Researchers from Minnesota and the CDC made the breakthrough on the puzzling ailment. By Jeremy Olson Star Tribune APRIL 18, 2019 — 10:42PM At home Thursday following surgery in California, Quinton Hill, right, showed his arm brace to his friend Max Joyce. A virus appears to be the cause behind a rash of polio-like illnesses that struck Minnesota last fall, causing paralyzing symptoms...
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Why sleep is good for your arteries
Fresh evidence suggests that sleep regulates a mechanism that can help to protect arteries from hardening. The finding reinforces the notion that good-quality sleep is important for cardiovascular health. Scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, MA, together with colleagues from other research centers, studied the development of atherosclerosis in mice. Atherosclerosis is the...
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CDC: greater awareness of valley fever needed nationally
(HealthDay)—Greater nationwide awareness of the fungal infection Valley fever (coccidioidomycosis) is needed, according to a report published in the August issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Emerging Infectious Diseases. Kaitlin Benedict, from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues conducted enhanced surveillance in 14 states in 2016 by identifying coccidioidomycosis cases according...
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52 People In Utah Were Poisoned By Fake Cannabis Oil, CDC Claims
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report focused on a severe poisoning case that took place in Utah. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claimed that 52 Utah residents were poisoned after they consumed fake cannabis oil. The drug that made them sick was a synthetic cannabinoid known as 4-cyano CUMYL-BUTINACA. ...