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MMR Vaccine – No Association Found Between Vaccine and Autism, Even Among Children at Higher Risk

Written on May 1, 2015. Posted in Featured, Health News.

In a study that included approximately 95,000 children with older siblings, receipt of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine was not associated with an increased risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), regardless of whether older siblings had ASD, findings that indicate no harmful association between receipt of MMR vaccine and ASD even among children already at higher risk for ASD, according to a study in the April 21 issue of JAMA, a theme...

Is Influenza worse than Ebola?

Written on April 28, 2015. Posted in Breaking News, Featured, Health News, Science News, World News.

Influenza Worse Than Ebola? Despite the heavy media coverage and widespread concern surrounding the Ebola virus, Americans face a more serious health threat — influenza or as what we like to call it the Flu. “It’s complicated. It’s exotic. It’s something you hear about on the news every day,” said Dr. Edward Waltz, director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness at the University at Albany, of the...

The next Ebola?

Written on April 28, 2015. Posted in Breaking News, Featured, Health News, Opinion News, Science News.

Since the first outbreaks of Ebola virus disease in 1976, there have been numerous other outbreaks in humans across Africa with fatality rates ranging from 50% to 90%. Humans can become infected with the Ebola virus after direct contact with blood or bodily fluids from an infected person or animal. The virus also infects and kills other primates, though fruit bats are suspected to be the most likely carriers of the virus in the wild. In the countries...

Where did the Ebola Virus come from?

Written on April 27, 2015. Posted in Breaking News, Featured, Health News.

WHERE DID THE EBOLA VIRUS COME FROM? Ebola is one of about 177 pathogens that are considered to be newly emerging diseases. These diseases are generally zoonotic diseases. Animal diseases that have jumped species. A familiar example of a zoonotic disease is measles, which is derived from dog distemper. For the past thirty years, forty-one previously unrecognized human infectious diseases have jumped from their normal animal hosts to human...

Measles – More Deadly Than Ebola According to Patrick Guilfoile

Written on April 27, 2015. Posted in Featured, Health News.

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which started in 2014, has claimed more than 10,000 lives so far. The Ebola virus causes a frightening illness with symptoms including fever, vomiting, and bleeding. In this most recent epidemic, nearly half the people known to be infected with the virus have died. Although the epidemic shows signs of waning, there is great concern about additional health problems in West Africa. Once Ebola hit, many health care...

Ebola Outbreak Leads To Thousands of Malaria Deaths

Written on April 24, 2015. Posted in Breaking News, Featured, Health News, Travel, World News.

According to new research, nearly 11,000 extra malaria deaths may have occurred last year due to the disruption of healthcare services in West Africa currently experiencing widespread Ebola virus outbreaks. A further 3,900 deaths may have resulted from interruptions in the delivery of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITN), according to outbreak modelling data published in The Lancet on the eve of World Malaria Day. This suggested the haemorrhagic...

Medical Marijuana Liquid May Help Children with Severe Epilepsy

Written on April 24, 2015. Posted in Featured, Health News.

A liquid form of medical marijuana may show promise as a treatment for children with severe epilepsy that is not responding to other treatments, according to a study released April 9th, that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 67th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, April 18 to 25, 2015. For the 137 people who completed the 12-week study, the number of seizures decreased by an average of 54 percent from the beginning of the...

Dietary Supplements Shown to Increase Cancer Risk

Written on April 22, 2015. Posted in Featured, Health News.

While dietary supplements may be advertised to promote health, a forum at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2015 by University of Colorado Cancer Center investigator Tim Byers, MD, MPH, describes research showing that over-the-counter supplements may actually increase cancer risk if taken in excess of the recommended dietary amount. “We are not sure why this is happening at the molecular level but evidence shows...

5.3M Hens to Be Killed to Slow Bird Flu Outbreak

Written on April 21, 2015. Posted in Breaking News, Featured, Health News, Personal Safety, USA News.

In an effort to stop an outbreak of bird flu that could devastate Iowa’s poultry population, state health officials announced they will destroy up to 5.3 million hens to keep the virus from spreading. The fast-moving virus was confirmed on Monday at a chicken laying facility in Osceola County, Iowa. The birds compromise nearly 10 percent of Iowa’s egg-laying poultry population, according to the Associated Press. However, officials are...

Protect Your Pooch From the New Dog Flu

Written on April 19, 2015. Posted in Featured, Health News, Science News.

In recent weeks, an outbreak of H3N2 has sickened dogs in the Midwest. Two veterinarians with the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine who have first-hand knowledge of the virus share information about the virus, and also provide advice on protecting your dogs from H3N2 influenza virus, also known as just dog flu. – – – – – – – – – – – – Colin Parrish, professor...