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Better UTI monitoring needed after hospital admission in adults

01.07.2019 Health Problems

(HealthDay)—Healthcare-associated (HA), community-onset (CO) urinary tract infection (UTI) may be common within 30 days following hospital discharge, according to a study published online June 20 in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. Miriam R. Elman, from Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, and colleagues used data from an academic, quaternary care, referral center to retrospectively identify 3,273 hospitalized adults at […]

Catherine Giudici Shows Off Baby Bump 1 Week After Pregnancy Announcement

26.06.2019 Kids Health

Progress report! Pregnant Catherine Giudici gave her followers a glimpse of her baby bump one week after her pregnancy announcement. “Hallo bebe,” the Bachelor alum, 33, captioned her Tuesday, June 25, Instagram Story. In the mirror selfie, the former reality star turned to the side to show off her budding belly in a gray T-shirt and black leggings. “Size of a […]

Jameela Jamil Explains Why She Won’t Cover Her Eczema After Slamming Kim K.

25.06.2019 Kids Health

Even though she has eczema and the genetic disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Jameela Jamil announced on Tuesday, June 25, that she won’t cover up her physical imperfections with body makeup. “I have such severe eczema all over that my legs are covered in huge patches of pigment loss from scratching. I have a tonne of stretch marks, and because I have […]

Lifelong ill-health after exposure to chemical weapons

25.06.2019 Health Problems

People exposed to chemical warfare agents (CWAs) often incur chronic damage to their lungs, skin and eyes, for example. They also frequently succumb to depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts. This is shown by research on survivors from the 1988 gas attacks against Kurdish Halabja in Iraq. “The findings show that exposure to chemical warfare agents, especially sulfur mustard, results in […]

Exercise after surgery is important for lung cancer surgery recovery

24.06.2019 Health Problems

Lung cancer patients who exercised after the surgery to remove their tumour experienced better fitness levels and strength in their leg muscles as well as less shortness of breath compared to those who did not, new research led by Curtin University has found. The research, published in the Cochrane Database of Systemic Reviews, examined whether exercise training was beneficial for […]

Granger Smith’s Wife Says She’s ‘Hurting So Bad’ After 3-Year-Old Son’s Death

24.06.2019 Kids Health

Country singer Granger Smith’s wife, Amber Smith, spoke out about their 3-year-old son River’s death in an emotional post on Sunday, June 23. Amber, 37, and the couple’s two other children, London, 7, and Lincoln, 5, visited the Field Museum in Chicago on Sunday to see a dinosaur skeleton. “We just happened to be in the same city as the […]

More aggressive statin tx needed after heart attack in young patients

14.06.2019 Health Problems

(HealthDay)—The majority of young heart attack patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) still have elevated cholesterol levels a year later, according to a study published in the May 21 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Avinainder Singh, M.D., from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and colleagues used data from the YOUNG-MI registry to assess the prevalence […]

How the enzyme lipoxygenase drives heart failure after heart attacks

31.05.2019 Health Problems

Heart failure after a heart attack is a global epidemic leading to chronic heart failure pathology. About 6 million people in the United States and 23 million worldwide suffer from this end-stage disease that involves dysfunction of the heart, a change that clinicians call cardiac remodeling. Despite medical advances, 2 to 17 percent of patients die within one year after […]

Long-term health effects of armed conflict could last years after bombs stop falling

29.05.2019 Health Problems

Living in a warzone is linked with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke among civilians, even years after the conflict ends, a study has found. The findings come from the first systematic review of the effects of armed conflict on heart disease risk, carried out by researchers at Imperial College London and the London School of Hygiene & […]

Scientists restore some functions in a pig’s brain hours after death

17.04.2019 Health Problems

Circulation and cellular activity were restored in a pig’s brain four hours after its death, a finding that challenges long-held assumptions about the timing and irreversible nature of the cessation of some brain functions after death, Yale scientists report April 18 in the journal Nature. The brain of a postmortem pig obtained from a meatpacking plant was isolated and circulated […]

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