April 11, 2014

Anti-vaccine movement is giving diseases a 2nd life
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/06/anti-vaccine-movement-is-giving-diseases-a-2nd-life/7007955/
She didn't want her family to see what whooping cough, her son's first illness, had done to 9-week-old Brady Alcaide. The nearly forgotten disease, which has in recent years afflicted thousands of Americans, left Brady's tiny body swollen and ...


The Diseases Doctors Miss Most
http://www.shape.com/lifestyle/mind-and-body/diseases-doctors-miss-most
Many people have this severe reaction to gluten for a decade or more before receiving an accurate diagnosis, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. 3. Thyroid conditions. With subtle signs like fatigue ...


Women at higher risk for eye diseases
http://www.krdo.com/news/health/women-at-higher-risk-for-eye-diseases/25414674
POSTED: 10:29 AM MDT Apr 10, 2014 UPDATED: 10:10 AM MDT Apr 10, 2014. Small Text; Medium Text; Large Text. Print; Email. Tweet. Women are at higher risk for some eye diseases than men. And most don't know it.


Heart diseases, cancer top list of Tulare County's causes of death
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20140410/NEWS01/304100009
Minnick said rheumatic heart disease, hypertensive heart disease, myocarditis, congestive heart failure and myocardial infarction are some of the many types of heart diseases included in the number reported. ?We have to look at what can be contributing ...


Omada Health Raises $23 Million to Help Prevent Chronic Diseases Online
http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/omada-health/
In 2011, he found a way to blend these two passions together with Omada Health, a digital healthcare startup that takes a multi-pronged approach to help prevent chronic diseases. For the startup's first act, it focused on diabetes, or more accurately ...


Woman with two rare terminal diseases advised to treat neither
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10758749/Woman-with-two-rare-terminal-diseases-advised-to-treat-neither.html
Woman with two rare terminal diseases advised to treat neither. Woman suffering from 1-in-5 billion conflicting terminal conditions told that treating either one means the other would kill her. Jo Smith from Exeter who suffers from pulmonary ...


Women at higher risk for some eye diseases
http://www.live5news.com/story/25216465/women-at-higher-risk-for-some-eye-diseases
"For those who have not had an eye exam, just realize that there are a lot of eye diseases out there, and virtually all of them can be slowed down or sometimes even prevented if we do an annual eye exam and pick those conditions up," Dr. Barry Lee said.


World Health Day 2014: Preventing vector-borne diseases
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2014/small-bite-big-threat/en/
2 April 2014 | Geneva - More than half the world's population is at risk from diseases such as malaria, dengue, leishmaniasis, Lyme disease, schistosomiasis, and yellow fever, carried by mosquitoes, flies, ticks, water snails and other vectors. Every ...