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| Vaccines: Your questions answered Vaccines have saved tens of millions of lives in the past century, yet a huge worldwide study revealed there is a growing hesitancy against vaccination. Experts warn public mistrust of vaccines means the world is taking a step backwards in the fight against ... | |
| 'Fast-track' Pledge for New Cancer Drugs In our weekly roundup of NHS announcements, a promise by NHS England to introduce a new generation of tumour-targeting cancer drugs, the hospital listeria outbreak, and the latest National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance. | |
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| Shameful sound of silence endangering public health Editors Note: This article first appeared in the Daily Mail and is republished here with the permission of Hugh Pennington. Almost two weeks have passed since news emerged of a Listeria outbreak linked to ready-made sandwiches provided to patients in ... | |
| Long Workdays Could Raise Your Stroke Risk By Alan Mozes. HealthDay Reporter. THURSDAY, June 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Being first at the office and the last to leave may help get you that promotion, but new research warns that working long hours may not be so good for your heart. And the ... | |
| Bill proposes fully covering HIV-prevention drug PrEP (CNN) US Sen. Kamala Harris is introducing a bill to reduce the transmission of HIV by encouraging the use of PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, a drug that's more than 92% effective in preventing new infections. If it becomes law, PrEP would be free to most ... | |
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| No, Teenagers Are Not Growing 'Skull Horns' Because of Smartphones More than a year ago, a pair of Australian researchers published a paper in Scientific Reports to little fanfare. In it, they noted that a surprising number of young people were developing bone growths on the backs of their skulls. The researchers posited that ... | |
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| 'Living drug' offers hope to terminal blood cancer patients NHS patients with lymphoma have for the first time been given a pioneering treatment that genetically reprogrammes their immune system to fight cancer. Mike Simpson, 62, from Durham, says his cancer is now "on the run". The therapy, called CAR-T, is a ... | |
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| Barber-Backed Sex Talks to Curb HIV As the White House pushes a plan to end America's HIV epidemic, a vital venue to help accomplish that goal might be right down the neighborhood block. [. READ: Battling High Blood Pressure at the Barber ]. In a study out this week, researchers in New York ... | |
| How do birth defects affect childhood cancer risk? (HealthDay)—Children with birth defects may be at increased risk for childhood cancer, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed data from more than 10 million children born in Texas, Arkansas, Michigan and North Carolina between 1992 and 2013. | |
| Few Pregnant Women Get Right Amount of Nutrients By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, June 21, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For pregnant women, good nutrition is essential for their health and the baby's health. But many aren't getting adequate amounts of the vitamins and minerals ... | |
| US Teens' Pot Use Has Jumped 10-fold Since 1990s THURSDAY, June 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- As society relaxes its rules around marijuana, U.S. teens seem to be responding by using the drug in much bigger numbers than a generation ago, new research shows. The study looked at 1991-2017 U.S. ... | |
| Chronic pain inhibits daily life for 1 in 6 cancer survivors About one in three cancer survivors, representing nearly 5.4 million people in the United States, reported experiencing chronic pain, with one in six survivors enduring high-impact chronic pain that limits life or work activities, according to a research letter ... | |
| How Do Birth Defects Affect Childhood Cancer Risk? By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, June 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Children with birth defects may be at increased risk for childhood cancer, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed data from more than 10 million children ... | |
| 'Unprofessional' Surgeons' Cases Have Worse Results By Robert Preidt. HealthDay Reporter. THURSDAY, June 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Before having that operation, you might want to ask your surgeon's colleagues about his behavior. A new study finds that patients whose surgeons have more complaints ... | |
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| How to Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease The death rate from cardiovascular disease is rising for middle-aged Americans. Here are some things you can do to reduce your risk. Manage your blood pressure. Your systolic blood pressure—the pressure in your blood vessels when your heart beats, ... | |
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| Who do you trust for health advice? Decisions about our health can be some of the most important we make in our lives. When you have a health concern, who do you turn to? A couple hold hands as a doctor with a clipboard takes notes Image copyright Getty Images ... | |
| Rising rates of marijuana use among pregnant women spark concern (Reuters Health) - Increasing numbers of pregnant women are using marijuana in the U.S. and that may result in issues for their babies, two new studies suggest. FILE PHOTO: Marijuana plants are displayed for sale at Canna Pi medical marijuana dispensary ... | |
| Sudden Death in Epilepsy Still Eludes Understanding Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) occurred throughout the full spectrum of seizure severity, from benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes to intractable epileptic encephalopathies, a registry review showed. While many patients had clinical ... | |
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| 'Unprofessional' Surgeons Hurt Patient Outcomes: Study By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, June 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Before having that operation, you might want to ask your surgeon's colleagues about his behavior. A new study finds that patients whose surgeons have ... | |
| Global Measles Outbreak: CDC issues travel notice Earlier this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported preliminary global data shows that reported cases rose by 300 percent in the first three months of 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. Image/cytis via pixabay. Current outbreaks include ... | |
| This Past Flu Season Was the Longest in 10 Years, the CDC Says The 2018-2019 flu season may not have been as severe as the one that came before it, but it set a record of its own, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say. It was the longest in a decade, lasting 21 weeks. Fewer illnesses, hospitalizations ... | |
| Why you should learn Mental Health First Aid (CNN) - One in five adults in the US lives with a mental health problem according to the National Institute of Mental Health - but most don't seek out professional help. That's where Mental Health First Aid - an eight-hour workshop - hopes to fill the gap. | |
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| Research Shows US Suicide Rate Up 33% Since 1999 The suicide rate in the United States continues to climb, with a rate in 2017 that was 33% higher than in 1999, new research finds. Percent change in state suicide rates from 1999 to 2016. (Credit: CNN). Suicide rates among people 15 to 64 increased ... | |
| First West Nile virus activity for Michigan in 2019 confirmed The first West Nile virus activity for Michigan in 2019 has been confirmed in mosquitoes recently collected in Saginaw and Oakland counties and a Canada goose in Kalamazoo County. From the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services: LANSING ... | |
| CDC: 2018-19 flu season longer than usual (CNN) - Lasting 21 weeks, the 2018-19 flu season was not only the longest in a decade, it was unusually marked by two separate waves of influenza A sickness, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Thursday in a new report. | |
| Deer disease continues to spread across Pennsylvania They're labeling it with the cartoonish moniker "zombie deer disease," but at least the general public is starting to learn about chronic wasting disease. Hunters have been aware for years that the fatal brain disease's destruction of America's white-tail and mule ... | |
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| You Can Thank This Hedge Fund Manager When Your Kid Get Measles For many years, there have been growing calls for the über-wealthy to pay higher taxes. Often, such arguments are framed as a matter of economic fairness in a country in which the top 1% have gotten approximately $21 trillion richer since 1989, while the ... | |
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| Sleep Troubles Help Drive High US Firefighter Burnout Rate FRIDAY, June 21, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Almost half of American firefighters have some form of physical and emotional burnout, with sleep problems and mental health disorders as major factors, a new study finds. Researchers surveyed more than 6,300 ... | |
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| How to talk to parents about HPV vaccines What if scientists created a vaccine to prevent cancer but the public largely ignored it? Sadly, that's where we are with the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, one of the few preventive cancer vaccines in existence. "HPV vaccine uptake is low in the U.S., ... | |
| Side Effects Of Using Opioid For Pain Relief The 2018 Annual Surveillance Report of Drug Related Risks and Outcomes collated by National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services put out ... | |
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