There comes a time when a social media-fueled wellness trend reaches its zenith. We saw the celery juice trend come and go, for example. And while most are debunked because of little to no scientific backing, when it comes to the ketogenic diet, theres a plet…
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The linear gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) gadodiamide accumulates in the brain early in the course of multiple sclerosis (MS), but has no apparent clinical or radiologic impact, results of a longitudinal study suggest. "Patients with more frequent us…
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A few decades ago, a healthy serving of ice cream and some Tylenol was the trick to recovering from a tonsillectomyone of the most common childrens surgeries in the U.S., with more than 500,000 operations a year. But a new study shows that as recently as two…
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Brandi Yakeima Lasiter wanted to punish the men of Americus, Ga., who had allegedly wronged her. She set her plan into motion last week on a Facebook Live feed, claiming to be HIV positive and broadcasting that she had intentionally infected her past sexual p…
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In a table-top pandemic exerciseat Johns Hopkins University last year, a pathogen based on the emerging Nipah virus was released by fictional extremists, killing 150 million people. A less apocalyptic scenario mapped out by a blue-ribbon U.S. panelenvision…
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ST. PAUL Nine Minnesota counties are involved in an outbreak of hepatitis A declared Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Health.The outbreak is occurring among people who use street drugs, are experiencing homelessness or unstable housing or have been rec…
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Drinking too much coffee or other caffeinated drinks may be a trigger for migraines among people prone to these severe headaches, a new study suggests. The study researchers found that, among people with periodic migraine headaches, consuming at least three …
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