Cheshire Medical Center has treated 34 patients with cyclosporiasis — 28 of whom have been linked to contaminated lettuce served at the hospit…
Doctronic reports that monitoring tick bite symptoms is crucial for early treatment. Key signs of infection include expanding rashes, fever, and flu-like symptoms.
While cholera launched modern epidemiology and has nearly disappeared in many countries, the disease never went away. It has instead retreated to the places least equipped to fight it.
Doctronic reports that mosquito bites itch due to an immune response to saliva proteins. Relief comes from antihistamines, cold therapy, and avoiding scratching.
Explosive diarrhea has been spreading across the US, and the parasite that causes the disease has already sickened thousands – and counting.
Industrial-scale chicken farming allowed strains that once circulated in wild birds to mix extensively in commercial poultry populations.
"He's handled all of it way better than I imagined. I'm very proud of him."
People use cognitive shortcuts to make choices that sometimes have outcomes that don’t serve their own interests or preferences. But to call these choices irrational might be missing the big picture.
A tick disease researcher explains the risks and how she avoids bringing home ticks from both work and walking her dog in the woods. Lint rollers, tick checks and some types of chemicals play a role.
The technology is designed to help doctors identify infections at an early stage.