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Bird Flu Outbreak Puts Mink Farms Back in the Spotlight But it was not the coronavirus that had infiltrated the Spanish mink farm, scientists soon discovered. It was H5N1, a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza. Over the last few years, a new variant ...
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Hispanic dialysis patients are more at risk for staph infections, the CDC says Data show that Black and Hispanic patients on dialysis in the U.S. have higher risks of developing staph bloodstream infections than their white counterparts, federal health officials say, adding that reducing inequalities can save lives.
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The loneliness of being immunocompromised in the age of COVID-19 You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. "We were all so connected. Not only were we connected because this virus spread through each other and in the air we ...
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Long COVID Risk May Be Especially High for Cancer Patients By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Many cancer patients who are infected with COVID-19 are left with lingering symptoms. A new study, published Feb. 7 in eLife, found that more than half of cancer ...
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Frequent Blood Pressure Monitoring Is Needed Throughout Pregnancy The groups face maternal mortality rates that are up to three times as high as those among white women. The disorders pose a high risk of stroke to Black and Hispanic women, the task force noted. Yet women of color were underrepresented in most clinical ...
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The US mpox emergency is over, but the disease simmers south of the border But as the Biden administration moves past the emergency it declared in August, the disease is still simmering, just to the south, in Mexico and Latin America, where most governments have decided against the vaccination campaign that worked here.
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Healthy lifestyle tied to lower long COVID risk Having a healthy lifestyle, particularly a healthy BMI and adequate sleep, before becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2 helped stave off the development of long COVID, according to a prospective cohort study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Sudden Chest Pain: What Is Angina Pectoris? TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- That feeling of crushing pain in your chest can be a medical emergency, but it can also be angina pectoris, or "stable angina" — a symptom of coronary heart disease that can be managed with medication.
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Mechanisms of amyloid-β34 generation indicate a pivotal role for BACE1 in amyloid homeostasis In Alzheimer disease brain tissue, we found an association between elevated levels of BACE1 and Aβ34. In mice, the deletion of one BACE1 gene copy reduced BACE1 amyloidolytic activity by ~ 50%. In cells, ...
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Vitamin D Could Cut Risk of Progression to Type 2 Diabetes in People with Prediabetes Recently, analysis of the landmark VITAL study has reinvigorated some of these discussions after concluding potential benefit conferred through vitamin D supplementation in the general population may be dependent on baseline BMI. 2.
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HCV Screening Prevalence Remains Low in the Latino Community A team, led by Brian Chan, MD, MPH, Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Addiction Medicine Section, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), assessed HCV screening disparities in adults served by community health centers by ethnicity ...
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Gender-affirming HT improves appearance congruence for transgender adolescents Transgender and nonbinary youths had greater appearance congruence — the experience that physical appearance aligns with gender —and less depression and anxiety after 2 years of gender-affirming hormone therapy, according to study data.
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OTC medication purchases may predict future ovarian cancer diagnosis "The take-home message from our study is that ovarian cancer patients are buying more pain and indigestion medication about 8 months before diagnosis," James M. Flanagan, PhD, BSc, reader in epigenetics in the department of surgery and cancer at Imperial ...
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We Are All Unique in Our Experiences With Cancer I was a physical therapist assistant and lymphedema therapist, specializing primarily in breast cancer rehabilitation for 20 years when I received my diagnosis of stage 0, estrogen- and progesterone-positive, grade 3 ductal carcinoma in-situ (DCIS).
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Healthy Lifestyle Linked to Lower Risk of Long COVID Feb. 7, 2023 – People with healthy lifestyles may be less likely to have prolonged COVID-19 symptoms, otherwise known as long COVID, a new study suggests. The study was published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine. The researchers defined a healthy ...
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Broadly neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 antibodies through epitope-based selection from convalescent patients Emerging variants of concern (VOCs) are threatening to limit the effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibodies and vaccines currently used in clinical practice; broadly neutralizing antibodies and strategies for their identification are therefore ...
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Here's Why Experts Are Concerned About Bird Flu What appears to be mammal-to-mammal transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) on a mink farm in Spain has caught the attention of infectious disease epidemiologists around the world. A paper published in Eurosurveillance last ...
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Boost Your Brain Power With Our Guide to Staying Sharp We always talk about working out the muscles in our arms or our abs, but what about strengthening your mental muscle? After all, your brain is the control center to everything else you do, and the home for all your problem-solving, creativity, ...
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What is spina bifida or Spinal dysraphism? Closed neural tube defect - In these type of defects, neural structures are not exposed , they are either covered by sac or skin. But there can be various malformations present in fat, spine bone, membranes on the spinal cord, spinal cord & nerves.
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Playing Golf May Be Good for Your Heart A new study says walking 18 holes is just as good — and possibly better — for your cardiovascular health as going for a brisk walk or even walking with trekking poles. All three types of exercise improved blood pressure. But the lower intensity and ...
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Vitamin D Could Be Weapon Against Type 2 Diabetes Across three clinical trials, investigators found that vitamin D supplements were modestly effective in curbing the risk of pre-diabetes progressing to type 2 diabetes. Over three years, just under 23% of study patients using vitamin D developed diabetes, ...
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Body Week: Two Wisconsin cardiologists explain how to look out for your heart The risk factors for heart disease run far and wide and can affect anyone. Dr. Ivor Benjamin is director of the Cardiovascular Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He pointed to hypertension, diabetes, ...
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New Prostate Cancer Screening Method Could Reduce Risk of Overdiagnosis The investigators decided to see whether prostate adenocarcinoma circulating tumor cells (PrAD-CTCs) might be a better indicator of prostate cancer. CTCs are tumor-derived cells that are circulating in the blood, they noted, and previous studies have ...
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Dementia-Drinking Link; Rebranding 'Mommy Brain'; Wild Dreams and Parkinson's Mild to moderate alcohol consumption was associated with lower risk of dementiaopens in a new tab or window compared with not drinking, while sustained heavy drinking was tied to an increased dementia risk. (JAMA Network Open).
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Genetic Predisposition to Poor Oral Health May Be Linked to Declining Brain Health New research suggests that adults who are genetically prone to poor oral health may be more likely to show signs of declining brain health compared to those with healthy teeth and gums. Earlier research has shown that gum disease, missing teeth, ...
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HIV/AIDS organizations push for more resources on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day CHICAGO (WLS) -- On National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Jeffery Pulliam recalled his own diagnosis 30 years ago. "So certainly when I got that information I just thought this is it. It is over. I don't know what to do," he said.
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Organization works to provide resources for metro Atlantans living with HIV, AIDS ATLANTA — More than 30,000 people in metro Atlanta are living with HIV or AIDs every day. The numbers disproportionately impact Black and brown communities, data shows. On Tuesday, the nation paused to acknowledge the disparities in care on National ...
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A review of innate immunity relevant to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 The advent of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has renewed interest in these molecules 100 years after their discovery. During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, an acute-phase protein, C-reactive protein (CRP), ...
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Your Guide to Online OCD Therapy in 2023 Our reviews team reached out to experts in the field of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to determine how to find effective online OCD treatment, what types of treatment might work, and how much it costs.
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Men with low sexual desire might benefit from kisspeptin Recent studies indicated that HSDD could be triggered by hypoactivation in brain regions mediating sexual desire and hyperactivation in areas involved in self-referential processing. Moreover, HSDD has been reported to negatively impact fertility, ...
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Married Heart Patients Fare Better Than Single Counterparts Lack of long-term social support is a well‐established contributor to cardiovascular mortality, and marriage is considered one of the closest and most important relationships for receiving social support. In a study ...
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Noise shatters deep sleep thanks to dedicated brain circuit Neurons that help to rouse you from sound slumber are connected to those that receive signals from the spinal cord. ... How do you hear an alarm if you're asleep? When a person is awake, the ...
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Do individuals with long COVID ever recover fully? The researchers made PCC remission rate assessments in individuals who self-reported experiencing COVID-19 symptoms two months after they first tested positive for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) following the World Health ...
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Antidepressants mostly ineffective at reducing pain, finds meta-analysis While researchers found evidence that some antidepressants work for some pain conditions, they said their findings showed the need for "a more nuanced approach" when prescribing antidepressants for pain. Chronic pain management. 07 February 2023.
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Could adhering to a healthy lifestyle decrease the risk of post–COVID-19 condition? They assessed six modifiable healthy lifestyle factors, body mass index (BMI), alcohol consumption, smoking, diet, exercise routine, and sleep. The follow-up with all the eligible participants continued for more than a year from April 2020.
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Mindfulness, Yoga Can Improve Mental Health, Studies Show Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) can reduce anxiety in people at the same level as anti-anxiety medication called escitalopram, often sold as Lexapro, according to a study published in November 2022 in JAMA Psychiatry.
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If Everything Causes Cancer, Why Should I Protect Myself? Early detection equals higher survival rates. · Breast cancer (mammograms) · Cervical (pap smears) · Colorectal (colonoscopies) · Lung cancers (low-dose CTs).
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New study tallies excess physician deaths during early pandemic No excess deaths among physicians occurred after April 2021, which coincided with the widespread availability of COVID-19 vaccines, meaning that nearly 50 U.S. doctors more than expected died each month during this phase of the pandemic.
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How to prevent osteoporosis The most important factor is exercise and especially beginning to do so at a young age. We're obsessed with health and wellness nowadays, but bone health is something we're not really talking about. Prof Moira O'Brien, Emeritus Professor of Anatomy at ...
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Large Treatment Gap Found in Breast Cancer Patients at Age 70 Versus 69 Patients who were age 70 at the time of breast cancer diagnosis were nearly twice as likely to be passed over for radiation as those age 69. Patients diagnosed at age 70 were 53% less likely to be recommended post-operative radiation and 39% less ...
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Keep your heart healthy with VCU Health podcasts By Sara McCloskey. February is American Heart Month. The muscular organ -- that supposedly skips a beat when you're in love -- is recognized every year by health care providers and national organizations to raise awareness about cardiovascular health.
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Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 8 February 2023 And I've decided in consultation with the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer Professor Kelly to accept that advice. Now, if you haven't either had COVID, or a vaccine dose in the last six months, adults can now get their next dose of COVID vaccine to top ...
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Potential Therapeutic Target for Schizophrenia Identified Summary: Calcium signaling was found to be a central abnormality in schizophrenia neurons. Targeting calcium signaling in neurons could be a potential new way to treat the 16p11.2 duplication variation of schizophrenia. Source: Northwestern University.
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COVID-19 vaccine available for younger children at higher risk of severe illness Astrid Koornneef, Director of the National Immunisation Programme, says the vaccine is an important addition to the suite of immunisations available to help protect children in Aotearoa. "We know that immunisations are critically important to ...
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Serious eating disorder ARFID is highly heritable, according to new twin study Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now investigated the importance of genetic factors for developing ARFID. A cohort of almost 17,000 pairs of twins in Sweden born between 1992 and 2010 participated in the study. A total of 682 children with ARFID ...
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Are eggs good for your heart health or not? Boston University releases new study Critics caution that the study did not examine other heart disease risk factors such as cholesterol levels and that it's premature to declare eggs "good for the heart." Currently, the American Heart Association recommends one ...
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Risk factors of chronic kidney disease in children: Study Given the size of the population analyzed in the study - which also included children with cancer, who have a high burden of CKD but have been excluded from or underrepresented in prior studies -- the findings can be applied more broadly to the ...
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Warmer climate may drive fungi to be more dangerous to our health This photomicrograph depicts Cryptococcus neoformans, a fungal pathogen that has been causing an increasing number of life-threatening infections. People with AIDS and those using immunosuppresive drugs are most vulnerable. But all that ...
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World renowned neuropsychiatrist on longevity and staving off dementia Is reaching 150 years old possible? Neuropsychiatrist Professor Perminder Sachdev looks at common factors for longevity. Much of his work relates to the epidemiology of dementia and cognitive ageing. In particular, the focus is on identifying risk ...
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Advanced Ovarian Cancer: 20% Disease-Free Survival at 10 Years This transcript has been edited for clarity. I'm Dr Maurie Markman from Cancer Treatment Centers of America. I would like to briefly discuss a very interesting topic that is often discussed in the oncology literature and with patients.
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