Antibiotic drugs have been used for the last 70 years to treat patients who have infectious diseases. Since the 1940s, they have greatly reduced illness and death. However, excessive antibiotic use is so prevalent that infectious organisms have adapted, making the drugs less effective. Consequently, each year in the United States, at least 2 million …
Blockchain is being promoted as the next frontier in healthcare that will solve some of the industry’s challenges. So what exactly is this technology? Blockchain technology is a permanent record of online transactions or exchanges. It started in 2009 as the foundation for trading the digital currency bitcoin. An entered record can …
Heart defects in childhood may link to increased risk of developing dementia by age 65, according to a recent Danish study. Heart Defects: Study Results Compared to people born with normal hearts, adult survivors of childhood heart defects were more than twice as likely to develop so-called early-onset dementia by age …
Back pain sufferers can probably avoid their chronic pain by implementing several easy daily habits. Here is a list of suggestions that you can follow and feel great again. Back Pain Don’t Hunch Over Do it too much, and it can flatten the natural curve of your spine and damage the cushioned …
Stroke survival rates improve with a physical clot-removing procedure done for up to 16 hours after a stroke.This finding expands the treatment window well beyond the current six hour recommendation. Ischemic Stroke: What Is It? An ischemic stroke happens when blood vessels supplying the brain become blocked. Brain tissue in the area starts …
The flu shot is the medicine of choice to fight against the influenza virus. Flu is a serious virus that leads to many illnesses and even deaths, each year. You don’t have to be young or have a compromised immune system to get ill from the infection. Healthy people can get sick from the flu …
The flu epidemic of 2017-2018 is one of the worst in recent memory. Indeed, this years flu vaccine has been a failure with the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) estimating its effectiveness at only 10-15 per cent. There has also been many stories of flu-related deaths. Adults and children who otherwise appeared healthy are dying …
Magnesium helps with hundreds of important body processes, including those that control how your muscles and nerves work. It helps to keep your bones strong, heart healthy, and blood sugar normal. It also plays a role in your energy level. You can get magnesium in many foods and drinks. An adult woman needs about …
Diseases thought to have been long eradicated or brought under control are surprisingly still around. Diseases: Plague The Black Death that was the scourge during the Middle Ages just isn’t one for the history books or far-flung places. It’s still here and has shown up shown up recently in New Mexico, California, and …