While MERS is now becoming a deadly disease, it is deadlier for those who already have respiratory issues. But a senior South Korean woman has beaten the odds despite living with asthma.
If you are having a cardiac arrest, your odds of surviving it are doubled if someone near you knows how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). A system that uses cell phones to alert CPR-trained bystanders who are nearby can help make that happen.
In a 12-day period of time in Marion, OH, there were 32 cases of heroin overdose and two fatalities. Emergency services personnel have been dealing with a heroin overdose a day there for the last year.
A woman from India arrived at O’Hare Airport Chicago in early April. She visited relatives by car in three states before being diagnosed with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis or XDR-TB.
The American Medical Association has adopted a policy that will require that all young athletes to have a physician’s written approval before they can return to playing or practicing if they are suspected of having a concussion.
The prevalence of diabetes worldwide has risen by 45% since 1990 as the prevalence of obesity rises, but deaths due to malaria, tuberculosis, and other communicable diseases have declined.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are currently tracking several people who may have been exposed to the tuberculosis virus after a woman traveling from India had contracted the disease.
A boy was bullied for two years because he was growing his hair. Little do others know that the reason behind his act is a noble one. He is actually growin his hair to donate to cancer patients.
Two Swedish researchers discovered an online tool that can predict the chances that someone will die in the next five years. The tool called Ubble is an online risk calculator to determine longevity based on the assessment of the health status of the responsde…
