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John Spertus, MD, on the Practice-Changing ISCHEMIA Trial This interview was recorded on November 16, 2019, at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions and is a collaboration between MDedge and Medscape. It is published on both websites. This transcript has been edited for clarity. Bruce Jancin: I'm ...
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Donors Pledge $2.6 Billion for Polio Eradication Donors around the world are injecting another $2.6 billion into eradicating polio, a goal that remains elusive despite years of pursuit. The new money, from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Rotary International, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi and others, ...
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Gene-Edited 'Supercells' Make Progress In Fight Against Sickle Cell Disease Doctors are reporting the first evidence that genetically edited cells could offer a safe way to treat sickle cell disease, a devastating, incurable disorder that afflicts millions of people around the world. Billions of cells that were genetically modified with the ...
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Samoa Closes Schools And Mandates Vaccinations Amid Deadly Measles Epidemic The Samoan government closed schools indefinitely Monday as it attempts to quell a measles epidemic that has killed at least six people and hospitalized dozens more. Health officials said the Pacific island nation's low immunization rate is the cause of the ...
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Stents, Bypass Not Best for Clogged Arteries? By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. SUNDAY, Nov. 17, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Bypass operations, angioplasty and the placement of artery-opening stents: For decades, millions of Americans have undergone these expensive, invasive procedures ...
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The high cost of the 'free' flu shot This is a Kaiser Health News story. In the Byzantine world of health care pricing, most people wouldn't expect that the ubiquitous flu shot could be a prime example of how the system's lack of transparency can lead to disparate costs. The Affordable Care Act ...
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New, Old Drugs May Offer Fresh Ways to Fight Heart Disease PHILADELPHIA — Novel drugs may offer fresh ways to reduce heart risks beyond the usual medicines to lower cholesterol and blood pressure. One new study found that heart attack survivors benefited from a medicine long used to treat gout. Several ...
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Statins Not Linked to Cognitive Decline, Study Shows Statins were not linked to any greater decline in cognition or memory over 6 years, a longitudinal study of elderly adults in Australia showed. People, ages 70 to 90, showed no difference in the rate of decline in either memory or global cognition regardless of ...
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Mailing Free Home HIV Tests Helps Detect More Infections Mailing free home HIV tests to high-risk men offers a potentially better strategy for detecting infections than usual care. That's according to a U.S. government study that resulted in many more infections found — including among friends with whom recipients ...
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Diabetes Tougher on Women's Hearts By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes might be more deadly for women than men, at least when it comes to heart troubles, new research shows. Heart disease occurs an average of 15 years earlier in ...
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Hospital: Mold outbreak linked to infections since 2001 SEATTLE — Seattle Children's Hospital said Monday it believes a mold outbreak that has sickened seven patients, one fatally, since summer 2018 is linked to mold-related infections dating back nearly two decades. Five children died from infections linked to ...
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Healthy lifestyle and medication as good as stents and surgery in preventing heart attacks Common heart procedures such as stents and bypass surgery don't prevent heart attacks or deaths more often than cholesterol-lowering drugs and lifestyle changes for millions of Americans with stable heart disease, a new federally funded study shows.
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Research into the health effects of hearing loss suggests hearing aids might reduce dementia risk Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with any advertisers on this site. For people with hearing loss, using a hearing aid is associated with a reduced risk of three common health problems of aging — dementia, depression and falls — according to a ...
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Both old and new drugs may offer fresh ways to fight heart disease Novel drugs — some old, some new — may offer patients fresh ways to reduce their heart risks beyond the usual medicines that lower cholesterol and blood pressure. One new study found that heart attack survivors benefited from a medicine long used to ...
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Statins Won't Harm Aging Brains, and May Even Help By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Concerns that cholesterol-lowering statin drugs can impair brain health appear to be unfounded, according to new research. "Statins won't make you stupid or cause ...
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Colchicine cuts odds of new heart attack, stroke in heart attack survivors (Reuters Health) - The inflammation-fighting drug colchicine, already a treatment for gout, dramatically reduces the odds of future cardiovascular problems in people who have just survived a heart attack, a large new study has concluded. While 7.1% of ...
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6th Death From Mosquito-Borne EEE Reported In Michigan Summer weather is over, but another mosquito-borne death has been reported in Michigan, according to reports. By Jessica Strachan, Patch Staff. Nov 19, 2019 8:24 am CT | Updated Nov 19, 2019 8:25 am CT ...
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The man whose duvet nearly killed him: How this medical mystery was solved (CNN) The symptoms came on quickly. First it was hard to breathe, then dizzy spells caused by any amount of exertion. "Two months after the onset of the symptoms, I was unable to stand or walk for more than a few minutes at a time without feeling like I was ...
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Michigan Farmer Becomes Sixth Person in the State to Die After Contracting Mosquito-Borne EEE Virus A Michigan farmer has died after contracting the mosquito-borne virus Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the farmer died following complications with the virus on Saturday, local outlet ...
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Seattle Children's: Mold outbreak linked to infections since 2001 Seattle Children's Hospital said Monday it believes a mold outbreak that has sickened seven patients, one fatally, since summer 2018 is linked to mold-related infections dating back nearly two decades. Five children died from infections linked to Aspergillus ...
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Predicting Alzheimer's disease-like memory loss before it strikes For a person with Alzheimer's disease, there's no turning back the clock. By the time she begins to experience memory loss and other worrisome signs, cognitive decline has already set in. And decades of clinical trials have failed to produce treatments that ...
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A Man Develops "Feather-Duvet Lung" After Switching His Bedding A soothing pillow and warm duvet might not always lead to better rest. A 43-year-old-man, after having switched to feather bedding, began feeling extreme fatigue and breathlessness, and was diagnosed with "feather-duvet lung," according to a new case ...
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Michigan farmer's EEE death marks 6th fatality in state from mosquito-borne virus: report A Michigan farmer who contracted the dangerous mosquito-borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) over the summer has died, according to local reports. The deceased, identified by local news station WNDU as Jim Whitright of Eau Claire, died Saturday ...
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Mailing free home HIV tests helps detect more infections Study shows mailing free home HIV tests to high-risk men offers a potentially better strategy for detecting infections than usual care. By. LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer. November 18, 2019, 6:32 PM. 4 min read. Image Icon. FILE - In this June 27, 2012 ...
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New and old drugs may offer new ways to fight heart disease Novel drugs may offer fresh ways to reduce heart risks beyond the usual medicines to lower cholesterol and blood pressure. One new study found that heart attack survivors benefited from a medicine long used to treat gout. Several experimental drugs also ...
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Measles investigation in Georgia: More cases in Cobb County The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has identified the likely source of the current measles outbreak in Cobb County. Five previously unreported cases of measles in one family in Cobb County occurred in early October. These five cases are ...
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Distributing HIV self-tests online increases testing frequency in MSM Distributing free HIV self-tests may be an effective way to increase testing frequency among men who have sex with men, according to results from a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Internal Medicine. "Getting an HIV test has never been quicker or ...
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Trying to help parents decide to vaccinate kids against HPV? Consider storytelling Health campaigns on social media aimed at increasing human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination may see greater success, according to Drexel University researchers, if they inject a narrative into information-based posts. In a study published today in the ...
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Woman's 'velvety' palms lead to unsettling diagnosis A 73-year-old Brazilian woman received an unsettling diagnosis after she went to a local dermatology clinic complaining of painful and itchy lesions on the palms of her hands. The woman, who was not identified in the case report recently detailed in the New ...
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The startlingly high cost of the 'free' flu shot WASHINGTON — In the Byzantine world of health care pricing, most people wouldn't expect that the ubiquitous flu shot could be a prime example of how the system's lack of transparency can lead to disparate costs. The Affordable Care Act requires health ...
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Source of measles outbreak in Cobb likely identified Georgia health officials said Monday that they have identified the likely source of a measles outbreak in Cobb County, linking a spate of illnesses to a local family of five that traveled to Florida in late September. Members of the Cobb County family – all of ...
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CDC answers call for accountability in global tuberculosis response Nine-year-old Mpilo (this is a pseudonym) had been sick for months, suffering from fever, loss of appetite and persistent cough. His mother made the long journey with him and his sister to the nearest rural health clinic in South Africa to seek treatment as his ...
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Malaria-fighting soup? On a lark, a school experiment leads to findings about homemade cures (CNN) -- It started out as a project for National Science Week at his children's British primary school -- a way malaria researcher Jake Baum could teach the kids the difference between a herbal remedy and true medicine. "So if my mum or my grandma says ...
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Lab tests show that some traditional soup broths have antimalarial properties Some traditional vegetable and meat soup broths can interrupt the life cycle of the most deadly of the malarial parasites, Plasmodium falciparum, reveal the results of lab tests, in what is thought to be the first study of its kind, published in the Archives of ...
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Medication and lifestyle changes could be as effective as surgery for heart disease, trial finds The results of a large heart disease trial could be a game changer for patients with coronary artery disease. Researchers found when it comes to preventing heart attack or stroke, getting a stent or bypass surgery is no better than consistent use of medication ...
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Half of older Americans fear that they'll develop dementia — why most of their prevention methods are all wrong Nearly half (48.5%) of Americans in their 50s and early 60s fear that they're likely to develop dementia as they age, but only 5.2% of them have actually talked with a doctor about steps they could take to reduce the risk, a study published this month concluded.
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Lower LDL target beneficial after stroke PHILADELPHIA — Among patients with signs of atherosclerosis following stroke or transient ischemic attack, those who achieved a target LDL level of less than 70 mg/dL had lower risk for subsequent CV events than patients achieving LDL levels between 90 ...
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School experiment reveals homemade soup recipe might be able to fight malaria (CNN) — It started out as a project for National Science Week at his children's British primary school — a way malaria researcher Jake Baum could teach the kids the difference between a herbal remedy and true medicine. "So if my mum or my grandma says ...
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The man whose duvet nearly killed him ABERDEENSHIRE, Scotland - The symptoms came on quickly. First it was hard to breathe, then dizzy spells caused by any amount of exertion. "Two months after the onset of the symptoms, I was unable to stand or walk for more than a few minutes at a time ...
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Feather Bedding Caused Man's Serious Lung Illness Nov. 19, 2019 -- It took months for the cause of a Scottish man's serious respiratory condition to be traced to a feather duvet and feather pillows, a case study says. Martin Taylor, 43, first developed symptoms such as difficulty breathing and dizzy spells ...
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Suspected mumps outbreak at Nottinghamshire school Sixteen students at a secondary school in Nottinghamshire are suspected of contracting mumps. Public Health England (PHE) said it is investigating a number of reports at Toot Hill School in Bingham. In a statement head teacher Sandy Paley said they are ...
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Health officials identify source of measles outbreak in Cobb County The Georgia Department of Public Health has identified the likely source of the current measles outbreak in Cobb County, they said Monday. Five previously unreported cases of measles in one family in Cobb County occurred in early October, they said.
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Wisconsin sees 'significant increase' in E. coli cases: state health officials Wisconsin health officials late last week announced a "significant increase" in the number of Escherichia coli, or E. coli, cases in the state. Wisconsin Department of Health officials recently announced they're investigating some 20 cases of E.coli – specifically ...
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You Can Make a Rocket Engine's Entire Combustion Chamber in One 3D Print A rocket startup called Launcher has made the largest liquid-fuel combustion chamber ever 3D printed in a single piece, requiring a custom-made 3D printing setup. The chamber is part of Launcher's all-3D-printed rocket engine, designed to lower cost ...
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The man whose duvet nearly killed him: How this medical mystery was solved The symptoms came on quickly. First it was hard to breathe, then dizzy spells caused by any amount of exertion. "Two months after the onset of the symptoms, I was unable to stand or walk for more than a few minutes at a time without feeling like I was going to ...
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How people with type 2 diabetes can get the benefits of exercise while reducing the risks Adults with type 2 diabetes may have more to gain by participating in physical activity and exercise than healthy adults, but they may also have more to lose, according to University of Alberta exercise and diabetes physiology researchers. "Exercise can ...
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Great American Smokeout set for Thursday The Great American Smokeout is set for Thursday, Nov. 21, an event designed to help the more than 34 million Americans who smoke to end the addictive habit. The event is sponsored by the American Cancer Society. The organization said smoking remains ...
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'Designer babies' could be just two years away, expert claims (CNN) Genetically-modified babies are "highly desirable" to help protect people from disease and could be created ethically within two years, according to a new scientific paper. Gene editing now presents such low risks that it could be used in human ...
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Another deadly disease found in Minnesota grouse DULUTH — While biologists were busy studying the impact of West Nile Virus on ruffed grouse, they discovered yet another another deadly disease in the upland bird — eastern equine encephalitis. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reported ...
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Mosquito-Borne Virus Found in Minnesota Ruffed Grouse ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota wildlife officials say three ruffed grouse in Itasca County have tested positive for a mosquito-borne virus. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said Monday it is the first time the virus called eastern equine ...
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