The same superbug that contributed to two deaths in Los Angeles has been reported in North Carolina, where one person has died, a spokesman told CNN.
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African-Americans and some other ethnic groups are known to have a greater chance for diseases such as high blood pressure and cancer than other ethnicities. While there’s nothing they can do about genetic propensities, doctors say there are measures such as diet and medical screenings that can help identify, treat or even prolong the onset of disease.
Men and women can experience a heart attack in different ways. For example, the signs of a heart attack can present more subtly in women than in men.
Dr. Farooq Abdulla, a neonatologist with the Foundation for Positively Kids in Las Vegas, wants to provide ongoing evaluation to infants born prematurely during the first three years of their lives. The goal is to ensure the children develop to their fullest potential.
Health-related news and events from across the Las Vegas Valley.
A large Los Angeles teaching hospital has told scores of patients they were possibly exposed to a drug-resistant bacterial “superbug” during endoscopy procedures that infected seven patients and may have contributed to two deaths.
They lived in tattered boxes, abandoned cars and the backyards of dilapidated houses. It didn’t matter. They were addicts in their teens and twenties. All they needed was heroin.
The term “nightmare bacteria” does not bode well for anyone who may get infected. That’s what CDC epidemiologists call carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, which kill up to half the patients who contract them.
Patients have come to expect state-of-the-art equipment and procedures at medical facilities. In a growing trend, many offices and hospitals are embracing art and design, too.
The deaths of two patients at a Los Angeles hospital are linked to the deadly bacteria CRE and more than 100 other patients may have been exposed to the drug-resistant superbug, a spokeswoman for the UCLA Health System said Wednesday.
Vaping is hazardous and should be treated like smoking cigarettes, the Southern Nevada Health District said Wednesday in backing a proposal to tax electronic cigarettes and their components as if they were tobacco.
A recent study on the lifetime risk of developing cancer sent shock waves and struck a chord amongst many. It is estimated that one in every two people will develop cancer at some point in their lifetime. The statistic is downright staggering and a call to action.
In popular culture, Tourette syndrome probably is best known as the “swearing disease.” In real life, it usually appears as various tics. The syndrome may disappear as a child matures or can become a lifelong problem requiring various coping skills.
Studies on the health impact of “plain” or standardized cigarette packs suggest they can deter non-smokers from taking up the habit and may cut the number of cigarettes smokers get through, scientists said on Tuesday.
Ostomy support groups at St. Rose Siena and Sunrise hospitals help people who have had a surgical procedure creating an opening in the body for the discharge of body wastes.
