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	health Daily update ⋅ September 17, 2022
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	U.S. News & World Report AHA News: Many Older Adults May Not Get the Intensive Blood Pressure Treatment They Need U.S. News & World Report By By American Heart Association News HealthDay Reporter, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, Sept. 16, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Fewer than 30% of older adults who need more intensive treatment for high blood pressure actually get ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times US warns MPX could mutate to resist antiviral drug Tpoxx Los Angeles Times U.S. health officials are warning against overuse of the lone drug available to treat monkeypox, or MPX, saying that even a small mutation in the virus that causes the disease could render the pills ineffective. The Food and Drug Administration updated ... Flag as irrelevant
	WIRED Monkeypox Cases in the US Are Falling. There's No One Reason Why WIRED The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced this week that two men in Colorado and Washington, DC, developed grave neurological problems that left them using walkers. Health authorities in California say a man there died as ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Researchers Developing Wearable Device to Measure Cancer Tumors Beneath the Skin Healthline However, a new device developed by Stanford University researchers could bring the measurement of subcutaneous tumors up to 21st-century standards. Dubbed the "Flexible Autonomous Sensor measuring Tumors (FAST)," the small ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Alzheimer's and COVID: Is There a Link? MedPage Today Older adults with COVID-19 were more likely to have a new diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease a year later than non-infected people, an analysis of electronic medical record (EMR) data showed. The risk for a new diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in older ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News New York City reports significant drop in monkeypox cases as 50000 vaccine appointments go online CBS News New York City is reporting a significant drop in daily reported monkeypox cases since the height of the outbreak -- one on Sept. 12 compared to 95 on July 25. Dr. Christina Zhang, ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Here's How to Avoid a COVID-19 Vaccine Mix-Up MedPage Today One strategy for preventing vaccine mix-ups is to be aware of the similarities between vials for different age groups and purposes. Pfizer/BioNTech. Both Pfizer's monovalent primary series vial and its bivalent booster vial ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times Riverside County reports its first MPX case in a child under 10 Los Angeles Times A gloved person holds a vaccine vial. Pharmacist Sapana Patel holds a bottle of monkeypox vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site on Aug. 3 in West Hollywood. (Richard Vogel ... Flag as irrelevant
	WRAL.com Polio has reemerged in the US. Who should get a polio vaccine now? WRAL.com CNN — New York's governor has declared a state of emergency after health officials detected poliovirus in the wastewater of five counties -- evidence the disease is circulating. The declaration also follows a report from the US Centers for Disease ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report COVID Appears to Raise Risk for Alzheimer's Disease U.S. News & World Report By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, Sept. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 infection may significantly boost an older person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, a new, large-scale study suggests. Flag as irrelevant
	Albany Times Union New York turns a corner on monkeypox, racial disparities in vaccine access persist Albany Times Union A pharmacist prepares a dose of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine at a pop-up vaccination clinic opened today by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health at the West Hollywood Library on August 3, 2022 in West Hollywood, California. Flag as irrelevant
	State College News Centre County Moves Down to Medium COVID-19 Community Level State College News Centre County moved down to the medium community level for COVID-19 as new cases and hospitalizations linked to the virus declined over the last week, according to the Centers for Disease Control's latest update on Thursday night. Flag as irrelevant
	The Boston Globe West Nile virus detected in RI The Boston Globe PROVIDENCE — This year's first human case of West Nile virus has been detected in a person in Providence County who is currently hospitalized, state health officials said Friday. The unidentified person is in their 70s and reportedly started ... Flag as irrelevant
	Colorado Public Radio Rare monkeypox-related illness that causes brain inflammation reported in Colorado Colorado Public Radio A man from Colorado was one of two cases in the U-S of monkeypox-associated encephalomyelitis— a rare condition associated with the virus that causes inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. The other case was in Washington D.C.. Flag as irrelevant
	masslive.com Westfield Public Health Bulletin: Flu is back, and so is a variety of vaccines masslive.com If not given by month's end, it will still be protective. Flu vaccines work by causing antibodies to develop. These antibodies provide protection against flu illness about two weeks after injection. They are designed to protect against the flu viruses that ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report FDA Warns Against Overuse of TPOXX Monkeypox Drug U.S. News & World Report By By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, Sept. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials are advising doctors not to overuse the only antiviral for monkeypox because there is a risk of the virus mutating ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Mainland China reports first imported monkeypox case Reuters BEIJING, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Mainland China's southwestern municipality of Chongqing reported one case of the monkeypox virus infection on Friday in one individual who arrived in the country from abroad, marking the country's first known monkeypox ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress China records first monkeypox case Medical Xpress China recorded its first case of monkeypox on Friday in a person who had recently entered the country, officials said. Health authorities in the southwestern city of Chongqing said the person displayed symptoms while undergoing quarantine for Covid-19. Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Reward enhances connectivity between the ventral striatum and the default mode network Medical Xpress The goals of this network-based psycho-physiological interaction analysis were twofold, according to Dr. Dobryakova, a senior research scientist in the Foundation's Center for Traumatic Brain Injury Research. "First, to test ... Flag as irrelevant
	Courier Journal West Nile virus kills person in Louisville Courier Journal A person in Louisville has died from West Nile Virus, the health department announced Friday. This is the first West Nile-related death in the city since 2019. The person's age, gender and ZIP code were not released. Two other people in the city have ... Flag as irrelevant
	KPRC Click2Houston September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month KPRC Click2Houston About 34,500 deaths from prostate cancer. Most prostate cancers are found early, through screening, according to the American Cancer Society. Though early prostate cancer usually causes no symptoms, prostate cancers can sometimes ... Flag as irrelevant
	KPRC Click2Houston Second case of monkeypox confirmed at Ridge Point High School in Fort Bend County KPRC Click2Houston Dr. Luis Ostrosky is the Chief of Infectious Diseases at Memorial Hermann Hospital and UT Health. He says it's important for parents to talk about sexually transmitted infections, including monkeypox. "I do think that ... Flag as irrelevant
	WFAA.com Monkeypox case confirmed at Fort Worth ISD school WFAA.com Monkeypox symptoms include: Fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, chills, exhaustion and a rash like pimples or blisters, usually first appearing on the face or inside the mouth then on other areas of the body. Flag as irrelevant
	The Atlantic Polio Is Exploiting a Very Human Weakness The Atlantic The world has been so close to eradicating polio for so long—which is exactly why the virus is staging a comeback now. By Katherine J. Wu. A child opens his mouth to receive the oral polio vaccine. Shah Marai / Getty. September 16, 2022, 9:55 AM ET. Flag as irrelevant
	KOLO Avian flu found in Nevada wild bird population KOLO RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - The Nevada Department of Wildlife has confirmed the presence of Bird Flu in wild bird populations in the state. The disease mostly circulates in waterfowl, and most likely already exists in wild waterfowl populations throughout the ... Flag as irrelevant
	What'sUpNewp RIDOH reports Rhode Island's first human case of West Nile Virus in 2022 What'sUpNewp "The best way to prevent West Nile Virus and other mosquito-borne diseases is to prevent mosquitoes from breeding and to avoid mosquito bites," said Interim Director of Health Utpala Bandy, MD, MPH. Flag as irrelevant
	Canton Repository COVID level in Stark County, most of region, lowered to 'medium' Canton Repository The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has lowered the COVID-19 community risk level to "medium" for Stark County and most of its neighboring counties. Stark was listed as "high" during the first week of September after the number of cases ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Pharmaceutical Journal Biologic shown to reduce eczema symptoms in young children by three quarters The Pharmaceutical Journal The study, led by Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, found that a monoclonal antibody, known as dupilumab, is "highly effective" in reducing signs of eczema and itching in children aged six months to five years. Flag as irrelevant
	News18 Even if You Walk 10000 Steps per Day, Are You Walking at a Sufficient Pace? News18 Over the course of seven days, participants wore wrist accelerometers to track their physical activity (minimum 3 days, including a weekend day and monitoring during sleep periods). The study is observational, the researchers point out, which means "they ... Flag as irrelevant
	Verywell Health When Should You Start Getting Your Cholesterol Levels Tested? Verywell Health Cholesterol is linked to serious health complications. · Getting tested can inform you of potential cardiovascular health risks. · Health officials recommend starting testing for cholesterol at age 20. Flag as irrelevant
	The Hindu Best protection against COVID-19 could be intranasal vaccine University at Buffalo Reporter As public health experts cautiously anticipate how COVID-19 will play out this fall, a UB scientist is reiterating that substantial immunity against the SARS-CoV-2 virus will only happen with a vaccine that can be delivered through the nose. Flag as irrelevant
	Abbotsford News Avian flu in Chilliwack farm could herald second wave of infections Vancouver Sun The highly-pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza strain was detected at a commercial facility in Chilliwack on Sept. 12, said the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Sunrise presented by Vancouver Sun Banner ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chilliwack Progress Chilliwack avian flu outbreak may be linked to wild bird migration Chilliwack Progress B.C.'s Ministry of Agriculture and Food says an avian flu outbreak in Chilliwack may be a sign of increased risk as the fall bird migration begins. The risk of avian influenza to poultry farms increases each spring and fall with the migration of wild ... Flag as irrelevant
	Full Fact Scrabble picture is wrong to say Covid-19 doesn't exist Full Fact Covid-19 doesn't really exist. Our verdict. It does, and there's plenty of evidence, including the multiple times the virus that causes it has been sequenced and isolated, and the number of deaths and hospitalisations it has caused. Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net Itchy eczema in children finally gets relief News-Medical.net The first study to treat moderate-to-severe eczema in infants and children 6 months to 5 years old with a biologic drug (monoclonal antibody) rather than immune-suppressing medications shows the drug was highly effective in reducing the signs and ... Flag as irrelevant
	Earth.com Excessive screen time may lead to early puberty Earth.com According to a new study presented at the 60th Annual European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology Meeting, exposure to blue light through regular use of smartphones and tablets may alter hormone levels and increase the risk of early-onset puberty. Flag as irrelevant
	Stanford University News Stanford engineers develop new wearable device to monitor tumor size Stanford University News Engineers at Stanford University have created a small, autonomous device with a stretchable and flexible sensor that can be adhered to the skin to measure the changing size of tumors below. The non-invasive, battery-operated device is sensitive to ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth Monkeypox Case Confirmed at Fort Worth High School NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth The district said they were notified by the county health department about a case involving an individual at Arlington Heights High School. The individual is not being identified and officials did not say whether the infected person was ... Flag as irrelevant
	WVIR Genomic tests help doctors treat COVID-19 and long COVID WVIR CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - With many COVID-19 treatments now available, a simple blood test can show doctors the best route to take. Charlottesville's AMPEL BioSolutions says it can predict and detect the severity of a COVID-19 infection, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fortune Kids are spending more time on devices. Now experts say excessive screen time may lead to early puberty Fortune Like that of adults, children's screen time has gone up over the years, and rose significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kids between ages 8 and 12 spend between four and six hours using or watching screens per day, and teens spend up to nine hours ... Flag as irrelevant

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