Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Three passengers are dead and an investigation is underway after an outbreak of hantavirus ripped through an Atlantic Ocean cruise ship.Continue Reading
Anton Gvozdikov/Shutterstock.com I wouldn’t say that I’m afraid of heights. I can stand on a cliff path or look out from a tall building without the rush of panic people often associate with vertigo. What I really dislike is something much harder to explain: the peculiar feeling in my feet.Continue Reading
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Health officials are optimistic that a recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, which has tragically claimed three lives, will notContinue Reading
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Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email A suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship has claimed three lives and left seven others ill. There are five confirmedContinue Reading
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MDV Edwards/Shutterstock Whooping cough, medically known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects the airways. It gets its common name from the “whoop” sound that some infected children make when they take a deep, gasping breath after a severe coughing fit. The infection is caused by theContinue Reading
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email It doesn’t matter if you eat them fried, scrambled or poached, eggs could slash your risk of developing dementia by almostContinue Reading
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BearFotos/Shutterstock.com Standing by the counter at the pharmacist waiting to pick up my prescription, I couldn’t help noticing the prominent display of probiotics on the counter. It was two years ago, and I was reading everything I could find on microbiomes and probiotics – whether in books, journals or inContinue Reading
