WEDNESDAY, Oct. 2, 2019 — There’s good news for people with HIV who get a kidney from a donor who also has HIV: A new study reports high five-year survival rates. “A growing number of people with HIV have a need for kidney transplants. Unfortunately, these gifts of life are too often in short supply,”… Read More »
Health officials are urgently trying to track down 200 people and give them the MMR jab amid fears of a measles outbreak in Essex Health officials said eight people are suspected to have measles They all attended a day service for learning difficulties in Southend-on-Sea The centre has closed for the rest of the week… Read More »
According to administrators from the Department of Health Services in Wisconsin and the Department of Public Health in Illinois, a total of 14 teens and young adults were recently hospitalized for lung damage and breathing problems most likely related to vaping, CNN reports. E-cigarettes are often advertised as a healthier substitute to traditional cigarettes. But… Read More »
The implant behind the eyePixium Vision By Donna Lu A bionic eye has helped people who are legally blind to see and read letters again. The device consists of glasses with an embedded camera, and a microchip implanted behind the retina. Images beamed through the pupil from the camera are converted by the chip into… Read More »
One in every 25 people on the face of the planet is carrying a sexually transmitted infection, according to a new study. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that STIs are a ‘silent epidemic’ sweeping the globe, adding that one million new STIs occur every single day. A study has found that in 2016,… Read More »