Diseases and Illnesses
Tick Check
It's become a part of our daily routine.
Tick checks.
"Children 5-13 years old are particularily at risk for tick bites and lyme disease because playing outside has been identified as a high-risk activity", says Dr. Kirby Stafford III, Chief Entomologist with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. He added, "after the long winter, I expect the tick population to be a bit higher this year." We already found one after a trip to a local farmers market. It's an unfortunate part of spending summers outside in New England. Ticks aren't just a nuisance, they can be dangerous. According...
Related "Diseases and Illnesses" Articles
Tick Check
It's become a part of our daily routine.
Tick checks.
"Children 5-13 years old are particularily at risk for tick bites and lyme disease because playing outside has been identified as a high-risk activity", says Dr. Kirby Stafford III, Chief...
Fighting Cancer And Possible Return To Prison, Taylor Remains Optimistic
More than a year after Ronald Taylor was released from prison and temporarily exonerated of the murder for which he served 16 years in prison, the New Haven native is again fighting to prove his innocence while at the same time battling stage four colon...
Chat Recap: Autism, And What It Means For Your Child
Autism Awareness Chat(04/11/2011) Close 8:46 Sarah Cody: Good morning, everyone! Our live chat in honor of Autism Awareness Month will begin in about 14 minutes. I am Sarah Cody, Fox CT reporter and Mommy Minute Blogger for The Hartford...
Town Turns Teal To Raise Awareness For Ovarian Cancer
The South Windsor Community Women's Club has partnered with The Promenade Shops at Evergreen Walk and the Town of South Windsor to bring awareness to ovarian cancer. All three have partnered with the Turn the Towns Teal for the month of September.Turn the...
Wishes On Wheels Makes Dreams Come True
More than 400 truckers joined Make-a-Wish Foundation's 'Wishes on Wheels' convoy that began at Rentschler Field, on Sept. 10.
The annual event was expected to raise more than $100,000 for the organization that grants wishes to seriously ill children...
Study prompts call to examine flu vaccine and miscarriage
A puzzling study of U.S. pregnancies found that women who had miscarriages between 2010 and 2012 were more likely to have had back-to-back annual flu shots that included protection against swine flu. Vaccine experts think the results may reflect the older...
Selena Gomez undergoes kidney transplant due to lupus
Selena Gomez recently received a kidney transplant from television actress Francia Raisa due to her struggle with lupus, the actress-singer revealed Thursday.
Gomez disclosed in an Instagram post confirmed by her publicist that she has been somewhat...
New Anti-Lyme Disease Treatment Being Tested, But Could Face Troubles Ahead
As Massachusetts scientists get ready to test a new anti-Lyme disease shot, they are nervously hoping to avoid the kind of public relations disaster that doomed a Lyme disease vaccine developed from Yale University research in the 1990s.The approach being...
Science Says: How repeated head blows affect the brain
Researchers are tackling fresh questions about a degenerative brain disease now that it has been detected in the brains of nearly 200 football players after death. The suspected cause is repeated head blows, an almost unavoidable part of contact sports....
Cystic fibrosis often identified before symptoms start
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Recently, my niece was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at 16. No one else in our family has been diagnosed with it, and, until recently, she didn't have any symptoms. Now I'm worried about my kids, ages 4 and 6. Their newborn screenings...
Chicago hospitals gearing up to offer breakthrough treatment for pediatric cancer
University of Chicago Medical Center and Lurie Children's Hospital could be among the first hospitals in the country to offer a new, breakthrough pediatric cancer treatment approved Wednesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The treatment, which...
S. Korean court says worker's rare disease linked to Samsung
South Korea's Supreme Court said a former worker in a Samsung LCD factory who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis should be recognized as having an occupationally caused disease, overturning lower court verdicts that held a lack of evidence against...
Time it takes for primary sclerosing cholangitis to progress varies
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What causes primary sclerosing cholangitis? How long does it take for it to progress?
ANSWER: Primary sclerosing cholangitis, or PSC, is a chronic inflammatory disease of the bile ducts that may lead to severe liver damage and liver...
New Milford Man Dies Of Tick-Borne Illness
A 55-year-old New Milford man died earlier this month after contracting a tick-borne disease.
Michael Yoder died Aug. 8 of liver and kidney failure after contracting babesiosis from a tick bite, according to the state medical examiner.
Yoder's wife,...
New Milford Man Dies From Tick-Borne Illness
A 55-year-old man died after contracting a tick-borne illness, officials said on Wedneseay. Michael Yoder, of New Milford, died Aug. 8 of liver and kidney failure after contracting babesiosis from a tick bite, the state medical examiner's office said....
Mayo Clinic Q&A: Many with Lewy body dementia also have Alzheimer's disease
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What's the difference between Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer's? How is Lewy body dementia diagnosed?
ANSWER: Doctors diagnose Lewy body dementia based on the range of symptoms a person shows. Generally, a Lewy body dementia...
Another grim milestone for Yemen: Cholera infections soar to half a million
The number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen this year hit 500,000 on Sunday, marking a grim milestone in the spread of the disease across the war-ravaged country. Almost 2,000 people have died since April, when the disease’s spread began to accelerate,...
Don't ignore the subtle signs of ovarian cancer
Courtesy of UT Southwestern Medical Center
www.awellnessupdate.com
It's called "the whispering cancer," and it often goes undetected until too late.
"Ovarian cancer is a silent killer. It has few early warning signs and those can be non-specific,...
Group Hosts Lyme Disease Workshop
With a rise in reported cases of Lyme disease, volunteers from Voices Against Lyme disease held a workshop at the Simsbury Public Library Aug. 3. Bonnie Waterhouse, who founded the group, said her son, Darren, contracted Lyme disease 29 years ago. Her...
Study On CTE Has Many Football Coaches, Players Reassessing The Sport
Joe Linta played football at Yale before making a living as an NFL agent and football coach at Hamden Hall. Yet he wonders if it is worth it for his son to play.
A recent study by Boston University on 202 former football players found much evidence of...