It’s been just over a year since 9-year-old Zion Harvey received a double-hand transplant, and he said Tuesday what he really wants to do is play football. “I feel happy about my new hands, and I don’t feel different. I like now that I can throw a football further than when I didn’t have […]
Everybody has bad days at work, but 20- and 30-somethings who are generally unhappy with their jobs may experience some health backlash by the time they reach their 40s, new research suggests. A number of previous studies have found links between job satisfaction and physical and mental health. Now researchers from The Ohio State University say their work shows that happiness on the […]
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Two tourist areas in Miami-DadeCounty, Florida – the Wynwood neighborhood and South Beach, one of the most popular vacation spots in the world – are home to at least 37 locally transmitted Zika cases. There are 69 pregnant women in Florida who have been infected with Zika, which has been linked to babies born with microcephaly and […]
While most older women might not need breast cancer screening with mammography more often than every three years, some women with dense breasts may need mammograms every year, U.S. research suggests. Among women aged 50 to 74, those without a high risk for breast cancer or dense breast tissue didn’t have an increase in […]
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Kids in the United States are sweet on sugar, but a major health organization is issuing new guidelines to curb children’s consumption of sugary foods and beverages. In the first of three new recommendations from the American Heart Association (AHA), a panel of health and nutrition experts suggested that children ages 2 […]
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The human papillomavirus vaccine is the only vaccine invented explicitly for the purpose of preventing cancer. Yet a decade after its approval, the vaccine continues to struggle from a PR problem, as shown in a study that finds just one in five parents would support making the HPV vaccine a requirement for school. […]
By Patsy Athanase and Betymie Bonnelame Victoria, Seychelles — The Seychelles’ Ministry of Health on Friday began a vaccination campaign against yellow fever, a response to an epidemic in mainland Africa, says a top official. The campaign will last for three months. An estimated 55,000 Seychellois — a little over half of the Seychelles’ population […]
