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Yellow Fever Vaccine Shortage Update – What You Need To Know
Yellow fever is a serious, potentially deadly viral infection transmitted by mosquitos. This disease is most prevalent in certain parts of Africa and South America.
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Study: Your Period Doesn’t Negatively Affect Your Memory or Thinking Skills
Bloating, cramps and a sense of fatigue may be common for many women during their menstrual cycle, but a recent study finds that contrary to popular belief, having your period doesn’t negatively affect your thinking and memory.
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Should Partners Be Given STD Prescriptions, Too?
Prescribing drugs to treat sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) to both sexual partners when only one seeks such treatment during a doctor’s visit may reduce the incidence of STDs, according to a recent study published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.
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When Should High-Risk Patients Get Vaccinated?
Millions of people get vaccinated every year for conditions ranging from the flu, measles and chickenpox to HPV and meningococcal disease, a potentially deadly bacterial infection.
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Clearing Out the Clutter
Spring cleaning provides a chance to hit the refresh button on your home. But what to do with all those extras? These suggestions can help.
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Researchers Discover Possible Vaccine to Treat Gonorrhea
Despite significant advancements in medicine, we still haven’t yet found a vaccine for gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that affects millions of people globally. However, a recent study may provide more hope that we’re close to getting there.
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How Weight and Height Can Affect Your Prostate Cancer Risk
Height and weight may be linked to a man’s risk of getting and dying from prostate cancer, a recent study finds.
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Should I go to the ER or Urgent Care?
Whether it’s sudden chest pain or a high fever, it can be difficult to know when to go to an emergency room for treatment.
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Why You Need to Eat Breakfast
There’s a good reason we call breakfast the most important meal of the day, and now a recent study is providing further evidence of why this is so true.
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The big whoop: Who needs to get the pertussis vaccine? Learn the facts to protect your family
What's the big whoop?
Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a contagious disease that affects the lungs of the body. In adults, the disease doesn’t produce much of a response and in fact an adult might not even know he or she has contracted the disease. However, if an infant contracts pertussis, the result is much more serious and can even be fatal. Initially infants with pertussis may have a runny nose or congestion, sneezing, a mild fever and cough. Eventually the coughing can progress into fits that make it difficult for the baby to breathe. Also, the infant could get pneumonia if it contracts pertussis. At least 50 percent of infants who are less than one year of age that contract pertussis end up needing to go to the hospital for treatment.
