Legacy, Regence Health split over rates; Oregon families scramble for healthcare
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – A healthcare insurance nightmare. “The actual physical and mental impact that this has had…
Short Bursts of Exercise Lower Disease Risk
As it turns out, you don’t need long workouts to improve your health. Just a few minutes of…
Māori All Black Shane Christie died with CTE, the brain disease linked to contact sport
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) acknowledged the diagnosis and reiterated its position that the link between repeated head impacts…
High‑risk bird flu strain H5N1 circling worldwide; how prepared is NZ?
The current H5N1 strain is unprecedented in both scale and scope. Its host range now spans hundreds of…
A New Study Links a Record-Breaking Tropical Disease Outbreak in Peru to Climate-Driven Extreme Weather
Every year, mosquitoes in mostly tropical and subtropical countries cause millions of cases of dengue fever, a virus…
Salem medical office, waiting room identified as measles exposure sites
SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) – A medical office and an emergency department waiting room in Salem were identified as…
Gene from High Altitude Yak Protected and Repaired Myelin Sheath in Early MS Study
A wild yak in Tibet – credit, Alexandr Frolov, CC 4.0. via Wiki A special gene that helps…
Tauranga father facing losing wife to breast cancer, son to kidney disease
In March last year, Verron said, Grayson was diagnosed with “incurable and progressive” kidney disease. Nine months later,…
Waipoua Forest tracks near Northland’s Tāne Mahuta closing for kauri dieback work
The Four Sisters Walk was closed in 2019 due to the biosecurity threat posed by the kauri dieback…
Weekly Health Update | Namibia Ends Mpox Outbreak; Nigeria Faces Seasonal Lassa Fever Surge
This week, Africa is facing a mixed health situation. Namibia has declared an end to its mpox outbreak,…
Your body’s “biological stress score” may reveal disease risk years early
This strain does not come from one event. It builds slowly from sleep loss, diet, work pressure, sedentary…
Scurvy diagnosis: Autistic boy, aged 5, lived on diet of chicken and biscuits
Doctors carried out a physical examination, blood tests and an MRI examination. Eventually, they consulted paediatric rheumatology and…