A deadly outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) has occurred inside a California hotel housing homeless people, leading to the death of one person and forcing city health officials to declare a public health emergency. The alarming outbreak at the unnamed hotel infected 14
Tasha Kann, a Michigan mom, was determined to keep her baby alive, even if it meant sacrificing her own treatment. (Tasha Kann) ‘AGAINST GOD’S WILL’ – Tasha Kann shares her story of how she refused to abort her baby after a brain cancer
Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig’s kidney worked normally inside the brain-dead man on the gurney rolling past them. The dramatic experiment came to an end Wednesday as surgeons
More and more people are making it to the 100-year milestone. Nearly 90,000 people were at least 100 years and older in the U.S. as of 2021, almost double the amount 20 years prior, according to data from the United Nations. So
As frustrating as colds and allergies may be to those who suffer from them, even more sobering is the notion that popular remedies we think are treating them may be ineffective at relieving our stuffy noses. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Up to a third of adults grind their teeth in the daytime and more than 10% do it unknowingly while they sleep, studies show. Stress is the leading cause of teeth grinding, according to Dr. Daniel Rubinshtein, a cosmetic dentist in New
A Texas city council voted on Tuesday to prohibit the enforcement of any COVID-19 mandate implemented at the federal or state level. The City of Odessa’s resolution was presented by City Council Member Chris Hanie, who said residents should decide for themselves
Cancer has many risk factors. Some — like gender, age and family history — can’t be controlled. But others, like diet, can be managed. Proper nutrition has been shown to reduce cancer risk, noted Dr. Brian Slomovitz, director of gynecologic oncology and
A man who consumed raw oysters at a restaurant in Texas died days later from a bacterial infection, health officials said. According to Galveston County Local Health Authority Dr. Philip Keiser, the latest victim of the shellfish bacteria infection was a man
“We recommend that you get an abortion.” That was the advice Tasha Kann received from doctors in Michigan shortly after she learned that she had brain cancer in 2022. The young mother, who was 20 weeks pregnant with her second child, had
While there currently is no cure for Alzheimer’s disease — the most common type of dementia — there are healthy steps a person can take to reduce their risk or possibly prevent it. Jessica Caldwell, PhD, a neuropsychologist with Cleveland Clinic, shared