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Poor sleep decreases vaccine effectiveness, especially for men If you're scheduling an appointment for a vaccination — whether for Covid-19, the flu or for travel to another country — make sure you're getting a long, restful night's slumber before you head to the doctor.
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What Are Eating Disorders, and What Are the Signs? In another eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, people also restrict their food intake to try to lose weight or prevent weight gain. But they also often have episodes of binge eating, in which they consume large amounts of food quickly.
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Got muscle pain from statins? A cholesterol-lowering alternative might be for you When the FDA approved bempedoic acid, marketed under the brand name Nexletol, back in 2020, it was clear that the drug helped lower LDL — "bad" cholesterol. The drug was intended for people who can't tolerate statin medications due to muscle pain, ...
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How well does a new Alzheimer's drug work for those most at risk? Listen to Short Wave on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. A new drug for Alzheimer's disease, called lecanemab, got a lot of attention earlier this year for getting fast-tracked approval based on a clinical trial that included nearly 1,800 ...
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CDC: Subjective cognitive decline more prevalent in underrepresented populations Fewer than half of those who reported worsening memory talked to a health care professional about their concerns. In the United States, some underrepresented racial and ethnic populations were more likely to face subjective cognitive decline ...
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Top in cardiology: Keto-style diet and CVD risk; mortality risk in lifelong bachelors A low-carbohydrate, high-fat "keto-style diet" may increase cardiovascular risk in patients with certain traditional risk factors, according to a presenter at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session. Iulia Iatan, MD, PhD, FRCPC, ...
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Having A-Fib Might Raise Odds for Dementia By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, March 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The common irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation (a-fib) may increase the risk of dementia, a new study suggests.
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Marburg virus outbreaks are increasing in frequency and geographic spread – three virologists explain Authorities are currently monitoring 48 contacts, four of whom have developed symptoms and three of whom are hospitalized as of publication. The WHO and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are assisting Equatorial Guinea in its efforts to ...
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NLP Tools Predict Cancer Survival Using Routinely Collected Data Cancer is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, creating significant healthcare burdens worldwide. Improving care and patient outcomes is the subject of an extensive body of medical research, but predicting outcomes for cancer patients and ...
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What to know about the links between diet and colon cancer There are two layered opportunities to protect ourselves: primary prevention (adopting diet and lifestyle habits known to reduce colon cancer risk) and secondary prevention (preventive screening exams that can help catch cancer early). Let's start with ...
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I Use My Cancer Diagnosis to Help Others I was not familiar with how many types of cancer there were until becoming diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in January 2019. I felt like something was off with my body that I did not understand so I booked an appointment with my nurse ...
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Diagnosing schizophrenia early might save patients from a lifetime of illness "Everything about them looks normal, yet their brains are misfiring," said Kathleen Crapanzano, M.D., associate professor of clinical psychiatry at LSU Baton Rouge. "The diagnosis of schizophrenia is a clinical one based on the symptoms. There is no blood ...
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Non-falciparum malaria infection and IgG seroprevalence among children under 15 years in Nigeria, 2018 Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) is the dominant malaria parasite in Nigeria though P. vivax (Pv), P. ovale (Po), and P. malariae (Pm) are also endemic. Blood samples (n = 31,234) were collected from children aged 0-14 years during a 2018 nationwide HIV ...
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Prostate cancer treatment can wait for most men, study finds The results, released Saturday, are encouraging for men who want to avoid treatment-related sexual and incontinence problems, said Dr. Stacy Loeb, a prostate cancer specialist at NYU Langone Health who was not involved in the research.
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Active monitoring does not increase prostate cancer-specific mortality risk, study shows Active monitoring of prostate cancer has the same high survival rates after 15 years as radiotherapy or surgery, reports the largest study of its kind today. The latest findings from the ProtecT trial, led by the Universities of Oxford and Bristol, ...
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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Asthma: Pathomechanisms of Their Association and Clinical Implications The mechanisms postulated for the diabetes-asthma association include chronic low-grade inflammation, obesity, hyperinsulinemia, and possibly diabetic pneumopathy. Usage of metformin, which is the first-line drug for type 2 diabetes ...
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Erendira needs a kidney As she tidied around patients who were going through the exhausting treatment, she was slowly losing her own renal function. Less than two decades later, at 34, Erendira's kidneys can no longer clear toxins from her body on their own. She started dialysis ...
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SARS-CoV-2 replication persists for weeks in lungs after symptom onset in severe COVID-19 In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers observe persistent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) replication in severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patient lungs.
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A review on two novel eating disorders In a recent review published in Nutrients, researchers review existing data on two novel eating disorders (EADs) including avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) and atypical-type anorexia nervosa (AN). Study: Pitfalls and Risks of "New ...
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Study Identifies Human Genes Enabling SARS-CoV-2 Infection Confocal images showing human pluripotent stem cells-derived cardiomyocytes (left, Cardiac Troponin T in green), alveolar organoids (middle, mature Surfactant protein B in green), and airway organoids (right, FOXJ1 in green) can be effectively infected ...
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Mediterranean, MIND diets may protect the brain from Alzheimer's dementia, study shows Healthy dietary patterns, including the MIND and Mediterranean diets, have been associated with a slower rate of cognitive decline and protection against Alzheimer's disease. "MIND" is short for Mediterranean-DASH Diet Intervention for ...
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New study shows 'keto-like' diet may be linked to higher risk of major cardiovascular events Story by: Norton Healthcare on March 13, 2023. Low-carbohydrate, high-fat diets have become popular ways to lose weight among many Americans, including celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Lebron James. A new study, however, shows "keto-like" diets may ...
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Treatment for chronic depression has improved as doctors better understand the illness Clinical depression isn't the same as depression caused by a loss such as the death of a loved one, a divorce, or finding out you have a serious medical condition. Also known as major depressive disorder, it's pervasive and all-encompassing.
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Localized Joint Swelling May Predict Joint Damage in Rheumatoid Arthritis A total of 377 patients (80%) had any signs of radiographic damage at the end of the follow-up period, and 16% of the more than 15,000 analyzed joints had joint damage defined as a damage score of at least 0.5; the mean DAS of damaged joints was 2.5, ...
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Digital Rectal Examination Fails to Detect Early Prostate Cancer, Study Shows A common method of detecting prostate cancer may not be accurate enough to serve as a reliable screening tool by itself, researchers have warned. The digital rectal exam (DRE), in which health-care providers check the prostate gland with a finger for ...
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Study Finds Psyllium Fiber Protective Against Ulcerative Colitis Psyllium is a semi-soluble fiber sourced from Plantago seeds. Dietary fiber generally promotes intestinal health, but whether patients with inflammatory intestinal conditions, such as ulcerative colitis, can gain the same benefits has yet to be ...
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Better to mask up to avoid getting infected by H3N2 virus, say top scientists It is always better to mask up in crowded places and when travelling on public transport if the current seasonal flu caused by the H3N2 virus, which comes with high fever and severe throat infection, is to be avoided. Also, COVID positive cases are ...
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Diet may lower cognitive risks by 20 percent for those with MS MS is a chronic disease of the central nervous system that develops when the immune system mistakenly attacks and harms the protective sheath (myelin) around nerve cells. The disease affects people ...
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New drug to lower brain pressure could treat blinding IIH headaches, trial finds Patients with 'blinding' headaches known as Idiopathic Intercranial Hypertension (IIH) could be treated with an injectable peptide used for type 2 diabetes, a new trial has found. The study, published in the journal Brain, today reports on a phase two ...
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Spring COVID Boosters Will Start in April Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced the spring booster program Friday, the day before the third anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a pandemic. Photo via BC Government.
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Simple genetic urine test shows potential for early detection of bladder cancer Testing for genetic mutations in urine can detect bladder cancer years before the disease shows clinical symptoms, new research has shown. The study, by researchers from France, Iran and the United States, identified mutations across ten genes that ...
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Happening in Fulton: National Women and Girls HIV and Awareness Day Hear more from Women, Infants & Children, BOH Tabitha Hicks. It's happening March 10th at Oak Hill Adolescent Center. We started this event approximately two years ago in honor or to celebrate or to bring awareness to HIV AIDS and awareness for women and ...
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All exercise is beneficial but for cell health, train longer Endurance exercise improves metabolic health and prevents many age-related chronic diseases, but researchers have not been clear on why. A new study suggests that the explanation may lie in specific cellular changes that give a 50-year-old a similar ...
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Are protein powders safe? Read the label before you start taking them Proteins are one of the three macronutrients we need – along with carbohydrates and fats. For most people, a healthy balanced diet has sufficient quantities of all three. For vegans and people interested to build more muscle, among others, ...
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Sudden unexpected infant deaths surged among Black babies in 2020 Each year, thousands of babies die suddenly and unexpectedly, and more than 3,300 young lives were lost in 2020. Rates remained stubbornly high in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, even as overall infant mortality dropped to a record low.
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Autism Susceptibility in Mouse Models Linked to Endogenous Retroviruses The complex mechanisms that underlie the onset of autism (autism spectrum disorders; ASD) are not fully understood, and researchers studying the neurodevelopmental disorder commonly use animal—especially mouse—models. A strain of mouse known as BTBR/J ...
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Washington Post: Judge keeps plans for medication abortion hearing out of public view for now US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who is hearing the case, held a private call Friday with the case's lawyers and scheduled the hearing for Wednesday, according to the Post. The call was not publicly noticed on ...
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Unfolding and modeling the recovery process after COVID lockdowns Here, we propose a novel computational method based on electricity data to study the recovery process, and conduct a case study on the city of Hangzhou. With the designed Recovery Index, we find a variety of recovery patterns in main sectors.
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Voice of the consumer: Ways to fight a difficult form of cancer Our 11 News Call For Action team pens a weekly column for our news partner The Gazette. Previous columns can be found here. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - March is Colorectal Cancer Month. A new report from the American Cancer Society (ACS) said ...
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Local university scientists banded together in search of 'ultimate' COVID vaccine — and they may have found it A new innovative COVID-19 vaccine developed by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as other local universities could act against current and future variants. Researchers used an artificial intelligence system to sort through ...
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Has life returned to normal? 8 COVID-19 experts weigh in "We all have moments where we forget COVID exists, when we want to enjoy a moment without thinking about it," Elizabeth Connick, MD, professor of medicine and immunobiology and chief of the division of infectious diseases at the University of Arizona in ...
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3 patients test positive for Legionella at Cincinnati hospital Three patients have tested positive for Legionella at Cincinnati-based Christ Hospital's main campus, NBC affiliate WLWT5 reported March 11. The hospital has not identified where the patients contracted the bacteria, according to the report.
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Is collagen really the silver bullet for ageing? Collagen supplements are said to help improve skin elasticity as well as joint health, helping prevent inflammation and conditions like osteoarthritis. But how do I find out what taking collagen does apart from taking a salesperson's word for it, or doing ...
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Cardiovascular Disease and Death More Likely in COVID-19 Survivors The prospective cohort study consisted of a general population of 7584 COVID-19 patients, recruited between March 16-November 30, 2020. The participants were recruited from UK Biobank, and followed until August 31, 2021 (up to 18 months).
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Omega-3 deficiency: 6 signs and symptoms you should not ignore Omega-3 deficiency can trigger an array of symptoms from sleeping disorders, difficulty in concentration to dry skin and hair. Here are warning signs you should be aware of. Our body cannot make Omega-3 naturally and thus it's important to take ...
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NASA teams with an elementary school project to test EpiPens in space MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We often tell our kids to shoot for the stars. Students at a Canadian elementary school did just that. They teamed up with NASA to see if a lifesaving drug would work in space. Their experiment was sent up in a rocket, ...
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Mental fatigue can impair physical performance - study Researchers at the University of Birmingham's School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, measured the effects of cognitive tasks on a group of 16 men and women to examine what happened to their perception of physical exertion.
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