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	health Daily update ⋅ July 23, 2019
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	NPR Study: Malaria Drugs Are Failing At An 'Alarming' Rate In Southeast Asia NPR Malaria drugs are failing at an "alarming" rate in Southeast Asia as drug-resistant strains of the malaria parasite emerge. That's the conclusion of researchers in two new reports — one based on a randomized trial and the other on a genetic study — that have ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Congo's Health Minister Resigns Over Ebola Approach The New York Times GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — The health minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo resigned on Monday after he had been stripped of responsibility for managing the country's Ebola outbreak, potentially paving the way for the introduction of a ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com Doctors find differences in brains of US diplomats who alleged mystery attacks in Cuba NBCNews.com WASHINGTON — A group of U.S. government workers potentially exposed to unexplained phenomena in Cuba have less white matter in their brains and less connectivity in the areas that control vision and hearing than similar healthy people, doctors have ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Deadly fungal disease may be linked to climate change, study suggests Washington Post Three years ago, U.S. health officials warned hundreds of thousands of clinicians in hospitals around the country to be on the lookout for a new, quickly spreading and highly drug-resistant type of yeast that was causing potentially fatal infections in ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Sunscreen: What the science says about ingredient safety BBC News Melanoma is one of the deadliest cancers. It's also one that – while still the least common form of skin cancer – is rising in prevalence around the world. Since the early 1990s, rates of melanoma in the UK have increased among every age group. Rates of ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News How to keep cool and carry on in a 35C heatwave BBC News With a heatwave predicted to bring temperatures of up to 35C to parts of the UK over the next few days, how can the nation keep cool and carry on? Do I have to work during a heatwave? For those hoping to be given a day off, unfortunately, there are currently ... Flag as irrelevant
	Forbes Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Donates $25 Million To Tackle Deadly Breast Cancer Gene Forbes On Tuesday, private equity tycoon Jonathan Gray and his wife Mindy announced $25 million in funding for research on pernicious genetic mutations that can lead to breast and ovarian cancer. The gift comes after the couple poured $55 million in the past ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Drug-resistant malaria is spreading across Southeast Asia, study warns CNN (CNN) Drug-resistant strains of malaria are spreading across Southeast Asia, raising fears of a "potential global health emergency," two new studies have found. The reports were published Monday in The Lancet, warning that a multi-drug-resistant strain had ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters US records 25 new measles cases as outbreak spreads to Ohio, Alaska Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States recorded 25 new measles cases last week, raising the total number of cases this year to 1,148 in the country's worst outbreak in a quarter century, federal health officials said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: A vial of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Small Risk of Neural Tube Defects With Dolutegravir MedPage Today MEXICO CITY – Children born to women on HIV therapy that contained dolutegravir (Dovat0) at conception had a small risk of neural tube defects versus children born to women on other antiretroviral (ART) regimens, a researcher reported here. Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report How Viruses Are Being Used to Fight Cancer U.S. News & World Report Viruses can undoubtedly be very dangerous, but while they are well known to cause devastating illnesses, a wide variety of them – including measles, polio, herpes and the adenovirus – have recently been used to treat cancer, especially aggressive types. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Millions still take aspirin for their heart without a doctor's recommendation, research suggests CNN (CNN) Millions of US adults who've never had cardiovascular disease could still be taking a daily aspirin to prevent heart disease, despite updated recommendations that say it may be unnecessary and possibly risky, new research suggests. The new ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American Why the WHO's Emergency Declaration for Ebola Is a Big Deal Scientific American The World Health Organization last week drew global attention to a nearly year-old outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), calling it a "public health emergency of international concern." The designation signals a public health risk ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Antibiotic use without prescription common in US Reuters (Reuters Health) - Many people in the U.S. take antibiotics that weren't prescribed for them, according to a new study that highlights one factor that may be contributing to the rise of antibiotic resistant infections. FILE PHOTO: Ten pills of the antibiotic ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Sex with HIV still a crime? Updated laws divide advocates ABC News As Sanjay Johnson describes it, his sexual encounter with James Booth on Oct. 2, 2015, was a one-night stand. But it would bind the men inextricably two years later, when Booth walked into an Arkansas police station and accused Johnson of exposing him to ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Congo Minister's Resignation Over Ebola Snub Could Unblock New Vaccine U.S. News & World Report GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Congo's health minister resigned on Monday after being stripped of responsibility for managing the country's Ebola outbreak, potentially paving the way for the introduction of a second vaccine to contain the ... Flag as irrelevant
	The News Tsepamo: 3 in 1000 infants exposed to dolutegravir have neural tube defects Healio According to results from the ongoing Tsepamo study in Botswana, infants born to women who took the integrase inhibitor dolutegravir for HIV infection from conception remained at an elevated risk for neural tube defects, with three in 1,000 born with these ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Boys are hitting puberty earlier, partially due to rise in BMI, study suggests CNN (CNN) Girls aren't alone in hitting puberty earlier -- boys are, too, according to a study published Monday in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics. And boys' body mass index as children might play a role. Researchers looked through school health records and ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American Role of Seizures in Alzheimer's Disease is Gaining Overdue Attention Scientific American Scientists who study Alzheimer's disease have mostly ignored the role of seizures, but that is beginning to change, and new research suggests they may provide insight into the progression of the disease and pave the way for treatments. It's no surprise to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Plant-based diets tied to lower risk of type 2 diabetes Reuters (Reuters Health) - People who tend to eat mostly plants may be less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, a research review suggests. FILE PHOTO: Amanda Sweetman, project manager, The Farm, shows some of the fruit and vegetables grown in the gardens ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com Deadly fungal infections may increase with global warming NBCNews.com Scientists have a new theory about the origins of a dangerous, drug-resistant fungus that can strike the sickest patients in hospitals and other facilities that provide long-term care: global warming. The proposal, from researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Atlantic The Quietly Changing Consensus on Neutering Dogs The Atlantic A growing body of research has documented the health risks of getting certain breeds fixed early—so why aren't shelters changing their policies? Sarah Zhang. 11:53 AM ET. Large dogs like golden retrievers may benefit from delayed spaying or ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Many Americans Take Antibiotics Without a Prescription HealthDay MONDAY, July 22, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- No one would argue that antibiotics are an amazing 20th-century innovation, promising a quick cure for bacterial illnesses that might otherwise cause serious harm or death. But they are not without risk, especially ... Flag as irrelevant
	Vox Who should get the HPV vaccine? The recommendations keep changing. Vox When the HPV vaccine first came on the market in 2006, the CDC recommended it for a relatively narrow slice of the population: just girls and young women, ages 11 to 26. Over the years, though, that recommendation has broadened dramatically, and for ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio Stimulant treatment prevents ADHD-related functional complications Healio Treatment with stimulant medications in children with ADHD was linked to a lower risk for functional complications like mood, conduct and substance use disorders, and school problems, study findings published in Journal of Adolescent Health revealed. Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Beyond finding a gene: Same repeated stretch of DNA found in three neurodegenerative diseases Medical Xpress Families living with four extremely rare neurodegenerative diseases have finally learned the cause of their illnesses, thanks to a researcher's hunch and decades of improvements in DNA sequencing technology. Four rare diseases are all caused by the same ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Institute of Cancer Research Gene test picks out prostate cancers that could respond to 'search-and-destroy' medicine EurekAlert (press release) Testing for genetic weaknesses in repairing DNA could pick out men who may benefit from a new type of targeted nuclear medicine, a new study reports. An emerging class of drugs are made up of a radioactive particle that can kill cells attached to a 'homing ... Flag as irrelevant
	OregonLive.com Disability Rights OR says negligence by prison nurses, medical staff caused inmate's death OregonLive.com Michael Thomas Barton, an inmate who suffered from mental illness and contracted the flu, died in custody because prison nurses and doctors failed to give him appropriate medical care, an advocacy group alleges in a new report released Monday. Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Beatson clinical trial gives 'incurable' cancer patients hope BBC News A clinical trial involving the Beatson in Glasgow is bringing hope to cancer patients who would previously have been considered incurable. Doctors say the trial suggests high-precision radiotherapy can double how long a patient can live without cancer. Flag as irrelevant
	OCRegister Millions should stop taking aspirin every day to prevent heart attacks, study says USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Millions of people who take aspirin to prevent a heart attack may need to rethink the pill-popping, Harvard researchers reported Monday. A daily low-dose aspirin is recommended for people who have already had a heart attack or stroke and ... Flag as irrelevant
	Atlanta Journal Constitution Vast majority of vitamins do not improve health, study says Atlanta Journal Constitution If you're taking dietary supplements to improve your health, your efforts could be in vain. » RELATED: Nutrients from food, not supplements, will help you live longer, study says. Researchers from John Hopkins Medicine recently conducted a study, published ... Flag as irrelevant
	Daily Mail UK newborn baby screening 'not good enough' BBC News UK babies are missing out on checks for rare but serious health conditions, putting lives at risk, according to a report from the charity Genetic Alliance UK. The NHS offers newborns a blood test to screen for up to nine conditions. Many other European ... Flag as irrelevant
	OregonLive.com Report: Inmate at Salem prison died from flu due to neglect, ignorance of mental illness, dementia Statesman Journal Michael Barton spent his last day in Oregon State Penitentiary too sick to stand and too weak to drink water from a glass, surrounded in his cell by uneaten meals. By the next day, on Feb. 6, 2018, the 54-year-old Medford man was dead, having been rushed ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bloomberg Ebola Budget Set to Triple as International Threat Escalates Bloomberg The Ebola emergency in the Democratic Republic of Congo will require about three times more money than currently provided, the United Nations agency leading the public-health response said. The World Health Organization estimates $324 million is ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Essex strep A outbreak deaths rise to 13 BBC News A 13th patient has died from an outbreak of the invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) bacterium in Essex. Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) said two cases found in the West Essex CCG area had been linked to the outbreak. One of the newly ... Flag as irrelevant
	New York Daily News Millions who take aspirin for heart health should stop, Harvard study warns New York Daily News An aspirin a day may keep the doctor away for some — but this pill is not one-size-fits all, a new study warns. Despite common thought that people 40 and older should take an aspirin a day for heart health, a new study warns that many people are doing so ... Flag as irrelevant
	Telegraph.co.uk Multidrug-resistant malaria spreading in Asia Medical Xpress Multidrug-resistant forms of Plasmodium falciparum parasites, the most lethal species causing human malaria, have evolved even higher levels of resistance to antimalarial drugs and spread rapidly since 2015, becoming firmly established in multiple regions ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Breast cancer research could expand lung cancer therapies Medical Xpress New research into a genetic mutation's role in breast cancer could open new treatment options for lung cancer, according to a Michigan State University scientist. "We sequenced the whole genome of breast cancer samples and found a driving mutation that ... Flag as irrelevant
	UPI.com Heart attack risk rises with price of cholesterol-lowering drug, study says UPI.com July 23 (UPI) -- Insurance companies refuse to cover cholesterol-lowering drugs, and it's putting patients at risk for stroke and heart ailments, a new study says. Getting rejected for medications these medications puts patients at a 16 percent higher risk of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Beloit Daily News AHA News: Where There's Wildfire Smoke, There May Be Heart Problems U.S. News & World Report MONDAY, July 22, 2019 (American Heart Association News) -- When the Tubbs Fire swept through their neighborhood in Santa Rosa, California, in October 2017, there was little time for Richard Grundy and Jamei Haswell to think about how all the smoke ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Adolescents who skip breakfast may develop obesity Medical Xpress A paper published in Scientific Reports describes how researchers affiliated with the University of São Paulo's Medical School (FM-USP) in Brazil and colleagues at institutions in Europe evaluated behaviors leading to weight gain in adolescents. Childhood ... Flag as irrelevant
	Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Gut Microbiome May Alter ALS Progression in Mice Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News In 1993, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was linked to a genetic mutation in the SOD1 gene. It was a landmark discovery, as were others like it at the time linking devastating neurological diseases to heritable, genetic sources. For example, APO-E, the ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN More people try drugs for the first time in the summer, study says CNN (CNN) Summer brings heat waves, trips to the beach and sometimes painful sunburns. But according to a new study, the season may also usher in the use of cocaine, ecstasy and molly. People are more likely to try those three party drugs and marijuana ... Flag as irrelevant
	WJHG-TV "Flesh-Eating Bacteria" caused by various bacteria, not only from Gulf WJHG-TV BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - You might have seen the advisory posted for Beach Access #41 in Panama City Beach for the past four weeks. Joe Scully, Environmental Supervisor at the Florida Department of Health-Bay County, said, "There is a ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Some Women Still Getting Pregnant While on Acne Drug Tied to Birth Defects U.S. News & World Report By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, July 22, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Hundreds of pregnancies still occur every year among U.S. women taking an acne medication that carries a high risk of birth defects, a new study finds. Flag as irrelevant
	FOX31 Denver Hepatitis A Outbreak: Denver Public Health Offers Free Vaccination CBS Denver DENVER (CBS4) – Several cases of hepatitis A have been diagnosed in Denver in the past few weeks. Now, Denver Public Health (DPH) and many Denver service providers are offering free vaccination for hepatitis A. All the people diagnosed with the virus ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com Millions should stop taking aspirin for heart health, study says NBCNews.com Millions of people who take aspirin to prevent a heart attack may need to rethink the pill-popping, Harvard researchers reported Monday. A daily low-dose aspirin is recommended for people who have already had a heart attack or stroke and for those ... Flag as irrelevant
	Today.com Doctors, patients warn about cancer linked to textured breast implants Today.com Raylene Hollrah is on a mission to save women who are considering textured breast implants from the ordeal she has endured. "I always say I lost my chest, but I haven't lost my voice," she told TODAY. Raylene Hollrah is trying to raise awareness about for ... Flag as irrelevant
	EurekAlert (press release) UTSA reduces seizures by removing newborn neurons EurekAlert (press release) Epileptic seizures happen in one of every 10 people who have experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, new research at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has uncovered an innovative approach to possibly slow the progression of ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Denver Channel In wake of new hepatitis A cases, Denver health agencies increase disease education, vaccine access The Denver Channel DENVER — In the past month, three new cases of hepatitis A were confirmed in Denver, and local health agencies are stepping up their efforts in education, outreach and free vaccinations. Denver Public Health, the Denver Department of Public Health and ... Flag as irrelevant

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