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	health Daily update ⋅ June 15, 2022
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	Cancer Network Solange Peters, MD, PhD, Reviews Evolving Treatment Trends in Lung Cancer Cancer Network Solange Peters, MD, PhD, is president, European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO); head of the medical oncology service and chair of thoracic oncology in the Department of Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland; ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR The WHO wants to give monkeypox a new name NPR Monkeypox is poised to get a new name, the World Health Organization says, after scientists recently criticized the current name as "discriminatory and stigmatizing." The researchers say it's also inaccurate to name versions of the virus after parts of ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Unexplained hepatitis is not more common in US children than before the pandemic, a CDC study suggests. The New York Times Officials have also been trying to determine whether the cases represent a new phenomenon or are simply a new recognition of one that has long existed; there have always been a subset of pediatric hepatitis cases with no clear cause. Flag as irrelevant
	The Atlantic Monkeypox Vaccines Are Too Gnarly for the Masses The Atlantic "Vaccination is not going to be the primary thing that squashes this outbreak," says Boghuma Kabisen Titanji, a virologist and an infectious-disease physician at Emory University. Monkeypox is an older pathogen than the ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post FDA advisers back Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for older kids The Washington Post NEW YORK — A government advisory panel Tuesday endorsed a second brand of COVID-19 vaccine for school-age children and teens. The Food and Drug Administration's outside experts voted unanimously that Moderna's vaccine is safe and effective enough to ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY FDA panel recommends Moderna COVID vaccine as second option for kids 6 and older USA TODAY Parents could soon have two vaccines to choose from when vaccinating their children against COVID-19. After hearing hours of testimony Tuesday, a federal advisory panel voted unanimously to recommend Moderna's vaccine be made available to children 6 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Stanford Medical Center Report 'Anti-hunger' molecule forms after exercise, scientists discover Stanford Medical Center Report New research shows that a compound induced by intense exercise travels to the brain to stifle appetite. The molecule, identified by researchers at Stanford Medicine, Baylor University and other institutions, helps demonstrate how exercise ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post FDA advisers recommend Moderna shot for older children, adolescents The Washington Post A greenlight from the FDA, followed by an endorsement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, would give parents another choice of shots for school-age children and adolescents. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine already is available for children 5 ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News WHO to assess whether monkeypox outbreak is a public health emergency ABC News According to Global Health, more than 1,700 monkeypox cases have been identified in non-endemic countries, mostly in Europe and North America. In the U.S., there are 65 confirmed or suspected cases in 17 ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News FDA advisers consider Moderna's COVID shots for older kids ABC News A government advisory panel is meeting to decide whether to recommend a second brand of COVID-19 vaccine for school-age children and teens. ByMike Stobbe Ap Medical Writer. June 14, 2022, 10:25 AM. Flag as irrelevant
	Healio Monkeypox will get a new name, WHO says Healio WHO said it is working with experts to rename monkeypox and its two clades. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, MSc, made the announcement during a press briefing Tuesday amid concerns that the name is stigmatizing. Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape It's Lyme Time Medscape This transcript has been edited for clarity. Welcome to Impact Factor, your weekly dose of commentary on a new medical study. I'm Dr F. Perry Wilson of the Yale School of Medicine. The weather is getting warmer, the birds are singing, ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Kids' Access to Insulin Pumps: Race, Income Matters U.S. News & World Report By By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, June 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Overall use of insulin pumps among U.S. youngsters with type 1 diabetes has climbed in recent decades, but those who are poor or from ... Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP Study spotlights Omicron's impact on unvaccinated, rural Americans CIDRAP Though it causes less severe disease than the Delta variant, the highly transmissible Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant has been twice as deadly in unvaccinated people and has therefore hit rural Americans harder than those living in cities, a study today in ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC Chicago Monkeypox Symptoms, Spread and More: What to Know as More Cases Reported in Illinois NBC Chicago "It does not come from monkeys. That's just what it was initially detected in and it's a virus that is not related to the COVID virus," Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said. "It's a completely different family. Flag as irrelevant
	The Hill Four tips for getting better sleep The Hill Sleep is closely tied to one's mental and physical health. But about a third of Americans report getting less than seven hours per night. Health professionals recommend establishing a routine each night to ensure the highest sleep quality possible. Flag as irrelevant
	Clarksville Leaf Chronicle 'Not alone:' Millions of caregivers battle Alzheimer's disease with loved ones, seminar planned to help Clarksville Leaf Chronicle Heather Bogdal's mother, Janet Olsen, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2016, but she didn't become the primary caregiver right away. That happened in January 2020, after Bogdal's parents came to Nashville from Michigan for a post-Christmas ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Mini-brains show how common drug freezes cell division in the womb, causing birth defects Livescience.com Valproic acid — a drug commonly used to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorder — can cause birth defects and developmental disorders if taken during pregnancy, but the reason why has long been a mystery. Now, in a study using mice and human tissue, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Minneapolis Star Tribune Minnesota reports two travel-associated measles cases in unvaccinated children Minneapolis Star Tribune Measles infections have been identified in two young unvaccinated Hennepin County siblings who recently returned from international travel. The first case emerged in a 5-year-old child, who developed a characteristic measles rash on June 7, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Nature.com A simulation of geographic distribution for the emergence of consequential SARS-CoV-2 variant lineages Nature.com One-hundred repeated simulations that randomly produced consequential variants from overall COVID-19 cases worldwide were performed to evaluate the presence of geographical disproportion in the occurrence of consequential variant outbreaks. Both the total ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC New York How Strong Is Your COVID Immunity? A Blood Test Could Offer Some Insight NBC New York The test can, for instance, measure immunity regardless of whether someone has developed a level of protection from one or more natural infections or from vaccinations and booster shots. Others, who may have much lower levels ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Guardian Child diabetes referrals in England and Wales jump 50% amid obesity crisis The Guardian The number of children being treated at paediatric diabetes units (PDUs) in England and Wales has increased by more than 50% amid a "perfect storm" of rising obesity levels and the cost of living crisis, health leaders have said. Flag as irrelevant
	Aljazeera.com COVID-19, HPV, smallpox and polio: four vaccine successes Aljazeera.com Some argue their protection wanes over time. This is true, which is why it is recommended that we get booster shots, much like with the flu vaccine or many childhood immunisations that are given over years to ensure long-lasting protection. Flag as irrelevant
	CBC.ca Quebec expands monkeypox vaccination efforts as virus continues to spread CBC.ca "There are certainly cases we haven't seen because it is an insidious disease that doesn't show many symptoms," said Dr. Luc Boileau during a news conference Monday. Montreal's public health ... Flag as irrelevant
	Quartz Rich countries are already hoarding monkeypox vaccines Quartz A total of 48 confirmed monkeypox cases have been identified in the US so far, as part of the first series of outbreaks of the virus to occur outside its endemic region of West and Central Africa. Many more cases have emerged around the world—including ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Guardian WHO to rename monkeypox virus to avoid discrimination The Guardian The scientists warn of "an increasing narrative in the media and among many scientists that are trying to link the present global outbreak to Africa or west Africa, or Nigeria". While the UK Health Security Agency ... Flag as irrelevant
	Mount Sinai Mount Sinai Researchers Develop a Rapid Test to Measure Immunity to COVID-19 Mount Sinai "The assay we have created has the ability to measure the population's cellular immunity and broadly test the efficacy of novel vaccines," said one of the study's senior authors, Ernesto Guccione, PhD, Professor of Oncological Sciences, and Pharmacological ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBC.ca What's the monkeypox vaccine and who should get it? CBC.ca Targeted immunization based on risk — not a mass vaccination campaign — is the way to go, experts say. Nicole Ireland · CBC News · Posted: Jun 15, 2022 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: in less than a minute. A health-care worker prepares a syringe at a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Nature.com How months-long COVID infections could seed dangerous new variants Nature.com Before becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2 in late 2020, the woman, who was in her 60s, had been taking immune-suppressing drugs to treat a lymphoma relapse. The COVID-19 infection lingered for more than seven months, causing relatively mild symptoms, ... Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net New studies examine the causes and effects of COVID-19-related food insecurity News-Medical.net The COVID-19 pandemic affected people at all stages of life from seniors to newborns. New studies presented at NUTRITION 2022 LIVE ONLINE examine the causes and effects of COVID-19-related food insecurity, how the pandemic affected breastfeeding ... Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net Researchers discover specific genetic signals in people who develop severe COVID-19 News-Medical.net Researchers from the University of Sheffield and Stanford University in the US have discovered there are specific genetic signals in people who develop severe coronavirus infection. It is known that age, body mass index and pre-existing health problems ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Conversation UK Monkeypox is a DNA virus unlike coronavirus – here's what that means for the virus and us The Conversation UK Monkeypox, despite its name, is more commonly found in rodents and squirrels in west and central Africa. Why, people have asked, is it spreading in areas where there is no natural animal reservoir? Has the virus mutated to become more efficient at ... Flag as irrelevant
	Business Insider India Human brains are hot, and women's brains are hotter says a new study Business Insider India Average human brain temperature is 38.5 degrees Celsius, with deeper brain regions often exceeding 40 degrees Celsius, particularly in women during the daytime, finds a study. Advertisement. Normal human brain temperature varies much more than ... Flag as irrelevant
	COVID-19 Outpatient Treatment Overview COVID-19 There is strong scientific evidence that antiviral treatment of outpatients at risk for severe COVID-19 reduces their risk of hospitalization and death. The antiviral drugs Paxlovid (ritonavir-boosted nirmatrelvir) ... Flag as irrelevant
	Managed Healthcare Executive Paxlovid Rebound: Rare But Real Managed Healthcare Executive Mayo Clinic researchers reported today in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases that less than 1% of patients at high risk for experiencing severe COVID-19 who were treated with Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir) experienced a second bout of ... Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net Fentanyl can induce changes similar to autism-like behaviors in young mice News-Medical.net Variations in Grin2a and Grin2b, the genes encoding GluN2A and GluN2B subunits of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor, are associated with autism. In addition, the anterior cingulate cortex of the brain is affected in autism. Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net Study reveals how acculturation affects the dietary patterns of non-US-born adolescents News-Medical.net The researchers found that being born outside the U.S. and living in the U.S. for less time were associated with higher diet quality. The analysis also showed that diet quality was low across all the teens studied, regardless of where they were born or how ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Star Online Warning: Flu bug ready to bite The Star Online Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) family medicine specialist Dr Mastura Mohd Sopian said that more patients were seeking treatment for influenza-related illnesses, but none of their symptoms was associated with other illnesses such as headache, myalgia, ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Boca Raton Observer Recent study indicates high prevalence of recently defined non-Alzheimer's dementia Science Daily Date: June 13, 2022; Source: University of Kentucky; Summary: Medical researchers have completed a definitive assessment of the prevalence of a form of dementia classified in 2019 and now known as LATE. The results show that the prevalence of brain ... Flag as irrelevant
	CTV News WHO to share vaccines to stop monkeypox amid inequity fears CTV News The World Health Organization said it's creating a new vaccine-sharing mechanism to stop the outbreak of monkeypox in more than 30 countries beyond Africa. The move could result in the UN health agency distributing scarce vaccine doses to rich ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Indian Express New brain stroke map shows how people can give up smoking The Indian Express Written by Dr PN Renjen. A recent study, that showed how cigarette smokers kicked the habit spontaneously after they suffered a brain stroke or injury, has helped map regions within the cranium that control addiction of any kind. Flag as irrelevant
	Neuroscience News Fentanyl May Cause Autism-Like Behavior in Young Mice Neuroscience News Summary: Exposure to the opioid fentanyl induces autism-like behaviors in mice by activating mu-opioid receptors in the anterior cingulate cortex. Source: Mass General. Fentanyl, a mu-opioid receptor agonist, is one of the most commonly used analgesics ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Why we may never stop getting COVID: What we know about reinfections and immunity National Post But it depends on what the virus throws at us," Hankins said, and SARS-CoV-2 has proven gifted at reinfecting people by mutating and darting around immunity from vaccines and previous infections. COVID infections also don't always jog the immune system. Flag as irrelevant
	The Times and Democrat Stress accelerates immune aging, study finds Science Daily Stress -- in the form of traumatic events, job strain, everyday stressors and discrimination -- accelerates aging of the immune system, potentially increasing a person's risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease and illness from infections such as COVID-19, ... Flag as irrelevant
	New Zealand Doctor Online Pharmac announces first round of medicine funding decisions following $191m pharmaceutical budget increase New Zealand Doctor Online The first changes include funding blood and breast cancer medicines, widening funded access to eight multiple sclerosis treatments, and changing funding criteria for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), making them ... Flag as irrelevant
	PrecisionVaccinations Who is Infected With Tick-borne Lyme Disease PrecisionVaccinations To resolve this knowledge gap, the open-access journal BMJ Global Health revealed a pooled data analysis on June 13, 2022, that found more than 14% of the world's population probably has or has had the presence of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi sensu ... Flag as irrelevant
	Times of Oman Research finds stress accelerates immune ageing Times of Oman Published in the research of the 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences' (PNAS) on June 13, a study explains age-related health inequalities, including the unequal toll of the pandemic on people, and identifies potential intervention points. Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP Omicron hit rural America harder than cities Science Daily Summary: The omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2021 and early 2022 spread rapidly America's densely populated cities, but led to higher rates of death in rural counties where vaccinations are lagging. Flag as irrelevant
	Globalnews.ca Quebec now has 132 monkeypox cases, with majority in Montreal Globalnews.ca Monkeypox is a rare disease. It stems from the same family of viruses that causes smallpox, which the World Health Organization declared eradicated around the globe in 1980. The virus spreads through prolonged intimate contact, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Index-Journal Most people think their diet is healthier than it is Science Daily Researchers used the food recall questionnaires to score each participant's diet quality. Examples of foods ranked as healthier include fruits and vegetables, whole grains, healthy fats, lower-fat dairy products, seafood and plant proteins. Flag as irrelevant

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