by Research Team | Sep 20, 2015 | Health News
The News-Gazette reports that the cases are linked to Normal West and University high schools. The McLean County Health Department is sending letters to students, faculty and staff who have had contact with those infected.
by Research Team | Sep 20, 2015 | Health News
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services says two St. Louis-area residents have recently died of complications from West Nile virus. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports a 76-year-old man from St. Louis and a 92-year-old woman from St. Louis County both...
by Research Team | Sep 20, 2015 | Health News
There are “serious gaps” in dementia research, which is slowing down the development of new treatments, a charity has said. Few career opportunities and a lack of funding is leading to a shortage of doctors working in the field, the Alzheimer’s...
by Research Team | Sep 20, 2015 | Health News
Fourteen-year-old Keri Moore of Meridian, Miss., shows off “Dolly,” a 17-week old rose comb brown leghorn hen, Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, that earned a grand champion place in the layers division and a first place in senior showmanship at the 4-H competition...
by Research Team | Sep 19, 2015 | Health News
” Consumer-friendly ratings of the benefits of new drugs. Limits on what patients pay.
by Research Team | Sep 19, 2015 | Health News
Doctors have long known that systolic blood pressure below 120 was considered normal and meant a lower risk of heart disease and kidney problems. But they would often only treat patients if that top number crept above 140, the threshold for officially having high...
