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You likely already know many of the underlying risk factors that can lead to a heart attack, well, by heart: high blood pressure, high “bad” or LDL cholesterol, family history of heart attack, smoking ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Emergency room physicians at Baton Rouge General Hospital are seeing more children come in sicker than they seem. “A lot of them are coming in with viral symptoms, cough, ...

Adults who are admitted to the hospital are often inappropriately diagnosed with — and treated for — pneumonia, new research suggests. These misdiagnosed adults almost always receive a full course of ...

Antibiotics for pneumonia include Zithromax (azithromycin), Biaxin (clarithromycin), and Erythrocin (erythromycin). Azithromycin is often the first-line treatment since it is effective against many ...

When your child coughs or ends up with a sore throat, you may not rush them to a nearby hospital. In fact, they may be going to the school and playing outdoors with their friends. However, coughs, and ...

It’s one thing to be described as “mysterious.” It’s something totally different to be described as having a “mysterious pneumonia.” Tucuman, Argentina, is experiencing an outbreak of what can be ...

Wintertime unfortunately means cold and flu season. And for the estimated 40 million people who get the flu each year, it can sometimes spell trouble for your health. Why? Experts say the flu can turn ...

A type of pneumonia infection that’s increasing in the U.S. prompted a warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is a type of bacteria ...

Ray J was hospitalised in Las Vegas after experiencing pneumonia-related complications and a heart pain scare. The singer ...

Northern China has had increases in influenza-like illnesses since mid-October that have topped the numbers from the prior three years. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images) “Mysterious” and ...