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Vaccine May Prevent Urinary Tract Infections
Vaccine May Prevent Urinary Tract Infections

It seems that healthcare experts may have created a solution for the problem, however, thanks to a new series of studies which have uncovered a potential vaccine to combat the condition.

Specialists at the University of Michigan believe they have created the first vaccine to prevent urinary tract infections, as long as the immunity achieved in mice can be reproduced in humans.

In order to do so, a team led by Dr Harry Mobley used a systematic approach combining bioinformatics, genomics and proteomics to look for key parts of E coli that could be used in a vaccine to elicit an effective immune response.

The scientists at the facility then screened 5,379 possible bacterial proteins and identified three strong candidates to use in a vaccine to prime the body to fight E coli, which is the cause of most uncomplicated urinary tract infections.

Dr Mobley told medical health insurance customers …

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Introduction to VATS Lobectomy Lung Surgery

There are over 200,000 diagnosed cases of lung cancer (LC) each year in the United States. While the incidence rate has declined since 1991, the disease remains the leading cause of cancer-related death. When the condition is detected in stage 1 (i.e. localized within the lung), it can be treated successfully. By the time cancerous cells have metastasized and spread to distant lymph nodes, it becomes more difficult to contain.

In the past, the disease was treated through thoracotomy (also known as open chest surgery). The patient’s thoracic cavity was accessed by the surgeon after a long incision was made into the chest. The breastbone was cut and the ribs were spread to provide working space. Because the ribs have limited flexibility, the procedure occasionally resulted in fractures. To resolve this issue, thoracic surgeons began to remove portions of the patient’s ribcage.

Today, minimally invasive techniques are often used to …

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How Do We Know When We Are Not Buying Health Insurance?

Among many categories of personal health coverage sold today, you can encounter products that look and sound like healthcare insurance, but they are not, in reality they do not provide medical insurance protection at all. Be cautious these products are not a replacement for medical coverage.

Let’s take a look at some of the other products that do not provide substitution for health insurance coverage

Dread Disease policies.

Dread disease policies have a tendency to have poor value and they only cover treatments for specific disease like diabetes. They are so poor in value that some states have banned them all together and they have cautioned consumers about these policies.

Accident-only policies.

Accident-only coverage pays for care you want on account of an accident that’s not due to sickness. Since a good thorough policy will cover costs associated with accidents as well as sickness, accident only policies often aren’t a …

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Online Health Information – Should You Trust It?

You or a loved one is newly diagnosed with a serious health condition. Or maybe your doctor has prescribed a new medication and you’re concerned about side effects. Or you need surgery and want to know what to expect. Where do you turn? According to the Pew Research Center, if you’re like 80% of the Internet users out there, you’ve looked for health-related information online. But type “cancer” into a search engine and you’ll get over 306,000,000 (yes, million!) results. Where do you begin? And can you trust what you find? Here are some guidelines to help you.

Things to Look for in a Legitimate Health Site

First of all, what does the URL or website address end in? If it’s a.gov (government site),.org (organization’s site),  (educational site), the information there is most likely to be trustworthy. If it’s a.com, you’ll have to look closer. The site may be legitimate, …

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Senior Health Tips To Stay Healthier

Our body experiences a total change with age. The body loses its endurance making the organs weak. As a result, the body is easily affected by a number of serious illnesses and also requires a lot of time to recover from diseases that make the body weaker. To avoid such problems in the later years of our lives, early prevention with special health tips seems to be the best choice.

A major component of senior health involves involving educating the elderly about general health issues that can affect our health naturally as we get older. Certain things must be considered as follows

Things to consider for a Healthy Life for seniors

  1. Lifestyle
  2. Diet
  3. Physical activity
  4. Past and present health conditions
  5. Hereditary health problems

There are a number of senior health programs organized by a number of health organizations that provide services related to routine medical examinations and assist in understanding …

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