Many Pneumonia Patients Get Too Many Antibiotics
Each year in the United States, pneumonia sends 1 million adults to the hospital. The new study examined the medical
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Diseases
Measles strikes again
Data from the Institute of Environmental Science and Research this week showed at least 221 cases of measles spotted across
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Heart Trouble Can Speed Brain Decline, Study Says
Patients who suffered from angina had a significant decline in tests of “temporal orientation” — being able to accurately state
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For Women With HIV, Life Can Hurt Fight for Health
“Survival is a priority over putting a pill in your mouth for a number of our participants, and that is
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Tide turns on HIV in NZ
Re-energised ‘Ending HIV’ prevention campaigns have been ubiquitous in epicentres like central Auckland: on billboards, buses, social media and at
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More than just melanoma
Top of the list of “other skin cancers” are basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) which, although
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10 capsules Is Vitamin D Hype ‘Wishful Thinking’?
“It’s been a hot topic for about 10 years,” says Kelly Pritchett, PhD, a registered dietitian who studies vitamin D
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Half of Older Dialysis Patients Die Within a Year
The highest death rates were among patients older than 85; those who had four or more major health problems in
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Brain ‘Zap’ Might Rejuvenate Aging Memory
The study results not only provide new insights into age-related working memory decline, “but they also show us that the
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Changing sleep times may be good
The study by researchers at Northwestern University found that fruit flies carrying a gene for Huntington’s disease appeared to receive
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