MONTREAL — The Quebec Health Department wants the thousands of women in the province who have received textured breast implants since 1995 to be warned of a potential cancer risk. The government has asked the province’s hospitals and clinics to contact all patients who received that specific type of implant in the last 24 years… Read More: Quebec warns of cancer risk to women with textured breast… »
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) 2019 is Sunday, March 10. This year marks the 14th annual observation. The event is spearheaded by the Office on Women’s Health, which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services. #DYK? All women are at risk for #HIV ????????????????????????????????????????♀️????????????????????, but some are more at… Read More: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2019 »
A 5-year-old girl whose appendicitis was dismissed by doctors as a tummy bug said “Daddy, I love you” moments before her tragic death. An inquest heard Elspeth Moore told medics her stomach “felt on fire” but her parents were told she simply had a viral infection. They took her home – without being given advice… Read More: 5-year-old girl dies after doctors dismiss appendicitis symptoms »
New guidelines on diagnosing high blood pressure could mean thousands more people benefiting from treatment in England and Wales. Health bosses say offering blood-pressure-lowering drugs to more people with stage-1 hypertension would help to cut heart attacks and strokes. In total, about 450,000 men and 270,000 women could now qualify for the drugs. But some… Read More: High blood pressure drugs to be offered to thousands more »