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9 hours ago · Dengue Symptoms. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control states that dengue fever is a viral disease that is transmitted by certain types of mosquitoes. Its classic symptoms are ...
23 hours ago · This is a list of the largest known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease in humans. Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal ...
23 hours ago · Schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever, bilharzia, and Katayama fever, [1] [2] [9] is a disease caused by parasitic flatworms called schistosomes. [5] The urinary tract or the intestines may be infected. [5] Symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody stool, or blood in the urine. [5] Those who have been infected for a long time may ...
23 hours ago · For almost the past two months, Eli Havens has been battling a health complication due to his Crohn's Disease, which he was first diagnosed with at age 10. On April 12, Havens was experiencing a 105-degree fever, believed at first to be caused by the flu, when his mom decided to take him to the emergency room.
23 hours ago · A new series published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology highlights how pollution, in all its forms, is a greater health threat than that of war, terrorism, malaria, HIV, tuberculosis, drugs and alcohol combined. The researchers from the the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Icahn School of Medicine at
23 hours ago · Preexisting liver disease, elevated baseline liver enzymes, and concomitant medications may increase the risk. ... Gastrointestinal (GI) Complications: GI complications, some with fatal outcomes ...
23 hours ago · BCG is a 100 year old vaccine that while preventing disseminated TB in children has limited effects on adult pulmonary disease. Interestingly, in addition to inducing adaptive immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, BCG vaccination has been demonstrated to display non-specific off target effects on tumor growth and is thought to reduce all-cause pediatric infections by promoting ...
