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	health Daily update ⋅ April 13, 2022
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	The New York Times PFAS: The 'Forever Chemicals' You Couldn't Escape if You Tried The New York Times Based on nothing more than their name, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances certainly don't sound like something you'd want to find in your burger wrapper. But according to a recent investigation by Consumer Reports, they're very much there — as well as ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Rates of gonorrhea, syphilis continued to increase in 2020, CDC data shows CNN Primary and secondary refer to different stages of syphilis infection. "In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic dramatically disrupted life as we knew it," Dr. Jonathan Mermin, director of the CDC's National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News COVID-19, overdoses pushed US to highest death total ever ABC News NEW YORK -- 2021 was the deadliest year in U.S. history, and new data and research are offering more insights into how it got that bad. The main reason for the increase in deaths? COVID-19, said Robert Anderson, who oversees the Centers for Disease ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay US STD Cases Spiked During Pandemic HealthDay Although cases fell in the pandemic's early months, infections rose again by the end of 2020, with gonorrhea, syphilis and congenital syphilis surpassing 2019 levels, according to a new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Why Do Some Smokers Never Get Lung Cancer? U.S. News & World Report By By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, April 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Strong natural protection against cancer-causing mutations may explain why some longtime smokers don't develop lung cancer, ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Health officials warn of 'large' outbreak of serious bacterial illness in Florida ABC News Health officials are warning Florida residents about a "large" outbreak of a potentially fatal bacterial illness known as meningococcal disease that's primarily affecting gay and bisexual men. So far this year, there have been 21 confirmed cases of ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN US STD Cases Spiked During Pandemic WebMD TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Even as the COVID-19 pandemic kept people isolated at home, sexually transmitted disease (STDs) cases increased across the United States. Although cases fell in the pandemic's early months, infections rose ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Your Personality May Safeguard Your Aging Brain U.S. News & World Report By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Certain personality traits may make older adults more or less vulnerable to waning memory and thinking skills, a new study suggests. Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Use of Mammography Down Since 2009 for Breast Cancer Survivors HealthDay Katherine P. Lowry, M.D., from the University of Washington in Seattle, and colleagues examined annual surveillance mammography participation from 2004 to 2016 in a nationwide sample of 141,672 commercially insured women with prior breast cancer. Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Prostate Cancer Treatment: A Typical Journey Healthline Prostate cancer is a disease where cancer cells form in the tissues of the prostate. It's one of the most prevalent cancers in American men, but there are treatment options. First, though, it's important for people to know when to get tested, ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post STD rates remained high during the first year of the pandemic The Washington Post Syphilis and gonorrhea cases increased in 2020, as screening clinics closed and people put off regular doctor visits, according to an annual report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday. Fewer chlamydia cases ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Indianapolis Star Egg prices skyrocket as bird flu outbreak hits Indiana, more than half of the country The Indianapolis Star And Indiana — which is first nationally in duck production, second for eggs and third for turkeys — is ground zero. The first case of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza detected in a commercial ... Flag as irrelevant
	Today.com Women experience headaches twice as much as men. Here's why Today.com Looking at data from 357 previous studies that measured the prevalence of headache disorders, the researchers found that more than half of the world's population (52%) has one of these conditions, which include migraine and tension-type headaches. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times All Children 8 and Older Should Be Screened for Anxiety, US Task Force Says The New York Times Screening more children for anxiety is "really important," said Stephen P. H. Whiteside, a child psychologist and director of the Pediatric Anxiety Disorders Clinic at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., who is not on the task force. "Most kids in need of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline New Sub-Variants of Omicron Detected: What to Know About BA.4 and BA.5 Healthline The WHO announced the detection of two sub-variants of the Omicron strain. The BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants are being studied to see if they will likely evade immunity given via vaccines or previous infection. Experts say it's too soon to know how ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Allergies and the Heart; Tai Chi After Stroke; Viagra for Congenital Heart Disease? MedPage Today Study finds that people with allergies and asthma were more likely to have high blood pressure and coronary heart disease, the American College of Cardiology announced. The American Heart Association reviews the cardiovascular manifestations and ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report With COVID, Inflammation May Be Triggering Loss of Smell U.S. News & World Report "As a neuropathologist, I wondered why smell loss is a very common symptom with COVID-19 but not with other respiratory diseases," said lead study author Dr. Cheng-Ying Ho. She is an associate professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins University School of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Roll Call Outlook poses tough questions for next steps on COVID-19 vaccines Roll Call The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month OK'd a second round of boosters for anyone over 50 and certain people with compromised immune systems. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky has ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scottish Daily Record UK Investigating Puzzling Spike in Liver Disease in Children U.S. News & World Report The usual viruses that cause infectious hepatitis were not found in the cases, and scientists and doctors are considering other possible causes, including COVID-19, other viruses and environmental factors. While some ... Flag as irrelevant
	ModernHealthcare.com COVID-19, overdoses pushed US to highest death total ever ModernHealthcare.com The coronavirus is not solely to blame. Preliminary CDC data also shows the crude death rate for cancer rose slightly, and rates continued to increase for diabetes, chronic liver disease and stroke. Drug overdose deaths ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News As youth mental illness soars, US task force recommends screening children as young as age 8 for anxiety ABC News Written by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the guidance suggests children and adolescents between ages 8 and 18 be screened for anxiety. It also doubles down on a prior recommendation to screen for major depressive disorder and suicide among ... Flag as irrelevant
	Vox The CDC's new Covid-19 guidelines are facing their first test Vox The CDC used to prioritize cases and positive tests to determine the Covid-19 threat level. Starting in February, the agency placed more weight on hospitalizations. The move invited a lot of scrutiny, and it ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post Zoos, animal sanctuaries protect birds from contagious flu The Washington Post At the Heartland Farm Sanctuary in Verona, public and private tours are on hiatus. And the sanctuary's chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese and emus are quarantined in a barn for protection. Flag as irrelevant
	New Scientist Covid-19 news: Half a billion cases recorded since pandemic began New Scientist Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the WHO has warned we are still in an "acute phase of the pandemic", as the more transmissible omicron variant and its sublineages spread across the world. Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Study Finds Just One Dose of HPV Vaccine May Be Enough U.S. News & World Report Worldwide, 15% of women are now vaccinated against HPV, a common sexually transmitted disease. Along with cervical cancer, HPV can cause cancers of the cervix, vagina, vulva, penis, ... Flag as irrelevant
	History How the World Learned to Manage the Flu History Since the 1940s, the World Health Organization has worked with different countries to keep the flu endemic by identifying strains and watching for signs of a pandemic. What does it mean for a disease to be "endemic"? It doesn't mean the disease ... Flag as irrelevant
	Atlanta Journal Constitution COVID trends downward in Georgia. Will it stick this time? Atlanta Journal Constitution The number of Georgians being admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 has fallen to the lowest point since the earliest days of the pandemic. And so far, the sharp rise of BA.2, a subvariant of omicron, is not leading to an uptick in severe cases, ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Tipping the Balance From Nurse to Patient MedPage Today A cancer diagnosis is, in its own way, a seesaw. And maybe also a bully, the same as those kids on the playground. One of the last patients I visited before being diagnosed with cancer myself was a woman on home hospice with breast cancer. She lived in one ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio Quitting smoking yields CV benefit equivalent of three medications Healio "We were concerned that the benefits of smoking cessation would be overlooked due to the increasing number of pharmaceutical options for secondary prevention," Van Trier told Healio. "Smoking cessation remains one of the most important preventive measures ... Flag as irrelevant
	WLS-TV State public health officials move away from 'outdated' COVID testing positivity rate in favor of hospital metrics Chicago Sun-Times One of Illinois' most familiar COVID-19 barometers is going away. The state Department of Public Health announced Tuesday it will no longer report seven-day average case positivity rates — figures that, since the early days of the pandemic, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Kansas City Star Is memory loss mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's or just aging? When to get tested Kansas City Star As a neuropsychologist at the University of Kansas Medical Center-Wichita, Ryan Schroeder conducts the lengthy cognitive tests — looking at memory, at problem solving, reasoning, language use and other measures — that help doctors tell the difference. Flag as irrelevant
	UpperMichigansSource.com First Upper Michigan case of Avian Flu detected in Menominee County UpperMichigansSource.com This is the third detection in domestic birds in the state. According to MDARD, HPAI is a highly contagious virus that can be spread in various ways from flock to flock, including by wild birds, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Prevention.com How Often You Wash Your Pet's Bowl Can Impact Your Health Prevention.com New research shows next to no one is handling pet food safely—and it poses an infection risk. ... Having a pet means doing a slew of daily tasks non-pet owners don't even think about, like going for walks and doing regular feedings. Flag as irrelevant
	Futurity: Research News Just one vaccine dose is highly effective against HPV Futurity: Research News A single dose of the human papillomavirus vaccine is highly effective, a randomized controlled trial of 2,275 women in Kenya shows. The current standard for women is a three-dose regimen. The findings could help the World Health Organization reach its ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American Some Medical Ethicists Endorse NFTs—Here's Why Scientific American Right now, medical information is digitized in electronic health records. But physicians are not the only ones who want to use that data. Medical researchers and companies are purchasing large, anonymized data sets to find novel ... Flag as irrelevant
	Cancer Network Decline in Mammography Observed Among Breast Cancer Survivors Cancer Network Mammography rates among breast cancer survivors has been decreasing since 2009, especially among individuals aged 40 to 49 years, according to a study published by the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.1. Flag as irrelevant
	Concord Monitor COVID-19 cases inching up again in New Hampshire due to 'stealth omicron' variant Concord Monitor While stark, those numbers don't tell the full story. Ever since at-home COVID tests became widespread, many experts believe that data from local health agencies dramatically undercounts the number of active COVID-19 infections. Flag as irrelevant
	Neurology Advisor Is Tinnitus a Rare Side Effect Linked to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination? Neurology Advisor Although the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine-associated tinnitus is rare, an overwhelming need exists to discern the precise pathophysiology and clinical management involved, according to a review published in the Annals of Medicine and Surgery ... Flag as irrelevant
	Cancer Network CoVac-1 Yields Yields Promising Results in Those With Cancer-Related Immunoglobulin Deficiency Cancer Network A multi-peptide COVID-19 vaccine, CoVac-1, has shown promising T-cell response and safety for patients with cancer who have disease- or treatment-related immunoglobulin deficiency, according to a phase 1/2 trial that was presented during American ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Olympian Thurston County adds 272 COVID-19 cases as virus activity remains moderate The Olympian PHSS confirmed the cases between April 4-10, but they did not necessarily all occur that week. In all, PHSS has recorded 45,689 cases and 359 deaths from March 2020 to Sunday. Flag as irrelevant
	WMTV - NBC15 "Get Yourself Tested" for STIs and HIV WMTV - NBC15 Now, during the month of April, the phrase is part of a nationwide campaign encouraging young people to get tested and treated for sexually transmitted infections and HIV. STI testing dropped significantly in recent years, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox 59 State reports bird flu at 2nd Indiana duck farm Fox 59 ELKHART COUNTY, Ind. — State officials said avian influenza has been found at a second duck farm in northern Indiana. The Indiana State Board of Animal Health said tests came back positive at the Elkhart County farm. The results are preliminary and ... Flag as irrelevant
	Ars Technica As gonorrhea becomes untreatable, a repurposed vaccine may prevent it Ars Technica An existing vaccine that prevents meningococcal disease may also be up to 40 percent effective at preventing gonorrhea infections, which are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, with some strains · The need for such a vaccine is clear. Flag as irrelevant
	KJZZ As COVID-19 mandates end, how do older adults and people with disabilities feel about it? KJZZ Two years — and several COVID-19 surges — have passed since the World Health Organization declared a pandemic. Now life seems to be returning to normal — for some. There are two populations that were hit hard by the virus: older adults and people ... Flag as irrelevant
	Sky News Few UK online sexually transmitted infection test services meet national standards EurekAlert Online testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is subject to limited regulatory oversight. But the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) and the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) have ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBC.ca Canada's vaccine advisory body strongly recommends boosters for all adults as virus resurges CBC.ca Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is now strongly recommending that all adults and immunocompromised children aged 12 to 17 get a first COVID-19 booster shot as Canada experiences a resurgence of the virus. Flag as irrelevant
	Hindustan Times COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy Nature.com The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vital role of vaccination in preventing life-threatening diseases and improving global health. Understanding and addressing the concerns of vaccine-hesitant individuals, including those with chronic diseases, ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News How accurate are COVID-19 rapid antigen tests, and when is the best time to use them? ABC News Rapid antigen tests, better known as RATs, have become an important tool in Australia's arsenal against COVID-19. While PCR tests are still available — and remain the "gold standard" for testing — many of us have turned to rapid tests out of ... Flag as irrelevant
	State College News Centre County Adds 24 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 1272 New Positives State College News The new cases bring the county's total to 35,245 (31,286 confirmed and 3,959 probable), according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Centre County's seven-day moving average for new cases is 17.1, up from 8.7 a week ago and its highest average since ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Guardian US sexually transmitted infections surged to record high in 2020 The Guardian Researchers with the CDC said its report, 2020 Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, shows how Covid-19 disrupted in-person healthcare and diverted scarce public health resources away from STIs, which had been on the rise for years. Flag as irrelevant

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