People can be exposed to this without even realizing it. A 71-year-old woman reportedly contracted a brain infection from using tap water — and died from it. Regardless of whether tap water is safe to ...

For years, scientists have known that people who use neti pots can become infected with a brain-eating amoeba if they use the wrong kind of water. On Wednesday, researchers linked a second kind of ...

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Researchers at the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention published a study Wednesday that examined 10 cases of life-threatening Acanthamoeba infections that occurred after people cleaned their ...

Here's a grim reminder about nasal irrigation safety: a 71-year-old Texas woman is dead after using RV campground tap water in her sinus rinse device, reports CBS News. The CDC reports she contracted ...

Nasal rinses can relieve sinus congestion. But using the wrong liquid can, in rare cases, give people infections with deadly brain-eating amoebas. That practice is the likely source of rare ...

Professor and Director of the Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre, Lancaster University Nasal rinsing or irrigation is an increasingly popular technique to manage hay fever and other irritants in the ...

An elderly woman from Texas has died after contacting a brain-eating ameba from rinsing her sinuses, the Centers for Disease Control said (Centers for Disease Control/Dr. James Roberts, Children’s ...

A 71-year-old woman reportedly contracted a brain infection from using tap water — and died from it. Regardless of whether tap water is safe to consume where you live, experts advise against letting ...

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FILE - Neti pots are seen, Jan. 30, 2008, in Lexington, Ky. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, published a report that for the first time connects ...