Typhoid fever, once feared throughout the world, saw its number of cases dwindle. Awareness and improved medicine helped reduce the food and water-borne disease.
Stemming from a lack of sanitation, the disease was even almost eradicated in many parts of the world that long struggled with it.
For decades, progress to fight typhoid came in the form of vaccines, improved hygiene and sanitation. With work in industrial nations, death tolls from typhoid leveled off to a manageable extent.
The advent of social media and selfies has taken an important role in society.
Electronic media has made it easy for people to post pictures, text messages, tweets and selfies to the internet in real time. After climbing to the top of the Himalayas, you probably want to show off the accomplishment, right?
It’s always interesting and a lot of fun to post on Snapchat or Instagram to show your friends and family. But, you still need to remember that different types of pictures and places are appropriate, while others aren’t.
The cold, winter months are inevitably upon us.
Unfortunately, this means the onset of the cold and flu season. Some people are also prone to sinus infections during the wintertime. Winter proves to be the premier time for individuals to get sick more easily. This can be chalked up to many reasons, like the cold weather or close quarters indoors to avoid that weather.
Approximately 5-20 percent of the United States’ population gets sick with the flu virus every year, while millions of others in the country are diagnosed with sinus infections.
There was a time when certain diseases and viruses had a firm grip on society.
From polio to the Black Plague, some felt hopeless before modern medicine came in to help. One of those nearly forgotten diseases considered to be eradicated, tuberculosis, is still lingering.
As the disease proves more and more problematic, some myths have spread. In an effort to clean up some of these misconceptions, the medical community is working to educate and inform about TB. Here are the tuberculosis facts that you should remember, and the myths to avoid:
Most people have an understandable fear of contracting rabies. This doesn’t mean all the ideas and anxiety toward rabies is founded. In fact, there are many misconceptions about what the virus actually is.
Rabies is a virus that’s transmitted from animals to humans through the the genus Lyssavirus, according to the World Health Organization.
There is a myth that rabies is usually transferred through rodents, but according to the WHO, 95 percent of deaths transfer via dogs.
Influenza dates back approximately 2,400 years.
First mentions of the virus stretch to the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates. He was first person to accurately describe the virus’s symptoms, which mirrored any other respiratory infection.
As the virus spread, there was a need to name the illness.
Global warming isn’t just affecting our environment and landscape, but also could influence the spread of disease.
A study from the American Clinical and Climatological Association (ACCA) shows that there is a relationship between climate change and the spread of cholera.
The study shows that as natural disasters and temperatures increase, so do cholera cases. The deadly disease may spread worldwide along with global warming.
Earlier this month, South Africa confirmed that it is experiencing an outbreak of listeriosis. So far, 36 people have died from the infection, with over 500 confirmed cases.
But what is listeriosis?
Listeriosis is an old infection that doctors have studied for decades. Within recent years, it has become more prevalent in animals and humans within the past 60 years.
Another year, another set of amazing destinations to visit.
With the end of 2017 upon us, it’s time to start thinking about where to visit in the next year. The Lonely Planet recently released its list of the Top Countries to Visit in 2018. There’s something for every kind of travelers in these locations, from rare sporting events to relaxing beaches.
But, with each of these destinations comes different norms and guidelines.
Jet lag is one of the most frequent complaints of travelers.
People anxiously await the holiday in another country, and upon their arrival, feel exhausted. The plans that they made previously made sometimes have to change, at least temporarily.
Jet lag happens when people travel east to west, or vice versa, and span a few time zones. This shift in time throws their system off and out of sync. Some symptoms of jet lag are headaches, insomnia, irritability and imbalance problems because of the changes in the inner ear. So, how does a person beat these symptoms so they can enjoy their vacation?
