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CDC warns of rise in invasive Strep A cases among children The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of an increase in severe infections involving the Group A streptococcus bacteria, also known as Strep A, among children. There has been a "recent increase in pediatric invasive group A ...
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Nasal Cell Damage Linked to COVID Loss of Smell: Study Dec. 22, 2022 – Researchers now know why some people recover their loss of smell after COVID-19 and some do not. A new study, published Wednesday in the journal Science Translational Medicine, shows that for some people, their body's immune response ...
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Study Links Smoking to Memory Loss, Cognitive Decline Dec. 22, 2022 -- Researchers have found yet another reason why you shouldn't smoke, and if you do, why you should quit. People who smoke are more likely to report memory problems and cognitive decline in midlife, a study from Ohio State University ...
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How to stay safe from COVID, flu while traveling for the holidays The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has five steps for preventing the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses while traveling.
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A new kind of blood test can screen for many cancers — as some pregnant people learn Over the last decade, this kind of genetic test has become the go-to method for screening pregnancies for chromosomal abnormalities like Down syndrome, and it's reduced the number of invasive amniocentesis procedures dramatically. Aukstikalnis hoped ...
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Following a Mediterranean diet during pregnancy has lots of benefits, study finds A new study found that following the Mediterranean diet in pregnancy can reduces risk of preeclampsia, gestational diabetes and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Black Pregnant Woman Holding Bowl ...
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NIH researchers use 3D bioprinting to create eye tissue The research team from the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, printed a combination of cells that form the outer blood-retina barrier—eye tissue that supports the retina's light-sensing photoreceptors.
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Hints That Deep Brain Stimulation Might Ease Alzheimer's Symptoms Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an established treatment for several medical conditions, including epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and obsessive-compulsive disorder. It involves implanting electrodes in certain areas of the brain to deliver electrical pulses ...
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Genetic Variant's Impact on Alzheimer's Risk Linked to PTSD and Head Trauma Scientists report that traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and the ε4 variant of the APOE gene showed strong associations with Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias (ADRD) in a study of veterans led by Mark Logue, PhD, ...
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Diabetes med Ozempic in short supply as Americans use it for weight loss Elon Musk swears by the weight-loss drug Wegovy, and Kim Kardashian is rumored to have used it to shed 16 pounds in three weeks to squeeze into a vintage gown once worn by Marylin Monroe. But the intense public demand for Wegovy has triggered a ...
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BioNTech initiates clinical trial of mRNA-based malaria vaccine candidate BNT165b1 is the first vaccine candidate from BioNTech's malaria project, which aims to develop a highly effective mRNA vaccine as well as establish vaccine production in Africa.
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Have high blood pressure? New study says drinking too much coffee could raise risk of death Researchers came to their conclusion by observing over 18,000 people – 12,035 women and 6,574 men – at the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for Evaluation of Cancer Risk. The participants ages ranged from 40 to 79 years old when ...
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An animal tranquilizer is showing up in the nation's illicit drug supply More than 40% of street drug samples tested in Rhode Island contained the animal tranquilizer xylazine, according to a new analysis out of Brown University. It's the latest sign that the drug, which causes sedation and can lead to skin infections and ...
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Mosquitoes Mutating to Avoid Pesticides, Researchers Say A mosquito species known for carrying disease -- aedes aegypti -- has developed mutations at a high rate, according to researchers at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Japan. Researchers looked at mosquitoes in areas of Vietnam and Cambodia ...
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Regular mammograms cut the risk of dying from breast cancer in half. Here's what to expect at yours But if you have any number of risk factors, including family history, previous breast biopsies, atypical cells and/or dense breast tissue, you may need to get a mammogram sooner. Early detection is especially ...
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Head trauma, PTSD may increase genetic variant's impact on Alzheimer's risk In a study of Veterans led by Dr. Mark Logue, a statistician in the National Center for PTSD at the VA Boston Healthcare System, researchers concluded that PTSD, TBI, and the ε4 variant of the APOE gene show strong associations with Alzheimer's disease ...
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Mosquitoes highly resistant to insecticides found in Vietnam and Cambodia Insects such as mosquitoes carry a host of infectious diseases, ranging from dengue and yellow fever to the Zika virus and malaria. So scientists have developed a host of chemicals aimed at killing or repelling mosquitoes, most of which are called ...
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Elderly Covid Patients Fill Hospital Wards in China's Major Cities Elderly patients lined the wards of hospitals in major cities in China on Thursday as the country battled a wave of COVID-19 cases. The virus is surging across the vast Asian nation in an outbreak authorities say is impossible to track after the end of ...
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How to celebrate the holidays with higher flu, COVID, RSV levels AUSTIN (KXAN) — Many people will be ringing in the holiday season surrounded by friends, family and loved ones. But with colder temperatures in the forecast and higher transmission levels of COVID-19, the flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) ...
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'Tripledemic' causing children's medicine shortage. Here's how to protect your kids at home SEATTLE — Parents across the country are still facing empty shelves as they search for the medications they need to treat their sick children as the flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID-19 continue to spread.
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Mediterranean diet linked to lower risk of preeclampsia in pregnancies Some of the other pregnancy complications researchers studied were gestational diabetes, hypertension, stillbirth, premature birth and low birth weight in babies. The study found mothers with high Mediterranean diet scores also had a 37 percent ...
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IBD: Common red food coloring may cause intestinal inflammation, colitis In a recent study, researchers investigated the effects of a commonly used food dye, "Allura Red," on intestinal inflammation and whether it could cause inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and colitis. Using an animal model, they found that chronic but ...
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Researchers may have cracked long-term smell loss from COVID RALEIGH, N.C. — Last February, Ruth Sheehan recovered from a COVID-19 infection that took away her sense of smell. Nearly two years later, her olfactory world is still dark. The smells of perfume, the Thanksgiving turkey, subtle food seasoning and ...
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Washington DOH urges precautions as state sees higher rates of flu deaths Washingtonians aged six months and older are encouraged to get their flu shot as soon as possible. DOH said the flu vaccine prevents individuals from getting severe illness and being hospitalized if they contract the flu virus.
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Merck's COVID pill does not cut hospitalisation, death rates in many vaccinated adults – study By Natalie Grover. LONDON (Reuters) – Merck & Co Inc's COVID antiviral molnupiravir speeds up recovery but does not reduce the hospitalisation or death rate in higher-risk vaccinated adults, detailed data from a large study showed on Thursday.
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Why do heart attacks go up in winter? Does the degree of cold matter? Now air pollution has emerged as a risk factor along with stress, food and hectic lifestyle. Ahmedabad-based Dr Sameer Dani, Director, Cardiology Services, Apollo CVHF Heart Institute, has done many comparative surveys and cautions about increased ...
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Brits told not to see elderly relatives at Christmas if you have cough or cold Dr Mary Ramsay, director of public health programmes at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), said: "We are seeing a rise in cases and hospital admissions for both flu and Covid-19 as people continue to mix indoors this winter.
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Inflammation after COVID may cause loss of smell, new study finds The research, published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine, found it has to do with inflammation in the olfactory system, which includes the nose and the nasal cavities. That's where our ability to smell is located.
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Kentuckians urged to get flu vaccine Beshear encouraged Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the flu and said that three of the pediatric flu deaths had occurred in the past week. Six children died in the 2019-20 flu season, the most in ...
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Exploring plasma and nasal antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination In a recent study published in eBioMedicine, researchers evaluated plasma and nasal antibody titers responses induced by natural severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccinations ...
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Common Food Dye May Trigger Bowel Diseases Key Points: A new study finds long-term consumption of Allura Red food dye can potentially trigger inflammatory bowel diseases. Allura Red food dye was shown to alter the microbiota composition in the gut, leading to increased susceptibility to colitis ...
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COVID-19 vaccination protects people with B cell lymphoma and multiple myeloma People with hematologic malignancies are at greater risk of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2); however, studies exploring the immune response to the COVID-19 vaccine have ...
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Is Massachusetts ready for a 'tripledemic?' ERs overflowing with RSV, flu, COVID In recent weeks, other respiratory illnesses — the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, and the flu — are also rising nationwide. "Everything is happening at an accelerated pace," Dr. Huan Ngo, chief medical officer at Signature Healthcare Brockton, said ...
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Alzheimer's researchers study genes in Puerto Rican and Latino families They have found that in Puerto Rico, people have a higher propensity for the disease and part of the reason could be a genetic variant they have uncovered. A doctor looks at PET brain scans in Phoenix on Aug. 14, 2018. A doctor looks at PET brain scans ...
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How to prevent cervical cancer: Vaccinate early and go for follow-up screenings 'The best is to give the vaccination before sexual debut. But in case women are already exposed and are sexually active, the vaccine will protect them against strains to which they have not been exposed,' says Dr Niti Kautish, Director and Head, Department ...
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Vaccination protects blood cancer patients against serious illness from SARS-CoV2 People suffering from blood cancer often have a weak immune system, putting them at higher risk of falling seriously ill with COVID-19. Some cancer therapies, moreover, result in these patients forming few or no antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 after ...
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Gene therapy cures kids with rare "bubble-boy" disease in new trial A rare genetic disease that renders children without a functioning immune system from birth has been effectively cured by an experimental gene therapy. A new study is reporting on the first 10 children treated with the therapy, all of whom are now ...
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Five more children die from invasive Strep A as scarlet fever cases jump to almost 30000 New data shows that there have been 27,486 cases of scarlet fever across the UK in the period running from September 12 to December 18, one of the infections caused by Group A Strep bacteria. This is compared ...
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Why adult cold medicine is not good for children But this is the wrong move. Medical experts say that under no circumstance should parents give adult doses or cut up adult medications to give to children. "Adult medicine has not been necessarily tested or approved for ...
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BioNTech starts malaria trial in new test for mRNA vaccines The malaria vaccine is one of many new shots BioNTech is testing on patients as the biotech company uses the proceeds from the Covid-19 vaccine it developed with Pfizer Inc to push forward a broad pipeline of experimental drugs. Rival Moderna Inc. has also ...
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The key symptoms that tell you if you have Covid, Strep A, a cold or the flu flu-like symptoms, such as a high temperature, swollen glands or an aching body · sore throat (strep throat or tonsillitis) · a rash that feels rough, like sandpaper (scarlet fever) · scabs and sores (impetigo) · pain and swelling (cellulitis) · severe muscle ...
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Scarlet fever infections rise to nearly 30 000, UKHSA reports NHS services are under huge pressure this winter, but please visit NHS.UK, or contact 111 online or your GP surgery, if your child has symptoms of scarlet fever or 'strep throat' so they can be assessed for treatment.".
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Strep A: At least 24 children have now died from invasive illness, new figures show News of an increase in child deaths due to Strep A comes as infections from the disease are driving "near record" demand for NHS 111 services. Data has shown there were 721,301 calls to NHS 111 ...
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Could it be food dye that's wrecking your gut and giving you IBS? A new study has reveals that common food dyes can trigger inflammatory bowel disease. Researchers from the McMaster University in Canada have conducted a study into inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) revealing that our household food ...
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Warning to not see elderly relatives at Christmas if you have a cough or cold Many of the symptoms of a common cold are also those of Covid - and there is still a serious risk if the vulnerable or elderly catch it. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) added that while invasive strep A infections remain rare there have now been a ...
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Diabetes: Know how to treat cold and cough if you are diabetic Keeping a check on blood sugar levels is important when you have any type of illness. Check your blood sugars at least four times a day. Don't avoid taking the diabetic medicines prescribed to you while you are ill.
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WHO updates recommendations on HPV vaccination schedule Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization-WHO has updated its recommendations for the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine calling for one dose for girls and young women aged between nine and twenty years.
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Cases of avian influenza are on the rise Highly pathogenic avian influenza cases recorded in Europe among poultry and water birds have risen since the summer. According to the latest reporthttps://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/7786# by EFSA, the European Centre for Disease Prevention ...
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Glass Frogs Hide Blood In Their Liver To Become See-Through While Sleeping Glass frogs are camouflage specialists. As nocturnal animals, they sleep all day on bright green leaves against which their translucent bodies are almost impossible to see, protecting them from predation. Now, new research outlines the physiological ...
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"Hairpins" made of artificial DNA clasp and kill cancer Researchers in Japan have demonstrated a promising new cancer treatment. The team developed artificial DNA sequences shaped like hairpins that latch onto molecules overexpressed in cancer and trigger a strong immune response.
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