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	health Daily update ⋅ September 13, 2022
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	The Washington Post Inside a city's struggle to vaccinate gay Black men for monkeypox The Washington Post CHARLOTTE — Johnny Wilson strode through the throng clogging the city streets for Pride weekend toward his next target: a young man wearing a plastic crown and rainbow drawstring bag, walking alone. The 31-year-old county health worker was on a mission ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Ketamine Eases Depressive Symptoms, Suicidal Thoughts, Study Says WebMD "Ketamine was effective at reducing symptoms of SI (suicide ideation), depression, and anxiety. The high rates of response and remission were similar to those for interventional treatments in community samples of TRD (treatment-resistant depression)," the ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Scientists find clues to how air pollution may trigger lung cancer CNN The findings, presented Saturday at the European Society for Medical Oncology Presidential Symposium in Paris, suggest that air pollution can trigger lung cancer in people with no history of smoking because some air pollutant particles may promote changes ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR So you haven't caught COVID yet. Does that mean you're a superdodger? NPR Hollenbach and her team have found a genetic mutation that doesn't prevent the virus from infecting cells – that's what Landau was searching for in his HIV research – but still does something remarkable: It prevents a person from having COVID symptoms. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Walking can lower risk of early death, but there's more to it than number of steps, study finds CNN Health benefits rose with every step, the study found, but peaked at 10,000 steps – after that the effects faded. Counting steps may be especially important for people who do unstructured, unplanned physical activity such as house work, gardening and dog ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape No Screening for Type 2 Diabetes for Kids, Youth, Says USPSTF Medscape Moreover, there is also a lack of evidence on the effect of screening for, and early detection and treatment of, type 2 diabetes on health outcomes in youth, the same recommendations explain. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Walking can lower risk of early death, but there's more to it than number of steps, study finds CNN "Physical activity is just absolutely magnificent," Freeman said. "And when if you blend that with eating a more plant-based diet, de-stressing, sleeping enough and connecting with others – that's your magic recipe. It's the fountain of youth, if you will. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN First US death due to monkeypox confirmed in Los Angeles County CNN (CNN) A Los Angeles County resident's death has been attributed to monkeypox, the county Department of Public Health said Monday, the first known death from the virus in the US. The department and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Unhealthy Gums Could Up Your Odds for Dementia U.S. News & World Report "Maintaining adequate periodontal health, including retention of healthy natural teeth, seems to be important also in the context of preventing cognitive decline and dementia," said lead researcher Sam Asher, from the Institute of Dentistry at the ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post Nothing seemed to treat their depression. Then they tried ketamine. The Washington Post Anthony joked about the impromptu show as a nurse at MindPeace Clinic in Richmond prepared the treatment he credited with his newfound mental well-being: ketamine. The psychedelic, used in medical settings as an anesthetic — ... Flag as irrelevant
	The State Press Students concerned about lack of communication from ASU about monkeypox The State Press The only communication most students received from the University about the virus was a message through the ASU Health Services portal in August. 210401 PalmWalkStudents. Students walk down the Tempe campus palm walk on Thursday, April 1, 2021. Flag as irrelevant
	Healio Link between maternal infection, offspring's autism not causal, study shows Healio The association between maternal infection during pregnancy and children's diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability was not causal, according to a Swedish register-based cohort study. The findings of the study, published in The ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News CDC warns a rare condition in kids could be on the rise this fall ABC News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert on Friday that common respiratory viruses circulating this fall could lead to a rise in a rare, but serious condition that usually affects children called acute flaccid myelitis, AFM. Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report First US Monkeypox Death Confirmed in California U.S. News & World Report By By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, Sept. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Monkeypox was the cause of death in a Los Angeles County adult last week, public health officials confirmed Tuesday. Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY First known monkeypox death in US confirmed by LA County health officials USA TODAY Rarely seen outside Africa before the spring, the virus, a less deadly cousin of smallpox, has now triggered a 58,000-person global emergency, reaching 103 countries, 96 of which had not historically seen the disease. Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Working Nights? Try Eating During the Day to Protect Your Mental Health Healthline People who eat at night as well as during the day may have an increase in depression and anxiety symptoms. A new study looked at night shift workers to see if when they ate was connected to mental health effects. Past studies have found that night ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Vitamin D Levels, Supplements Not Linked to COVID Infection Risk MedPage Today AUSTIN, Texas – Risk of COVID-19 infection didn't differ whether taking vitamin D supplements or having low levels of the vitamin, researchers reported here. Among a cohort of 250 healthy healthcare workers, some of whom were taking high doses of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape CDC Warns of Enterovirus Strain Linked to Polio-like Condition Medscape Additional testing revealed that some children were positive for EV-D68. EV-D68 primarily causes acute respiratory illness. However, the virus has been associated with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a rare neurologic condition involving muscle weakness. Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Monkeypox cases declining in WA, but outbreak trajectory still unclear The Seattle Times After weeks of surging cases, monkeypox is on the decline in Washington state though vaccination levels in King County, the state's primary hot spot, are still well below the level estimated to adequately combat the virus. Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Infections During Pregnancy Show No Causal Link to Autism U.S. News & World Report By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, Sept. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Research has suggested that kids born to moms who had the flu or another infection during pregnancy may be more likely to have autism, but a new study implies ... Flag as irrelevant
	LAist The Top White House Monkeypox Doc Takes Stock Of The Outbreak — And What's Next LAist Dr. Demetre Daskalakis speaks at a Sept. 2022 White House press briefing. (Kevin Dietsch. /. Getty Images). Flag as irrelevant
	The Hill First US monkeypox death confirmed in California The Hill The Los Angeles Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed on Monday that a Los Angeles County resident died due to a monkeypox infection. The infected individual had been hospitalized. Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Blood test shows promise at catching cancers early Medical Xpress The findings come from a study called Pathfinder, which is being run at multiple medical institutions across the United States to evaluate the Galleri blood test. It's one of a number of blood tests being developed by various companies—all with the goal of ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Atlantic One of Long COVID's Worst Symptoms Is Also Its Most Misunderstood The Atlantic Brain fog isn't like a hangover or depression. It's a disorder of executive function that makes basic cognitive tasks absurdly hard. By Ed Yong. A person with a cloud hanging over their head. The Atlantic. September 12, 2022. Flag as irrelevant
	mlive.com Michigan could be in for a worse flu season than recent years mlive.com "We've seen a bad influenza season in the Southern Hemisphere, so the Northern Hemisphere better get ready," said Dr. Liam Sullivan, an infectious disease specialist at Spectrum Health. Flag as irrelevant
	List23 Exercise hormone stops Parkinson's symptoms in mice Futurity: Research News A hormone secreted into the blood during endurance, or aerobic, exercise reduces levels of a protein linked to Parkinson's disease and halts movement problems in mice, researchers report. Parkinson's disease, a neurologic condition that causes people ... Flag as irrelevant
	MIT Technology Review The US is launching a trial for blood tests that promise to catch cancers earlier MIT Technology Review Most of these multi-cancer early detection tests, or MCEDs, work by looking for remnants of tumor cells that explode after the immune system attacks them. Debris from dead tumors turns up in the bloodstream, where it can potentially be detected to warn of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Economic Times The best protection against COVID-19 could be a vaccine delivered through the nose UB News Center A man with his eyes squeezed shut using an intranasal Covid-19 vaccine. A paper co-authored by a University at Buffalo scientist explains why an intranasal vaccine is key to ultimately ... Flag as irrelevant
	11Alive.com WXIA Experts say some kids need two doses of the flu vaccine. What parents need to know 11Alive.com WXIA ATLANTA — The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released its 2022-2023 influenza vaccine guidelines, recommending that "all children ages 6 months and older be vaccinated for influenza this fall, as vaccines remain the best way to prevent severe ... Flag as irrelevant
	WILX-TV Human case of swine flu found in Michigan WILX-TV Swine influenza is a respiratory disease in pigs caused by type A influenza viruses that regularly circulate among swine. Swine influenza viruses do not usually infect humans, but human infections have been reported. People cannot get swine ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress HIV, TB, malaria fight saves 50 million lives over 20 years: Global Fund Medical Xpress The fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria has saved 50 million lives over the past 20 years, the Global Fund said Monday, appealing for $18 billion to save millions more. "We have made tremendous progress," the global partnership created in 2002 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Popular Science First study of cancer-detecting blood test shows hopeful results Popular Science Biotechnology company GRAIL is both the maker of the Galleri test and funder of the PATHFINDER study. Galleri is one of a number of blood tests under development, with the ultimate the goal of providing "one-stop" screening for multiple cancers in the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Here's where the nation's second possible death from monkeypox occurred Deseret News Annette Atkinson, Utah Public Health Laboratory infectious disease microbiologist, processes monkeypox test samples for DNA extraction at the Utah Public Health Laboratory in Taylorsville on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report New York Declares Emergency After Finding More Spread of Poliovirus U.S. News & World Report The emergency declaration will allow EMS workers, midwives and pharmacists to administer polio vaccines. Doctors can also issue standing orders for the vaccine. "On polio, we simply cannot roll the dice, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Nature.com How deadly is monkeypox? What scientists know Nature.com The global monkeypox outbreak has caused some deaths, but the death rate is lower than expected from historical data — and scientists are breathing a cautious sigh of relief. Out of more than 57,000 people confirmed to have had monkeypox infections, at ... Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net Vaccines that induce mucosal immunity against SARS-CoV-2 are needed News-Medical.net In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers in the United Kingdom studied assessed plasma and nasal antibody (Ab) responses induced after a year of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated hospitalization and the ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBC.ca Parvovirus outbreak kills 3 dogs, prompts emergency vaccine clinic in the Downtown Eastside CBC.ca The B.C. SPCA is holding a special vaccination clinic today in a Downtown Eastside SRO after an outbreak of the potentially fatal canine parvovirus was confirmed in four puppies being cared for in a building near Dunlevy Avenue and Powell Street. Flag as irrelevant
	WJHG-TV Cold and flu expected to make a comeback in this week's Medical Monday WJHG-TV Doctor Susan Rehm is an Infectious Disease Specialist with Cleveland Clinic. She said sorting out what's making someone sick will be challenging because COVID, the flu, and other respiratory illnesses have overlapping symptoms. The good ... Flag as irrelevant
	Health Policy Watch TB, HIV, and Malaria Treatment Rebound to Near Pre-Pandemic Levels, But Still Off Course Health Policy Watch Overall, the new report shows the fight against HIV/AIDS and malaria, as well as tuberculosis, is rebuilding momentum since the pandemic-fueled sharp declines in diagnosis and treatment levels for the world's three biggest infectious diseases. Flag as irrelevant
	Business Standard Early cancer detection with blood test may change cancer screening Business Standard According to Fabrice Andre, ESMO 2022 Scientific Co-Chair, new data demonstrating the reliability of multi-cancer early detection (MCED) blood tests (1), published at the ESMO Congress 2022, will have a significant impact on how cancer care is provided in ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay New York Declares Emergency After Finding More Spread of Poliovirus HealthDay MONDAY, Sept. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared a state emergency after finding evidence of continued community spread of poliovirus. Public health officials have detected the virus in a fourth county, Nassau in Long ... Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net Scientists estimate the impact of genetic risk factors on the loss of healthy life years News-Medical.net The study, led by Andrea Ganna, a group leader at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, was published online September 12 in Nature Medicine. The results show that, at ... Flag as irrelevant
	Globalnews.ca BC SPCA offering free vaccine for DTES dog owners due to deadly canine parvovirus outbreak Globalnews.ca Three of the puppies have since died and the fourth is receiving intensive veterinary care, the BC SPCA said. "One of our animal protection officers was called out on Friday regarding four sick and dying puppies ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livemint New study finds the minimum blood sugar levels to avoid diabetes. Details here Livemint It is well known that long-term blood sugar levels, known as HbA1c, can be used to accurately predict the risk of a person with type 1 diabetes having eye and kidney problems, the new research states that this level should be lower than 53 mmol/mol (7%). Flag as irrelevant
	Mississippi Free Press Monkeypox Vaccine Eligibility Expanded; Most Mississippi Cases Among Black Gay Men Mississippi Free Press The Mississippi State Department of Health has expanded eligibility for the two-dose monkeypox vaccine for those at high risk. As of Friday, the agency had identified 48 cases in the state, including three new ones that day, but no deaths so far. Flag as irrelevant
	Livemint Recommended blood sugar levels to avoid diabetes-related damage Science Daily Date: September 12, 2022; Source: Linköping University; Summary: The levels of long-term blood sugar, HbA1c, can be used to accurately determine the risk of a person with type 1 diabetes developing eye- and kidney complications. Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Ask the Pediatrician: Is polio a serious concern again? Medical Xpress Q: I've read about polio appearing again in the U.S. Should I be worried about my kids? A: It was reported over the summer that an unvaccinated man in New York got polio and has developed paralysis, and there is evidence of the virus circulating in the ... Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net Review of COVID-19 in children before and after SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron variant emergence News-Medical.net In a recent review published in the Virology Journal, researchers summarized severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections among children pre-and post the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron variants of concern (VOCs). Flag as irrelevant
	Next Avenue Staying Safe from Monkeypox Next Avenue Monkeypox is a viral illness in the same family of viruses as the smallpox virus. Although it is less contagious than COVID, monkeypox equals pre-vaccine COVID mortality rates, according to Meghan May, professor of microbiology and infectious disease at ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Health officials expecting a tough flu season, the first since the pandemic began Ottawa Citizen Both Kwong and Ottawa Public Health officials are encouraging people to get a flu vaccine this year, even if they don't normally do so, along with as many COVID-19 vaccines as they are eligible for. Flag as irrelevant

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