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	health Daily update ⋅ February 22, 2023
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	U.S. News & World Report Rectal Pill May Give Days-Long Protection Against HIV: Study U.S. News & World Report By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, Feb. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Could a quick-dissolving pill placed in the rectum prove to be an effective and safe "on-demand" way to prevent HIV infection among sexually active men and women? Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report AHA News: Understanding the Stroke-Depression Link – And What Survivors and Families Can Do U.S. News & World Report By American Heart Association News. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, Feb. 21, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- News that one of America's best-known stroke survivors was being treated for depression highlights a common and serious connection between the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Forbes Norovirus: Preventing The Spread And How To Avoid It Forbes The outbreak, which has been linked to raw oysters from Texas, is currently being investigated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Texas Department of State Health Services and ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Mpox Can Be Fatal for People With Advanced HIV U.S. News & World Report By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) – The mpox virus -- formerly known as monkeypox -- often causes severe illness and death in those with advanced HIV infection that is not under control, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Harvard Health What happens when a drug goes viral? Harvard Health This side effect helped people with type 2 diabetes because excess weight is a major risk factor for the condition. Among other health benefits, weight loss can lower blood sugar and blood pressure, and reduce the need for other diabetes medications. Flag as irrelevant
	Healio Anxiety, depression symptoms persist at 1 year among COVID-19 ECMO survivors Healio Patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for COVID-19 acute respiratory disease had poorer physical and mental health 1 year later, according to study results. "Despite the partial recovery of lung function tests at 2 year[s], ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNBC Pfizer RSV vaccine that protects infants could receive FDA approval this summer CNBC The single-dose vaccine is administered to expectant mothers in the late second to third trimester of their pregnancy. The antibodies triggered by the shot are passed to the fetus, and they protect the infant from ... Flag as irrelevant
	American Medical Association How physicians can address COVID-19 vaccine booster fatigue American Medical Association In an interview with the AMA, Preeti Malani, MD, an infectious diseases specialist and professor of medicine in the infectious diseases division at the University of Michigan Medical School, discussed the ongoing pandemic and what physicians can do to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Smithsonian Patient Cured of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant, Researchers Say Smithsonian He is at least the third person cured in this way, which would likely be too risky for patients who don't also have cancer. Will Sullivan. February 22, 2023 8:51 a.m.. An image taken through a microscope of bone marrow tissue. To cure the patient of ... Flag as irrelevant
	MD Magazine Increasing Adenoma Detection Rate Could Reduce Risk of Colorectal Cancer MD Magazine A team, led by Manuel Zorzi, MD, MSc, Veneto Tumor Registry, Azienda Zero, examined the association between adenoma detection rate and postcolonoscpy colorectal cancer risk in a fecal immunochemical test-based screening program in northeastern Italy. Flag as irrelevant
	Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Enzyme Found to Play Critical Role in Insulin-Regulated Metabolism Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News To understand the consequences of Akt2 activation, the researchers activated Akt2 in mouse skeletal muscle cells. Then they collected large-scale data on the biomolecules produced or degraded soon after. The transomics analysis revealed the molecular ... Flag as irrelevant
	MD Magazine Study Reveals Striking Link Between Air Pollution and Bone Damage MD Magazine Higher levels of air pollutants were associated with reduced bone mineral density (BMD) among postmenopausal women, in a recent investigation. Nitrogen oxides exposure was identified as a leading contributor to bone loss. 1. Air pollution has been ... Flag as irrelevant
	Imperial College London Research to improve the understanding of the causes of encephalitis is essential Imperial College London On World Encephalitis Day, 22nd February, scientists raise awareness on the importance of studying this uncommon disease. Encephalitis is a serious condition where the brain swells. Symptoms of encephalitis can range from mild (e.g., flu-like symptoms ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical News Today Scientists manage to detect pancreatic and prostate cancer with a urine test Medical News Today Pancreatic cancer, in particular, can be difficult to treat and has a much higher mortality rate than many forms of cancer, what may be due to the fact it is often diagnosed late. Korean researchers ... Flag as irrelevant
	UT News | The University of Texas at Austin Salt Could Play Key Role in Energy Transition UT News | The University of Texas at Austin AUSTIN, Texas — A common ingredient – salt – could have a big role to play in the energy transition to lower carbon energy sources. That's according to a new study led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin's Bureau of Economic Geology. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Whether or not you have ever lifted a weight, you can protect your brain health now CNN You can get cognitive benefit from starting an exercise routine, even if you begin later in life, a new study found. adamkaz/E+/Getty Images. Flag as irrelevant
	McKnight's Long Term Care News RSV vaccine succeeds in phase 3 trial McKnight's Long Term Care News Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is perhaps best known for causing severe illness in infants in children, but it leads up to 150,000 hospitalizations and 10,000 deaths in adults aged 65 and older each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control ... Flag as irrelevant
	PBS NewsHour Avian flu strain raises concerns after outbreaks among mammals PBS NewsHour A highly contagious avian flu is infecting birds all over the globe. In the U.S., farmers have lost, or had to kill, over 58 million birds to try and prevent the spread of the virus. The H5N1 strain hasn't caused any serious threat to humans, ... Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net A possible link between aggregation of SARS-CoV-2 proteins and protein misfolding diseases News-Medical.net The COVID-19 pandemic brought about by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) led to the disruption of the global economy and the loss of human lives. Studies are still undergoing to understand the molecular mechanisms of ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC News Mpox is highly fatal among people with advanced HIV, study finds NBC News Left untreated, the virus degrades the immune system and leads to advanced HIV disease, although antiretroviral treatment can restore this loss. A CD4 count below 200 triggers an AIDS diagnosis, meaning an HIV-positive individual is at substantial risk of ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Conversation UK Three in five long COVID patients have organ damage a year after infection The Conversation UK The term "long COVID", now used to describe post-COVID symptoms persisting for more than 12 weeks, had not yet been coined. The effects of a COVID infection in people who weren't hospitalised were not characterised, but were assumed to be negligible. Flag as irrelevant
	OHSU News Pill for skin disease also curbs excessive drinking OHSU News "I've never seen anything like that before," said co-senior author Angela Ozburn, Ph.D., associate professor of behavioral neuroscience in the OHSU School of Medicine and a research biologist with the Portland VA Health Care System. Flag as irrelevant
	Neuroscience News Pill for Skin Disease Also Curbs Excessive Drinking Neuroscience News Summary: Apremilast, an FDA-approved drug for the treatment of skin conditions including psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, triggers increased activity in the nucleus accumbens, a brain area associated with regulating alcohol intake. Flag as irrelevant
	Contagionlive.com An Understanding of the Viral Rebound of COVID-19 Contagionlive.com One of the ongoing mysteries associated with SARS-CoV-2 is the rebound of the virus post antiviral treatment. Certainly it has been well-documented that after treatment of the oral antiviral nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) patients can experience a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Physics Web Virtual brain helps improve the outcome of epilepsy surgery Medical Physics Web Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders. While many patients can control epileptic seizures using drugs, almost one-third don't respond to medication. Patients with such drug-resistant epilepsy are instead treated by removing the ... Flag as irrelevant
	New Day Post Doctors believed she had anxiety disorder — until a CT scan revealed something else The Daily Briefing After being diagnosed with anxiety and alcohol use disorder, a healthcare executive continued to experience worsening symptoms. Then, a visit to the ED revealed the true cause of her symptoms — a rare cancer that can cause seizures, personality changes ... Flag as irrelevant
	CTV News Kids' Fever Meds Are Often Overused: Poll WebMD Feb. 21, 2023 – Many parents are giving children fever-reducing medication when it's not recommended, a new poll shows. Among parents of children ages 12 and under, 1 in 3 said they give fever-reducing medicine to a child to lessen a high temperature ... Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net First induced bat iPSCs offer insights into the close relationship between bats and SARS-CoV-2 viruses News-Medical.net This research opens the door to studying how viruses like SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, survive, spread, and evade the immune system through molecular adaptations to new hosts. The ... Flag as irrelevant
	Drug Topics Young Children Benefit from 3 Doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Drug Topics A three-dose primary series of 3-μg BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) COVID-19 vaccine was found to be safe, immunogenic, and efficacious in children 6 months to 4 years of age, according to a new study. The study's results were published in The New England ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNET 7 Factors That Determine Your Heart Age CNET Stress may also contribute to an aging heart, as one study on marital stress suggested. Changes in marital quality and cardiovascular risk were closely related in older married couples. On the same note, people going through divorce may have a higher risk ... Flag as irrelevant
	EL PAÍS in English The strange rodent that's immune to cancer also holds the key to infertility EL PAÍS in English The researchers compared, at different stages of development, the ovaries of naked mole-rats, which are fertile throughout their lives, with those of mice, which begin to lose fertility at nine months after birth. Flag as irrelevant
	News Could ChatGPT replace GPs in infection consulting scenarios? News Could ChatGPT replace GPs in infection consulting scenarios? Researchers from the University of Liverpool have tested whether the AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT could be used to make decisions about prescribing patients with antibiotics ... Flag as irrelevant
	Open Access Government How air pollution accelerates bone loss from osteoporosis Open Access Government The effects were most evident on the lumbar spine, with nitrous oxides twice as damaging to the area than seen with normal ageing. The research findings appear in the peer-reviewed journal eClinicalMedicine, part of ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Wall Street Journal Ozempic Runs Low for Diabetes Patients as Weight-Loss Use Surges The Wall Street Journal Diabetes patients said they are spending hours trying to find nearby pharmacies that have their prescriptions in stock. If they don't, some patients have had to reduce dosing of Ozempic and similar drugs to stretch out their supplies, or switch to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American This Particle Accelerator Makes a Substance That Has Not Existed in 13 Billion Years Scientific American Those particles are called gluons. Scientists name this universe creating fluid quark-gluon plasma. It hasn't been found in nature since the beginning of time as we know it. But scientist states can recreate it inside particle accelerators. Flag as irrelevant
	Nature.com Identification of Parkinson's disease-associated chromatin regulators Nature.com Finally, we screened potential drugs and miRNAs. Five genes related to the immune function of PD, BANF1, PCGF5, WDR5, RYBP and BRD2, were obtained by using the absolute value of correlation greater than 0.4. And the disease prediction model showed good ... Flag as irrelevant
	Science News Fungi don't turn humans into zombies. But The Last of Us gets some science right Science News Most fungal species simply can't reproduce at human body temperature (37° Celsius, or 98.6° Fahrenheit). But as the world warms, "these strains either have to die or adapt," says Casadevall, a microbiologist who specializes in fungal infections at Johns ... Flag as irrelevant
	Cancer Therapy Advisor Chemotherapy Improves Outcomes in EFGR-Mutated NSCLC With Brain Metastases Cancer Therapy Advisor Adding chemotherapy to first-line treatment with gefitinib improves outcomes in patients who have EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with brain metastases, according to results from the BRAIN GAP trial published in JAMA Network Open. Flag as irrelevant
	CTV News Trying to lose weight with Ozempic or other similar drugs? We want to hear from you CTV News Although commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes, medications such as Ozempic are also being used by celebrities and social media influencers as a way to lose weight. Also known as semaglutide, the medication is available under brand names such as ... Flag as irrelevant
	Anadolu Agency Bird flu kills thousands of sea birds, marine animals in Peru Anadolu Agency An outbreak of bird flu is causing significant losses in several species of wildlife in Peru. The H5N1 strain has killed thousands of sea lions and pelicans in protected areas across the country, authorities said. On Jan. 27, a hundred dead sea lions ... Flag as irrelevant
	Tyler Morning Telegraph Pediatric Patients With ALL Living Along the Texas-Mexico Border May Experience Lower Rates of Survival The ASCO Post In the new study, investigators conducted a retrospective survival analysis involving 6,002 pediatric patients with ALL and 1,279 pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) using data from the Texas Cancer Registry between 1995 and 2017. Flag as irrelevant

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