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'The Last Of Us' made us wonder: Could a deadly fungus really cause a pandemic? In the show, climate change has fueled the rise of a new pathogen, which sweeps around the globe infecting humans, turning them into zombies and controlling their brains. The cause of the infection, however ...
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Thrombectomy Benefits Stroke With Large Core Volumes: SELECT Patients had a large ischemic-core volume, defined as an ASPECTS (Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score) of 3 to 5 or a core volume of at least 50 mL on imaging. They were randomly assigned to endovascular thrombectomy plus medical care or ...
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Eat less to live longer, study says, but are the tools measuring longevity accurate? People of normal weight may be able to extend their life span by restricting calories, according to a new study that attempted to measure the pace of aging in people asked to cut their calorie intake by 25% over two years.
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Can Intermittent Fasting Help You Live Longer? During periods of prolonged fasting, calories from the previous meal are exhausted, forcing the body to start burning body fat. Now, a recent study from the University of Utah's Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology hints that intermittent ...
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Fungal infections are becoming more common. Why isn't there a vaccine? Fungal infections are becoming more common in the United States, but unlike illnesses caused by bacteria or viruses, there's no vaccine to protect against a fungal threat. While scientists aren't worried that a fungal infection like the one seen in ...
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US to Test Vaccine in Poultry as Bird Flu Deaths Rise These would be the first vaccine given to poultry to protect against avian influenza in years. Poultry are already vaccinated for diseases like infectious bronchitis, and shots have been licensed for past outbreaks. ADVERTISEMENT.
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Mouse Study Hints at New Treatment for Peanut Allergy But in early experiments, researchers found that the drug protected lab mice from severe allergic reactions to peanuts for more than two weeks. However, animal findings do not always pan out in humans.
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Does All Afib Detected After Stroke Really Have to Trigger Oral Anticoagulation? "The issue for me is that the drugs we use to anticoagulate patients are expensive and have some risk associated with them. So we have to be cautious in prescribing them in a reflexive manner just because a report comes back that 30-second Afib has been ...
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Why don't we have vaccines for fungal infections? Keren Landman is a senior reporter covering public health, emerging infectious diseases, the health workforce, and health justice at Vox. Keren is trained as a physician, researcher, and epidemiologist and has served as a disease detective at the US ...
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Community gardening can decrease your cancer risk — here's how An analysis of data from 145 people who gardened and 146 who did not revealed that the gardeners increased their intake of fiber, spent more time engaged in moderate or vigorous physical activity and experienced reductions in stress and anxiety, ...
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Moderate alcohol consumption linked to lower dementia risk The retrospective cohort study, which included 3,933,382 participants (mean age, 55 years; 51.8% men) from the National Korean Health Insurance database, explored the connection between alcohol consumption patterns and the occurrence of all-cause dementia, ...
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Mpox is simmering south of the border Mexico and most Latin American governments have decided against the mpox vaccination campaign that's helped drive down cases in the U.S. from more than 400 a day in August to nearly zero, Carmen reports. Public health officials ...
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Bird flu linked to deaths of black bear, mountain lion in Colorado; CPW warns against handling dead birds DENVER – The outbreak of avian influenza that has claimed the lives of thousands of wild birds in Colorado since the spring of 2022 continues to spill over into other susceptible hosts, adding to a growing list of mammalian species affected by the ...
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Colorado falconer warns other bird owners after beloved falcon dies of avian flu BERTHOUD, Colo. — The McDonough's little slice of paradise off Parrish Road has been the perfect space to raise a family and fly their falcons. "I have land in this area to fly around. We do wild hacking, that means I let him go and they go up on a ...
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What to know about the symptoms and treatment of norovirus as it spreads across the US "It tends to occur in outbreaks, like it is not something that's kind of always there. at a low level," Dr. Adam Ratner, director of pediatric infectious diseases at NYU Langone Hassenfeld Children's Hospital, told ABC News.
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Soft material could offer 'wear it and forget it' health monitoring An ultrasoft "skin-like" material that's both breathable and stretchable could be used in the development of an on-skin, wearable bioelectronic device for health monitoring. Cancer, diabetes, and heart disease are among the leading causes of disability ...
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Different risk factors distinguish myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome from severe fatigue The risk of Severe Fatigue was significantly increased among participants who were older, had a higher BMI in adulthood, used hormone therapy, had increased alcohol intake and decreased caffeine intake. In contrast, these risk factor associations were not ...
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Family History Affects the Individual Risk of Major Depression The investigators found the associated risk increased with the number of affected family members. View next. Coexisting Depression, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Increases Cardiovascular Risk. There was a similar pattern ...
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National Heart Awareness month, healthcare advocates weigh in Little Rock (KATV) — February is American Heart Month and many across the nation are banning together to spreading awareness on how you can stay protected. According to the CDC heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. contributing to ...
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NIH: Single Oral Dose of Azithromycin Cuts Risk of Postpartum Sepsis, Death A single oral dose of azithromycin was found to significantly lower the risk of maternal sepsis or death among women planning a vaginal delivery, according to new data published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The National Institutes of Health ...
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New treatment may help reduce COVID-19 hospitalizations CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Omicron variants of the coronavirus are putting researchers and doctors to the test. A new treatment is on the horizon for people whose bodies do not respond to the vaccine. Doctor Costi Sifri with UVA Health says vaccines ...
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Surgical Site Infection in Obstetric and Gynecological Surgeries: A Prospective Observational Study An infection at an incisional site that develops within 30 days after surgery, or within a year if a prosthetic is implanted, is referred to as a surgical site infection (SSI). They are mainly caused by exogenous and/or endogenous microbes that ...
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3 major medical groups: Don't forget about COVID-19 vaccines As the COVID-19 pandemic transitions out of its crisis era, the American Nurses Association, American Hospital Association and American Medical Association are reminding people of the importance of vaccines in a new public service announcement.
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Getting to Zero – Launch of the Leeds Fast-Track City Initiative Leeds has this week become the first city in the Yorkshire and Humber region to become a 'Fast-Track City' declaring its commitment to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030. At an event held at the Civic Hall this week as part of National HIV Testing ...
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Lung Protein Found That Blocks COVID-19 Infection "The fact that there's this natural immune receptor that we didn't know about, that's lining our lungs and blocks and controls virus, that's crazy interesting." LRRC15 was discovered by the investigators as ...
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Groundbreaking USask research identifies key blood protein target for improving dialysis Innovative work by University of Saskatchewan (USask) researcher Dr. Amira Abdelrasoul (PhD) into membranes used in hemodialysis to cleanse kidney patients' blood has identified the key protein that creates big problems leading to further health ...
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Docetaxel-based CRT improves survival in cisplatin-ineligible patients Cisplatin-based chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is the standard of care for locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (LAHNSCC). However, cisplatin is contraindicated in many patients and the choice of an alternative radiosensitizer is complicated ...
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ADHD Genetic Insights Revealed Researchers have identified 27 genetic risk loci for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and provided a window into how it relates to other psychiatric conditions. The genome-wide analyses revealed 21 new loci linked with the ...
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Video: AHA, CHA urge vaccination to prevent COVID-19, flu and RSV infections A new video from AHA and the Children's Hospital Association is reminding the public how vaccines and boosters are safe, effective means for preventing pediatric illness from COVID-19, the flu and RSV. The video was fully funded through a grant from ...
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New guidelines would allow gay, bisexual men to donate blood more readily During the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, the FDA imposed a lifetime ban on blood donations from men who have sex with other men. That ban has been eased twice. In 2015, it was changed to allow gay and bisexual men to donate blood if they abstained from sex for ...
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Meeting highlights from the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) 6 - 9 February 2023 EMA's safety committee (PRAC) has started a review of medicines containing pseudoephedrine following concerns about the risk of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) and reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS), ...
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Disruptions to the normal fllow of brain fluid linked to neurological conditions "Disordered cerebrospinal fluid dynamics could be responsible for the changes in brain development we see in children with hydrocephalus and other developmental brain disorders," said senior author Jennifer Strahle, MD, an associate professor of ...
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Democrat and Republican attorneys general square off over lawsuit seeking to pull abortion pill from US Boxes of mifepristone, the first pill given in a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at Women's Reproductive Clinic of New Mexico in Santa Teresa, U.S., January 13, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | ...
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The case that could upend abortion access — again Use of the abortion pill had been increasing during the pandemic, and in 2021, the FDA permitted prescribing the medication via telemedicine and sending the pills by mail. The lawsuit: In the lawsuit, the ...
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The Psychological Science Accelerator's COVID-19 rapid-response dataset In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Psychological Science Accelerator coordinated three large-scale psychological studies to examine the effects of loss-gain framing, cognitive reappraisals, and autonomy framing manipulations on behavioral ...
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Active predation, phylogenetic diversity, and global prevalence of myxobacteria in wastewater treatment plants However, predatory bacteria have received little attention regarding their diversity, activity, and ecological function in activated sludge, limiting the exploitation of food web interactions for wastewater microbiome engineering. Here, by using rRNA- ...
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The effect of exercise on the quality of life in an academic environment Regular physical activity has a direct association with an improvement in perceived health-related quality of life (HRQL). Because many Saudis are reportedly inactive, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University established a walking challenge for all ...
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Treating a Cough Continues to Present Challenges Cold symptoms are a common patient complaint, with a cough cited as one of the most irritating and persistent symptoms. 1 Patients often ask pharmacists and pharmacy technicians about the best way to stop the cough, but they may be hard-pressed to ...
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How Technology Integration Supports Precision Medicine The goal of precision medicine is "optimizing the patient's quality of life and chances of survival by getting the treatment plan right from the get-go," says Jennifer Eaton, research director for value-based healthcare digital strategies at IDC Health ...
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Education may be the best way to protect against cognitive decline, new research suggests While the researchers analyzed a wide range of things that influence our brain health as we age, the study didn't address the influence of genetics, which could play a significant role in cognitive function, experts say.
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See the extraordinary splendour of ordinary chemicals On a glass slide illuminated by polarized light, tiny crystals of vanillin (artificial vanilla essence) paint a psychedelic picture. Photograph by Peter Woitschikowski. What do you see in these images? A palm-frond jungle? Bright bird feathers?
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How can I deal with guilt over being off work sick? Very helpful article with practical suggestions. The feeling of guilt may be driven by our rational brain but more often I suggest by our emotional brain, and self compassion is needed. Our identity is based ...
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Preventing memory loss: from explicit causal tasks to potential interventions Based on the analysis of a large cohort of 29,072 older adults, Jia and colleagues aim at identifying an optimal lifestyle that is protective against memory loss (1). To address their a priori causal inference inquiry ...
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Antibacterial Potential of Gold Nanoparticles Synthesized From Leaf Extract of Syzygium cumini Against Multidrug ... Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most commonly encountered bacterial infections. Due to the misuse or excessive use of antibiotics, the upsurge of multidrug-resistance cases in UTIs has now become a global threat to public health ...
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