Regulators in the US have approved a new dual gastric balloon device designed to help adult obese patients lose weight. The FDA say the new dual balloon device offers a... read more →
What is Vibrio vulnificus? V. vulnificus is a gram-negative bacteria related to the organism that causes cholera, Vibrio cholerae. But V. vulnificus does not cause cholera. Like V. cholerae, it... read more →
With the exception of maybe a mosquito’s mother, the world is unified in its hatred of the little critters. But the world seems divided by those the bugs ignore and... read more →
Happiness — you know it when you see it, but it’s hard to define. You might call it a sense of well-being, of optimism or of meaningfulness in life, although... read more →
Each year, on average, about 60 people in the United States are reported to have measles, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, this year is on... read more →
The term “nightmare bacteria” does not bode well for anyone who may get infected. That’s what CDC epidemiologists call carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, which kill up to half the patients who... read more →
Forget horoscopes or fortune tellers. There’s a new way to tell your future, and it involves a much more reliable medium: human neuroscience. A new study looks at over 70... read more →
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