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	health Daily update ⋅ October 30, 2019
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	Wall Street Journal The Link Between Diet, Exercise and Alzheimer's Wall Street Journal In his 40s and a self-described fitness nut, Stephen Chambers doesn't seem like someone who would be worrying about Alzheimer's. But when his father was diagnosed with the disease about five years ago, he went to the Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Forbes UCSF Banned Sugary Drink Sales, Here Is What Happened Next Forbes Imagine that you are at work and thirsty. How easy is it to get a soda or some other sugary drink? Not too easy? Easy? Very easy? Open-your-eyes-and-it-will-be-in front-of-you-easy? How then might this affect your chances of drinking a sugary drink rather ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Report Finds Americans' Health Is Flagging HealthDay By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. WEDNESDAY, Oct. 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The United States just received its annual checkup, and the news isn't good. Life expectancy has declined over the past three years, driven down by increasing ... Flag as irrelevant
	Newsweek Of all professions, construction workers most likely to use opioids and cocaine EurekAlert (press release) Construction workers are more likely to use drugs than workers in other professions, finds a study by the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research (CDUHR) at NYU College of Global Public Health. The study, published in the journal Drug and Alcohol ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Asthma carbon footprint 'as big as eating meat' BBC News Many people with asthma could cut their carbon footprint and help save the environment by switching to "greener" medications, UK researchers say. Making the swap would have as big an "eco" impact as turning vegetarian or becoming an avid recycler, they ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times An HIV Outbreak Puts Spotlight on Pakistan's Health Care System The New York Times After the reuse of syringes infected hundreds of children in a small city, health workers say the entire system needs to be revamped. Imtiaz Jalbani, a father of four who lost two children to H.I.V. this year, points to an injection mark on his son's hand. He claims ... Flag as irrelevant
	Wall Street Journal Heart-Failure Deaths Rise, Contributing to Worsening Life Expectancy Wall Street Journal Deaths from heart failure, one of the nation's biggest killers, are surging as the population ages and the health of younger generations worsens. The death rate from the chronic, debilitating condition rose 20.7% between 2011 and 2017 and is likely to keep ... Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP TB vaccine candidate shows sustained protection CIDRAP In a promising development that seems to put the world a step closer to a better vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), researchers today published final results from a phase 2b trial, which showed nearly 50% protection against progression to active TB. Flag as irrelevant
	VICE A Big Study on Weed and Mental Health Reveals Just How Little We Know VICE In April of 2019, more people searched online for CBD than for acupuncture, apple cider vinegar, meditation, exercise, veganism, or vaccination (and that was during a measles outbreak). CBD, a chemical found in the cannabis plant, is having its moment, ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Acetaminophen in Pregnancy Might Raise Children's Odds of ADHD, Autism HealthDay By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. WEDNESDAY, Oct. 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Two-thirds of American women take acetaminophen for the aches and pains of pregnancy, but the medication might not be as benign as thought. New research shows ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Can Medical Pot Ease Mental Ills? Probably Not WebMD By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Oct. 28, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- People struggling with anxiety, depression or other psychiatric problems shouldn't pin their hopes on medical marijuana, a new review suggests. Dozens of studies ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Mumps Case Reported At San Pasqual High School Patch.com Recent mumps cases have been reported at High Tech High School International, La Jolla High School and San Pasqual High School. By California News Wire Services, News Partner. Oct 29, 2019 4:56 pm ET ... Flag as irrelevant
	Workers Health & Safety Centre Breast cancer takes heavier financial toll on black and rural women Reuters (Reuters Health) - Black women and women in rural areas are more likely to lose their jobs or face pay cuts after being diagnosed with breast cancer than white or urban women, a new study suggests. The study authors surveyed more than 2,000 women in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News A Cardiologist's Diet Built for Improving Cholesterol MedPage Today As a cardiologist, patients often ask me for ways to lower their cholesterol without taking statins. They wonder how effective and viable alternatives can be and what strategies they can use to lower their cholesterol in other ways. I often tell my patients at the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Orlando Sentinel In Central Florida, successful opioid treatment harder to get than illicit drugs, speakers say Orlando Sentinel When her brother finally admitted he needed help for an opioid addiction, Heather Schuerman, a corporate benefits manager who lives in Windermere, immediately found a facility that accepted his insurance and drove him there to meet with an intake ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio Experimental TB vaccine could have 'vast' impact Healio An experimental vaccine against Mycobacterium tuberculosis was nearly 50% effective in protecting infected adults from progression to pulmonary tuberculosis disease for at least 3 years, according to study findings published in The New England Journal of ... Flag as irrelevant
	New York Post British student found dead after going on extreme diet before trip New York Post A 20-year-old university student in England was found dead after fasting and taking tablets of apple cider vinegar as dietary supplements to lose weight before an upcoming trip, according to a report. Lindsey Bone, a student at the University of Sussex in ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Stressed Out? Maybe Not If You're a Narcissist HealthDay By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter. TUESDAY, Oct. 29, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Do you have an overinflated sense of your own importance? Do you feel that you're better than everyone else, and have next to no shame about it? If so, you'd probably be ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News An avocado a day could lower 'bad' cholesterol levels, study suggests Fox News We've all heard the old saying, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." According to a new study, however, the same may be true for avocados — at least when it comes to lowering "bad" cholesterol levels. The study, conducted by researchers at Penn State ... Flag as irrelevant
	PolitiFact Instagram post falsely says flu shot causes fetal death PolitiFact As flu season begins, some Instagram users are posting photos with misinformation about vaccines. In one post published Oct. 22, an account called Holistic Health & More, which has more than 165,000 followers, claimed the flu shot can lead to the death of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American Facebook Vows Strict Privacy Safeguards as it Rolls Out Preventive-Health Tool Scientific American LAS VEGAS—Facebook on Monday took a step into preventive medicine, rolling out a new tool to encourage users to get flu shots as well as appropriate cancer screenings and heart health tests. But the success of the new product may depend on whether ... Flag as irrelevant
	wtvr.com Lifestyle changes improved cognition in people at risk for Alzheimers, study shows wtvr.com A new study finds personalized lifestyle interventions not only stopped cognitive decline in people at risk for Alzheimer's, but actually increased their memory and thinking skills within 18 months. "Our data actually shows cognitive improvement," said ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Can Cannabis Help Your Mental Health? What We Know Healthline There's not enough scientific evidence to recommend cannabinoids for treating mental health conditions, a new study finds. Products with THC or CBD have been used in recent years as a way to self-medicate for certain mental health conditions. Experts say ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Living Near Junk Food May Make More NYC Kids Obese, Study Shows Patch.com Kids living within a half-block of a fast-food joint or bodega have higher obesity rates than those farther away, researchers found. By Noah Manskar, Patch Staff. Oct 29, 2019 1:36 pm ET. Reply. 0. Taxis drive past a McDonalds restaurant on Sept. 9, 2010 in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Switching to 'green' inhalers could reduce carbon emissions and cut costs Medical Xpress Many current inhalers for conditions such as asthma contain propellants that are potent greenhouse gases. A study from researchers at the University of Cambridge has found that switching to alternative, greener inhalers would not only result in large carbon ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress For seniors, financial woes can be forerunner to Alzheimer's Medical Xpress (HealthDay)—Unpaid bills, overdrawn accounts, dwindling investments: When seniors begin experiencing fiscal troubles, early dementia or Alzheimer's disease could be an underlying cause, researchers say. In the early stages of the disease, people with ... Flag as irrelevant
	wreg.com Facebook launches new tool to help you get health tests and screenings wreg.com NEW YORK — Facebook has launched a new feature to help track what preventive health screenings might be recommended for you based on your age and sex. The tool, called Preventive Health, rolled out in the United States on Monday and focuses ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Mercury News Cursing helps you power through pain, studies find The Mercury News (CNN) — Want to push through that workout? Go ahead and drop an F-bomb. Studies show people on bikes who swore while pedaling against resistance had more power and strength than people who used "neutral" words. Research also found that people ... Flag as irrelevant
	Houston Chronicle Here's what's new with the flu shot Houston Chronicle As flu season approaches it's time for Texans to take the illness seriously. About 10,000 Texans died due to the extreme 2017-18 flu season, a 27 percent increase in deaths from the previous reporting year, according to the Texas Department of State Health ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Immune 'control switch' could prevent brain injury in premature babies Medical Xpress Researchers have discovered an immune control switch that could protect the brains of premature babies, who often suffer brain injuries when their immune response goes into overdrive. Through a series of clinical and pre-clinical studies, an international ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Rats can drive tiny cars as a way to ease their anxiety, researchers claim Fox News Teaching rats to drive? Strange as it may sound, it's what a team of researchers at the University of Richmond accomplished as part of a study examining how performing complex tasks -- such as driving -- could affect treatment for mental health conditions like ... Flag as irrelevant
	cleveland.com Cleveland Clinic performs its first Midwest living-donor liver transplant laparoscopically cleveland.com Dr. Choon Hyuck David Kwon of the Cleveland Clinic, third from left with a white collar, and a surgical team perform laparoscopic living donor surgery for liver transplant. (Photo courtesy of Cleveland Clinic). Comment. By Julie Washington, The Plain Dealer. Flag as irrelevant
	WCAX Tick-borne illness that can cause brain inflammation detected in UK for the first time: officials Fox News A potentially fatal tick-borne disease has been detected in ticks in the United Kingdom for the first time, Public Health England (PHE) announced this week. LYME DISEASE-RELATED TICK ILLNESS WITH MORE SEVERE SYMPTOMS DETECTED IN NEW ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio More research needed to determine if medicinal cannabinoids improve mental health Healio Current research is lacking to support claims that cannabinoids improve depressive disorders and symptoms, anxiety disorders or ADHD, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in Lancet Psychiatry. "Our findings have ... Flag as irrelevant
	Futurity: Research News Open relationships vary—as do their odds of working Futurity: Research News Can an open relationship work? New research—which identifies five types of such nonmonogamous arrangements—says it depends. Open relationships typically describe couples in which the partners have agreed on sexual activity with someone other than ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress NIH-funded study suggests acetaminophen in pregnancy linked to higher risk of ADHD, autism EurekAlert (press release) WHAT: Exposure to acetaminophen in the womb may increase a child's risk for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder, suggests a study funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Agency for Health Care Research and ... Flag as irrelevant
	FierceHealthcare Facebook takes a first step into personal digital health with checkup reminder and screening tool FierceHealthcare To address privacy concerns, Facebook said it will not have access to users' health test results as part of the new preventive health tool. (Facebook). Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print. Tech giant Facebook launched a new feature to remind users to ... Flag as irrelevant
	STLtoday.com Wanna get the flu -- and be paid for it? SLU wants you STLtoday.com In the name of science, St. Louis University is recruiting people who want to be deliberately infected with the influenza virus. And if that's not tempting enough, people recruited for this study will be paid well: up to $3,310 for their time and participation. Flag as irrelevant
	EurekAlert (press release) Cracking the colon code -- new light shed on gut function EurekAlert (press release) New insights into how the colon functions and actually expels its contents have been revealed for the first time following decades of study by Flinders University researchers. It promises new diagnostics tools and treatments for gastrointestinal disorders to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Atlanta Journal Constitution To decrease your environmental footprint, try eating healthier, study says Atlanta Journal Constitution Research indicates that eating nutritious food is not only better for you, it's also better for the environment. We all know the benefits of fruits, vegetables and other healthy foods for our physical health. But new research indicates nutritious foods are also better ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Guardian Elderly people being 'poisoned' by medication, say drug experts The Guardian Elderly patients are being "poisoned" with medication because too little is known about how different drugs interact with each other and correct dosages for older people, experts have said. Speaking at the House of Lords' science and technology committee ... Flag as irrelevant
	Telegraph.co.uk 'I'd love to have an eco-friendly inhaler – but I'd be in hospital within a week' Telegraph.co.uk A common cold will leave most people feeling rotten for a day or two, but for Jess Speller it could mean being blue-lighted to hospital and spending three weeks in a special care unit. The 24-year-old has severe asthma and was first diagnosed with the ... Flag as irrelevant
	PsychCentral.com Skin Disease With Chronic Itch Linked to Depression, Suicidal Thoughts PsychCentral.com Itchy skin in patients with chronic skin disease is significantly linked to clinical depression, suicidal ideation and stress, according to a new study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. The researchers recommend providing dermatology ... Flag as irrelevant
	Gizmodo Poop for Science Gizmodo Here's an opportunity for the charitable scientific enthusiasts among us: please photograph your poop today in order to help train artificial intelligence. Poops of all shapes and sizes are welcome, for the microbial sciences company Seed will use them to ... Flag as irrelevant
	International Business Times Symptom Of Pancreatic Cancer Include Feeling Pain In This Section Of The Body International Business Times The pancreas is the large gland located behind the stomach. Its primary role is to convert the food consumed into energy that powers the cells of the body. It does this by helping digest the food and regulates the body's blood sugar. Cancer of the pancreas ... Flag as irrelevant
	Newsweek Millennials Most Likely Age Group to Go to Work Sick, Study Shows Newsweek A study commissioned by staffing agency Accountemps reveals that a vast majority of American workers have come to the workplace with cold and flu symptoms—and millennials are the most likely to not take a sick day. The study surveyed 2,800 office ... Flag as irrelevant
	PhillyVoice.com Healthier diets are usually also better for the environment, study shows PhillyVoice.com A new, wide-ranging study attempted to construct a complete picture on two often-studied topics, and found that diets which emphasize healthier eating are also usually better for the environment. The study, published this week in the journal "Proceedings of ... Flag as irrelevant
	WPLG Local 10 5 complete myths about breast cancer WPLG Local 10 When it comes to matters of health, it's easy to get misinformation. Breast cancer has a ton of awareness, but yet, there are still things about it that people get wrong. Here are five myths about cancer debunked: MYTH No. 1: Drinking dairy causes breast cancer ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Breast cancer: AI predicts which pre-malignant breast lesions will progress to advanced cancer Medical Xpress New research at Case Western Reserve University could help better determine which patients diagnosed with the pre-malignant breast cancer commonly as stage 0 are likely to progress to invasive breast cancer and therefore might benefit from additional ... Flag as irrelevant
	Turn to 10 Brown University awarded $6.8M to battle opioid epidemic Turn to 10 The federal government is helping Rhode Island battle the opioid epidemic with $6.8 million in research money. Brown University associate Professor Brandon Marshall said there could be many people who benefit. "We're kind of like a laboratory in some ... Flag as irrelevant

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