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Singapore's dengue 'emergency' is a climate change omen for the world (CNN) Singapore says it is facing a dengue "emergency" as it grapples with an outbreak of the seasonal disease that has come unusually early this year. The Southeast Asian city-state has already exceeded 11,000 cases -- far beyond the 5,258 it reported ...
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Certain Luminal A Breast Cancers Can Forgo Radiotherapy After Breast Conserving Surgery Radiotherapy can be avoided after surgery in certain patients with low-grade luminal A breast cancer who have low Ki67 expression and no positive lymph nodes, according to data from 2022 ASCO. Results of the prospective LUMINA study (NCT01791829) ...
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CDC issues travel advisory on monkeypox: 'Practice enhanced precautions' (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an "Alert -- Level 2" advisory for travelers to "practice enhanced precautions" because of the spread of monkeypox, a rare disease that's a cousin of smallpox.
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Suspected monkeypox cases rise in California; officials expect more to come Officials said it was crucial that people become aware of the symptoms and healthcare providers be on alert for new cases, as the telltale rash — which has been seen in some recent cases first in the genital area — can sometimes appear similar to more ...
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More Than 800 Monkeypox Cases Reported Worldwide: WHO June 6, 2022 – The global tally of monkeypox cases has passed 800 and continues to increase daily across more than two dozen countries where the virus isn't typically found, according to the latest report from the World Health Organization.
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Obesity in Teen Years Might Trigger Type 1 Diabetes By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity is a well-known risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Now, a large new study adds to evidence that it also contributes to the much less common type 1 diabetes.
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Some cancer patients can skip treatments, 2 studies show One new study used a blood test to determine which colon cancer patients could skip chemotherapy after surgery. Another suggests some low-risk breast cancer patients can omit radiation after lumpectomy. The research was discussed at ...
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People With Diabetes 4 Times More Prone to Long COVID By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes increases the odds that a COVID-19 infection will be severe, and folks with diabetes may be up to four times more likely to develop long-lasting symptoms, ...
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Overweight people lost average 35 to 52 pounds on newly approved diabetes drug, study says Broccoli makes the list because it's one of nature's most nutrient-dense foods, with only 30 calories per cup. That means you get a ton of hunger-curbing fiber and polyphenols -- antioxidants that detoxify cell-damaging chemicals in your body -- with each ...
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Small Rectal Cancer Study Has Remission in Every Patient All the patients took dostarlimab, a monoclonal antibody, every 3 weeks for 6 months. During follow-up, the cancer had disappeared on MRI scans, PET scans, biopsies, endoscopic tests, and physical exams.
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US has more than 36000 Jynneos monkeypox vaccine doses immediately available in national stockpile Bavarian Nordic also holds 1 million U.S.-owned doses and can fill another 16.4 million shots upon request by the federal government. Jynneos is the only vaccine FDA approved to treat monkeypox. The older smallpox ...
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Studies Pinpoint Which Patients Can Skip Cancer Treatments One new study used a blood test to determine which colon cancer patients could skip chemotherapy after surgery. Another suggests some low-risk breast cancer patients can omit radiation after lumpectomy. The research was ...
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Experimental rectal cancer drug caused all patients' tumors to disappear in small trial In an unprecedented clinical trial, a dozen rectal cancer patients saw their tumors disappear after they received an experimental drug called dostarlimab, and none of the patients experienced significant side effects from the treatment.
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New Weight-Loss Drug Looks Good in Trial By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A newly approved drug for type 2 diabetes may be a game-changer for treating obesity, too. Given as a shot once a week, tirzepatide works on two naturally ...
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Diabetes drug helps patients lose never-before-seen amounts of weight, new study shows A drug recently approved to treat type 2 diabetes is also extremely effective at reducing obesity, according to a new study. The drug, called tirzepatide, works on two naturally-occurring hormones that help control blood sugar and are involved in ...
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| The Optimal Time of Day for Exercise Might be Different for Men and Women This would also lower blood pressure if either gender were to do cardio in the morning," McCullough told Healthline. "Higher cortisol levels inhibit muscle growth, therefore, strength training at night might be more beneficial.
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Veterans at Higher Risk of Deadly Skin Cancers By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. veterans are at higher risk for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, than most Americans, and new research finds they are also more likely to have ...
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How to Compare COVID Deaths for Vaccinated and Unvaccinated People The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has compiled data from 28 geographically representative state and local health departments that keep track of COVID death rates among people age 12 and older in relation to their vaccination status, ...
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CDC raises monkeypox alert as global cases surpass 1000 The new guidance includes wearing face masks while traveling, as well as avoiding close contact with sick animals and people, especially those with skin lesions. 1,019 confirmed and suspected cases of monkeypox have so far been ...
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Strong T-Cell Response for Blood Cancer Patients After Vaccine; COVID Breakthrough Often Serious for Cancer Patients Patients with blood cancers have a significantly weaker antibody response to COVID-19 vaccines than patients with solid tumors, but they may still be well protected against severe illness from the virus, new data suggests.
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UK: 73 New Monkeypox Cases, Biggest Outbreak Outside Africa By MARIA CHENG, AP Medical Writer. LONDON (AP) — British health officials reported 73 more monkeypox cases on Monday, raising the total to more than 300 across the country. To date, the U.K. has the biggest identified outbreak of the disease beyond ...
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Illinois Coronavirus Updates: Booster Shot Eligibility, Quarantine Calculator With health officials urging booster shots, who is eligible for which shots and when? The push comes as COVID cases rise in Illinois and parts of the U.S., with several Chicago-area counties under a "high community level.".
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Monday June 6 COVID-19 update: Douglas County urges vaccination, noting year-over-year spike in cases (WOWT) - Below are today's updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa. Keep scrolling to find a vaccination clinic near you. Advertisement ...
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Obesity in Adolescence Raises Risk for Adult Type 1 Diabetes Naveed Sattar, PhD, professor and honorary consultant in cardiovascular and medical sciences at the University of Glasgow, said in an interview that carrying too much weight "will make the pancreas have to work harder to make insulin to keep the sugar ...
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Lessons from Oregon's 7th wave of COVID-19 Volunteer Jim Jackson of Portland cleans tables on May 2, 2022, as Blanchet House reopened for indoor dining following more than two years of closure due to the pandemic. Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB.
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LUMINA Study Revels Radiotherapy is Not Needed for Some Luminal A Breast Cancers In the LUMINA study (NCT01791829), it was demonstrated that radiotherapy can safely be omitted from the course of treatment following breast conserving surgery without jeopardizing recurrence rates for patients aged 55 years and older who have ...
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Coronavirus FAQ: I got COVID. Then I got it again. What's the deal with reinfection? With reinfection, hospitalization and death "does seem to happen occasionally but both natural infection and vaccination seem to provide good protection against severe outcomes in most individuals," Pulliam says. Another study from Qatar found ...
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How long do COVID booster shots last, and can you get a new one? What local doctor says COVID-19 hospitalizations are stagnating in Kansas City, indicating that the metro may be reaching a plateau in its latest wave of the virus. Doctors at The University of Kansas Health System noted Friday that new omicron subvariants have largely taken ...
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Obesity in teen years might trigger type 1 diabetes Obesity is a well-known risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Now, a large new study adds to evidence that it also contributes to the much less common type 1 diabetes. The study, of nearly 1.5 million Israeli teenagers, found that those who were obese were ...
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An experimental treatment made rectal cancer tumors disappear for a small trial group NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with University of North Carolina's Dr. Hanna Sanoff, who wrote a commentary about a promising rectal cancer trial. SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: A tiny group of people with rectal cancer just experienced something of a miracle ...
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Study by Memorial Sloan Kettering on immunotherapy eradicated rectal cancer for all patients The MSK clinical trial was investigating - for the first time ever - if immunotherapy alone could beat rectal cancer that had not spread to other tissues, in a subset of patients whose tumor contain a specific genetic mutation. "Dr. Cercek told me a team ...
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CDC: Child melatonin ingestions, poisonings skyrocket in last decade Along with the increased reports of melatonin ingestion came more pediatric hospitalizations and patients with "more serious outcomes," per the CDC. Over the 10 years studied, more than 4,000 kids were hospitalized, five children required ventilation and ...
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Polio strikes eight children in Pakistan during past month June 7 (UPI) -- Pakistan is facing an escalation in polio cases as eight children from the same region contracted the virus during the past month. Advertisement. The outbreak, the first in more than a year, is tied to parents falsely affirming that ...
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Molecules found in mucus can thwart fungal infection The more infectious form of the yeast Candida albicans is a long filament (left). MIT researchers have shown that when the yeast is grown in the presence of mucin glycans, it remains in its round, harmless form (right).
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SARS-CoV-2 infection in hamsters and humans results in lasting and unique systemic perturbations post recovery To better understand the mechanism underlying long COVID biology, we compared the short- and long-term systemic responses in the golden hamster following either SARS-CoV-2 or influenza A virus (IAV) infection.
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Top in ID: Rising monkeypox cases; hepatitis A risk from organic strawberries WHO has raised the monkeypox outbreak to a "moderate" risk to global public health, and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, MSc, said "there may have been undetected transmission for some time." Most monkeypox cases have been reported ...
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14000 new COVID cases push LA County over 3 million infections during pandemic More than 14,000 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Los Angeles County since Saturday, health officials said on Monday, June 6, while the number of virus-positive patients in area hospitals held mostly steady, declining slightly by 10.
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Statistics: Long COVID affects women more Long COVID is happening not just to those who had a severe case of the coronavirus. In Oregon, doctors are seeing it mostly in people who initially had a mild case. The long COVID symptoms include severe fatigue, brain fog, headaches, trouble sleeping, ...
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What Is Dostarlimab, the Drug Used in 'Unprecedented' Cancer Trial? What Is Dostarlimab, the Drug Used in 'Unprecedented' Cancer Trial? Dostarlimab, developed by Tesaro and sold to GlaxoSmithKline in 2019, is a monoclonal antibody used to target cancer ...
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Birds to be culled after Ludlow avian flu outbreak Birds are to be culled following a confirmed outbreak of avian flu. A 1.8-mile (3km) protection zone and a six-mile (10km) surveillance zone have been put in place around a commercial site near Ludlow, Shropshire. All poultry on the property is to be ...
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Case of Monkeypox Confirmed in Georgia The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that a suspected case found last week is monkeypox. the Georgia Department of Public Health wrote on Twitter. The patient lives in the metro Atlanta area.
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New fund could enable early access to life-saving treatments for NHS patients in England A total of £680 million has been ringfenced for the Innovative Medicines Fund and Cancer Drugs Fund - £340 million each - to fast-track medicines to NHS patients. An estimated ...
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The benefits of dancing on brain health | Health Smart Dancing has been known to benefit our well-being, but now experts say if you do it a lot, it could also prevent memory loss and cognitive decline. Author: Amy ...
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How has LGBTQ+ healthcare developed over the last 50 years? In 1980, the NHS condemned the use of conversion therapy, a pseudoscientific practice designed to 'cure' LGBTQ+ sexual orientation or gender identity. But since then, private practitioners have still been allowed to tell patients they can be 'cured'.
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Preventive Care Takes a Hit, Cancer Screenings Drop 80% Amid Pandemic June 06, 2022 - The COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant decrease in preventive care access, with the impact on cancer screening being especially notable as millions of patients missed their care, according to a study led by researchers at the ...
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150% rise in cases of diabetes in India: ICMR releases new guidelines, measures As India continues to witness mild surges in Covid-19 cases in some parts of the country, the Indian Council of Medical research has released new guidelines for people diagnosed with type-1 diabetes. The health body said that the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic ...
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Scientists discover new strain of COVID-19 in rodents in Sweden The researcher used an RNA sequencing method and identified a new coronavirus known as the aGrimso Virus' which belongs to the betacoronavirus family that also includes SARS-CoV, MERS, and SARS-CoV-2.
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Your Health: Slowing down Alzheimer's Disease While there are several drugs to treat the symptoms, there's only one FDA-approved medication to slow the progression. There's no cure, but researchers are hoping electricity may help stop it at the earliest stages ...
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New Evidence for an Autoimmune Cause of Schizophrenia When considering possible autoantibodies that might cause schizophrenia, the research team had a specific protein in mind. Previous research has suggested that neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM1), which helps cells in the brain talk to ...
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Asymptomatic COVID-19 could still cause pregnancy risks, study finds The research shows that COVID-19 infection in pregnant mothers who were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms still triggered immune responses causing inflammation in the placenta. "Prior to this study, this response was only thought ...
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