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Nearly Half of Covid Patients Haven't Fully Recovered Months Later, Study Finds Those patients also experienced elevated risks of more than 20 other symptoms relating to the heart, respiratory health, muscle aches, mental health and the sensory system. The findings strengthened calls from scientists for more expansive ...
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When you feel sick, you can thank your brain – it's helping you heal Think about the last time you were sick. Maybe you ran a fever, had body chills, felt lethargic and lost your appetite. You may have thought, as many of us do, that those symptoms were caused by your immune system defenders fighting off the bacteria, ...
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Video Games May Trigger Rare Heart Attacks in Kids: Study Australian scientists who reviewed nearly 70 studies and reports on cardiovascular risks from electronic gaming identified 22 children and teens who lost consciousness while playing video games and experienced heart rhythm problems and other cardiac ...
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Colonoscopies save lives. Doctors push back against European study that casts doubt But that's not the whole story. A colonoscopy is a widely recommended tool for cancer screening that involves putting a scope into the colon to look for potentially cancerous growths, called polyps, and cutting them out ...
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US Experts Weigh In on Colonoscopy Status in Wake of European Trial "We've all been trying to boost colorectal cancer screening, and what we don't want is to derail that effort or have our patients think that screening is not effective and forego it," Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH, of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, told ...
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Study Casts Doubt on Mediterranean Diet's Benefit to Brain By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Oct. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A healthy diet might not protect you from dementia as some have suggested, according to a new Swedish study. The Mediterranean diet — which includes lots of ...
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More Harm Reduction, Less Abstinence-Only in COVID Messaging, Experts Say More attention to harm reduction -- rather than totally abstaining from risky behaviors -- would improve messaging on the COVID-19 pandemic, Amesh Adalja, MD, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, said Wednesday.
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Lockdown Babies Appear Slower to Meet Milestones, Study Says Oct. 12, 2022 -- Babies born during the first COVID-19 lockdown are meeting fewer developmental milestones as compared with those born before the pandemic, according to a new study from Ireland published in Archives of Disease in Childhood.
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Transplant of human brain tissue into rats could help study autism, other disorders Using syringes, the scientists injected the human brain tissue into the brains of rat pups two to three days old. Rat brain cells then migrated to the human tissue and formed connections, incorporating the human cells in their brain's machinery.
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The Link Between Diabetes and Early Menopause: What Women Can Do They say diet is an important component of managing diabetes during menopause. Women who develop diabetes earlier in life are more likely to enter menopause earlier. That's according to a new study being presented at ...
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Have these essentials at home to ease cold, flu and COVID-19 symptoms—before you get sick The best way to prevent sickness, whether from the flu or COVID-19, is to stay up to date with your vaccines. That said, sickness can sneak up on you even when you're vaccinated or ahead of your vaccine appointment.
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Epidemic of Brain Fog? Long COVID's Effects Worry Experts Oct. 11, 2022 – Weeks after Jeannie Volpe caught COVID-19 in November 2020, she could no longer do her job running sexual assault support groups in Anniston, AL, because she kept forgetting the details that survivors had shared with her.
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Worldwide Monkeypox Cases Surpass 70000, WHO Says FILE - A health worker walks inside an isolation ward built as a precautionary measure for the monkeypox patients at a civil hospital in Ahmedabad, India, July 25, 2022.
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HIV: The forgotten pandemic John Nkengasong, the leader of the biggest anti-AIDS program in the world — the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief — spoke to Future Pulse about his plan to fight back. Nkengasong managed the ...
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Bird flu: Broads Society calls for help dealing with dead birds More than 170 avian flu cases have been found across England in the past year, resulting in the culling of 3.2 million poultry and captive birds. The new biosecurity measures means birds across ...
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A new COVID surge could hit the US soon following European wave In addition to cases, COVID-19 hospitalizations have also been on the rise in the last several weeks in Europe, according to Dr. Albert Ko, an infectious disease physician and professor of public health, epidemiology, and medicine at Yale School of Public ...
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Scientists Transplant Human Brain Cells Into Rat Brains, a Boon to Research By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Human brain tissue has been successfully transplanted into the brains of rats using a cutting-edge experimental procedure, say researchers.
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The monkeypox vaccine is more widely available now. Should you get it? COVID booster? Check. Flu shot? Check. Monkeypox vaccine? Maybe. Recently eligibility for the monkeypox vaccine has expanded, but that doesn't necessarily mean you need to add it to your annual lineup of shots. In some cities, such as New York, ...
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Does Diet Matter? Study Questions Links Between Diet and Dementia Midlife dietary habits were not tied to dementia incidence over a 20-year period, a prospective study in Sweden showed. Adhering to conventional dietary recommendations or to a modified Mediterranean diet was not linked with lower incidence of ...
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Surge of respiratory illness pops up at Patrick Henry High, Rady ER inundated Hundreds, school officials told parents in a notice, tested negative for coronavirus infection, causing public health officials to say they suspect the unprecedented outbreak was caused by the flu. Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, could also be playing ...
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Does the Mediterranean Diet Really Decrease Your Risk of Dementia? Previous studies have shown mixed results on the effects of the Mediterranean diet and dementia risk. While there are many health benefits of following a Mediterranean eating pattern, it is not the only factor to take into ...
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Signs of Dementia Could Be Detected Nine Years Ahead of Diagnosis: Study The findings raise the prospect that in the future at-risk patients could be screened to help identify those who might benefit from early interventions to reduce their risk of developing dementia-related diseases.
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MIT and Harvard scientists are working on exercise that comes in pill form, believe it or not In a study published last week, researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School identified how both exercise and high-fat diets modify cells, genes, and cellular pathways. Their research could eventually help develop drugs that would mimic the effects of ...
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You're feeling cruddy. Is it flu? COVID? Here's why it matters So in our always complicated shifting effort to stay healthy, here are some answers to your latest questions. Q. We hear about "flu season" every winter. Is there also a "COVID season ...
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In patients with cardiac anomalies, AF detection via smartwatch may not be accurate In patients with abnormal ECG readings, attempting to detect atrial fibrillation with a smartwatch produced high rates of nondiagnostic tracings and false positives or negatives, researchers reported. The researchers conducted a nonrandomized ...
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Is it flu, COVID-19 or RSV? How to tell. Now, another respiratory bad actor is filling children's hospitals across the country — respiratory syncytial virus, known commonly as RSV. Not that COVID-19 has disappeared completely; it — along with flu and rhino enterovirus — are still circulating ...
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Pandemic Lockdowns May Have Slowed Babies' Communication Skills By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- When social interaction came to a halt during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, newborn babies missed out on vital communication milestones, ...
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Case of Tuberculosis Reported in Lemon Grove's Learn4Life High School Microscopic image of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria. Photo credit: Centers for Disease Control. A person at Learn4Life Workforce Innovation High School in Lemon Grove was recently diagnosed with tuberculosis and may have exposed students and ...
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4 factors that led to monkeypox's decline 1. Increased vaccine availability. Access to the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine was limited at the start of the outbreak, though it grew as the U.S. expanded supplies. A recent study based on early real-world data found a single dose of the vaccine offers ...
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Covid-19 treatment Paxlovid can interact with common heart medications, doctors warn Paxlovid can have dangerous interactions with some of the most common medications for cardiovascular disease, including certain statins and heart failure therapies, a new paper warns. The review paper, published Wednesday in the Journal of ...
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Video games could trigger deadly heart problems in children, study finds "Children who suddenly lose consciousness while electronic gaming should be assessed by a heart specialist as this could be the first sign of a serious heart problem." In some cases, kids who suffered cardiac problems ...
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The immunometabolic regulatory mechanisms for the pathogenesis of COVID-19 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has brought about more than 623 million infections along with more than 6.56 million deaths as reported by the World Health ...
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Increase in child respiratory illness concerning to health experts NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tennessee health experts are concerned about a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) popping up early in Middle Tennessee. There have been several cases in children, recently, which is earlier than usual.
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Why late night eating may cause greater weight gain From RTÉ Brainstorm, how can we enjoy a tasty, fatty meal without weight gain? Late eating. To conduct their study, the researchers had 16 participants follow two different meal schedules, each for ...
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Signs of dementia may be detectable nine years before diagnosis – study He added: "This opens up the possibility of screening programmes in the future to help identify people at risk and who may benefit from interventions, and identify more people suitable for clinical trials for new dementia treatments, which are both so ...
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Poultry farmers call for birds to be kept inside to combat bird flu Farming groups are calling on for the new regional compulsory housing order to be extended across the whole of the UK as soon as possible. "The sheer persistence of avian influenza over the past year, ...
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Population-level cohort study evaluates efficacy and safety of all COVID-19 vaccines used in Denmark Denmark plans to administer the fourth dose of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines to selected population segments. Further, the Danish government has plans to introduce Omicron-specific bivalent vaccines in their vaccination programs.
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Pancreatic Tumor Microbiome Associated with Poor Outcomes Under normal circumstances, pancreatic tissue is considered microbe-free. But a new study found that pancreatic cancer tumors harbor a large microbiome, its presence impacts cellular function, and is associated with poorer patient outcomes.
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CDC, WHO: Monkeypox epidemic is ebbing, but disease remains cause for concern Although many countries continue to see a downward trend in new monkeypox cases, the virus associated with painful lesions will likely remain in the United States but with low-level transmission rates, federal health officials have warned.
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Colorectal Cancer Study Finds Benefit From Colonoscopy Screenings A team, led by Michael Bretthauer, MD, PhD, University of Oslo, the Clinical Effectiveness Research Group, Department of Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, compared colorectal cancer incidence rates and deaths in patients invited for ...
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Eating Earlier Can Reduce Hunger, Cravings, and Weight Gain They also had changes that might favor fat storage. Nutritionists say if you are getting hungry in the evening, it's a good idea to plan your meals earlier. Eating foods that are rich in protein ...
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Fight menstrual cramps with food. Here's how But if you go on an anti-inflammatory diet — fruit, vegetables, olive oil, like the Mediterranean diet — you'll get less cramping," said NAMS board member Dr. Monica Christmas, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of ...
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Do you have COVID cough? Here's how to find out Coughing, sore throats and runny nose are all frequent symptoms of COVID-19, as well as common cold. Red eyes, loss of taste and smell, and other COVID-19 symptoms were clear indications of the illness early during the pandemic, but most patients no ...
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Probable monkeypox case confirmed in Missoula Co. MISSOULA, Mont. — Health officials in Missoula County announced a probable case of monkeypox confirmed in an adult. Health workers are conducting contact tracing and will alert any close contacts. No identifying information about the patient will be ...
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Polio Detected in New York City Wastewater Months after being detected in Rockland County's wastewater systems, Polio has now been detected in New York City. There have been 63 different positive detections all connected back to the same patient who contracted Polio in Rockland County.
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Increase in child respiratory illness concerning to health experts NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Tennessee health experts are concerned about a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) popping up early in Middle Tennessee. There have been several cases in children, recently, which is ...
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NHS delivers record number of lifesaving cancer checks as long waits for care continue to fall More people than ever before received a lifesaving NHS cancer check in August alongside continued progress against the elective recovery plan, new figures show today. Over a quarter of a million people (255,055) were checked following an urgent GP ...
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Monkeypox cases expected to rise Monkeypox is a zoonotic virus from the Poxviridae family that. Monkeypox virus particles. Photo: NOBEASTSOFIERCE/SCIENCE PHOTO LI. A Te Whatu Ora manager says Monkeypox cases are likely ...
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Covid antiviral interacts with CV drugs A new in-depth review paper provides guidance and a warning on prescribing Paxlovid for patients on cardiovascular drugs. Clinicians prescribing the covid treatment nirmatrelvir/ritonavir are warned to be aware of its potentially serious drug ...
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Covid-19 treatment Paxlovid can interact with common heart medications, doctors warn Paxlovid can have dangerous interactions with some of the most common medications for cardiovascular disease, including certain statins and heart failure therapies, a new paper warns.
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