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By LUKE ANDREWS U.S. SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER Ahead of flu season, parents are being warned that healthy children could develop a life-threatening condition after being infected with the virus.  More than 6million children are infected with flu every year. Most recover without medical care, but among patients under five years old, between 6,000 and 25,000 are hospitalized annually while about 37 …

In the old days, a person was considered dead when the heart stopped. Then, in 1968, a group of Harvard professors decided that people could also be considered dead when the brain stopped. Now, three doctors from New York are advocating that we expand the definition of death to include what they call “irreversibly comatose patients on life support.” What …

Ticks are migrating, but scant surveillance may leave doctors in the dark on patient treatment  NPRView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

A survey of doctors released Wednesday showed how pervasive medical falsehoods have become — not only online, but also within the walls of medical exam rooms where doctors and patients talk. The survey from the Physicians Foundation, a nonprofit research group, found that 61% of doctors said they encountered patients influenced by misinformation or disinformation a moderate amount or a …

Sasha Pieterse is opening up about battling multiple medical issues behind closed doors, and being ignored by the people meant to help her. Michael Tullberg / Getty Images Sasha was just 12 years old when she was cast in Pretty Little Liars, and she went on to star in the series until her early 20s. While playing an “it girl” …

Wylie Dixon was excited to build a future with his beautiful wife – from travelling across Australia to starting the family they had always dreamed of. But everything came to a halt when the ‘fit and healthy’ retail manager received devastating news that he had an aggressive form of appendix cancer. The then 38-year-old had been struggling with months of …

Here’s something to remind you that things could always be worse. A case study this month documents a man whose eye became infested with a parasitic worm. Doctors in India detailed the real-life body horror tale in the New England Journal of Medicine last week. The man was afflicted by a parasitic roundworm typically found in cats and dogs. What’s …

Cervical cancer diagnoses are quite rare, with only about 13,000 women diagnosed every year, according to the American Cancer Society (317,000 are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, for comparison). One of the biggest reasons for this is that the illness doesn’t present any signs of cervical cancer until the later stages. “Cervical cancer is a slow onset cancer, so …

Doctors became worse at spotting cancer after relying on AI for help, study finds  TechSpot AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study  Bloomberg.com Relying on AI in Colonoscopies May Erode Clinicians’ Skills  MedPage Today Routine AI assistance hits skills of health experts performing colonoscopies  Financial Times As AI spreads through health care, is the technology degrading providers’ skills?  statnews.com Source link

I’m a huge fan of Japanese walking – an interval-style pattern that’s been linked to better blood pressure, increased muscle mass, and improved aerobic ability compared to regular ol’ strolling. But medical experts roundly agree that “normal” walking is nothing to be sniffed at, either. Calling the exercise “overlooked,” the NHS said the movement can improve your heart health and …