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	health Daily update ⋅ July 26, 2019
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	Washington Post Too many in Congo's Ebola outbreak are dying at home Washington Post BENI, Congo — Two-month-old Lahya Kathembo became an orphan in a day. Her mother succumbed to Ebola on a Saturday morning. By sunset her father was dead, too. They had been sick for more than a week before health workers finally persuaded ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Burned-out doctors may be more prone to racial bias Washington Post Concerns about burnout among doctors are growing as new research is beginning to quantify the dangers and costs of the problem. In the past few years, researchers have found that 54 percent of doctors report feeling burned out. Doctors experiencing ... Flag as irrelevant
	Live Science BPA-Free But Still Dangerous? Replacement Chemicals Linked to Childhood Obesity Live Science Worries over bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical commonly found in plastics, have led to a surge in BPA-free products. But now, a new study suggests that the chemicals replacing BPA may also be cause for concern. The study found that, among U.S. children, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Live Science Woman Contracts Horrifying Leg Infection from a Hot Tub Live Science An Indiana woman's vacation took a grim turn when she developed a serious leg infection after spending time in the hotel's hot tub, according to news reports. The woman, 26-year-old Taylor Bryant, went on vacation with her family to Tennessee over spring ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post A man swam at a water park with his church group. A rare brain-eating amoeba killed him. Washington Post Eddie Gray loved his grandchildren. He loved NASCAR. And he loved to be around water, finding time to kayak and fish in the blazing North Carolina summer. He was also a devout man, who made time for numerous activities with his Methodist church, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Science Daily Researchers discover new cause of cell aging EurekAlert (press release) New research from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering could be key to our understanding of how the aging process works. The findings potentially pave the way for better cancer treatments and revolutionary new drugs that could vastly improve human ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN People in the United States are misusing antibiotics, study says CNN (CNN) Doctors prescribe antibiotics to treat bacterial and fungal infections, but some people in the United States are using antibiotics without a doctor's prescription. That's a public health problem that can increase drug resistance and make it harder to treat ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Testosterone can enhance libido in postmenopausal women, new research says CNN (CNN) Doctors have long mulled over using low doses of the hormone testosterone as a way to improve sexual function in some women, but evidence on its safety and efficacy has been somewhat lacking -- until now. A paper published in the journal The ... Flag as irrelevant
	Forbes What Is The Brain-Eating Amoeba That Killed A Swimmer Forbes PAM is a very bad thing. Not PAM the cooking spray or Pam from The Office but PAM as in primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. This can occur when Naegleria fowleri, a type of amoeba, goes up your nose, makes it to your brain, and starts eating your brain ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio FDA approves first nasal glucagon powder for severe hypoglycemia Healio The FDA on Wednesday approved the first nasal glucagon powder for the emergency treatment of severe hypoglycemia in children and adults with diabetes, according to an agency press release. Glucagon, one of the first-line treatments for severe ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio BRCA2 mutation may predispose children to lymphoma Healio Inherited heterozygous BRCA2 mutations appeared to increase risk for non-Hodgkin lymphoma in children and adolescents, according to a research letter published in JAMA Oncology. "The BRCA family of genes is known to be linked to risk for breast and ... Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP Beni Ebola activity tops first wave as outbreak grows by 8 cases CIDRAP A second wave of Ebola activity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) city of Beni has now topped its first wave, and the area has become a source of spread to other areas, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its weekly snapshot of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Too many in Congo's Ebola outbreak are dying at home Medical Xpress In this Sunday, July 14, 2019 photo, Josue Paluku Kalume, a community mobilizer, speaks to 2-month-old Lahya Kathembo's relatives after her mother and father both died from Ebola. A community organizer who tried to save Lahya's parents said the couple ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Dirty Air Kills 30000 Americans Each Year WebMD By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. THURSDAY, July 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Despite improved air quality since the 1990s, pollution still causes lung disease, heart attacks and strokes that kill more than 30,000 Americans each year, a new study ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio Americans still not active enough despite guidelines Healio Sedentary behavior has significantly increased and aerobic activity has not improved in the United States since the release of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans in 2008, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open. The findings ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times LA County health officials warn of measles exposure at Westside shops Los Angeles Times Los Angeles County officials warned Thursday that a county resident with measles may have exposed others at several shops on the Westside. Officials identified businesses in Venice, Brentwood and Santa Monica that the infected person visited, along with ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio Vitamin D supplementation increases insulin sensitivity, beta-cell function Healio Taking 5,000 IU of vitamin D per day may improve insulin sensitivity and beta-cell function for those with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, according to findings published in the European Journal of Endocrinology. "Since low vitamin D status is highly prevalent ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Maine reports its first case of the rare tick-borne disease Powassan since 2017 CNN (CNN) Health officials in Maine are warning about the potential for more cases of Powassan virus disease after one person was confirmed to be sick with the rare tick-borne illness, the first reported case in the state since 2017. The Maine Center for Disease ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Contaminated Blood Inquiry: Campaigner branded 'thick' BBC News A man who contracted HIV and hepatitis C was described as a "moaner" and "thick" by a support trust as he fought for compensation, an inquiry has heard. Haydn Lewis died in 2010 after developing liver cancer from hepatitis C and was also infected with HIV. Flag as irrelevant
	PEOPLE.com Indiana Mom of 2 Nearly Loses Her Leg from Hot Tub Rash While on Vacation: 'I Couldn't Walk' PEOPLE.com Taylor Bryant's condition became so severe that her skin turned black and she had painful, open wounds on her lower leg. By Joelle Goldstein. July 25, 2019 11:23 PM. FB Twitter More. Pinterest Email Print Send Text Message. cleanString caption. Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post On the front lines of eastern Congo's Ebola outbreak Washington Post Jerome Delay/AP. Around the same time the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo a "public health emergency of international concern," Associated Press photographer Jerome Delay was at the epicenter of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Miami Herald Can a simple shot at the doctor lead to flesh-eating bacteria? Here's how to stay safe Miami Herald Mike O'Grady's lower back was hurting so he went to his doctor to get a steroid shot. A few days later, the 68-year-old Florida grandfather went on vacation with his wife, Kelli, in the Panhandle. The two swam in the Gulf just off St. George Island. Soon after this ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Plastics Chemicals Meant to Replace BPA May Not Be Any Safer for Kids HealthDay By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. THURSDAY, July 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Manufacturers have been phasing out the plastics chemical bisphenol A because of evidence it might harm human health. Now a new study raises questions about the ... Flag as irrelevant
	ZimEye - Zimbabwe News Dolutegravir-based regimens noninferior to standard HIV care, studies show Healio Findings from two phase 3 trials published in The New England Journal of Medicine demonstrated that dolutegravir-based treatment for HIV is noninferior to efavirenz-based regimens, although dolutegravir was associated with excessive weight gain in both ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Neil Armstrong Died After Heart Surgery. That May Have Been Avoided. The New York Times Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died in 2012 at age 82 after what should have been routine heart surgery. When nurses removed wires linked to a temporary pacemaker, he bled profusely into the membrane surrounding the heart. He died a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News 'Hot tub' infection nearly cost Indianapolis mom her leg on family vacation, she claims Fox News An Indianapolis mother is finally on the road to recovery after she contracted a gruesome infection while on vacation with her family that she and her doctors are pinning on the hot tub. Bryant said the trip was her young family's first out-of-state vacation. Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Florida man says flesh-eating bacteria may have entered through needle punctures on butt, back Fox News A Florida man believes a trip to the doctor for pain-relieving shots in his lower back and butt before heading to the Panhandle with his wife nearly cost him his life, after a life-threatening bacteria potentially entered his system through those needle punctures. Flag as irrelevant
	Telegraph.co.uk Testosterone May Rejuvenate Older Women's Sex Drive U.S. News & World Report By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, July 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Many older men take testosterone to boost their sex drive, but new research suggests that postmenopausal women who struggle with a sagging libido ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio Obesity risk increases with at least 5 hours per day of smartphone use Healio Patients who used their smartphone for at least 5 hours a day had an increased risk for obesity, according to an abstract presented at the American College of Cardiology Latin America Conference. "Although mobile technology is undoubtedly attractive for its ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com West Nile Virus Found In Hudson Valley Mosquitoes Patch.com NEW CITY, NY — The West Nile virus has been detected in Rockland County mosquitoes. County Executive Ed Day and Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announced Thursday that the first pool, or group, of mosquitoes to test positive in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Miami Herald If you are overweight, your brain is likely to decay faster as you age, study says Miami Herald Being overweight may cause yet another health detriment — a deteriorating brain, a University of Miami study found. The study found those with higher body mass indexes and larger waistlines were more likely to have thinning in the cortex of their brains — a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Inherited BRCA2 mutations linked to increased risk of childhood lymphoma Medical Xpress A report from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital links inherited mutations in the BRCA2 gene with an increased risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma in children and adolescents. The work appears as an advance online publication today in JAMA ... Flag as irrelevant
	FOX31 Denver First batch of West Nile-positive mosquitoes found in Rockland The Journal News | LoHud.com The first group of mosquitoes to test positive this year for West Nile virus in Rockland County has been confirmed by the state Department of Health. The infected mosquitoes were collected from a trap in the town of Ramapo during the week of July 15, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Copy-number variants in insecticide resistance in malaria mosquitoes Medical Xpress Researchers from LSTM, working alongside colleagues from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge and the Big Data Institute, University of Oxford, have used whole genome sequencing to understand copy-number variants (CNVs) in malaria mosquitoes ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Journal News | LoHud.com Measles: Why Ed Day lifted Rockland's state of emergency The Journal News | LoHud.com Rockland's state of emergency was allowed to expire at midnight Wednesday because while the 10-month-long measles outbreak is continuing, the crisis is over, County Executive Ed Day said Thursday. "The outbreak as we have been experiencing it is over ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress First CRISPR study inside the body to start in US Medical Xpress Patients are about to be enrolled in the first study to test a gene-editing technique known as CRISPR inside the body to try to cure an inherited form of blindness. People with the disease have healthy eyes but lack a gene that converts light into signals to the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Virginia county confirms 10 Legionnaires' disease cases, investigation into possible source of exposure Fox News WI health officials: Water system at Christmas Mountain resort has tested positive for Legionnaires' bacteria. Wisconsin health officials: Parts of the water system at Christmas Mountain resort has tested positive for Legionnaires' bacteria. Health officials in a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Brain-eating amoeba kills man who swam in NC manmade lake Washington Post RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina man has died from a rare brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a manmade lake at a water park, officials said Wednesday. The state Department of Health and Human Resources said in a news release that the infection ... Flag as irrelevant
	Newsweek Indiana Woman Who Nearly Lost Her Leg After Hot Tub Infection Told Shaving Could Have Helped Bacteria Spread Newsweek An Indiana woman says she is thankful to still be alive after almost losing her leg to an infection she caught in a hot tub on her family's first vacation. Taylor Bryant, from West Indianapolis, told News 8 she was on vacation in Tennessee when she was hit by ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline It's a Lot Easier to Binge Drink Than You May Think. Here's Why Healthline A drinking "binge" is more than five drinks within a two-hour period for men or four drinks in a two-hour period for women. A standard drink is 0.6 fluid ounces of pure alcohol. Many drinks at restaurants and bars contain more than the standard 0.6 oz. of alcohol ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress FDA approves first needle-free 'Rescue' drug for low blood sugar episodes Medical Xpress (HealthDay)—In what could prove to be a real advance for Americans with diabetes, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday gave the nod to a needle-free method of helping people recover from an episode of dangerous low blood sugar. Flag as irrelevant
	KPTV.com Testosterone can enhance libido in postmenopausal women, new research says KPTV.com (CNN) -- Doctors have long mulled over using low doses of the hormone testosterone as a way to improve sexual function in some women, but evidence on its safety and efficacy has been somewhat lacking -- until now. A paper published in the journal The ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Olaparib: Cancer drug set to become more widely available BBC News A drug for advanced ovarian cancer should become more "widely available" in Northern Ireland, the Department of Health has said. Currently Olaparib is used to treat women with advanced ovarian, fallopian tube or peritoneal cancer who have a specific ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Tribune Extreme eating habits could be an early clue to autism Chicago Tribune Lots of kids are picky eaters. But when eating habits in young children are extreme, it could be a sign of autism, researchers say. A new study finds atypical eating behaviors — such as hypersensitivity to food textures or pocketing food without swallowing — in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Newsweek Vitamin D Pills Could Slow Progress of Type 2 Diabetes, Prediabetes, Scientists Say Newsweek People with prediabetes and newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes may be able to slow the progress of the condition by taking vitamin D, scientists believe. Consuming the molecule could help the body metabolize glucose according to the authors of a study ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Man dies after contracting 'brain-eating amoeba' at North Carolina water park USA TODAY A North Carolina man has died after contracting an illness caused by a "brain-eating amoeba," public health officials said. Laboratory testing confirmed the man, identified by local media as Eddie Gray, was sickened by Naegleria fowleri after swimming at ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Study reveals how HIV infection may contribute to metabolic conditions Medical Xpress A single viral factor released from HIV-infected cells may wreak havoc on the body and lead to the development of chronic and potentially deadly diseases like heart disease, diabetes and dementia, according to a new study by scientists at the Baker Heart ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bustle Apple Cores Contain Probiotics, A New Study Says, & Here's How To Access Them Bustle The old adage, "an apple a day keeps the doctor away," might actually be true, depending on how you eat the apple. There's no doubt that cutting your apple up into little slices definitely makes it easier to eat. But if that's your jam, you may be missing out on all ... Flag as irrelevant
	UPI.com Extra weight may accelerate brain aging, study says UPI.com Extra pounds and a wider waistline won't do your brain any favors as you get older, a new study suggests. In fact, obesity appears to accelerate brain aging by a decade or more, the researchers added. People with a wide waist circumference and higher body ... Flag as irrelevant
	TIME Researchers Think They Can Use CRISPR Gene Editing Inside People to Cure a Form of Blindness TIME Patients are about to be enrolled in the first study to test a gene-editing technique known as CRISPR inside the body to try to cure an inherited form of blindness. People with the disease have normal eyes but lack a gene that converts light into signals to the ... Flag as irrelevant

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