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Walking pneumonia is spreading. Doctors share the tell-tale symptoms to look for, and varied ways to treat it.
Walking pneumonia has been on the rise nationwide, mainly among kids. The bacteria can linger for w…
Hilary Brueck
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OpenAI's tools are making up stuff in hospital transcriptions; can be dangerous for patients, experts warn
AI transcription tool Whisper, developed by OpenAI, is facing scrutiny for frequent hallucinations …
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Your toothbrush is home to hundreds of new viruses. They could be the future of biotech.
Previously unseen viruses found in home bathrooms may be a new frontier of biotech innovation to fi…
Gabby Landsverk
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How did we manage to deal with COVID-19 so quickly, but the common cold still remains a persisting problem?
Despite rapid COVID-19 vaccine development, curing the common cold remains challenging due to many …
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A 37-year-old nurse got unusually short of breath on a hike. She had stage 4 lung cancer.
Lung cancer is rare in people under 45, but rates are rising in non-smokers, particularly women. Ti…
Serafina Kenny
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Antibiotics for common childhood infections no longer effective in many parts of world: Lancet
Drugs to treat common infections in children and babies are no longer effective in large parts of t…
PTI
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India bans 156 commonly used combination drugs citing possible risks to humans
The government said these combination drugs are likely to involve risk to human beings whereas safe…
ANI
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Serena Williams's husband and Reddit cofounder says he was diagnosed with Lyme disease and is starting treatment
Alexis Ohanian announced that he has Lyme disease, despite displaying no symptoms.
Julia Pugachevsky
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A doctor says our gut microbiome affects our hormones. He shared 3 things he avoids to stay healthy.
In his latest book Dr. Max Nieuwdorp, an endocrinologist and researcher, highlights yet another ben…
Kim Schewitz
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A sudden spike in cases of a rare infection often linked to flesh-eating bacteria is happening in Japan
Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) is rare but deadly. Since there is no vaccine, health exp…
Julia Naftulin
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A man's tongue turned green and hairy after he took antibiotics
The thick, green, hair-like coating developed on the man's tongue three weeks after he completed a …
Serafina Kenny
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This Canadian woman has been getting drunk without consuming alcohol for over two years! Here’s how
In an extraordinary series of events encapsulated in a recent medical journal, a 50-year-old Canadi…
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I got C. diff from antibiotics. I had diarrhea for 13 days and had to bleach the bathroom after using it.
I got C. diff from antibiotics for a sinus infection, and I had diarrhea for 13 days. Ironically, t…
Laura Onstot
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Chick-fil-A is ditching its antibiotic-free chicken pledge after just 5 years
Chick-fil-A announced its No Antibiotics Ever policy in 2014 and said it had achieved the goal in 2…
Grace Dean
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A woman gave herself poop transplants using her brother's feces to treat debilitating IBS. Then she started getting acne just like him.
Daniell Koepke turned to DIY poop transplants to find relief from debilitating gut symptoms. It hel…
Kim Schewitz
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Scientists find novel way to reduce harmful side-effects of antibiotics
Scientists have found a new approach that combines antibiotics with a protective antidote to reduce…
PTI
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Colon cancer cases have more than doubled in young people since 1999, new research shows
New research reveals a sharp rise in cases of colon cancer in Americans under age 45.
Gabby Landsverk
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Urgent need to develop antibiotics for newborns say global experts
Over the last decade, AMR has worsened to the point where around 50-70 per cent of common pathogens…
PTI
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Urgent need to develop antibiotics for newborns say global experts
Over the last decade, AMR has worsened to the point where around 50-70 per cent of common pathogens…
PTI
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WHO concerned over increasing antibiotic resistance in human infections
High levels of antibiotic resistance in bacteria are causing life-threatening bloodstream infection…