WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) — The health risks that spring from poor posture while using mobile devices don’t concern many Americans, a new survey finds. But maybe it should. Poor posture can lead to health issues such as chronic pain in the back, neck and knees, circulation problems, heartburn and digestive problems, according… Read More »
Dive Brief: More than 70% of all hospital data breaches include sensitive demographic or financial information that could lead to fraud or identity theft, according to a new study published in Annals of Internal Medicine analyzing almost 1,500 breaches of protected health information over the past decade. Each breach included at least one piece of… Read More »
The preserved remains of more than 2,200 unborn children were found in the home of Dr. Ulrich Klopfer following his death on Sept. 3. Family searching through the late doctor’s possessions discovered the remains in Klopfer’s Will County, Illinois, home and contacted authorities. Law enforcement confirmed that they discovered 2,246 medically preserved bodies of aborted… Read More »
While the number of new cancer cases in children and adolescents (aged 0-19 years) is relatively low at around 416,500 globally in 2017, treatment-related ill-health and disability and fatal cancer are estimated to cause around 11.5 million years of healthy life lost globally every year, according to the first Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD)… Read More »
Most people consume many different types of sugars from a variety of foods and beverages in their diet. A high intake of sugar is linked to an increased risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers. But whether some sugars are healthier (or worse) than others remains a question of interest to… Read More »
CPR makes someone more likely to survive cardiac arrestJan-Otto/Getty By New Scientist staff and Press Association Women who have a cardiac arrest outside of hospital are less likely to be resuscitated by a bystander and more likely to die than men. Hanno Tan at the University of Amsterdam and colleagues analysed data from all resuscitation… Read More »