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Gaming disorder recognized by World Health Organization

Last year, a study from almost 30 academics opposed the gaming disorder classification, saying their addiction was best viewed as a coping mechanism ass...

Gaming addiction classified as mental health disorder by WHO

Key symptoms include "impaired control" - notably the inability to stop playing - and focusing on the game to the exclusion of everything else. The first one ...

How to make mental health more than just a trending hashtag

In more than half of the cases, the deceased had no diagnosed mental illness. "Hotlines and crisis intervention are essential, but too many people never sha...

Idaho Child Contracts Plague, First In State Since 1992

The plague is caused by a bacteria, the Yersinia Pestis , which is carried by rodent animals. Eight cases of plague have occurred in OR since 1990 and two in...

One third of United States adults take meds that can cause depression

A new study in JAMA estimates more than one third of US adults use prescription drugs that have depression or suicide listed as potential side effects. Qa...

West Nile virus found in three Lucas County locations

Forty people were diagnosed with the West Nile virus in MI a year ago, with one death reported. Director Ed Burnett says his technicians found early signs of ...

First human case of plague since 1992 found in Elmore County

An Idaho child was infected with the plague this week, the first human diagnosis in the state since 1992, health officials confirmed. Since 1990, eight human ...

Why workplace food may not be healthy for you

Nearly one-in-four participants obtained food from work at least once a week and the average weekly calories consumed was nearly 1,300. However, the vending mac...

Do you know what's growing on your kitchen towel?

Out of 100 towels collected for the study, the researchers found that 49 percent contained bacterial growth and the figure increased in the families that had mo...

Fast spreading salmonella outbreak reaches Georgia

The CDC suggests people to not eat and throw away the pre-cut melons purchased from any of the Walmart stores in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio or Missouri. And, if y...

DOJ calls Obamacare preexisting condition protection unconstitutional

The Justice Department said that also nullified two other major provisions of Obamacare linked to the individual mandate, including one barring insurance com...

Elliott's Singer agrees with Buffett, Dimon on profit guidance

Buffett , who runs Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and Dimon , CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., said in a joint Wall Street Journal editorial that they are encourag...

Trump signs bill to expand private care at troubled VA

That's when a TV news investigation found that veterans were waiting so long for care that in some cases they were dying before they ever were seen by a docto...

Designer Kate Spade suffered depression for years, husband says

In a statement Tuesday, a rep for the brand-which Spade sold a majority share of to Neiman Marcus back in 1999-said their founder would be "dearly missed". It ...

Social Security to tap reserves to cover 2018 benefits

The Social Security trust funds for benefits for the elderly and disability insurance could be depleted by 2034, the same as last year's projection. To ensure...

Health officials link pre-cut melon to salmonella outbreak in MI

A multistate salmonella outbreak has been linked to cut melons, and most of the illnesses have been reported in MI and Indiana. Most people infected with s...

Quotes From Dr. Virginia Apgar, Creator of Apgar Scale

She developed a test known as the Apgar Score , which measures body functions and helps doctors determine within 60 seconds after the birth whether a baby need...

It shows the growing severity of the issue

Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the USA and is one of just three leading causes that are on the rise. The data also shows that about 22%-24% o...

Researchers identify racial differences in breast cancer immune microenvironment

Perkins first got chemotherapy , followed by the infusion of immune cells. " Most women in this situation don't need treatment beyond surgery and hormone the...

Experimental treatment could be breast cancer breakthrough

For the majority of women diagnosed with breast cancer in its early stages, chemotherapy is given for survival and to reduce recurrence of the breast cancer ...

Regional Kathleen Wynne Concedes Defeat News Centre News

Ford has said a Tory government would run deficits for the first two or three years, but his plan doesn't spell out the size of those deficits, a path to balanc...

Health department issues advisory against Nipah virus

But her blood samples were found negative, Shailaja said. Scientists at the National Institute of Virology have confirmed that the Bangladesh strain of Nipah...

Death toll rises to 5 in US tainted lettuce outbreak

The last harvest was collected on April 16, and because the lettuce only has a 21-day shelf life, it is highly unlikely that any lettuce covered by the advisory...

Smoking Causes More Than Seven Million Deaths

Mosli also points out that smoking is one of the leading causes pf premature death, with around 3,000 Albertans killed every year because of smoking-related i...

Colon cancer screening should start at 45, Cancer Society says

Dr. Robin Mendelsohn of New York City's Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center said the hospital has seen 4,000 new colorectal cancer patients younger than 50...

India steps up hunt for origin of mysterious brain-damaging Nipah virus

The UAE's Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) said in a statement that it has banned the imports of fresh vegetables and fruits from Kerala ....

Why Were 170,000 Birth Control Pill Packs Just Recalled?

The Taytulla birth control pills are from lot 5620706 that expires on May 2019. The brown placebo pills should be the last four of the pack. A physician inf...

New Zealand Plans To Kill 150,000 Cows

Mycoplasma bovis was first detected in New Zealand in July 2017. "But the alternative is the spread of the disease across our national herd", Ardern said, ...

Alberto to bring widespread, heavy rain to the region

A more destructive storm could develop over the next 48 hours. Tropical storm warnings were up for parts of the Panhandle and the Alabama coast. Governor La...

Sleeping in on weekends could extend your life

The study found that people who sleep five hours or less per night including the weekends had higher mortality rates. If you've been struggling with slee...

Mussels In Puget Sound Discovered With Opioids In Their Systems

A recent study shows mussels in Puget Sound have tested positive for trace amounts of the opioid oxycodone . He also said the oxycodone was found in amou...

Bats not primary source of Nipah, claims report

The samples from bats found dead in Himachal Pradesh , which were sent to the Pune institute, have been found negative and the two samples of suspected cases f...

Nipah kills one more in Kerala, toll touches 12

To discuss issues relating to outbreak of the virus, an all-party meeting has also been called at the Kozhikode collectorate tomorrow in which representatives...

Nipah virus claims one more life, Death toll rises to 11

That time, the first infected were pigs that got the virus from fruit bats before transmitting it to pig farmers. Besides, about 160 samples have been sent for ...

FDA warns some teething medicines unsafe, wants them off shelves

The ultimate goal here is to discontinue these treatments' marketing altogether; if companies don't play ball, "the FDA will initiate a regulatory action to r...