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Trends in Lyme Disease: Focus on the Northeast
Lyme Disease Trends: Northeast State health departments report about 30,000 cases of Lyme disease each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but that number does not accurately reflect the actual number of cases diagnosed around the United States. Some studies suggest the actual number of Lyme disease could be as high as […]
Tdap Lead to Increased Trend in HPV Vaccines
Requiring Tdap May Increase HPV Vaccination in Adolescent Girls About 9 in 10 people will get a human papillomavirus (HPV) infection at some point in their lives, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). HPV infections are associated with health problems, including several types of cancer in men and women, which means […]
Handheld Medicine
Handheld Medicine: Doctors Connecting with Patients using Smartphones Frank Magliochetti Report Doctors are connecting with patients in an entirely new way – through smartphones.Mobile payments, apps, and digital advertising changed the way retailers work by providing new opportunities to attract new customers, build loyalty and improve sales. Now these same technologies that altered retail are […]
Wearable Sensors: Identify Early Signs of Disease
Wearable Sensors May Help Identify Early Signs of Disease Wearable technologies may be able to do much more than monitor a person’s blood pressure or total number of steps each day, according to a new study, which suggests wearable sensors can detect early signs of serious disease. Wearable biosensors, otherwise known as wearables, are a low-cost […]
Vaccinated for Measles?
Even Vaccinated People Can Get the Measles Measles are a serious infectious disease that can cause serious complications, such as ear infections, inflammation of the throat and lungs, pneumonia, swelling of the brain known as encephalitis, and pregnancy problems. Once very common, measles are now rare thanks to vaccinations, but people who have been vaccinated […]