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What Physiological Changes Can PTSD Cause? PTSD impacts your brain and nervous system. This can lead to physiological effects — like headaches, inflammation, and heart trouble — long after the traumatic event. When a mental health issue has physiological effects, this means it affects your ...
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How scientists are shifting their search for links between diet and dementia First, dementia, like most chronic diseases, is the result of a complex interplay of genes, lifestyle and environment that researchers don't fully understand. Diet is just one factor. Second, nutrition research is messy.
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Only 7% of American Adults in Good Cardiometabolic Health Cardiometabolic health is an umbrella term that includes blood pressure, blood sugar, blood cholesterol, weight and/or the presence of heart disease. "While we know that cardiometabolic health among Americans is ...
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What Scientists Found on Surfaces in Monkeypox Patient Hospital Rooms Scientists have detected the monkeypox virus lying on surfaces of two hospital rooms, according to a new study. Lead author Dominik Nörz swabbed the surfaces of two rooms holding hospitalized monkeypox patients in Germany, and the adjacent anterooms, ...
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Skin Patch Test Detects COVID-19 in Under Three Minutes A rapid and reliable skin-patch test can now detect the COVID-19 virus, and potentially other infectious agents in under three minutes, without the need to draw blood. This convenience overcomes a current challenge in identifying infected individuals ...
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High Number of Seal Deaths Linked to Bird Flu, Feds Say PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An unusual number of seals are becoming stranded and dying off Maine this summer, and avian influenza is to blame, the federal government said Tuesday.
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Declines in US cardiometabolic health 'striking'; disparities persist over 2 decades To better understand trends in U.S. cardiometabolic health, researchers utilized the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to evaluate optimal levels of adiposity, blood glucose, blood lipids, BP and clinical CVD among more than 55,000 adults.
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Most Americans have poor cardiometabolic health Researchers evaluated Americans across five components of health, including blood pressure, blood sugar, blood cholesterol, adiposity, overweight and obesity, and whether they had heart related disease.
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Recent Monkeypox Symptoms Differ From Those of Prior Outbreaks Location of the lesions suggests transmission during intimate contact, and researchers called for more resources to support sexual health clinics. "Currently, the U.K. and several other countries are seeing a rapid increase in monkeypox cases ...
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Pollutants in soil can harm your heart New research shows that soil, too, can contain contaminants that can impact health. These include pesticides and heavy metals. In this study, scientists focused on the impact of contaminated soil on the cardiovascular system ...
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Relationship Between Risk Factors and Macular Thickness in Patients with Early Diabetic Retinopathy Conclusion: MT increases, especially in the central region and inner ring, may be the first structural retinal change in diabetic patients and is related to the duration of diabetes, TC, TG, systolic pressure and diastolic pressure.
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Monday COVID Roundup: 456 New SCV Cases; No Additional Deaths The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed Monday a total of 18 new deaths and 15,413 new cases countywide over the weekend, with 456 new cases in the Santa Clarita Valley. The weekend breakdown is as follows: New COVID-19 cases.
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American Heart Association releases 'Life's Essential 8' dealing with heart health The Life's Essential 8 metrics are incorporated into AHA's My Life Check tool to determine a cardiovascular health score based on eight essential components for ideal heart and brain health: diet, physical activity, nicotine exposure, sleep duration, body ...
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US monkeypox cases rise to 460: 4 outbreak updates California has the highest number of confirmed cases in the nation at 95, followed by New York, where 90 cases have been reported, according to the CDC. Globally, there have been more than 5,000 cases reported since May.
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Johnson County's COVID cases up 4.1%; Iowa cases surge 12.4% New coronavirus cases leaped in Iowa in the week ending Sunday, rising 12.4% as 4,403 cases were reported. The previous week had 3,919 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19. Iowa ranked 46th among the states where coronavirus was spreading the ...
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Myrkl: new anti-hangover pill said to break down up to 70% of alcohol in an hour – what you need to know The company that makes this supplement recommends that two pills are taken one to 12 hours before drinking alcohol. The probiotic supplement contains two gut-friendly bacteria – Bacillus subtilis and ...
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Considering innate immune responses in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 During the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the media focus has been on adaptive immunity, particularly antibody levels and memory T cells. However, immunologists have been striving to decipher how SARS-CoV-2 infection impacts our first line of defence, ...
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Male dogs are more likely to develop contagious nose cancer from sniffing other dogs' genitals Normally we don't think of cancer as an infectious disease – but what if we told you there is a contagious cancer, thousands of years old? This cancer is not, however, caused by transmission of a virus. These are cancer cells that can be physically ...
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Diphtheria is back in Australia, here's why – and how vaccines can prevent its spread An unvaccinated toddler from the far north coast of New South Wales is in intensive care after catching respiratory diphtheria (diphtheria of the throat). A six-year-old close family contact is also infected. These are the first cases of respiratory ...
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Hangover pill on sale in UK 'to help drinkers wake up feeling their best' A hangover-busting pill that is claimed to help drinkers "wake up feeling their best" has gone on sale in the UK. Myrkl is said to leave drinkers feeling fresh by accelerating the breakdown of alcohol in the gut before it reaches the liver.
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Indian-Origin Woman 'Cancer-Free' After Successful 2-Year Drug Trial In UK. NHS Names Drug The trial participants were administered an experimental medicine combined with Atezolizumab, an immunotherapy drug. Jasmin David David continues to have the drug every three weeks. By: ...
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Influenza vaccination may provide protective effect against Alzheimer's disease Previous studies have reported a lower risk of developing dementia after vaccination against influenza among veterans and particular individuals with critical and chronic medical disorders. However, the impact of influenza vaccinations on incident AD risk ...
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The varying patterns of acute respiratory infection hospitalizations before and during two pandemic years Four regional hospitals with a catchment area of about 10% of the Quebec population were included in the surveillance during the eight influenza seasons from 2012–2013. Due to difficulties with hospital resources during the COVID ...
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How severe is Omicron compared to Delta? There remains a limited amount of data on the comparative severity of illness among adult inpatients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the Omicron or Delta variants of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
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A limited supply of monkeypox vaccines and tests is heading to Travis County after case confirmed Austin Public Health is requesting testing supplies and vaccines from the federal government to help address the potential spread of monkeypox in the area. The rare disease is caused by the monkeypox virus. Symptoms include fever, aches, chills and a ...
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Indian-origin woman cancer-free after experimental drug trial in UK An Indian-origin woman who was given just months to live a few years ago is celebrating on Monday after doctors say she is showing no evidence of breast cancer following a clinical trial at a UK hospital. Jasmin David, 51, from Fallowfield in ...
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The dynamics of Delta and Omicron establishment and dominance in US states In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers analyzed the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Delta and the Omicron variants of concern (VOCs) establishment and predominance dynamics in the United ...
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'Women must make heart health a priority' Written by Dr Sanjeev Gera. Contrary to popular belief, women are as vulnerable to heart ailments as men. In India, cardiovascular diseases are found to be among the leading causes of mortality among women, especially in urban areas and estimates show ...
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The evolution of COVID-19 epidemiology in Italy over the first two years of the pandemic The tracking of crucial characteristics, such as the likelihood of severe and fatal outcomes and infection attack rates, has been significantly hampered by the under-notification of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Many features ...
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What's Driving the So-called 'Summer Flu'? Nonetheless, the summer of 2022 is seeing upticks in respiratory viruses, including mild cases of COVID-19 where symptoms could be mistaken for the flu or even a bad cold that doesn't rise to the level of influenza.
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Nanoparticle vaccine protects against a spectrum of COVID-19-causing variants and related viruses Date: July 5, 2022; Source: California Institute of Technology; Summary: A new vaccine candidate, named mosaic-8, containing pieces of eight different SARS-like betacoronaviruses provides broad protection against other related coronaviruses. Share:.
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Health Ministry decrees health alert for monkeypox "We have strengthened surveillance with a special registration system, where you can immediately report that you have the disease. We have a system for registering suspected cases immediately; however, in addition to identification of the ...
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Insight into Cancer Vaccines With the recent upsurge in virology and vaccine production due to the COVID-19 pandemic, medical professionals rely more on this new modus operandi. One prominent example is the use of "cancer vaccines," a relatively new technology in the field of oncology ...
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How viruses can change your body odor to attract mosquitoes An international team of researchers has discovered an incredible way some viruses can alter the smell of their host in order to attract mosquitoes and spread to the next person. The study revealed Dengue and Zika viruses can alter a host's skin ...
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Viruses can change your scent to make you more attractive to mosquitoes, study finds Mosquitoes are the world's deadliest animal. Over 1 million deaths per year are attributed to mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever, Zika and chikungunya fever. How mosquitoes seek out and feed on their hosts are ...
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Next-generation SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid-based vaccines may provide optimal protection against infection The conservation of nucleocapsid makes it an ideal target for cytotoxic T lymphocytes that correlate with effective clearance of viral particles and less severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Researchers have also reported robust T cell responses ...
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The Early Signs of Dementia Dementia is a permanent decline in memory and thinking abilities. There are many different neurological disorders that cause dementia. The most common and well recognized is Alzheimer's disease. Dementia is usually gradual and progressive, ...
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The reasons why you may have dodged Covid Coronavirus first hit the UK at the start of 2020 and is still with us today. But unlike two years ago, it is now regarded as being mainly under control, thanks to the vaccine programme. So far, the virus has killed more than 180,000 people and infected ...
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New Study Answers Why Women Are at Greater Risk of Alzheimer's Usually, Alzheimer's begins to show its symptoms after the age of 60. The researchers at the University of Chicago and Boston University School of Medicine discovered a gene called MGMT, O6-Methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase, which could be the reason ...
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NSW faces latest COVID-19 wave There are fears the number of serious illnesses and death toll will increase significantly unless more people immediately get boosted and practise COVID-safe behaviours. Health Minister Brad Hazzard said figures show 56 per cent (1,232) ...
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It's a Myrkl! How new hangover pill works and where to buy it new "miracle" hangover prevention pill promises to block the effects of drinking too much, leaving moderate drinkers feeling fresh the next day. Myrkl is a new supplement that claims to rapidly break down alcohol in the gut before it reaches the liver, ...
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Fitness emergency? Only 7% of US adults have good cardiometabolic health Researchers from Tufts University say this measure includes five key components of health: blood pressure, blood sugar, blood cholesterol, adiposity (being either overweight or obese), and the presence or absence of cardiovascular disease.
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Thank you, Deborah James — now let's break another cancer taboo: how to talk to someone with a diagnosis Lucy King says many friends avoided her after her cancer news in 2020 for fear of saying the wrong thing. Here, she offers five tips for speaking to someone with the disease (spoiler: saying something is always better than nothing). VIEW COMMENTS.
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Covid cases rising in Staffordshire again The latest figures show the number of people infected in the UK has more than doubled since the start of June with around 2.3 million people testing positive, according to the BBC. People who had ...
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Tick population, Lyme disease risk at peak in area woodlands "Stay on the trails," IUP biology professor Dr. Tom Simmons recommended for hikers in White's Woods to avoid contact with high numbers of black legged ticks. Simmons said July is a peak time for nymphal ticks, prevalent on overgrown ground, to bite people ...
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Marion County's COVID-19 cases begin to fall, statewide numbers hold steady Oregon ranked 11th among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week, coronavirus cases in ...
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Eat less meat to prevent cancer, says new study About 472,000 adults between the ages of 40 and 70 provided health information to researchers. These individuals disclosed how often they consumed meat (processed meat, beef, lamb, hog, chicken, and turkey) per week or, if they abstained from meat entirely ...
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COVID was third-leading cause of death during pandemic, study shows COVID-19 was the third-leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer during the pandemic, according to a new study of national death certificate records. A research letter published Tuesday in JAMA Internal Medicine found that 350,000 Americans ...
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