Health

By Joe Pike and Charlotte RowlesBBC Newsnight23 May 2024Image caption, Tom Hadrys told Newsnight about the lasting impact on his health following his hernia surgery in 2016A man discovered a medical specimen bag had been left inside his abdominal cavity after his hernia surgery, the BBC has found.The surgeon who carried out the procedure, at the…

Dr. Luch berated herself for not having thought to test the boy a day earlier, when she might have saved him if she had treated him for influenza.But the alarm she raised and the urgent activity that followed was testament to the strength of Cambodia’s disease tracking system and to its importance to the global biosurveillance system.It is the…

CNN  —  In early March, Dr. Blake Hanson and his colleagues at the Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute were preparing for a fire drill of sorts. What if a virus with the potential to…

May 20, 2024 By KAREN VELIE Dozens of people who worked or ate at Luna Red Restaurant in San Luis Obispo last week became ill with the Norovirus, according to staff. The restaurant was temporarily closed, but opened back on Sunday with workers now wearing gloves. The virus is highly contagious with people showing symptoms shortly after…

People with HIV can breastfeed their babies, as long as they are taking medications that effectively suppress the virus that causes AIDS, a top U.S. pediatricians’ group said Monday in a sharp policy change.The new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics reverses recommendations it had in place since the start of the HIV epidemic in the…

A mum claims vaping almost killed her - when she discovered the "popping" sound as she breathed was due to the habit "frying her lungs like hot chicken".Hannah Roth says she had never smoked before but picked up vaping as a "bad habit" due to the stress of the pandemic lockdown and was soon vaping "every hour of the day".The 30-year-old began to…

Editor’s note: CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta is a practicing neurosurgeon and best-selling author on brain health. “The Last Alzheimer’s Patient” premieres on “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper” on Sunday, May 19, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CNN and streams on MAX on June 18.…

Cannabis use is on the rise globally, with increased legal acceptance for both medical and recreational purposes. The primary psychoactive component of cannabis, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), is known for its varied effects on users, ranging from euphoria and relaxation to anxiety and paranoia. However, recent research published in the…

Australian Professor Richard Scolyer was named one of the Australians Of The Year for his life-saving work on melanoma - the basis of which is being used to treat his own incurable cancer. By Claire Gilbody…

Lifestyle By Nicholas McEntyre Published May 15, 2024, 2:05 a.m. ET An Australian doctor who was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor last year is cancer-free thanks to a first-of-its-kind treatment that he helped to develop. Richard Scolyer, a professor at the University of Sydney, revealed…