Your Gut’s Gone Viral, And That Might Be Good For Your Health
(By Michaeleen Doucleff for NPR) Everywhere you turn, it seems, there’s news about the human microbiome. And, more specifically, about
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Screening Positive For Depression Doesn’t Mean You’ll Get Treatment, Study Finds
(By Zhai Yun Tan for Kaiser Health News) Getting treatment for depression may sometimes be a regular part of health
Read MoreTop 5 spots for medical tourism
(By Brooke Murphy for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Approximately 1.4 million Americans are expected to travel outside the U.S. for
Read MoreA Young Woman Dies, A Teen Is Saved After Amoebas Infect The Brain
(By Abe Aborayai, VMFE and Michael Tomsic, WFAE for NPR) Doctors describe 16-year-old Sebastian DeLeon as a walking miracle —
Read MoreCancer was slated to overtake heart disease as America’s top killer — but heart deaths have ticked up
(By Leah Samuel for ST A T) Cancer deaths have been on pace to outnumber deaths from heart disease in
Read MoreNew Virus Breaks The Rules Of Infection
(By Michaeleen Doucleff for NPR) Human viruses are like a fine chocolate truffle: It takes only one to get the
Read More‘Mental Health First Aid’ — Chirlane McCray On How N.Y.C. Is Fixing The System
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) For Chirlane McCray, New York City’s first lady, mental illness is not an
Read MoreWhy baking soda can be essential for rescuing earthquake survivors
(By Eric Boodman for ST A T) R escuing survivors buried by Wednesday’s earthquake in central Italy will require more
Read MoreAs brain maps proliferate, scientists aim to sync them up
(By Anna Vlasits for ST A T) Brain maps seem to come out in rapid succession these days. They take
Read MoreNew treatment offers some hope for an unshakable tremor
(By Suzanna Masih for ST A T) F or decades, Sharon Samuels struggled with simple everyday tasks like brushing her
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