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Busy with a free online game, "Gary" led to a decade of addictive games. He spoke anonymously to the BBC in the wake of a Glasgow University study, which concluded that a radical revision of gaming laws was necessary to prevent addiction and injury. The report – published in the British Medical Journal – has required an industrial tax on …

As concern about resistance to antibiotics grows in a new type of therapy could prove vital. When British 17-year-old Isabelle Carnell-Holdaway contracted a life threatening infection she was given a carefully selected cocktail or viruses to infect the bacteria that would have otherwise killed here. She was given a less than one cent chance of survival by doctors at Great …

SOUTH AUSTRALIA – There is no shortage of research showing how drinking coffee is good for health, but is there a point where consuming too much can be harmful? Researchers from the University of South Australia sought to answer that very question, and found that it was best to stop after your fifth cup for the day. While one study …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say they have seen 764 cases of measles so far this year, surpassing the highest number of cases seen in a single year since the disease was eliminated in 2000. And it's only May With outbreaks in New Jersey, Michigan, New York City, and Maryland, among others, researchers at Johns Hopkins University …

20 hepatitis A case now reported in Martin County Want to receive local news announcements on your desk? Yes please Not now News Local News Martin County Posted: 1:47 PM, May 09, 2019 Updated: 2019 -05-09 23: 36: 09Z The Florida Department of Health says there are more than 1,000 cases of hepatitis A in Florida, and one of the …

0 Couple reportedly dies of the plague after eating raw marmot meat TSAGAANNUUR, Mongolia – A quarantine was declared in the small town of Tsagaannuur, Mongolia, after a couple reportedly died of the septicemic plague after eating raw marmot meat The Washington Post reported that, according to Ariuntuya Ochirpurev with the World Health Organization in Ulaanbaatar, the husband and wife …

In an effort to rescue a stray puppy, a 24-year-old Norwegian woman has died after contracting rabies. Birgitte Kallestad was holidaying in the Philippines with friends when they found the puppy on a street, her family said in a statement The puppy is believed to have been infected when it was playing, according to the BBC Ms Kallestad, who worked …

Doctors in the United States have announced plans for a radical gene therapy aimed at reducing the risk of heart attack, the world's leading cause of death, with a single injection. The researchers hope to try the treatment within the next three years in people with a rare genetic disorder that makes them prone to heart attacks in their 30s …

You don't have to look to find some seriously troubling data regarding obesity in the United States and abroad. Waistlines are growing and with them comes increased risks of a myriad of diseases. You could point fingers at a number of possible causes – the prevalence of fast food, inadequate nutrition education in our schools, etc – but to curb …

OSLO: A Norwegian woman died this week of rabies, after she was married to a family while vacationing in the Philippines, her family announced. In February, while on holiday with friends , Birgitte Kallestad found a "helpless" puppy on the road during a scooter ride Advertisement "Birgitte put the puppy in a basket and brought him home. She cleaned it …