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	health Daily update ⋅ December 5, 2019
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	Washington Post Ebola was almost contained in Congo. A wave of violence threatens to bring it roaring back. Washington Post The attack began at midnight, the machete-wielding assailants unidentifiable in the pitch black that engulfed the tented encampment. Their victims were front-line responders to the ongoing Ebola outbreak who had arrived in the remote town of Biakato from ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Long-Term Cholesterol Risk Points to Need for Earlier Testing Medscape New data from almost 400,000 individuals who were followed for up to 43 years have shown that the link between raised non-HDL cholesterol and future risk of cardiovascular disease is strongest in younger people. The researchers also simulated what effect ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Study Ties Hair Straighteners, Dyes to Breast Cancer WebMD By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Could permanent hair dyes and chemical straighteners raise a woman's risk of breast cancer? A new study suggests they could. Researchers analyzed data from nearly ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com 'Crazymothers' Want You to Stop Calling Them 'Anti-Vaxxers' Livescience.com A group of people opposed to vaccinations has requested that media stop referring to them as "anti-vax." Instead, they would prefer to be called "vaccine risk aware." On Dec. 1, an anti-vaccine group called the Crazymothers raised its plea on Twitter and ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Hair Dyes and Straighteners May Raise Breast Cancer Risk for Black Women The New York Times For decades, scientists have debated whether hair dyes frequently used by women might contribute to cancer. The research has been mixed and inconclusive, but now government investigators have turned up a disturbing new possibility. Black women who ... Flag as irrelevant
	Financial Express Samoa Fights Measles Door-To-Door in Battle on Anti-Vaccination Messages The New York Times SYDNEY — Samoa on Thursday closed all non-essential public and private services for two days to combat a measles epidemic that has killed more than 60 people, mostly babies and children, in a battle complicated by a vocal anti-vaccination movement. Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Hair Dyes And Straighteners Linked To Higher Cancer Risk, Especially For Black Women NPR New research raises concern about the safety of permanent hair dye and chemical hair straighteners, especially among African American women. The study was published Wednesday in the International Journal of Cancer. Previous research in animals has ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR HIV Prevention Drugs Are Available For Free: How Do You Get Them? NPR The Trump administration Tuesday unveiled a plan to distribute HIV prevention medication free to individuals who do not have prescription drug insurance coverage. Called Ready, Set, PrEP, the federal program will provide patients at risk of contracting HIV ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Verge Cellphone-related head injuries became more common after the iPhone was released The Verge As cellphones got smarter, they also became marginally more dangerous to the clumsy, easily distracted humans holding them, according to new research. Before phones came loaded with perilous pings from Twitter, read receipts, or news alerts, the ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Study Links Hair Straighteners, Dyes to Breast Cancer HealthDay WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Could permanent hair dyes and chemical straighteners raise a woman's risk of breast cancer? A new study suggests they could. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 47,000 U.S. women, followed for an ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR This Minnesota City Has A Bird Poop Problem, But The Crow Patrol Is On It NPR Oakwood Cemetery should not be so noisy at night, but the thousands of crows encamped here this evening will not shut up. The graveyard, perched near downtown Rochester, Minn., is alive with the creatures yelling from the trees, cutting sharp silhouettes ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Heart transplants may become more common, save more lives thanks to new-to-US procedure USA TODAY For the first time in the United States, doctors successfully transplanted a heart from a donor who suffered cardiac death into another individual by reviving the organ. Doctors at Duke University Medical Center performed the heart transplant, known as a ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Once-a-Month Birth Control Pill? Experiment Works in Animals The New York Times WASHINGTON — Birth control pills work great if women remember to take them every day but missing doses can mean a surprise pregnancy. Now scientists have figured out how to pack a month's supply into one capsule. The trick: A tiny star-shaped gadget ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times Eating only during a 10-hour window improved health for those with metabolic syndrome Los Angeles Times What if a clock did a better job than a scale at promoting weight loss, improving sleep and preventing diabetes? New research suggests it's about time to consider that possibility. In an early effort to explore the benefits of daily fasting in humans, researchers ... Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP Malaria progress stall continues, but more pregnant women and kids protected CIDRAP Though progress against malaria continues to stall, mainly due to funding gaps, the World Health Organization (WHO) in its annual report today highlighted a promising development: more pregnant women and children were protected against the disease. Flag as irrelevant
	Daily Times Samoa fights measles door-to-door in battle on anti-vaccination messages Reuters SYDNEY (Reuters) - Samoa on Thursday closed all non-essential public and private services for two days to combat a measles epidemic that has killed more than 60 people, mostly babies and children, in a battle complicated by a vocal anti-vaccination ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY A once-a-month birth control pill? The new star-shaped device has worked in animals USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Birth control pills work great if women remember to take them every day but missing doses can mean a surprise pregnancy. Now scientists have figured out how to pack a month's supply into one capsule. The trick: A tiny star-shaped gadget ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Drug can curb dementia's delusions, researchers find Washington Post SAN DIEGO — A drug that curbs delusions in Parkinson's patients did the same for people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia in a study that was stopped early because the benefit seemed clear. If regulators agree, the drug could become ... Flag as irrelevant
	Daily Times Samoa goes door-to-door to fight measles, combat anti-vaccination messages Reuters SYDNEY (Reuters) - Samoa closed all non-essential public and private services on Thursday to combat a measles epidemic that has killed more than 60 people, mostly babies and young children, in a medical task complicated by a vocal anti-vaccination ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Tribune Efforts to move the needle on flu shot rates get stuck Chicago Tribune It's free and available everywhere. Yet most Americans skip the annual flu shot — with the number of dispensed vaccines barely changed in the past decade, despite government removal of cost and access obstacles. "We are kind of spinning our wheels ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Low-Dose Aspirin Might Cut Cancer Risk, Especially for Overweight People HealthDay By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Daily low-dose aspirin might reduce your risk of dying from cancer, particularly if you've packed on a few extra pounds, researchers say. Taking aspirin three or more ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Study: Young adults with high cholesterol face greater risk of heart attack or stroke USA TODAY Young adults who take cholesterol-lowering drugs or make healthy lifestyle changes might avoid heart disease or strokes later in life, according to a new study. A large study published in "The Lancet" medical journal this week reported adults with high levels ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com Toxic metal, leached from e-cigarette coil, permanently scars woman's lung NBCNews.com Doctors have discovered yet another way that vaping — and vaping THC, in particular — can damage the lungs: when the metal coils of electronic cigarettes heat up to turn e-liquids into aerosols, toxic metals can leach into the liquid, leading to a rare ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Mom's Diabetes Tied to Heart Disease in Kids Years Later MedPage Today Children whose mothers had diabetes -- including but not limited to gestational diabetes -- showed increased risk of heart disease, a Danish cohort study spanning 40 years found. Rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) ran 29% higher among children of ... Flag as irrelevant
	STAT Scientists Find Surprising Age-Related Protein Waves In Blood NPR Scientists know if they transfuse blood from a young mouse to an old one, that they can stave off, or even reverse, some signs of aging. But they don't know what in the blood is responsible for this remarkable effect. Researchers now report that they've ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Half a million Ebola vaccine doses to be stockpiled for emergency use Reuters LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - - A stockpile of 500,000 doses of Ebola vaccine for emergency use in outbreaks of the deadly fever is being established by the global vaccine alliance GAVI. FILE PHOTO: A health worker fills a syringe with Ebola vaccine before ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay A Birth Control Pill You Take Just Once a Month? HealthDay By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have developed a method that might eventually allow women to take birth control pills just once a month. In lab experiments, the researchers found that their tiny ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com Seven die from infections linked to black tar heroin in San Diego area NBCNews.com Seven people in San Diego County have died in the last two months from infections linked to injections of black tar heroin, the Health and Human Services Agency said Wednesday. The deaths occurred from myonecrosis, a bacterial infection associated with ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Scientists say a once-a-month birth control pill works on pigs. They want to test it on people next CNN (CNN) Scientists say they have made a breakthrough on developing a contraceptive pill that only needs to be take once a month. The star-shaped capsule could help reduce unintended pregnancies that arise from users forgetting to take their daily dose of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress 2019: the year gene therapy came of age Medical Xpress Victoria Gray's blood was drawn so that doctors could get to the cause of her illness—stem cells from her bone marrow that were making deformed red blood cells. In the summer, a mother in Nashville with a seemingly incurable genetic disorder finally found ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today House Panel Seeks Answers on Flu Vaccine MedPage Today WASHINGTON -- Members of the House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee mostly praised the work of government influenza experts at a hearing Wednesday on seasonal influenza. But as the hearing wound down, Rep. H. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Flesh-eating bacteria tied to black tar heroin use kills 7 in San Diego, health officials say USA TODAY At least seven people in two months have died in the San Diego area from a type of "flesh-eating" bacterial infection associated with black tar heroin use, health officials say. Between Oct. 2 and Nov. 24, nine people who had injected black tar heroin were ... Flag as irrelevant
	TIME Samoa's Capital Deserted as Teams Battle Deadly Measles Epidemic TIME (WELLINGTON, New Zealand) — Samoa's main streets were eerily quiet on Thursday as the government stepped up efforts to curb a measles epidemic that has killed 62 people. The government told most public and private workers to stay home on Thursday ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Typhoid vaccine 'works fantastically well' BBC News A new typhoid vaccine works "fantastically well" and is being used to help stop an almost untreatable strain of the infection, doctors say. Cases of the bacterial disease fell by more than 80% in trials, published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Antarctic Study Shows Isolation, Monotony May Change the Human Brain HealthDay By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Antarctica is one of the loneliest places on Earth. Endless expanses of white give way to almost complete darkness during the long winter months. Companionship is ... Flag as irrelevant
	Caj News Africa Measles toll in Congo exceeds 5000, WHO says Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) - A measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 5,000 people this year, many of them young children, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. Low immunization rates and high levels of malnutrition ... Flag as irrelevant
	ModernHealthcare.com Mental health-related ED visits among kids on the rise in Colorado ModernHealthcare.com One-quarter of Colorado's mental health-related emergency department visits were for children in 2018, a new report has found. The share of children's emergency department visits where mental health was the primary diagnosis grew from 21% in 2016 to ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Another Downside to Vaping: Higher Odds for Depression HealthDay By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Vaping, already linked to lung damage, may also have harmful psychological effects, a new study suggests. The researchers found a strong association between ... Flag as irrelevant
	PBS NewsHour Truvada is available for free. Here's how you can get it PBS NewsHour The Trump administration Tuesday unveiled a plan to distribute HIV prevention medication free to individuals who do not have prescription drug insurance coverage. Called "Ready, Set, PrEP," the federal program will provide patients at risk of contracting HIV ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY 'An important piece of the puzzle': Scientists discover why gene mutation leads to autism USA TODAY The search for the reasons behind intellectual disabilities and autism in children has just advanced by a significant step. Scientists at Northwestern University outside Chicago have discovered why these conditions develop in the nascent brain, raising hopes ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress UN says online anti-vaxxers fuelling Samoa measles deaths Medical Xpress The measles outbreak in Samoa has claimed 62 lives since mid-October. Social media giants must crack down on anti-vaccination posts that are fuelling Samoa's deadly measles epidemic from afar, UNICEF's Pacific islands chief said Thursday. Sheldon Yett ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline FDA Approves New Ear Tubes for Children with Recurrent Ear Infections Healthline The FDA has approved a new ear tube product that may allow children to avoid surgery for chronic infections. The TULA system can be done at a doctor's office without anesthesia. One expert says, however, there are advantages to surgery for recurrent ear ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Birds are shrinking. These scientists say it's a consequence of global warming. Washington Post Birds are getting smaller. So shows an analysis of migratory birds that died after colliding into buildings in Chicago and were collected as specimens for the Field Museum of Natural History. David Willard, a Field Museum ornithologist, has measured the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Canoe Even in big cities, mobile stroke units save time and brain cells Reuters (Reuters Health) - Special ambulances that carry equipment to treat stroke on the spot make a difference even when there are lots of hospitals nearby, a new study suggests. So-called mobile stroke units (MSUs) may get brain-sparing medications into urban ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Fighting Flu Season in the Workplace Patch.com This article comes courtesy of Dr. Chad Larson, a SoCal based ND who treats patients with immune system conditions on a daily basis as part of his practice. The workplace can represent different things for different people: a means to provide for the family, ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Climate change is causing birds to shrink, study says BBC News As the climate warms, birds are shrinking and their wingspans are growing, according to a new study. Researchers analysed 70,716 specimens from 52 North American migratory bird species collected over 40 years. The birds had died after colliding with ... Flag as irrelevant
	WKYC.com Cleveland poorly managed $1.5 million HIV/AIDS grants, says Ohio health department WKYC.com CLEVELAND — The Ohio Department of Health says Cleveland's health department has done a poor job of managing two recent grants that pay for HIV/AIDS testing, prevention and education, among other things, in six counties across Northeast Oho. Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Maine sees first flu death of season, state health officials say Fox News Maine health officials this week announced the state's first flu death of the 2019-2020 season. SHOULD YOU GET THE FLU SHOT? WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE 2019-20 FLU SEASON. In its weekly influenza surveillance report released on Wednesday, the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American Trump Administration Program Will Provide HIV Prevention Drug for Free Scientific American The Trump administration on Tuesday detailed how it will roll out the delivery of donated HIV prevention drugs to people who should be taking them but do not have prescription drug coverage. Pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP drugs, which are taken daily, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress New tool to predict the global spread of dengue Medical Xpress Researchers at CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, QUT and Queensland Health have developed a new tool to predict the global spread of human infectious diseases, like dengue, and track them to their source.The tool draws on travel data from the ... Flag as irrelevant

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