WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There have been 50 face transplants performed in 11 countries since the surgery was pioneered back in 2005, and long-term outcomes have been favorable, a new review finds. In total, 85% of people receiving these complex surgeries survived five years and 74% wereContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 16, 2024 (Healthday News) — In a disclosure that can’t eliminate the possibility that bird flu may have spread from one human to another for the first time, U.S. health officials have reported that a person who lived with a Missouri resident infected with H5N1 became sick theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 13 , 2024 (HealthDay News) — In a case that continues to confound scientists, U.S. health officials said Thursday that they still don’t know how a Missouri patient caught the bird flu and that the case may just be a rare anomaly. As bird flu continues to spreadContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Widespread and easy access to guns is the reason behind the shockingly high rate of firearm deaths in the United States, and not any rise in mental health problems suffered by perpetrators, a new study shows. The United States has the same burdenContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Beginning Jan. 1, Americans with private health insurance coverage should gain better access to mental health care, as well as care to help ease substance abuse, federal officials announced Monday. “Like medical care, mental health care is vital to the well-being of America’sContinue Reading
Key Takeaways A man who received the world’s first combined whole-eye and partial face transplant is doing well His body has not rejected either his new face of his new left eye However, vision has not returned in the donated eye MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The recipientContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 9 , 2024 (HealthDay News) — A case of bird flu has been confirmed in a Missouri resident who had no known contact with dairy cows, poultry or wild birds, U.S. health officials report. “The patient, who was hospitalized, had underlying medical conditions, was treated with influenza antiviralContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The time is now to prepare for a potential pandemic involving the H5N1 bird flu, says a group of international vaccine and public health experts. Avian influenza vaccines need to developed, stockpiled and even delivered to people at highest risk of contracting theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Too many U.S. seniors are skipping their prescription meds due to cost, and the problem is most acute among the poor and chronically ill, new data shows. Almost all (88.6%) Americans age 65 or older have been prescribed at least one prescription medicine,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Fluorescent light can be used to highlight bacteria that hides in wounds, causing infections and slowing down the healing process, a new evidence review says. A handheld fluorescent device can light up bacteria in 9 out of 10 wounds that traditional clinical treatmentContinue Reading