Month: January 2017

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Hostess has recalled some of its Twinkies due to potential contamination with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections. Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

EMS and the Slippery Slope to Laminitis

Researchers now define EMS as a cluster of clinical and metabolic abnormalities that are associated with an increased risk of laminitis. If you look at sensitive hoof tissues of a horse with septic laminitis and one with endocrinopathic laminitis under a microscope , you can tell the cases apart.

Discount Drug Mart and iMedicare Announce New Partnership

Discount Drug Mart is dedicated to implementing innovative pharmacy software services to provide customers with superior patient care. The partnership between iMedicare and Discount Drug Mart will expand the current pharmacy service offerings to assist patients with evaluating Medicare plan options based on their specific medications and needs.

Flu death in Lake Charles, virus spikes in Louisiana

A warning this week about just how serious the flu virus can be, after the death of a patient in Lake Charles from flu complications. The death is a tragic reminder of the virus’ strength and CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital infectious disease physician, Dr. Tim Haman, says it is not something to be taken lightly.

Edwards defends Medicaid expansion, as GOP works on repeal

Gov. John Bel Edwards is outlining his defense for Louisiana’s Medicaid expansion, pushing back on Republican work in Congress to dismantle the federal health law that created the program. The Democratic governor planned a Thursday afternoon event in New Orleans highlighting the health services people have received since Louisiana began its Medicaid expansion in July.

Cellect Receives Patent Notice of Allowance from US Patent &…

Cellect Biotechnology Ltd. , a developer of stem cells isolation technology, announces today that it has received a formal notice of allowance around a key method of treatment patent from the United States Patent & Trademark Office. The allowed claims relate to the engineering of regulatory immune cells with enhanced apoptotic activity to be used for immunomodulation for treating or preventing immune related disorders.

Technology and cost barriers hinder real-time reporting of cancer patients’ symptoms

Capturing real-time reports of cancer patients’ symptoms between doctor’s visits has proven health benefits, but technology and cost barriers are getting in the way of widespread adoption of the practice, reports a University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher. In a perspective published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Ethan Basch, MD, MSc, addressed the need for – and the barriers preventing – electronic reporting of patients’ symptoms between visits.

Review addresses level of progress in digitising NHS patient records

Health scientists at the University of York have shown that in the 25 years since the NHS was tasked with digitising patient records there has been limited progress made. The review, the first of its kind to address progress of electronic record implementation in NHS secondary care organisations, showed that limited guidance on IT implementation and underestimating the level of change to the working lives of staff members, were some of the reasons why little progress has been made towards becoming a fully digitised NHS.

Global Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Drugs and Companies Pipeline Review H2 2017

PUNE, INDIA, January 12, 2017 / EINPresswire.com / — Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis – Pipeline Review, H2 2016 GET SAMPLE REPORT @ Summary Focal Segmental glomerulosclerosis is a rare disease that attacks the kidney’s filtering units causing serious scarring which leads to permanent kidney damage and even failure. Symptoms include proteinuria, edema, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and poor appetite.

Joe’s Health Calendar

… include: Pre-Diabetes and Diabetes Overview; Healthy Eating and Physical Activity; Diabetes Medications; and Heart Health and Diabetes. Registration is required. Phone (209) 944-8355 . Diabetes can be managed successfully. Let us walk with you on …

This might be how stress, heart attacks are linked

Scientists have long known that stress can influence your heart health, but exactly how this relationship takes place has been something of a mystery — until now. Activity in the amygdala, a region of the brain associated with fear and stress, can predict your risk for heart disease and stroke, according to a study published in the journal The Lancet on Wednesday.

Changing public dialogue on periods

Portland teenager creates organization that delivers care packages of menstrual hygiene materials to homeless shelters and directly to homeless people. Almost half the world’s 7 billion people are female, and at any given moment, millions are on their period.

Spokane County sees spike in mumps cases

… people had an unknown vaccination status. Most of the people who contracted mumps were children. County Regional Health District epidemiologist Mark Springer says the county usually only has one or two mumps cases a year. The county’s spike in mumps …

The Senate Just Took Its First Step Toward Repealing Obamacare

The Senate early Thursday passed a measure to take the first step forward on dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law, responding to pressure to move quickly even as Republicans and President-elect Trump grapple with what to replace it with. The nearly party-line 51-48 vote came on a nonbinding Republican-backed budget measure that eases the way for action on subsequent repeal legislation as soon as next month.

Chronic consumption of western diet leads to overeating and obesity, new research shows

More than two in three adults in the United States are considered overweight or obese, with substantial biomedical and clinical evidence suggesting that chronic overconsumption of a “western diet” – foods consisting high levels of sugars and fats – is a major cause of this epidemic. New research by scientists at the University of California, Riverside now shows that chronic consumption of a western diet leads to overeating and obesity due to elevations in “peripheral endocannabinoid signaling.”

Senate approves measure launching Obamacare repeal process

The U.S. Senate on Thursday took a first concrete step toward dismantling Obamacare, voting to instruct key committees to draft legislation repealing President Barack Obama’s signature health insurance program. File Photo: A boy waits in line at a health insurance enrollment event in Cudahy, California March 27, 2014.

Spending on private ambulances soars

Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, this newspaper can today reveal a large rise in the use of private ambulance services, by the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust. Between November 2015 and October 2016 the trust’s spending on this has rocketed from around A 341,000 per month to A 1.4m per month.

Our self-deception of happiness

… Reports show that in the past ten years Americans have actually become less and less happy. According to the World Health Organization, The US is one of the most depressed countries in the world. Studies suggest that the percentage of Americans who …

IUD demand skyrockets at Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood has seen a dramatic increase in appointments since the 2016 election, with requests for IUDs up by a staggering 900% increase, according to Time . The spike comes as President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration inches closer and women prepare to likely have their health care access challenged.

Sign up for University of Bath wellbeing study to help you improve their diet and fitness

The Department of Health study, led by researchers at the University of Bath, aims to help people improve their fitness and diets. The university said the study “seeks to help people understand more about their health and support them to make healthy changes Participants will have access to a website “full of information and resources to help people gain the confidence and motivation to make healthy changes to their lives”.

Tobacco kills six million people die annually – WHO report

Currently, around six million people die annually as a result of tobacco use, with most living in developing countries, a joint report by the World Health Organisation and the National Cancer Institute of the United States of America has said. The report made available to the Ghana News Agency on Wednesday by Tarik Jasarevi?, WHO Communications Officer, said policies to control tobacco use, including tobacco tax and price increases, could generate significant government revenues for health and development work.

What’s next for the obamacare insurance exchanges?

Americans who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces could have fewer health plan choices and face new enrollment hurdles and cost pressures in 2018, health policy analysts say. Lacking clarity on the future of the ACA, also known as Obamacare, several large insurers say they are weighing their options for 2018.

Changes to vaccine plan at St Arnaud

Northern Grampians Shire Council has introduced changes to the dates and location of its free immunisation program at St Arnaud. As of February immunisation sessions will be held from 9.30am until 10.30am on the first Wednesday of every month.

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If blowing your nose and coughing your lungs out don`t seem like the best way to spend your winter, Doctor Mark Goedecker with Wellspan Medical Group says you better boost your immune system. In our busy lives, it`s hard to enough sleep and eat right, which is why some of us turn to over the counter meds that claim to prevent sickness.