MedicalXpress – Health

Historical policies shaping educational attainment have enduring benefits for later life memory and risk of dementia, according to a study led by a Rutgers Health researcher.This post was originally published on this site

Two Australian teenagers are severely ill in hospital in Thailand after experiencing suspected methanol poisoning while they were traveling in Laos.This post was originally published on this site

Bones play a critical role in full-body health. The skeleton is the framework of the body—protecting your organs, enabling movement and housing the bone marrow that makes blood cells, to name a few functions. As […]

New research has shown that cigarette smoke can induce disordered oropharyngeal microbiota that aggravates the severity of influenza A virus infection. The research was published in mSystems.This post was originally published on this site

President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration could try to remove fluoride from drinking water, according to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.This post was originally published on this site

Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous fluid supplies to cope with a shortage that may last months. Some hospital administrators say they are changing how they think about IV fluid hydration altogether.This post […]

Cholesterol is a type of fat in our blood. Our bodies need a small amount of cholesterol to build the structure of cell membranes, make certain hormones and help with metabolism, such as producing vitamin […]

An outbreak of highly contagious norovirus left 55 passengers and 15 crew members sick during a month-long cruise across the Pacific Ocean.This post was originally published on this site

The 12th round of negotiations towards a global accord on handling future pandemics ended Friday without a final agreement, with rich and poor nations still wrangling over how to make it work.This post was originally […]

Clinical visits by patients suffering ocular surface eye conditions more than doubled during times when ambient particulate matter from air pollution was in the atmosphere, signaling a possible association between climate change and ocular health, […]