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| Air Pollution Tied to Increased Psychiatric ED Visits in Kids Exposure to air pollution is linked to increased emergency department (ED) visits for psychiatric symptoms in children, new research suggests. Jeffrey R. Strawn, MD. Investigators at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio found short-term exposure to ambient ... | |
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| Link Seen Between Infertility, Prostate Cancer By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter. FRIDAY, Sept. 27, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Could male infertility contribute to a higher risk for prostate cancer? Yes, according to new Swedish research that suggests that men who become fathers through assisted ... | |
| Evidence Shows Optimism Might Lengthen Your Life By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter. FRIDAY, Sept. 27, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A sunny outlook on life may do more than make you smile: New research suggests it could also guard against heart attacks, strokes and early death. In the review of 15 studies ... | |
| THC Products Linked to Vaping-Related Lung Illnesses E-cigarettes and vaping products containing THC -- the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana -- are the most prominent link so far for the hundreds of lung illnesses and a dozen deaths tied to vaping and e-cigarettes nationwide, health officials announced ... | |
| EEE Scare Escalates To Warnings, Curfews In Connecticut CONNECTICUT — Over the past month, the presence of mosquitoes testing positive for the deadly Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus led to field curfews, warnings and health scares in several Connecticut towns. The EEE scare began taking shape over the ... | |
| Mosquitoes With EEE Virus Found In Rockland County ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY — Mosquitoes infected with Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus have been found in Orangetown, County Executive Ed Day and Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announced Friday afternoon. They were collected ... | |
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| When Is the Best Time to Get Your Flu Shot? Immunity to the flu virus may wane over the course of the flu season, so you don't want to get a flu shot too early, or too late. Image. CreditCreditRichard Perry/The New York Times. By Richard Klasco, M.D.. Sept. 27, 2019, 3:40 p.m. ET. Q. Does the flu vaccine ... | |
| Michigan to fight EEE by spraying 14 counties to kill mosquitoes Aerial pesticides will be sprayed in 14 Michigan counties Sunday to kill mosquitoes, as state officials work to combat the threat of mosquito-borne Eastern equine encephalitis. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday that it ... | |
| Why the Flu Shot Can't Give You the Flu Flu vaccination prevents millions of flu-related illnesses and deaths annually, but vaccination rates are low for many reasons. During the 2018-2019 flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that about 45% of U.S. adults received ... | |
| Bacteria are likely hiding in your household washing machine (CNN) When multidrug-resistant pathogens kept reappearing on the skin of premature babies in a German hospital's neonatal intensive care unit, investigators were confused. Tests for contamination in the incubators, as well as among healthcare workers ... | |
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| Evidence Builds That Optimism Might Lengthen Your Life FRIDAY, Sept. 27, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A sunny outlook on life may do more than make you smile: New research suggests it could also guard against heart attacks, strokes and early death. In the review of 15 studies that collectively involved almost ... | |
| Diabetes Prevention Reroutes Risk With Lifestyle Changes By MICHAELA GIBSON MORRIS, Daily Journal. TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — A little more than a year ago, Niesha Hodges could see diabetes in her future. The 28-year-old Nettleton woman was obese and her blood sugar was at the very top of the normal range. | |
| Affordable Care Act Insured Millions of Uninsured Diabetics FRIDAY, Sept. 27, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), nearly 2 million diabetics, many of them poor, got health insurance, a new study shows. "Insurance coverage can change the health trajectory of people with diabetes by ... | |
| Evidence Builds That Optimism Might Lengthen Your Life By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, Sept. 27, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A sunny outlook on life may do more than make you smile: New research suggests it could also guard against heart attacks, strokes and early death. In the review ... | |
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| New blood test capable of detecting multiple types of cancer A new blood test in development has shown ability to screen for numerous types of cancer with a high degree of accuracy, a trial of the test shows. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators will present the results of the multi-center trial during a session today ... | |
| 6 ways to lower your resting heart rate Make sure you're relaxed while measuring your resting heart rate. Getty Images. Thump, thump, thump. Your heart is a constant soundtrack to your life, but have you ever really thought about it? Your resting heart rate -- how fast it beats while you're not ... | |
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| How To Improve Heart Function After Congestive Heart Failure Heart failure costs the nation an estimated $30.7 billion each year. This includes the cost of health care services, medications to treat heart failure and missed days of work. And the prevalence of heart failure is projected to increase some 46% by 2030, when ... | |
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| Bacteria are likely hiding in your household washing machine When multidrug-resistant pathogens kept reappearing on the skin of premature babies in a German hospital's neonatal intensive care unit, investigators were confused. Tests for contamination in the incubators, as well as among healthcare workers who came ... | |
| Is climate change to blame for New England's EEE outbreak? PROVIDENCE — The question shadows the current outbreak of Eastern equine encephalitis in southern New England: Is the high number of human cases of the mosquito-borne virus this year part of a natural cycle, or is it linked to the changing climate? | |
| Michigan will spray in fight against deadly mosquito virus LANSING, Mich. — Michigan and local health departments will conduct aerial spraying for the first time since 1980 to combat a rare mosquito-borne virus that has killed three people and been recorded across the southern half of the state. The aerial spraying ... | |
| Standing by Ellie: Man's loyalty to dog defies rare illness In this Aug. 2, 2018 file photo provided by Dawn Manteufel, Greg Manteufel lays in his hospital bed at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee. He lost parts of his arms and legs, as well as the skin of his nose and part of his upper lip from capnocytophaga, a bacteria ... | |
| 2 New Rabies Cases Confirmed In Michigan OAKLAND COUNTY, MI — The Oakland County Health Division has reported two new confirmed rabies cases in skunks removed from Southfield and Troy. Last week, the Health Division reported a confirmed case of rabies in a dead skunk also found in ... | |
| Bacteria are likely hiding in your household washing machine NEW YORK — When multidrug-resistant pathogens kept reappearing on the skin of premature babies in a German hospital's neonatal intensive care unit, investigators were confused. Tests for contamination in the incubators, as well as among healthcare ... | |
| 2 Flu Shot Clinics Coming To Ardmore In October Flu season is just around the corner, so it's about that time to get your flu shot and you have two chance to do so in Ardmore in October. By Max Bennett, Patch Staff. Sep 27, 2019 1:07 pm ET. Reply. 0. 2 Flu Shot Clinics Coming To Ardmore In October ... | |
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| Los Angeles reports 17th measles case of 2019 By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews. Los Angeles County health officials reported an additional confirmed case of measles in a resident who recently traveled and became ill with measles shortly after returning to Los Angeles County. Image/MDH. | |
| NCDHHS reports two cases of mumps in Triad area By NC Department of Health and Human Services. Raleigh, N.C. — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is encouraging all North Carolinians to make sure they are up to date on their vaccines in light of recent mumps cases at two ... | |
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| Bacteria are likely hiding in your household washing machine WASHINGTON — When multidrug-resistant pathogens kept reappearing on the skin of premature babies in a German hospital's neonatal intensive care unit, investigators were confused. Tests for contamination in the incubators, as well as among healthcare ... | |
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| Your energy-efficient washing machine could be harboring pathogens For the first time ever, investigators have identified a washing machine as a reservoir of multidrug-resistant pathogens. The pathogens, a single clone of Klebsiella oxytoca, were transmitted repeatedly to newborns in a neonatal intensive care unit at a German ... | |
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| Diabetes prevention reroutes risk with lifestyle changes A little more than a year ago, Niesha Hodges could see diabetes in her future. The 28-year-old Nettleton woman was obese and her blood sugar was at the very top of the normal range. Her dad and brother both have Type II diabetes. "I was heading that ... | |
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