Seeing the disappointment on his daughter’s face because, at 400 pounds, her dad couldn’t play with her, was the fuel one father needed to turn his life around after 25 years. “I probably wouldn’t be here if I didn’t smarten up,” David Murphy, 47, told Fox News. “So, instead of waiting to walk her down the […]
While a breast cancer vaccine is not yet approved for widespread use, there are trials underway — including one at Cleveland Clinic, where 46-year-old Jennifer Davis of Ohio was the first person to get the shot in 2021. The vaccine had been in development at Cleveland Clinic for more than 20 years before it finally […]
An outbreak of avian influenza in birds that has led to the death and culling of tens of thousands of domestic and wild birds in Montana, has also infected at least a dozen mammals, according to a report. Since the end of March, a black bear, two grizzly bears, a red fox, two raccoons, and […]
America’s medical community appears to be embracing artificial intelligence products in an effort to speed up patient care and prevent burnout among health care professionals. AI technology is already rolling out in doctors’ offices, hospitals and clinics nationwide through a variety of formats. California-based Regard has launched its AI product, a system that enables doctors […]
A single hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, reported that it has seen 30 infant deaths due to unsafe sleeping conditions since January 2022, according to a press release issued last week from Cook Children’s Medical Center. The hospital is sharing the statistics in an effort to raise awareness of the dangers to babies posed by […]
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An international group of researchers has discovered a new tool that can reveal a key pathology of Parkinson’s disease in brain and body cells. The identification of the new biomarker, known as abnormal alpha-synuclein, opens a new chapter for research, according to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. The foundation led the coalition […]
Nearly 100 people have likely contracted blastomycosis in an outbreak at the Billerud Paper Mill in Escanaba, Michigan, according to numerous reports and a press release from Public Health Delta & Menominee Counties (PHDM). Blastomycosis is an infection caused by a fungus called Blastomyces, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As of […]
Weight loss in older adults may increase their risk of death, according to new research. A cohort study published in the journal JAMA Network Open Monday looked at more than 16,000 adults in the U.S. and Australia. The authors from the University of Melbourne, Monash University and others said weight loss in healthy older individuals […]
Two mothers who gave birth at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida, passed along the COVID-19 infection to their newborns through the placenta, researchers at the University of Miami Health System and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have found. In both cases, the infection caused brain damage in the babies, according to […]
Recent artificial intelligence (AI) technology has the ability to accurately predict an individual’s future lung cancer risk, according to researchers. In a study published earlier this year, a team of international researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital — as well as in Taiwan — said the […]
A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, but the strain does not appear to spread between people. The 56-year-old woman from the southern province of Guangdong was the third person known to have been infected […]