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Vaccines may have prevented a quarter-million Covid-19 cases and 39000 deaths among seniors (CNN) Before vaccines, the San Francisco Department of Public Health needed three whiteboards to capture all the names of senior facilities that had ...
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Pfizer vaccine provides 90 percent protection against hospitalization for six months, study finds. The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is 90 percent effective at preventing hospitalization for up to six months, with no signs of waning during that time ...
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At-home genetic testing for cancer and other disease risk is booming: Should you try it? Customers receive an analysis of genes associated with hereditary forms of heart disease; hereditary cancer risk for breast, ovarian, uterine, colon, melanoma, ...
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One-Word Change in Prostate Cancer Guideline Has Some Urologists in Arms Edward "Ted" Schaeffer, MD, PhD, chairman of the NCCN prostate cancer guidelines panel, defended the change as a "minor adjustment" that will serve patients by ...
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A 'Pacemaker for the Brain': No Treatment Helped Her Depression — Until This It's the first study of individualized brain stimulation to treat severe depression. Sarah's case raises the possibility the method may help people who don't ...
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Estate of Henrietta Lacks sues biotechnical company for nonconsensual use of her cells Lacks, a Black woman diagnosed with cervical cancer, had tissue taken from her cervix without her consent during a procedure at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1951.
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Vaccination Protects Pregnant People and Their Babies from Severe COVID As a maternal-fetal medicine specialist, Jacqueline Parchem, an assistant professor at the McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science ...
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High Blood Pressure in 30s and 40s Can Raise Risk of Dementia Experts say the research reemphasizes the importance of people maintaining healthy blood pressure at younger ages. People with high blood pressure (hypertension) ...
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Voices of Breast Cancer Survivors: Looking Back, Offering Advice Ashley Brown, breast cancer survivor. As she set out from her home in Camden, DE, to Florida, she had another request for her doctors: "Don't ...
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High blood pressure in young adults is linked to smaller brain sizes and dementia, a study finds Adults under age 35 had the largest reductions in brain volume compared to adults their age without high blood pressure, which could come with adverse health ...
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More than BRCA: The other life-threatening breast cancer gene mutation to be aware of CHEK2 serves the body as a tumor suppressor, but when it's mutated, it can be linked to numerous cancers, like breast and prostate cancer.
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70 years ago, Henrietta Lacks's cells were taken without consent. Now, her family wants justice. Descendants of Henrietta Lacks, the Black woman whose cells have been central to some of the most important scientific breakthroughs over the past 70 years, ...
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Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine 90% effective at preventing hospitalization, even with delta variant: Study In the study, funded by Pfizer, researchers assessed data from Kaiser Permanente and calculated the percentages of fully vaccinated patients who contracted ...
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Henrietta Lacks' estate sues Waltham-based company over use of her cells The estate's federal lawsuit says Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., of Waltham, Massachusetts, knowingly mass produced and sold tissue that was taken from Lacks by ...
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Are Flu Shot Side Effects Actually Worse This Year? We Asked Three Experts. Arnold Monto, an epidemiology professor at the University of Michigan: People are sensitized to side effects because they received COVID vaccines, which are ...
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Poor health choices are killing rural Americans. COVID is making it worse. An ambulance racing up a nearby canyon from the outskirts of Denver finally reached the woman, and the EMTs got her heart beating again before rushing her to ...
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Why Does Exercise Sometimes Make Your Blood Sugar Spike? Release of glucose-raising hormones · Lactic acid. The process of gluconeogenesis converts lactic acid into glucose and cycles that glucose back to your muscles ...
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Learning to live with COVID: When and how can fully vaccinated people get on with their lives? "I can't argue with that sentiment," said Dr. Liam Sullivan, infectious disease specialist for Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids. "At some point, we have to start ...
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Dear Doctor: Besides cancer, what causes breast tissue to develop in older men? I am healthy and have taken no medications for the past six months except sildenafil, on an as-needed basis. I am approximately 10-15 pounds overweight, but ...
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COVID-19 cases may be peaking in Ohio, ODH says during briefing Monday CLEVELAND, Ohio ‑ While the COVID-19 case rate is still high in Ohio, early indicators show that cases are peaking and beginning to drop, Ohio Department of ...
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Traveling to Hawaii: What COVID restrictions remain in place this month October 4, 2021 at 1:16 p.m.. Editor's note: Coronavirus cases remain high across the globe. Health officials caution that travel increases your chances of ...
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BC Healthline and For the Breast of Us Partner to Create a Safe Online Community for Women of Color with Breast ... Navigating a breast cancer diagnosis can be hard, but Breast Cancer Healthline is here to provide 24/7 support including live chats, curated news, and more.
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Mosquitoes test positive for potentially deadly EEE virus in Connecticut Connecticut health officials are cautioning southeastern area state residents after the potentially deadly mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) ...
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UNICEF: Battered by Pandemic, Kids Need Mental Health Help The U.N.'s child protection agency is urging governments to pour more money and resources into preserving the mental well-being of children and adolescents.
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Nevada Adds Rapid Tests to COVID Tally, Joining Most States Nevada health officials are now counting results from rapid antigen tests in the coronavirus data that they present to the public instead of only counting ...
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COVID-19 third leading cause of death in St. Louis County in 2020, report says The pandemic killed 1,310 county residents last year, accounting for 11% of the county's total 11,958 deaths. In fact, COVID-19 was the seventh-leading cause of ...
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Oregon records more than 3200 new coronavirus cases, 8 new deaths over weekend The 3,286 new cases and recently reported deaths were recorded over a three-day period between Friday, Oct. 1 and Sunday, Oct. 3, according to the Oregon Health ...
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Henrietta Lacks' Estate Sues Company Over Use of Her Cells The estate of Henrietta Lacks sued a biotechnology company on Monday, saying it's been selling her cervical cells without her knowledge or consent.
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Oregon reports 8 more COVID-19 related deaths, 3286 new cases over weekend PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- There are eight new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon over the weekend, raising the state's death toll to 3,823, the Oregon Health ...
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COVID-19 makes pregnancy risky, but vaccination rates remain low Although the vaccines against COVID-19 have been proven to be safe and effective and are widely available, COVID-19 death rate for pregnant people has been ...
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Public Health extends indoor mask mandate to prevent COVID-19 spread Wearing masks indoors will continue to be required through Nov. 5, Public Health Madison & Dane County announced Monday, under an extended order.
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ADHD: More than an attention disorder When business sophomore Meghan Jones was in second grade, she faced struggles getting her work done, behaving like other students, and making friends.
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How to sleep for longer Is it your bed or your bedroom set-up? Perhaps it's your age or your diet? Or maybe it's anxiety or stress? It might even be a more serious sleep disorder like ...
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COVID cases keep declining in Cleveland Clinic hospitals on Treasure Coast; Florida cases down 31% The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Cleveland Clinic hospitals on the Treasure Coast continues to decline, with amounts dipping to levels ...
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Pitt researchers find convalescent plasma treatment 'futile' in treating critically ill COVID-19 patients The antibodies from the donated plasma are, in theory, supposed to help fight the virus. Scientists successfully used this method to treat Ebola — making it ...
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August deadliest month for pregnant patients with COVID-19; Ohio officials urge vaccination FILE - In this Thursday, May 7, 2020 file photo, a pregnant woman wearing a face mask and gloves holds her belly as she waits in line for groceries with ...
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Rise in COVID-19 cases among pregnant women prompts doctors to recommend vaccines PORTLAND, Ore. — Doctors in Oregon are making an urgent plea for pregnant women to get the coronavirus vaccine. The plea comes after the Centers for Disease ...
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It's OK to get the flu shot and a COVID-19 vaccine at the same time "The flu vaccine can be given at the same time — or any time before or after — the COVID-19 vaccine," State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers said. "We recommend ...
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Third human case of West Nile virus confirmed in Travis County, health leaders say Three human cases of West Nile virus have been confirmed among Travis County residents in the past month, but Austin Public Health says in two of those ...
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Vaccine Holdouts Embrace COVID Antibody Treatment, Mystifying Doctors Oct. 4, 2021 -- Houston architect Lanson Jones is one of the nearly 80 million Americans who refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine, arguing the shots are ...
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Covid, in Retreat New cases in the U.S. have fallen by more than a third in the past month.
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NEW: Dramatic drop brings Nevada's test positivity to 8.8% as test tracking changes Below is the full COVID-19 report for the weekend of Oct. 1-3. LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Nevada's test positivity rate has fallen to 8.8%, according to data ...
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COVID-19 cases in Idaho children have 'skyrocketed.' That could affect hospitals, care Though 10 Idahoans age 18 to 29 have suffered COVID-19-related deaths, so far no children in the state have died, according to data from the Idaho Department of ...
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First new treatment for sickle cell in 20 years These painful episodes, which can require hospital treatment and lead to other health complications, are caused by by sickle-shaped red blood cells blocking the ...
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Michigan COVID: Here's what to know Oct. 5, 2021 DETROIT – Michigan reported 8,704 new cases of COVID-19 and 62 virus-related deaths Monday -- an average of 2,901.3 cases over a two-day period. Of the 62 ...
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J&J heats up RSV race with new vaccine data Dive Brief: Johnson & Johnson's experimental vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, prevented complications in people 65 and older, with the company ...
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The side effects to look out for if you get a COVID booster shot injection site reactions; fatigue; muscle aches. While the study gives a lot more data on the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines — 12,000 people ...
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Wildlife Officials Warn of Potential Deer Disease Outbreak Alabama wildlife officials say they're on the lookout for reports of sick deer after reports of an increase in sickness in neighboring Mississippi.
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Dear Doctor: Isn't it possible for a vaccinated person to have active, asymptomatic coronavirus? Dr. Keith Roach is a physician at Weill Cornell Medical College and New York Presbyterian Hospital. He writes an educational column on infectious diseases, ...
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LRMC offers advanced technology to detect breast cancer The Center for Breast Care of Longview Regional Medical Center strives to serve its patients by offering the latest medical technology, including advanced ...
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