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	health Daily update ⋅ January 8, 2020
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	Medscape Big Drop in Cancer Deaths, Driven by Progress in Lung Cancer Medscape Mortality from cancer in the United States has been falling continuously since 1991, when cancer-related death rates peaked, resulting in a 29% overall decline in mortality from cancer through 2017, notes a new report from the American Cancer Society. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN US cancer death rate sees largest-ever single-year drop, report says CNN (CNN) The rate of people dying from cancer in the United States continued to decline for the 26th year in a row, according to a new American Cancer Society report. From 2016 to 2017, the United States saw its largest-ever single-year drop in overall cancer ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Foxes won't stop attacking this 88-year-old, even though he strangled one with his bare hands Washington Post It was only four months ago that a gray fox made a bee line toward Norman Kenney outside his home in Maine. The 88-year old stomped it to death. Then, early Friday evening, just home from the store, Kenney closed his garage door. He heard a mew sound, ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY The outer limits of medicine: How doctors treated an astronaut's blood clot in space USA TODAY As a physician and an avid devotee of space travel, Stephan Moll's first wish when NASA reached out for a consultation was to examine the patient in person – at the International Space Station. Given the impracticality of that desire, the coagulation expert and ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Study: No Major Link Between Baby Powder, Cancer WebMD By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. TUESDAY, Jan. 7, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- There's been a longstanding debate -- and a slew of lawsuits -- over whether baby powder containing talc plays any role in the development of some cancers. A large new ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Lifestyle changes may combat a dementia that strikes people in their 40s and 50s CNN (CNN) Frontotemporal dementia strikes early, typically in the 50s, sometimes as young as age 45. Unlike Alzheimer's, it doesn't affect memory, instead attacking the parts of the brain which control thinking, reasoning and emotions. The first symptom is likely a ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times The Flu Season May Yet Turn Ugly, CDC Warns The New York Times The United States may be headed into a bad flu season, according to figures recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of the last week of December, "widespread" flu activity was reported by health departments in 46 states. Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com Testosterone treatment should only be given for sexual dysfunction, guideline suggests NBCNews.com Men looking for improved energy and memory won't find it in testosterone treatment, which should be used in older men only for sexual dysfunction, according to researchers and a new guideline published Monday. The only scientifically proven use for the ... Flag as irrelevant
	TIME US Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop, But Progress is Stalling For Some Cancers TIME Over the last few decades, the death rate from cancer dropped by 29% in the U.S., according to the latest data from the American Cancer Society (ACS). That, the ACS's new study estimates, saved 2.9 million lives from 1991 to 2017, largely owing to declines ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape HPV Vaccination Rates Nearly Double in Young Adults: CDC Medscape Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates among young adults in the United States continue to trend upward, nearly doubling, according new data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), part of the Centers for Disease Control and ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Author of study saying red meat is fine failed to disclose industry funding, journal reveals Washington Post Guidelines published in the Annals of Internal Medicine last fall defied prevailing scientific opinion, saying there's no need to reduce red or processed meat consumption for good health. Based on five systematic reviews of the relationship between meat ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Specter of possible new virus emerging from central China raises alarms across Asia Washington Post BEIJING — An outbreak of an unidentified and possibly new viral disease in central China is prompting officials across Asia to take heightened precautions ahead of the busy Lunar New Year travel season. Officials in Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Study Finds Talcum Powder Not Likely A Risk For Ovarian Cancer NPR In recent years, women have taken talcum powder manufacturers to court over concerns that the use of the product in the genital area could cause ovarian cancer. Now, a new study finds no meaningful association between using talc-based or other powders ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN International World's worst measles epidemic kills 6000 people in Democratic Republic of Congo CNN International (CNN) Measles has killed more than 6,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization has said. In a statement Tuesday, the organization called on international partners and agencies to increase resources to fight what ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Rare Shrew-Borne Illness Tied to Fatal Encephalitis MedPage Today Additional evidence emerged in Germany that Borna disease virus, which resides in shrews, was associated with fatal encephalitis in people there. Analysis of brain tissue in eight cases of encephalitis believed to have a viral origin -- going back as far as 20 ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Few Teens Who Survive Opioid OD Get Recommended Care U.S. News & World Report By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, Jan. 7, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Even after surviving an opioid overdose, few U.S. teenagers receive the recommended treatment for their addiction, a new study shows. Researchers found that of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American Virus Spread by Shrews Linked to Human Deaths from Mysterious Brain Infections Scientific American Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1) causes a bizarre and deadly neurological infection in horses, sheep and other domesticated mammals in parts of Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Austria. Borna disease was named after a city in eastern Germany ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today More Progress in HPV Vaccination MedPage Today The rate of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among young adults almost doubled from 2013 to 2018, according to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Among all U.S. adults, ages 18-26, the HPV vaccination rate increased ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Alcohol-related deaths have doubled in the US and women are at an increased risk, study says CNN (CNN) The number of Americans who have died from alcohol-related problems annually more than doubled between 1999 and 2017, a new study found, and that's likely an undercount, the researchers said. The study was published Wednesday in the journal ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY No strong link between baby powder and cancer, study finds USA TODAY Following years of at times conflicting evidence about the link between baby powder and ovarian cancer, researchers have released the results of the largest study yet on the issue and have found no strong evidence of a link. Health concerns have focused on ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com Many teen girls may be getting unnecessary pelvic exams NBCNews.com Many teenage girls and young women in the United States are having invasive gynecological exams, despite recommendations against the practice, according to research published Monday. The study, in JAMA Internal Medicine, found that a majority of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Germany: Rare virus linked to more fatal encephalitis cases Washington Post BERLIN — A review of fatal encephalitis cases in the southern German state of Bavaria has found that more than twice as many as previously known were tied to a rare animal-borne virus, researchers said Wednesday. The Federal Research Institute for ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News DR Congo measles: More than 6000 dead in world's worst outbreak BBC News The number of people killed by a measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has passed 6,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. The WHO says the epidemic is the world's largest and fastest moving. Around 310,000 suspected ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Few Teens Who Survive Opioid OD Get Recommended Care HealthDay By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. TUESDAY, Jan. 7, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Even after surviving an opioid overdose, few U.S. teenagers receive the recommended treatment for their addiction, a new study shows. Researchers found that of nearly 3,800 ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today First-Time Marathoners Turn Back Clock on Vascular Aging MedPage Today Healthy individuals training for their first marathon saw a reversal in age-related aortic stiffening, a known cardiovascular risk factor, researchers found in a prospective study. After 6 months of unsupervised training for the London Marathon, 138 people ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Study: Young Women Getting Pelvic Exams They Don't Need WebMD Jan. 7, 2020 -- Every year, millions of adolescents and young women are having Pap smears and pelvic examinations they may not need, according to a new study. National guidelines recommend these invasive exams not be routinely done until a young ... Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP Nations step up screening and await word in China's pneumonia outbreak CIDRAP As the world waits for more information about what triggered an unexplained pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, China's tenth-largest city, reaction to the event continues to reverberate across Asia and beyond. For example, Hong Kong continues to flag more ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Mom's RSV warning goes viral after infant son sickened: 'Just do what you're asked' Fox News A young mother is warning others not to kiss infants after her son contracted a potentially deadly infection from family and friends doing just that. Zoe McGlade, 22, from Dublin, Ireland, took to Facebook in late December after her baby son, Koby, was ... Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP As measles deaths top 6000 in DRC, WHO calls for aid CIDRAP Deaths in a massive measles outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have now topped 6,000, prompting a call from the World Health Organization (WHO) today for more funding to curb the spread of the disease. Since the beginning of 2019, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline I Never Get Sick. Why Do I Need the Flu Shot? Healthline The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates between 9.3 million and 49 million cases of the flu occur each year in the United States. Although not 100 percent effective, the influenza vaccination may help prevent the flu and reduce ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post WHO: Death toll from measles outbreak in Congo hits 6000 Washington Post DAKAR, Senegal — The death toll from a measles epidemic in Congo has surpassed 6,000, the World Health Organization said Tuesday as it warned that more funds are needed to save lives during the world's worst outbreak of the infectious disease. Flag as irrelevant
	TIME About 750 Seattle Students Will Be Excluded From School Because of Incomplete Vaccination Records TIME About 750 Seattle students won't be allowed to attend school on Wednesday because they haven't updated their vaccination records. The policy is a result of a new Washington state law that limited exemptions for the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Male infertility got no boost from zinc, folic acid in study Washington Post A rigorous U.S. government-led study found that zinc and folic acid supplements don't boost men's fertility, despite promotional claims that they do. The mineral and the vitamin are important for sperm production and are found in many common foods. Previous ... Flag as irrelevant
	KTVZ No records? No class. Today is the deadline for Seattle students to submit vaccination records Seattle Times Today is the day: Seattle Public School students without complete vaccination records won't be allowed in class. Children who show up anyway will be sent to a room supervised by school staff until a parent or guardian is notified and picks them up, district ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Men: Forget the Zinc and Folic Acid to Boost Fertility MedPage Today Folic acid and zinc supplements did not improve semen quality or birth rates among couples seeking infertility care, a randomized trial found. Live birth rates were 34% when men in the couples received daily doses of folic acid and zinc, commonly regarded ... Flag as irrelevant
	Today.com RSV is 'particularly bad' this season, hospitals around the country warn Today.com Respiratory syncytial virus is similar to cold or flu, but patients have trouble breathing and it can cause other severe infections. Get the latest from TODAY. Sign up for our newsletter. SUBSCRIBE. Jan. 7, 2020, 2:31 PM PST / Source: TODAY. By Meghan ... Flag as irrelevant
	Wall Street Journal New Virus Discovered by Chinese Scientists Investigating Pneumonia Outbreak Wall Street Journal HONG KONG—Chinese scientists investigating a mystery illness that has sickened dozens in central China have discovered a new strain of coronavirus, a development that will test the country's upgraded capabilities for dealing with unfamiliar infectious ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post It began with a piece of popcorn stuck in his teeth. It ended with open-heart surgery. Washington Post An Englishman underwent open-heart surgery, and it all started with a piece of popcorn firmly lodged between his teeth. Adam Martin, a 41-year-old who lives in the fishing village of Coverack, Cornwall, is still recovering from multiple surgeries, after an ... Flag as irrelevant
	Miami Herald Here's why Florida knows more about its drug-overdose deaths than the feds Miami Herald Though a surge of opioid-related deaths has been in the public spotlight for years, the federal government's data on fatal overdoses could be undercounting the actual cost of the epidemic's devastation in Florida and obscuring the role that other substances ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Patients push limits for clues to chronic fatigue syndrome Washington Post BETHESDA, Md. — Researchers hooked Zach Ault to medical monitors as he slowly climbed onto a gym bike. An invisible disease is sidelining this once avid athlete and he knew the simple exercise would wipe him out -- but Ault was pedaling for science. Flag as irrelevant
	Shape Magazine Twitter Is Fired Up About This Intermittent Fasting App's Ads Shape Magazine Targeted ads are really a lose-lose. Either they succeed and you impulse-buy another pair of gold hoops, or you see a bad ad and feel all, what are you trying to say, Twitter? Right now, a lot of people who are getting hit with ads for an app called DoFasting ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Tribune Big study finds no strong sign linking baby powder & cancer Chicago Tribune U.S. government-led research found no strong evidence linking baby powder with ovarian cancer in the largest analysis to look at the question. The findings were called "overall reassuring" in an editorial published Tuesday with the study in the Journal of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	fox6now.com Alcohol-related deaths have doubled in the US and women are at an increased risk, study says fox6now.com NEW YORK — The number of Americans who have died from alcohol-related problems annually more than doubled between 1999 and 2017, a new study found, and that's likely an undercount, the researchers said. The study was published Wednesday in ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com The number of Americans drinking themselves to death has more than doubled MarketWatch Here's another reason to try a Dry January. The number of Americans drinking themselves to death has more than doubled over the last two decades, according to a sobering new report. Researchers from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Tribune With Influenza numbers climbing, it's not too late to get a flu shot, Kane County health officials say Chicago Tribune With a big increase in the number of people testing positive for the influenza virus in the last few weeks, the Kane County Health Department is urging anyone who's not been vaccinated to get a flu shot. The flu season has "gotten off to a fast start this year," ... Flag as irrelevant
	Journalist's Resource Federal database of addiction providers outdated, study finds The Boston Globe There's a rallying cry heard often in the battle against opioid addiction: People with opioid use disorder need immediate access to treatment, particularly the medications that stop cravings and prevent overdoses. But a study published this week in the Journal ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Minnesota Sees 1st Infant Whopping Cough Death Since 2013 Patch.com The Minnesota Department of Health is stressing the importance of vaccination, especially during pregnancy. By William Bornhoft, Patch Staff. Jan 8, 2020 9:42 am CT. Reply. 0. Anyone can get pertussis, but it is most severe in infants. (Shutterstock). Flag as irrelevant
	KSL.com Best and worst diets for 2020, ranked by experts, with a popular one near last KSL.com ATLANTA (CNN) — Who won the 2020 battle of the diets? For the third year in a row, the well-researched Mediterranean diet KO'd the competition to win gold in U.S. News and World Report's 2020 ranking of best diets. The report, released last week, is now ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio ACP releases treatment guidelines for age-related low testosterone Healio The ACP released clinical guidance for testosterone treatment in men with age-related low testosterone, recommending treatment only for those experiencing sexual dysfunction. The guideline was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. "Testosterone ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Verge Atmos Faceware makes clean air an expensive accessory The Verge Ao Air's Atmos Faceware is positioning itself as a tech-driven solution to increasing levels of air pollution in a world that's literally and figuratively burning. But the $350 gadget, which just debuted at CES, may be beyond the price range of people who are most ... Flag as irrelevant

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