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Does Obesity Blunt Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation? "Further studies are warranted to determine the optimal dose or circulating vitamin D level for individuals with obesity for nonskeletal health-related outcomes," adds Bachmann, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism at Vanderbilt University ...
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Is It Time for Yet Another COVID Booster? It's Complicated Meanwhile, infectious disease experts have widely differing views on what the vaccination landscape of 2023 and beyond should look like. Among the areas of disagreement are how effective the bivalent vaccine is, which people most need another shot, and ...
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COVID Dramatically Increases Death Risk During Pregnancy: Study Jan. 17, 2023 – Women infected with COVID-19 during pregnancy are seven times more likely to die during childbirth or during the pregnancy than uninfected pregnant women, a new study shows. The new report also warns of many other severe complications ...
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Type 2 Diabetes: How Nitrates in Meat and Other Foods Can Increase Risk Experts point out, however, that some nitrates and nitrites, such as those found in vegetables, can help improve blood pressure as well as gut health. Consumption of foods and drinks containing nitrates and ...
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Stress-Tolerant Cells Drive Tumor Initiation in Pancreatic Cancer Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), School of Medicine have discovered a molecular pathway critical to the initiation of pancreatic tumors. The mechanism could also contribute to the disease's high resistance to chemotherapy ...
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Sleep and COVID: Sleep-related symptoms, 'transient' vaccine-related side effects and more Gurubhagavatula: Sleep is an important modulator of the immune system; healthy sleep allows for a healthy balance between pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory molecules to generate a robust immune response to infection or vaccination. Sleep disorders, ...
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Why Is a Fit Swimmer Breathless and Coughing Up Blood? Based on her history of acute shortness of breath when swimming in cold water while wearing a wet suit, along with pulmonary edema without evidence of aspiration or structural cardiac disease, and her quick recovery, she was diagnosed with swimming-induced ...
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Macular Degeneration: These Two Diseases May Be Behind Condition Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) can lead to varying stages of vision loss. · A new study has indicated how two natural deposits, drusen and SSDs, influence AMD's development.
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Can you get COVID and the flu at the same time? If you're like most Americans, someone in your family or social circle is sick right now with COVID, flu, a cold or RSV. With the rolling waves of sickness hitting many households, some people are wondering: Could I have caught more than one of these ...
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Follow These Simple Steps to Improve Your Gut Health The gut microbiome refers specifically to the microbes in your intestines, notably the large intestine. These microbes help us metabolize food we can't digest, boosts our immune function and controls inflammation. They also generate ...
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Could Hearing Aids Lower Your Odds for Dementia? By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, Jan. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Could losing your hearing as you age be a harbinger of dementia? Maybe, suggests new research that found that older people who had trouble hearing were more ...
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Regular Use of Vitamin D Supplements Linked to Lower Risk of Skin Cancer Researchers found a lower rate of melanoma and other skin cancers among patients who reported taking vitamin D supplements regularly. However, the researchers could not confirm a causal link between vitamin D supplementation and skin cancer risk.
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Sublingual Ketamine Demonstrated to Be Safe, Effective for Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression Prior literature has suggested ketamine may be an alternative pharmacological intervention for patients with depression. It is often delivered via intravenous (IV) infusion, but IV is not cost effective and requires presence in a medical setting.
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Reducing overall calories may promote weight loss more effectively than intermittent fasting, AHA study finds Calorie restriction may be more effective at promoting weight loss than intermittent fasting, based on findings from a multisite study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Researchers at three major health care systems -- Johns ...
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Screening for SMA in Newborns Alleviates Functional Burden, Associated Comorbidities A study found that screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in newborns paired with early access to disease-modifying therapies was effective in alleviating the burden and comorbidities of the disease.
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Intranasal Mometasone, Saline Effective as Nonsurgical Options for Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children Affecting at least 12% of otherwise healthy children, obstructive SDB is characterized by snoring and difficulty breathing during sleep. SDB is linked with significant morbidity, particularly in the areas of cognitive function, behavior, and cardiovascular ...
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Study: Most Long COVID-19 Symptoms Resolve Within a Year After Mild Infection In addition, researchers found that vaccinated individuals had a lower risk of breathing difficulties—the most common symptom to develop after mild infection—compared with unvaccinated individuals. These findings suggest that, although long COVID- ...
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Stress-Tolerant Cells Drive Tumor Initiation in Pancreatic Cancer Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered a molecular pathway critical to the initiation of pancreatic tumors. The mechanism could also contribute to the disease's high resistance to chemotherapy and its ...
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Potential Molecular Mechanisms That Increase COVID-19 Risk in Lung Cancer Highlighted A team of Brazilian investigators wrote that genes associated with SARS-CoV-2 entry have variable expression in patients with lung cancer. They also identified 22 lung genes that are differentially expressed in both lung cancer and COVID-19, among other ...
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Moderna says its RSV vaccine for older adults is 84% effective at preventing serious illness Adult patients in the clinical trial appeared to tolerate the vaccine well and there were no safety concerns identified, the data showed. The company said it will ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approval in ...
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Nitrite Additive Exposure Linked to Increased Type 2 Diabetes Risk A higher exposure to both foods and water-originated and additives-originated nitrites was associated with higher T2D risk, showing no potential benefits of their use. Advertisement.
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Blood Test May Determine Which Patients With CRC Need Chemo After Surgery The researchers measured circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), which is cancer DNA that is found in the blood stream, in 1,039 patients with stage 2 through 4 resectable colorectal cancer. ctDNA levels were tested before and ...
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Eating more foods with nitrites or nitrates may increase risk for type 2 diabetes "In the meantime, several public health authorities worldwide already recommend citizens to limit their consumption of foods containing controversial additives, including sodium nitrite." Consuming foods with ...
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Vaccination Gets a Boost When People Know Their Neighbors Are Doing it AUSTIN, Texas — One of the largest international surveys ever conducted shows people are more willing to get a COVID-19 vaccination when they are told about how many other people in their community plan to get one. The global survey, which appeared in ...
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Bakewell bird flu outbreak prompts protection zone New cases of avian flu have been reported in captive birds in part of Derbyshire, a government agency has confirmed. The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), said the highly pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 was detected at a premises near Bakewell.
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6 minutes of HIIT may help delay onset of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's New research has found that exercise, particularly short bursts of high intensity exercise can increase the amount of neuroprotective brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the body. The study found that high intensity exercise ...
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Bedside Prognostic Tool Identifies Infants at Risk for Cerebral Palsy A new prognostic model for identification of term-born neonates at increased risk for cerebral palsy (CP) may have brought better outcomes through early intervention one step closer. The model, based on 12 clinical variables, improved the prediction of ...
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Improving your Gut Health in the New Year "Gut health is important because it harnesses 80% of our immune boosting cells," said Julia Zumpano, RD, registered dietitian for Cleveland Clinic. "So most of our immune system is in our gut. Our gut is responsible for digesting food, and gut health can ...
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"Virivores" discovered: Microbes that survive on a virus-only diet Viruses are protein-wrapped genetic material that can only replicate within hosts. In the first study of its kind, researchers report that certain microbes can eat viruses and grow their populations on a virus-only diet. Termed "virivory," this newly ...
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5 Ways to Get More Movement Throughout the Day When it comes to health and longevity, consistent daily movement might be just as important as full-on workouts. By Emily ...
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Woman shares warning over fears skin cancer was triggered by manicure Video above: Here's how infections from manicures happen. For one woman, what was supposed to be a relaxing trip to the nail salon didn't go quite as expected, and doctors believe a bad manicure caused her to develop cancer under her fingernail.
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High demand for diabetes drug helps treat other illnesses, leads to shortage GLASGOW, Ky. (WBKO) - The United States is experiencing a number of shortages in medical supplies and medicines. A drug used to treat diabetes is perhaps among the greatest shortage. According to Kentucky Health News, the number of people living with ...
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CDC: Childhood vaccination rates drop second year in row (WXYZ) — For the second year in a row, the percentage of children vaccinated for measles, mumps, and rubella dropped. That's according to the Centers for Disease Control. Everyone agrees it's important to have these discussions with a pediatrician you ...
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Mobile Genes From the Mother Shape the Baby's Microbiome Tiny genetic sequences in a mother's bacteria seem to hop into the infant's bacteria, perhaps ensuring a healthy microbiome later in life. Read Later. Illustration of a mother holding an infant, with strands of DNA running between the bacteria.
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Covid will 'taunt us' for years, says UK health security chief The NHS has come under record pressure as it copes with the worst flu season for several years combined with fresh coronavirus outbreaks which have caused hospitalisation rates to rise sharply. However, both the number of confirmed flu ...
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Acadiana experiencing a shortage of pediatric medicine Pharmacies in Acadiana are seeing a shortage in pediatric medications used to combat symptoms of the flu and RSV even as influenza rates decrease to moderate levels. Pharmacists say they don't see supply fulfilling the demand soon.
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The new 'Kraken' strain of COVID-19 is more transmissible: What Sioux Falls doctors need you to know A new COVID-19 variant that's more transmissible has made its way through the country, and it's expected to ramp up in South Dakota in the coming weeks, Sanford Health and Avera Health officials warn. But they aren't hitting the panic button yet as ...
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Atopic Eczema Significantly Associated With Excessive Scarring in New UK Analysis Using data from the UK Biobank, potential correlations were investigated between excessive skin scarring outcomes arising from comorbidities among 230,000-plus European individuals. Advertisement.
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Exploring bioinformatics approach for evaluating binding affinities of probable COVID-19 therapeutic decoys In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers developed a computational workflow based on molecular dynamic (MD) simulations and artificial neural network (ANN) to assess the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ...
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Future COVID-19 control will require vaccines that induce better mucosal immunity In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers in France explored the relationship between long-term immunoglobulin (Ig)-A response to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and taste and smell disorders.
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How to protect long-term cognitive health Certain hearing loss has been linked to cognitive decline, says Healthline. Researchers in Italy concluded that people with central hearing loss had a higher risk of mild cognitive impairment than those with no hearing loss or peripheral hearing loss.
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New Guidelines On Childhood Obesity Are Met With Some Resistance The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently released updated clinical guidelines on the management of obesity in children. In 1998, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) designated obesity as a chronic illness. And in 2013, the American Medical ...
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Woman claims she got HPV-related cancer after nail salon visit A California woman is speaking out after a routine manicure resulted in her developing an infection that turned into a form of cancer that can be cured, especially when caught early. Grace Garcia shared her experience on social media last month.
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Gestational diabetes could be detected early and prevented via microbiome analysis Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) markers, including microbiota, can serve as targets for early diagnostics and therapeutic intervention and prevention, according to new research. Furthermore the report published in 'BMJ Gut Microbiota' poses that ...
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The "Great Escape" by SARS-CoV-2 XBB.1 This exercise could prove fruitful in identifying SARS-CoV-2 strains for the next-generation coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines.
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How Long Is the Flu Contagious? Nora Tossounian, M.D.. Incidents of the flu dropped off during the COVID-19 pandemic due to social distancing and other precautionary measures. But as people resume their normal activities ...
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Virginia Beach Health Department to Host Free Mpox and COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic Mpox is a rare contagious rash illness caused by the monkeypox virus. The virus is in the same family of viruses as the virus that causes smallpox. Monkeypox causes milder illness than smallpox, but some symptoms can be severe. The monkeypox virus can ...
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MRI guidance reduces side effects of prostate cancer radiotherapy Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is an established treatment for prostate cancer. It involves delivering large daily doses of precisely targeted radiation in five or fewer fractions, traditionally using either planar X-ray or cone-beam CT images ...
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Learning healthy habits that will last a lifetime As a former personal trainer, I had a love-hate relationship with January. · When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, I failed to meet my own fitness and lifestyle goals. · But all these things — exercise, hobbies, activities — are related to much more than how well ...
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Short Bouts of High-Intensity Exercise May Help Prevent Alzheimer's Disease Short sessions of high-intensity exercise may be just the thing to keep the brain healthy. The scientists behind a recent study in New Zealand found that about six minutes of intensive physical activity performed on a regular basis may provide ...
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