Towards the end of a routine office visit last year, my daughter’s pediatrician said he’d like to start talking about vaccinating her against human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus that causes genital warts and can lead to cervical and other cancers. His comment brought me to a full stop. She’s received all the routine childhood vaccinations […]
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As the 2018 flu season continues in the United States, one thing is becoming apparent: It’s a doozy. On February 9, health officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that people with flu-like symptoms were seeking care at clinics and emergency departments at a level not seen since the 2009 flu.
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During and after pregnancy, every aspect of women’s physical health is examined. They are poked, prodded, weighed, and measured. They are advised to avoid raw cheese, caffeine, alcohol, ibuprofen, aspirin, and countless other things that potentially could harm them or their offspring. But women’s mental health during pregnancy and early motherhood rarely receives as much
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On February 1, 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the spread of Zika virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), an official designation that indicated a high level of concern about the rapid spread of the virus. The WHO declaration, followed a May 1 alert from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
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On April 20, 2015, Blue Bell Creameries issued a voluntary recall for all of its products, including ice cream, frozen yogurt, sherbet, and frozen snacks, due to possible contamination with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. The company had found the bacterium in samples of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream half gallons produced on March 17,
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If you’ve ever sat through the night with a small child sickened by whooping cough (pertussis), you know what fear is. Infants and children with pertussis cough repeatedly until no air is left in the lungs, then suck in air with loud “whoop” as they literally fight for every breath. And recent trends in pertussis
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Open enrollment for federal and state health insurance marketplaces began on Saturday, November 15. Whether you’re one of the 8 million people who enrolled in a health insurance plan through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“the ACA”) — Obamacare — in 2014, or this is your first time exploring the marketplace, you’ll need
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You wake up in the middle of the night with a scratchy, sore throat, runny nose, fever, and cough. Is it a cold or, or is it the flu? Both the common cold and flu are respiratory illnesses, and they often have similar symptoms. It can be hard to tell them apart. Your doctor can
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We don’t often cover breaking news at YourMedicalSource, because our goal is to provide reliable health information — and breaking news is often anything but reliable. But we’re making an exception for a critical Ebola virus-related alert from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). CDC officials now have reason to believe that Amber Vinson,
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In an analysis released October 7, researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that in 2012, motor vehicle crashes sent 2.5 million people to emergency departments in the U.S. — almost 7,000 people per day. Of those 2.5 million people who visited emergency rooms after traffic crashes, 200,000 were hospitalized.
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In March 2014, a few public health officials and virologists expressed concern as 49 cases of Ebola disease were diagnosed in Guinea, a poor, heavily populated nation in West Africa. They were right to be concerned. Those 49 cases would spread – slowly at first, then exponentially – into the first Ebola epidemic the world
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Acne treatments that contain benzoyl peroxide or salicylic acid can trigger dangerous allergic reactions in some people, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned on Thursday, June 26. The FDA issued the warning about certain over-the-counter acne treatment products that are applied to the skin. They include products marketed under brand names such as
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