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Monkeypox may spread before symptoms start, study suggests It also has important implications for how to contain outbreaks of the infection, particularly those that spring up within sexual networks. The research is published in the medical journal The BMJ. Bill Hanage, an epidemiologist ...
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The RSV Surge You're reading the Virus Briefing newsletter. A comprehensive guide to the latest news and expert analysis on the coronavirus pandemic and other outbreaks. Get it sent to your inbox.
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Exercise Later in the Day for Better Blood Glucose Control? Katarina Kos, MD, PhD, senior lecturer in diabetes and obesity, University of Exeter, UK, said: "This study is novel in that it relates the timing of physical activity if performed in the morning, afternoon, or evening to insulin resistance and fat content ...
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STEP TEENS: Semaglutide 'Gives Hope' to Adolescents With Obesity Attendees at ObesityWeek® 2022 listened with much excitement to the results of the STEP TEENS phase 3 trial of once-weekly subcutaneous semaglutide 2.4 mg (Wegovy) in adolescents 12- to < 18 years old with obesity. When a session panel member said that ...
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Top Medical Groups, Hospitals Urge Better Access to Lung Cancer Screening By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Screening tests routinely catch cases of breast and colon cancer early, but a screening test for lung cancer is sorely underused in high-risk people and that ...
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Obesity Could Speed Disability When MS Strikes By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity is never healthy, and that may be especially true for people who also develop multiple sclerosis. Obese people with MS are likely to see the ...
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Trial Shows Weight-Loss Drug Works in Teens Though another drug approved for use in adolescents with obesity exists, semaglutide is the "most highly effective anti-obesity medication for teens," Kelly contended. The drug was ...
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New aortic disease guideline stresses team approach, family screenings, earlier surgery An updated guideline on the diagnosis and management of aortic disease focuses on the importance of a multidisciplinary aortic team, as well as surgical intervention considerations and the importance of genetic and familial screenings.
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'Concerning' Malaria Surge After Asian Mosquito Invades African City SEATTLE -- Early this year an alarming surge of malaria was reported out of Dire Dawa, a small urban center in Ethiopia, sparking enough concern that the Ethiopian government called in a research team to determine what was causing the uptick.
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Study Links Vaping With Reduced Cardiovascular Function A pair of new analyses found that adults who regularly used electronic nicotine delivery devices have concerning changes in heart and blood vessel function with significantly worse results on exercise stress testing vs those who do not use nicotine ...
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RSV cases keep rising in NJ But there's finally hope for a vaccine. For most healthy people, RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, is a cold-like nuisance. But for the very young, the elderly and people with certain health problems, it can be serious, even life-threatening.
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Pregnant? Get your flu shot and COVID booster Public health officials are warning of a "twindemic," and say pregnant people may be at increased risk because many are not fully vaccinated. As the winter months and holiday season approach, people will be gathering in large groups and traveling, ...
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Drinking low amounts of caffeine during pregnancy may impact child's height, study suggests Even a little bit of caffeine consumption while pregnant may have an impact on a child's height, according to a recently-published analysis by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. Pregnancy comes with all sorts of recommendations on what ...
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Drinking coffee while you're pregnant could make your kids shorter by a few centimeters, a new study says A woman's morning coffee while pregnant—or soda or tea—could result in shorter stature in her children, potentially putting them at risk for obesity and disease later in life, according to a study released Monday. Pregnant women who consume large ...
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National Diabetes Month puts spotlight on 'epidemic' impacting millions November is National Diabetes Month. The campaign aims to bring awareness to a disease that impacts 133 million Americans. Doctors say it is all about prevention and early detection. "Any patient can work with his or her physician to help make the ...
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Health officials report first NC pediatric flu death RALEIGH, N.C. (WBTV) - The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the first pediatric death from flu for the 2022-2023 flu season. A child in the eastern part of the state recently died from complications associated with ...
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American Lung Association urges cancer screening The ALA continues raising awareness about lung cancer screening, as a part of its "Saved By The Scan" campaign. Since the initiative first launched five years ago, the campaign has encouraged thousands of people to get screened and catch the disease early.
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NC DHHS reports first pediatric flu death in two years, urges vaccines The state strongly encouraged the flu vaccine for North Carolinians six months and older, as what is expected to be a severe flu season approaches. Five adults have already died from flu complications this season, the press release said.
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Upstate hospitals give update on flu, RSV cases in South Carolina State health officials say the state has seen widespread flu activity in the first week of flu season for the first time in eight years. SCDHEC Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Linda Bell says they typically don't ...
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Like a "fire in the brain": COVID can cause brain inflammation that mimics Parkinson's symptoms Research shows COVID causes damage similar to Parkinson's disease, but experts may have found a way to shut it off. By Troy Farah. Published November 2, 2022 3:00PM (EDT). Conceptual illustration of inflammation of the brain caused by a virus (Getty ...
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Macomb County boy, 6, dies from RSV amid 'sharp increase' in cases OAKLAND COUNTY, MI – A 6-year-old from Macomb County has died from respiratory syncytial virus, also known as RSV. The Detroit Free Press reports the death occurred at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital at 3:41 a.m. Wednesday. It's the same day the ...
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NC child dies from flu complications; officials urge everyone to get vaccinated "We extend our deepest sympathies to this child's family on this heartbreaking and tragic loss," said State Epidemiologist Dr. Zack Moore. This season, North Carolina has reported five adult flu-associated deaths ...
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Why Pfizer's RSV vaccine success is a big deal, decades in the making Enlarge / An intensive care nurse cares for a patient suffering from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), who is being ventilated in the children's intensive care unit of the Olga Hospital of the Stuttgart Clinic in Germany.
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NHS reports rise in prostate cancer treatments in England The notable surge in treatment can be attributed to the launch of a joint NHS and Prostate Cancer UK initiative, focused on encouraging men to utilise the charity's prostate risk checker tool. NHS chief executive, Amanda Pritchard ...
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Let's talk about unusual diabetes symptoms The symptoms we hear about most often are sometimes called the three polys of diabetes. They are polyuria which is frequent urination; polydipsia which is increased thirst, and polyphagia which is an increased appetite due to loss of glucose and fluids ...
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Preventing lung cancer as part of Lung Cancer Awareness Month The CDC says lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among both men and women in the United States. It kills more than 140,000 people a year in this country. Dr. Sami Jawad, a pulmonologist with Clinch Valley Health says the main line of defense ...
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New guidelines revise how aortic disease is diagnosed and treated The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology have issued new guidelines for diagnosing and managing diseases that affect the body's largest artery, providing recommendations for surgery, imaging, family screening and more.
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Five Patients Are Helping Doctors Crack The Long Covid Mystery One felt her heart would explode out of her chest, another lost her ability to speak, and three others experienced unrelenting fatigue that left them confined to a bed, a bath or a wheelchair for much of each day. The youngest is 23, and the oldest is ...
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Weight loss drug helped teens with obesity lower their BMI, study finds The drug semaglutide, sold under the brand name Wegovy, has been used to treat Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes doctors noticed a side effect of the drug, which works by telling the pancreas to secrete more insulin to control blood sugar. Some patients lost ...
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'Alarming' rise in type 2 diabetes among under 40s The research, commissioned by Diabetes UK and Tesco as part of a joint charitable project to raise awareness of the condition in younger generations, suggests that cases of type 2 diabetes in the under-40s could reach 200,000 in five years.
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Higher viscosity of extracellular fluid enhances cancer dissemination New research findings show how higher viscosity, or resistance to flow, of the extracellular fluid that surrounds cells enables cancer cells to migrate more rapidly from a primary tumor to other sites in the body. We clarified how cells sense and ...
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OC declares health emergency due to viral infections causing rise in pediatric hospitalizations The OC Health Care Agency on Monday said daily emergency room visits are also on the rise in the county. There is no vaccine against RSV, a common respiratory virus that creates cold-like symptoms, but the county wants people to be up to date on COVID-19 ...
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Study assesses symptom trajectories and outcomes in patients with kidney disease Date: October 31, 2022; Source: American Society of Nephrology; Summary: When individuals with varying degrees of chronic kidney disease who were not on dialysis answered annual questionnaires about their symptoms, researchers found that one-third ...
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Grandma's flu vaccine, and yours People 65 and older can get one of three supercharged vaccines: two high-dose vaccines that have up to four times the amount of antigen that triggers the immune response, and one "adjuvanted" vaccine that has the usual amount of antigen plus an adjuvant.
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Vast majority of Australian population has had COVID: Seroprevalence survey Two types of antibodies were tested as part of the research: antibody to the nucleocapsid protein of the virus, which indicates past infection, and antibody to the spike protein, which can indicate past infection and/or vaccination.
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TikTok perpetuates unhealthy diet culture among teens, young adults: study The study is the first of its kind to evaluate the association between disordered eating and body image with TikTok content. Researchers found the majority of problematic posts were created by young, white females, while professional voices did not ...
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November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center focused on getting more Black smokers and former smokers screened. (SACRAMENTO). November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Lung cancer is by far the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women.
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Novo Nordisk Shot Helps Teens Lose Weight, New Study Finds Over 250 million children and adolescents will be overweight or obese by 2030, according to projections from World Obesity Federation. When chronic, those conditions can put people at elevated risk of heart disease, cancer and other dangerous disorders.
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Signs That It's Time for Memory Care "Assisted living facilities offer support for the person, but do not provide full-time medical care. Nursing homes provide medical care, but may not offer specialized dementia care. Knowing the levels of care these different facilities provide can help ...
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Get your flu shot: Toumishey The flu season has begun and local public health officials are encouraging people to get the flu shot. Medical Officer of Health Dr. Ethan Toumishey reported on the situation at a meeting of the Hastings Prince Edward Board of Health on Wednesday.
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TikTok weight loss tip drives type 2 diabetes drug shortage A global supply shortage of GLP-1 agonist drugs - expected to last until next year - has seen manufacturer Lilly ask New Zealand healthcare providers to consider not prescribing Trulicity to new patients.
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Research finds that physical activity in afternoon or evening linked to reduced insulin resistance Such behaviour is linked to an increased risk of developing metabolic diseases including type 2 diabetes (T2D), while earlier research has found that short breaks in sedentary behaviour are associated with an improved cardiometabolic profile. This ...
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Laura Nuttall: Mum says things feel bleak after removed tumour returns The mother of a woman who has lived for four years with a terminal brain cancer diagnosis has said "things feel pretty bleak" after her daughter's tumour grew back within days of being removed. Laura Nuttall, from Barrowford in Lancashire, ...
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"Naked" Self-Amplifying RNA Vaccine Shows Promise As A Booster, Induces Strong Cytotoxic T-Cell Responses RNA vaccines have revolutionized traditional vaccine technologies. The current generation of Covid-19 mRNA vaccines rely on messenger RNA that encodes the viral spike protein encased in a lipid particle injected into the muscle. The results have ...
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Dapagliflozin seen as cost-effective for CKD in the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain In the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain, dapagliflozin with standard therapy is a cost-effective treatment for chronic kidney disease, according to data published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
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Cancer cells move and spread faster in thicker extracellular fluids Experiments in various systems reveal that cancer cells sense, respond to and develop memory of the viscosity of extracellular fluid, with high viscosities increasing cell motility and promoting cancer dissemination.
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Over two-fifths of Brits have chronic pain by mid-40s, study shows Scientists have found that persistent bodily pain at this age is also associated with poor health outcomes in later life – such as being more vulnerable to Covid-19 infection and experiencing depression. The findings, published ...
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