A new study by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital examined pediatric injuries associated with inflatable bouncers, such as bounce houses and moonwalks. Researchers found that from 1995 to 2010 there was a 15-fold...
Tuberculosis that is resistant to first-line and second-line drugs is becoming more prevalent, an international team of experts reported in The Lancet today. They described levels of extensively drug-resistant TB as "alarming". 43.7% of TB (tuberculosis) cases in eight countries were found to be...
Black AIDS Institute releases report on the AIDS crisis among black gay men Today, the Black AIDS Institute released its latest report, Back of the Line: The State of AIDS Among Black Gay Men in America. The landmark report highlights alarming data that show disproportionately high rates of HIV...
Over the last three years, gonorrhea has become increasingly harder to treat with antibiotics, making it now a reality that perhaps we may be facing a gonorrhea strain for which no current medications would be effective, researchers from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), and...
According to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, shortages of anti-infective medications used to fight infections represent a public health emergency and can put patients at risk. Frequent shortages of these medications can considerably change clinical care and could result in...
Yesterday, the CDC released a new report, featuring rape and domestic violence statistics. Among the numbers? The fact that 1 in 4 women has been the victim of some form of domestic violence or abuse, and that almost 1 in 5 women has been the victim of a sexual assault or rape. The public and...
There are a lot of diseases that the doctors call nowadays CRIs or computer related injuries. They include back and neck pain, spondylitis, eye-related problems etc. A recent study had been conducted among the IT employees in Bangalore, (one of the major high-tech cities in India) and it is...
Over 56 countries report either considerable reductions or stabilization in new HIV infection rates, while AIDS-related deaths have fallen 20% over the last five years, a UNAIDS Report on the global AIDS epidemic reveals. The authors also inform that consequently, the total number of individuals...
Men's testosterone and sperm count have been decreasing since the 1940's. If something that radical and widespread were affecting women's reproductive health we would hear about it every day. There would be marches and telethons. Congress and the UN would get involved.
As opposed to the sound...