Florida has died after being infected with an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba, health officials said.
Mar 4, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Brain-eating amoeba suspected in 2nd Midwest death
A child likely died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in an eastern Nebraska river, health officials said, making it the second such probable death in the Midwest this summer and raising ...
Aug 19, 2022
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Neuroscience
Video: Immune system attacks brain-eating amoeba
Naegleria fowleri—commonly known as "the brain-eating amoeba"—can be found in warm fresh water. It's a single-celled, free swimming animal that reaches the brain through the nasal passageway by traveling up the olfactory ...
Sep 9, 2021
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Medical research
New drug leads could battle brain-eating amoebae
Brain-eating amoebae can cause particularly harmful forms of encephalitis, and more than 95% of people who develop these rare but devastating infections die. Despite the high mortality rate, there is currently no single effective ...
Feb 12, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Climate change will raise Florida's risks of brain-eating amoeba and flesh-eating bacteria
When it's blisteringly hot outside, splashing in the ocean, a lake or even a swimming pool is a popular way to beat the heat. But as global temperatures rise, scientists say, so do your chances of catching a nasty—or even ...
Aug 5, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Why the 'brain-eating' amoeba found in freshwater lakes – while rare – is so deadly
Composed of a single cell, amoeba seem harmless enough: They look like playful critters waltzing under the spotlight of a microscope until they come upon a group of bacteria. Then, these previously innocuous amoeba suddenly ...
Aug 2, 2019
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