Queensland is in the midst of a ‘flunami’ as influenza cases place a strain on the health system and authorities launch crisis talks over a hospital beds shortage. The number of residents being hospitalised for the flu surpassed the number of patients being admitted with Covid for the first… S..
Category : Health Trends – New Zealand
Chewing gum piles up in the stomach and turns into a ‘stony mass’ Experts have warned people regarding the injurious health effects of swelling chewing gum. According to Mail Online, swelling chewing gum leaves people in a distressing health condition as it piles up in the digestive system… S..
Two of the nation’s leading brain cancer research centres are joining forces to accelerate the progress towards a cure. Thanks to a $1 million investment from the Mark Hughes Foundation (MHF), the organisation’s MHF Centre for Brain Cancer Research at the University of Newcastle (UoN) will… S..
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Attachments Alerts : Acute Fever and Rash (AFR): Fiji (1) Influenza-like Illness (ILI): Tuvalu (5) Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI): Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (58) Respiratory virus epidemiology in the Pacific Island Countries for EPI – WK… S..
For Monday, July 29, WGN’s Dina Bair has the latest on new medical information. S..
The cost of healthcare is out of control. In the current fiscal year, the State of Delaware is spending nearly $2 billion on Medicaid and insurance plans for state employees and retirees – a $200 million increase over FY 2024. Gov. John Carney has repeatedly called the growth of healthcare… S..
A new tablet that slowly releases the drug ketamine can ease treatment-resistant depression, offering an alternative to cumbersome clinic-based treatments for people with the condition, researchers have found in a clinical trial. Ketamine, sometimes called a “party drug”, blocks the receptor… S..
Evidence for this natural remedy is still confounded by the benefits of drinking more liquids of any kind. Drinking cranberry juice can halve the occurrence of urinary tract infections compared with no treatment, according to a new Australian systematic review. And… S..
A “vivacious” New Zealand nurse has died after experiencing flu-like symptoms, while her husband battles on in the ICU. Otherwise fit and healthy, 53-year-old Maria Packe-Leonard died at Hutt Hospital on July 21. Her husband, 53-year-old John Leonard, remains in a critical condition, leaving their… S..
Swallowing chewing gum could leave you with a bizarre and distressing medical condition, experts warn. It can accumulate in the digestive system and harden, forming a ‘stony mass’ called a bezoar, they say — and chewing other indigestible substances, such as hair, can also increase t..