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Measles outbreak in central Ohio grows to more than 50 children, driven by 'lack of vaccination' None of the children had been fully vaccinated against measles. Since the start of the outbreak in November, at least 58 measles cases have been identified in Columbus and Franklin, Ross and Richland counties, and ...
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Could Giving People Cash Help Them Lose Weight? Dec. 6, 2022 -- As the nation continues to struggle with mass obesity, can paying people to lose weight help more than other incentives? A new study in JAMA Internal Medicine says it can. Participants in the study who were offered cash to lose weight ...
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Why Do We Get More Colds in Winter? Blame Your Nose Dec. 6, 2022 – A new study finally offers evidence of why we are more likely to get viral infections in the winter. The results may seem obvious: Because it's colder. But the key is that your nose knows it's colder, and that reduces its immune response ...
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Could Bacteria in Your Gut Help Spur Depression? While depression is complex, recent research has been pointing to a role for bacteria that dwell in the gut -- suggesting that certain bacterial strains might feed depression symptoms, while others might be protective.
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Eating Lots of 'Ultra-Processed' Foods Could Harm Your Brain By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, Dec. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Chips, pizza, cookies: Delicious, but a diet full of ultra-processed foods like these may contribute to brain deterioration, researchers report.
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Eating 400 calories a day from these foods could raise your dementia risk by over 20% More than half of the calories consumed by Americans come from this high-risk food group, which is associated with cognitive decline, cancer and heart disease. A new study adds to the growing body of research suggesting ultra-processed foods are ...
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Flu Returns to Campus With a Vengeance Influenza outbreaks have always been of particular concern on college campuses, where close-quarters living, crowded lecture halls and fluid social circles make airborne transmission especially easy. But the past two flu seasons were almost nonexistent ...
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Survey Finds Many US Adults Were Not Prepared for Severity of Current Flu Season The CDC estimates that the current flu season has caused at least 6.2 million illnesses, 53,000 hospitalizations, and 2900 flu-related deaths. The current hospitalization rate is the highest observed this early in a flu season since 2010-2011, according to ...
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Researchers report 'striking similarities' in brains of aging adults, people with COVID-19 Changes in gene expression patterns in the brain associated with natural aging also were observed in the brains of those with severe COVID-19, prompting researchers to emphasize the need for neurological follow-up in recovered individuals.
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There's a Shortage of Cold and Flu Meds for Kids: What Parents Can Do The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) along with parents and pharmacists are reporting that medications to treat children's ear infections, sore throats, influenza, and common upper respiratory illnesses are becoming hard to find.
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Can you tell the difference between RSV and the flu? Here's what you need to know. After several weeks of a brutal respiratory virus season, parents of young children may finally get a reprieve: RSV cases appear to be declining in the state. Still, with the holidays around the corner, doctors worry about potential surges of influenza ...
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As avian influenza outbreak worsens, local farms remain cautious Despite the natural beauty, wild birds are an increasing danger to local farms like Bellow's. Ducks, geese, and other waterfowl are the primary carriers of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or avian flu for short, a virus that is quickly spreading through ...
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Oregon's Hospitals Are Struggling With Weeks To Go In Respiratory Illness Season Across the state, a health care system that has largely risen to the challenge of managing more than 100 young children hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus is facing a new stress test: a sharp increase in adult patients with the flu and ...
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California hospitals running low on beds for children as flu activity surges Not all Sacramento-area hospitals have licensed pediatric beds, so they try to stabilize the patients and get them into a hospital that does. While California hospitals have been adding ...
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Can a Healthy Lifestyle Prevent IBD? Adopting and maintaining a healthy lifestyle may prevent inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to findings from an analysis of three prospective U.S. cohort studies, which were validated in three external European cohorts.
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Which diabetes drugs can lead to weight loss and by how much? Though not discussed as much as other chronic illnesses, obesity is actually the mother of all diseases. Adults are considered obese when their body mass index (BMI) is above a particular cut-off. For Indians, the cut-offs in kg/m2 are 23-24.9 for ...
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Local health officials concerned about the rise in flu cases, offer vaccination event KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department is reminding residents to get vaccinated to slow the spread of influenza virus within the community, especially during the holidays. The latest CDC data on flu activity ...
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Statewide flu activity level rises as available pediatric ICU beds decrease "RSV and flu, and now COVID-19, are on the rise — leading to the hospitalization of our youngest and most vulnerable Californians who need all of us to help protect them," said State Public Health Officer and CDPH Director Dr. Tomás Aragón.
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The US has never recorded this many positive flu tests in one week An important reason for the convergence of these viral waves: low population-wide levels of antibodies against many common colds and the flu. Pandemic-era preventive measures delayed first-time infections among many children — ...
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Gut microbiome-wide association study of depressive symptoms These bacteria are known to be involved in the synthesis of glutamate, butyrate, serotonin and gamma amino butyric acid (GABA), which are key neurotransmitters for depression. Our study suggests that the gut microbiome composition may play a key role in ...
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Let's Leave the Oil — and the 'Zombie Viruses' — Under the Permafrost Vast stretches of permafrost are melting as the Earth's polar regions warm, thawing ancient viruses and bacteria that had remained frozen for tens of thousands of years. Behind the lurid headlines about "zombie viruses," there's some fascinating ...
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Thousands of genetic variants may influence smoking and alcohol use Whether we smoke or drink alcohol can be influenced by various factors, including social situations and public health policies. Our genetics have also been thought to influence such behaviours, says Dajiang Liu at the Penn State College of Medicine.
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Children in contact with Strep A may get antibiotics Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Professor Smytdh said Strep A was quite common, but can give rise to serious illness. "What we do know is Strep A is quite a common infection. For the ...
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New Blood Test Can Identify Toxic Protein Years Before Alzheimer's Symptoms Appear Researchers have developed a new laboratory test that can measure levels of a "toxic" protein that is highly correlated with developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) years before any symptoms of cognitive impairment appear. Published on December 5 in ...
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Your gut bacteria may play a key role in whether you have symptoms of depression This may lead to the development of novel treatments for various neuropsychiatric disorders including depression. The researchers from Oxford Population Health investigated the relationship between the gut microbiome composition and diversity, and symptoms ...
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Health department: COVID-19, flu causing more hospitalizations in Billings Hospitalizations in Billings rose in November due to respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19 and influenza, RiverStone Health officials said Tuesday. In addition, Yellowstone County's COVID-19 death toll rose to 597 after RiverStone, the county's ...
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Brains With More Vitamin D Function Better Summary: Older adults with cognitive decline who have higher levels of vitamin D in their brains had better cognitive function than their peers with lower levels of vitamin D. Source: Tufts University. An estimated 55 million people worldwide live with ...
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Galveston County teen first flu-related pediatric death this season, officials say The victim was a male in the age range of 15 to 17 years old; he was not vaccinated against the flu and had pre-existing medical conditions, health officials said. "We ...
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'Zombie' viruses have been revived from Siberian permafrost. Could they infect people? Researchers have isolated viable microbes from melting permafrost after tens of thousands of years. But don't worry; they infect only amoebas.
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Severe COVID-19 linked with brain aging In a series of experiments, scientists at Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical found that patients with severe COVID-19 exhibit a drop in cognitive performance that mimics accelerated aging. Primarily a respiratory disease, ...
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Inhaling fumes, dust in workplace may increase rheumatoid arthritis risk: study Breathing in such particles — from agents such as vapors, gasses and solvents — may also exacerbate the impacts of smoking and genetic susceptibility to the autoimmune disease, according to the study, published in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases.
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Narcan Maker Gets Fast-Tracked for Over-the-Counter Nasal Spray Emergent BioSolutions Inc., maker of Narcan, a nasal-spray form of naloxone, said Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fast-tracked an application it submitted for an over-the-counter version of its widely used opioid-reversal nasal spray ...
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Six-month-old Oakland County kitten euthanized after becoming infected with rabies The kitten, which was not vaccinated, was found as a stray six weeks before it was diagnosed with rabies, a viral disease that is commonly spread through rabid animal bites. Thanksgiving and ...
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New study finds the pandemic physically aged teens' brains "It's the first demonstration of physical alterations in the brain as a function of experiencing the pandemic," said Stanford professor, Ian Gotlib. Author: Shannon Handy. Published ...
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Seaweed molecules could lead to big improvements for heart surgery patients Fucoidan, a natural material derived from seaweed, may be able to boost cardiac surgery outcomes, according to a new analysis published in Bioactive Materials.[1] The research is still limited to small animal models thus far, but the study's authors ...
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