Sandra Williams

Some good news for nap fanatics — a new study has found that a daytime nap taken once or twice a week could lower the risk of heart attacks or strokes. Researchers studied the association between napping frequency and duration and the risk of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular disease complications. Tracking 3,462 people between the …

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Monday is the first day back to class in Sudbury since a 5-year-old girl was diagnosed with Eastern equine encephalitis in the town. Town leaders say trucks will be rolling through town, spraying for mosquitoes Monday and Tuesday. Workers with backpack sprayers will go around the vegetation of school properties to try to cut the …

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“Before I became a dad, the thought of struggling to comfort my crying baby horrified me,” says Yaka Oyo, 37, a new father who lives in New York City. Like many first-time parents, Oyo worried he would misread his newborn baby’s cues. “I pictured myself pleading with my baby saying, ‘What do you want?’ ” …

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The death toll from a mysterious vaping illness has now risen to five, as per the report. The sickness associated to vaping, which includes symptoms like chest pain, shortness of breath and vomiting, has risen up in 450 cases across the country, puzzling health officials. Though vaping has been identified as a common figure in …

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More than a million Americans have donated genetic information and medical data for research projects. But how that information gets used varies a lot, depending on the philosophy of the organizations that have collected the data. Some hold the data close, while others are working to make the data as widely and easily available to …

How Should Scientists’ Access To Health Databanks Be Managed? Read More »

A research center that will evaluate the use of psychedelic drugs to treat conditions such as addiction, alcoholism and depression was announced by Johns Hopkins University. “Johns Hopkins is deeply committed to exploring innovative treatments for our patients,” Paul Rothman, dean of the medical faculty and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine, said in a statement. …

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A teenage boy who lived primarily on junk food went blind from his poor diet, according to a new study. The 17-year-old, who lives in the United Kingdom, first went to the doctor at age 14 complaining of tiredness, the Annals of Internal Medicine wrote in the study abstract. By the time his doctors discovered …

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A leading nutritionist has alerted an “unintended consequence” of vegan diets is that they could make future generations less intelligent. Writing in the journal BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health, Dr Emma Derbyshire said that while plant-based diets have many benefits, they are low in choline – a dietary nutrient that is key to brain development. The nutrient, …

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State health officials are warning the public about a measles vulnerability in Hershey, and several York County locations last week. Officials say a patient at Wellspan York Hospital has the 14th confirmed case of measles in Pennsylvania this year. There have been more that 1200 measles cases discovered in the U.S. this year, the most …

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Symptoms off EEE typically appear from four to 10 days after the bite of an infected mosquito, according to the CDC. The infection can be either systemic or encephalitic, which involves the swelling of the brain. Some people who contract EEE shows no symptoms at all. In those who develop a systemic infection, symptoms can appear …

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Maddie Nelson started feeling nauseous earlier this year but last month she began to experience severe back pain. The 18-year-old, of Utah, US, was rushed to hospital where her symptoms quickly worsened. Doctors found that she had acute eosinophilic pneumonia – a rare disease caused by a build-up of white blood cells in the lungs …

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Before humans make it to Mars, NASA will send a helicopter to scope out the terrain. Engineers attached a helicopter to the Mars 2020 rover ahead of its launch next summer. And if it flies successfully, it’ll be the first aircraft to fly on another planet, NASA said. The solar-powered Mars Helicopter will be safely packed underneath the rover until …

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