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	health Daily update ⋅ October 18, 2022
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	The Washington Post Are you a mosquito magnet? It's because of how you smell. The Washington Post Some people are magnets for mosquitoes, emitting a tantalizing combination of chemicals that invite the pesky insects to dine on them. Researchers at Rockefeller University in New York found people who have higher levels of certain acids on their skin ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Hair-straightening chemical products linked to increased uterine cancer risk in new study CNN Scientists are uncovering new details in the connection between using certain hair straightening products, such as chemical relaxers and pressing products, and an increased risk of cancer in women. Ongoing research previously suggested that hair ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Hair Straighteners May Pose a Small Risk for Uterine Cancer, Study Finds The New York Times Women who use chemical hair straighteners frequently could have a higher risk of developing uterine cancer than women who have never used the products, according to new findings from a national study that has followed nearly 34,000 U.S. women for more ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post Chemical hair-straightening linked to uterine cancer, study warns Black women The Washington Post The study tracked 33,497 women in the United States between the ages of 35 and 74 as they used hair dyes, straighteners, relaxers or pressing products for, on average, over a decade. About 60 percent ... Flag as irrelevant
	Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Acid-Seeking Peptide Targets Immunotherapy Specifically to Tumors Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News The pHLIP molecules targets the high acidity of cancerous tumors, delivering their immunotherapy cargo directly to cells in the tumor microenvironment. Once delivered, the STING agonists engage the body's innate immune response to fight the tumor. Flag as irrelevant
	UNICEF Global leaders commit $US2.6 billion at World Health Summit to end polio UNICEF The funding will support global efforts to overcome the final hurdles to polio eradication, vaccinate 370 million children annually over the next five years and continue disease surveillance across 50 countries. "No place is safe until ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Emmanuel, a TikTok-famous emu, has avian flu after a deadly outbreak on a Florida farm NPR Emmanuel, a widely beloved emu who went viral on TikTok, is in dire condition battling the avian flu. Taylor Blake's family farm in South Florida, Knuckle Bump Farms, has lost more than 50 birds in just three days, Blake wrote on Twitter Saturday. Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape CDC Reports Five Cases of Ocular Monkeypox Medscape Although ocular monkeypox is rare, it can be a condition that threatens a person's sight, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report says. The report details five people with monkeypox who developed eye complications from July through ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Cancer vaccine may be ready by 2030, say founders of COVID vaccine makers BioNTech ABC News LONDON -- The world could be only a few years away from a cancer vaccine, according to the couple behind the Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine. "We feel that a cure for cancer or to changing cancer patients' lives is in our grasp," professor Ozlem ... Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP Study highlights burden of long COVID on health systems CIDRAP Ontario, Canada, healthcare systems saw an uptick in healthcare use by adult COVID-19 survivors—especially women—starting 2 months after people were infected, placing more demand on an atrophied healthcare workforce, finds a study with implications for ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Nicotine May Block Estrogen in Women's Brains, Making It Harder to Quit Smoking Healthline Now, new research indicates that nicotine blocks estrogen production in the female brain, which could explain why it's more difficult for women to quit smoking. In fact, the findings show that the amount of nicotine ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio Accidental needlestick makes Florida nurse first case of occupationally acquired monkeypox Healio A Florida nurse has developed monkeypox infection after an accidental needlestick exposure in the first case of occupationally acquired monkeypox during the U.S. outbreak, according to health officials. The case was published in CDC's Mortality and ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Even Without Symptoms, COVID Infection Raises Risks for Trauma Patients U.S. News & World Report By Cara Murez, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Having COVID-19 could cause further trouble for patients being treated for physical trauma — even if they have no symptoms of the virus. Flag as irrelevant
	Fred Hutch News Service Learning from the past to improve SARS-CoV-2 variant discovery Fred Hutch News Service From the sequence data, the researchers identified the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant predecessor that fit their criteria, a variant featuring 12 of the 28 Omicron core mutations within the virus spike gene, from a patient sample collected in South Africa with ... Flag as irrelevant
	Forbes Experts Are Predicting A Bad Flu Season. Here's Why They Might Be Wrong Forbes The Covid-19 pandemic has kept people apart for much of the past two flu seasons. As a result, transmission has gone down and the number of seasonal flu cases has been much lower than average. Flag as irrelevant
	Medical News Today Can where you live affect your PCOS symptoms? Medical News Today Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a condition that can affect ovulation, and hormone levels and cause cysts to appear on the ovaries. This can cause a range of other symptoms, and people with the condition are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Flag as irrelevant
	Economic Times Chronic depression can hurt your brain. Timely treatment can lower risk of dementia, says study Economic Times More than 55 million people live with dementia, the term used to describe symptoms of cognitive impairment, around the world. This disabling neurocognitive syndrome mainly affects older adults, but has also affected people in their 30s, 40s and 50s in ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC17News.com Columbia pub will host monkeypox vaccine clinic ABC17News.com COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are roughly 124 cases of Monkeypox in Missouri according to data from October 14th. There are 6.2 million people who live in the Show-Me state. Flag as irrelevant
	CBC.ca What 2 new studies reveal about long COVID in Canada CBC.ca Fewer Canadians infected during Omicron wave report long-term symptoms than in pandemic's earlier stages. Mike Crawley · CBC News · Posted: Oct 17, 2022 9:41 PM ET | Last Updated: 1 hour ago. A crowd of people, some wearing masks, some without, ... Flag as irrelevant
	FOX 13 Tampa Bay Tampa Bay area doctors concerned about early flu season, rise in RSV among children FOX 13 Tampa Bay TAMPA, Fla. - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the first FluView of the 2022-2023 influenza season. It shows early increases in seasonal influenza activity reported across most of the United States, with the southeast and ... Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net Exploring the natural origin hypothesis of SARS-CoV-2 News-Medical.net In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers critically evaluated the findings of a study that claimed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) entered humans via two separate zoonotic spillover events. Flag as irrelevant
	Gulf News Photo-taking helps students remember slide content EurekAlert The study was recently published in the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition by UC Riverside psychology professor and researcher Annie Ditta. In both experiments of the two-part study, students were asked not ... Flag as irrelevant
	WVTF While Virginia tracks COVID, other respiratory viruses are attacking WVTF In adults, respiratory syncytial virus or RSV is like a cold, but Dr. Tiffany Kimbrough, a pediatrician and medical director of the Complex Care Unit at VCU says it can be deadly for kids under five and adults over 65. "You're going to have cough, ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Guardian Memory study induces sleeping people to forget word associations The Guardian Playing sounds while you slumber might help to strengthen some memories while weakening others, research suggests, with experts noting the approach might one day help people living with traumatic recollections. Previous work has shown that when ... Flag as irrelevant
	Neuroscience News Timely Interventions for Depression Might Lower the Future Risk of Dementia Neuroscience News Over 55 million people worldwide live with dementia, a disabling neurocognitive condition that mainly affects older adults. No effective treatment for dementia exists but identifying ways to help minimize or prevent dementia would help to lessen the burden ... Flag as irrelevant
	BioPharma-Reporter.com EMA committee endorses Takeda dengue vaccine candidate BioPharma-Reporter.com The vaccine, TAK-003, was endorsed by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the prevention of dengue disease caused by any serotype in individuals four years of age and older. Flag as irrelevant
	Neuroscience News Sound Cues During Sleep Could Help People to Forget Specific Memories Neuroscience News The early-stage discovery, by researchers at the University of York, could potentially be developed into techniques to help weaken traumatic and intrusive memories, the authors of the study say. Previous research found that ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News RSV cases reaching 'seasonal peak levels,' CDC says Becker's Hospital Review Hospitals across the country are seeing a significant surge of respiratory syncytial virus, NBC News reported Oct. 14. The volume of RSV patients is "two to three times what we've ever experienced," John Bradley, MD, medical director of infectious ... Flag as irrelevant
	KOSU Respiratory infections in children are beginning to tick up in Oklahoma KOSU Prevention strategies against RSV include handwashing and cleaning often-touched surfaces, such as doorknobs. Oklahoma doctors are beginning to see cases of a common respiratory virus that can be dangerous ... Flag as irrelevant
	Health Policy Watch Exposure to Air Pollution May be a Factor in Obesity in Women Health Policy Watch Across the years of the study, China's economic explosion contributed to a rise in fine particulate matter concentration by 70%. During this time, China's average BMI increased by 11%, while overweight and obesity rates increased from 8.57% to 32.83% and ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Bird flu: Measures to prevent spread in NI announced BBC News More measures to prevent the spread of bird flu in Northern Ireland have been announced by the agriculture minister. From midday, Northern Ireland is once again under Avian Influenza Prevention Zone restrictions. Similar restrictions have been in place ... Flag as irrelevant
	McKnight's Senior Living Dementia: Detection possible 9 years before diagnosis and could lead to earlier interventions, researchers say McKnight's Senior Living Few effective treatments for dementia or other neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease, exist because the conditions often are only diagnosed once symptoms appear. Until now, it was unclear whether it might be possible to detect changes ... Flag as irrelevant
	WESTERNMASSNEWS.com Health Tips Tuesday: experts discuss upcoming flu season WESTERNMASSNEWS.com SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - The CDC has reported 969 flu cases in the country and are urging people six months and older to get the flu shot. Dr. Brian Sutton, medical director at Baystate Health Urgent Care, spoke to Western Mass News about what we ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Tribune Potential new approach to treat long Covid conditions found The Tribune "However, treating the infected mice with a small-molecule synthetic peptide, patented as SPIKENET, prevented the binding of spike protein. That significantly reduced disease progression and pathological changes to the brain, heart, lungs, and other organs ... Flag as irrelevant
	CodeBlue Does Your Joint Hurt? Here's How to Relieve Arthritic Pain – Dr Cheah Chee Ken CodeBlue For people with arthritis, even the simplest everyday action such as standing up or bending over can cause immense pain. While it is widely known that arthritis presents itself more often in older people, people in their 20s can also develop arthritis, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Contemporary Pediatrics What is the latest news in COVID-19 vaccines? Contemporary Pediatrics As COVID-19 continues to spread, vaccinations remain available to protect children from severe disease, hospitalization, and death. Vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus are the best tools for providing protection against serious disease, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Inside Precision Medicine Research Links Air Pollution to Worse Outcomes in Lung Disease Patients Inside Precision Medicine A study led by University of Pittsburgh researchers shows a significant link between air pollution exposure and faster disease progression and death in patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease (fILD). The study also adds weight to previous ... Flag as irrelevant
	1 News Scientists make new Covid variant with 80% kill rate in mice 1 News To do this, scientists at Boston University's biosafety 4 research lab attached the more immune evading Omicron spike protein to the "backbone" of an original Covid virus from the start of the pandemic. " ... Flag as irrelevant
	CHEK Study warns of potential health-care strain posed by long COVID patients CHEK A new study finds long COVID significantly increased doctor visits, home-care needs and hospitalizations for a small proportion of Ontarians infected early in the pandemic. Researchers say that doesn't bode well for a health-care system that was ... Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net Study explores the effect of COVID-19 on platelet function News-Medical.net The coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic that emerged in Wuhan, China, in late December 2019 spread rapidly throughout the world and has caused over 6.5 million deaths. The disease is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ... Flag as irrelevant
	TheCable Study: Women who use hair relaxer at higher risk of womb cancer TheCable A new study by researchers in the USA states that women who use chemical hair straightening products are at higher risk of developing uterine cancer. Uterine cancer, also known as womb cancer, is a type of cancer that develops from the tissues of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Liverpool Echo Warning over new top covid symptom as sore throat no longer most common sign Liverpool Echo Experts have warned for new symptoms to look out for as cases of coronavirus are on the rise again. Previously loss sense of smell and taste and a sore throat have been the most common symptoms. But now experts are saying that that has changed. Flag as irrelevant
	CTV News Long COVID has led to greater use of strained hospitals, and it could get worse: study CTV News The impact of long COVID-19 on already-strained hospital systems is significant, with patients who were adversely affected by the disease spending extended time in hospital and using emergency resources that are few and far between, according to a new ... Flag as irrelevant
	The San Diego Union-Tribune County warns of severe and early flu season, as schools report surges of students out sick The San Diego Union-Tribune Flu season is hitting hard and early, county experts warn, as schools and hospitals are already seeing elevated numbers of respiratory illness cases. County health experts urged people to get their flu shot now, and don't wait. For the record:. Flag as irrelevant

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