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	health Daily update ⋅ March 24, 2023
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	CNN Colorectal cancer is rising among younger adults and scientists are racing to uncover why CNN Nikki Lawson received the shock of her life at age 35. A couple of years ago, she noticed that her stomach often felt irritable, and she would get sudden urges to use the restroom, sometimes with blood in her stool. She even went to the hospital one ... Flag as irrelevant
	Harvard Gazette Medical School neurobiologist wins prestigious Brain Prize Harvard Gazette Greenberg, who is the Nathan Marsh Pusey Professor of Neurobiology in the Blavatnik Institute at HMS, shares the award with Christine Holt, professor of developmental neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, and with Erin Schuman, director of the Max ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Bacteria from meat could be causing more than half a million UTIs in the US every year, study estimates CNN E. coli is an often-harmless bacteria that's "part of the normal bacterial environment in the intestines in humans and animals," said Dr. Craig Comiter, a professor of urology and obstetrics and gynecology at the Stanford University School of Medicine who ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Who Is Most at Risk for Long Covid? The New York Times It found that patients over 40, those with previous health issues and those who had a severe coronavirus infection had greater risk of developing long Covid. And it affirmed a growing consensus that vaccination lowers that risk. Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Are sugar substitutes healthy? Research doesn't yet offer comforting answers. USA TODAY Regularly eating sweeteners is like "signing up for a long-term uncontrolled experiment," one expert said. Karen Weintraub. USA TODAY. To satisfy the public's craving for sweetness and concern about the health effects of sugar, food companies have ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Locks of Beethoven's hair reveal secret family history and health issues CNN Before composer Ludwig van Beethoven died on March 27, 1827, it was his wish that his ailments be studied and shared so "as far as possible at least the world will be reconciled to me after my death." Now, researchers have taken steps to partially ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio World TB Day: Is TB vaccine and treatment research back on track? Healio Key Takeaways: Currently, the pipeline for tuberculosis treatments is the largest it has ever been. These are 24 TB vaccine candidates being assessed in 29 studies. Throughout the COVID- ... Flag as irrelevant
	Forbes What Is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)? Forbes This treatment has multiple uses, including being the "standard of care" for carbon monoxide poisoning, decompression sickness from scuba diving, wound healing, as well as gangrene and other infections. More uses are continuously being researched and span ... Flag as irrelevant
	TCTMD Longer and Greater Risk Factor Exposure, More CVD TCTMD The researchers developed models that estimated the risk of incident CVD (coronary heart disease, stroke, and congestive heart failure) based on the length and severity of exposure to LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, mean arterial pressure, ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News Living Near Heavy Traffic Noise Raises Blood Pressure WebMD March 23, 2023 -- Living near a busy road can be bad for your health, and not just because of air pollution. Traffic noise from horns, engines, and sirens can raise the blood pressure of people who live near it, according to a study from Great Britain ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Million-Person Study Finds Genes Common to Many Addiction Disorders U.S. News & World Report By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Breakthrough research shows genetic markers for substance abuse and could lead to more effective ways to prevent and treat drug and alcohol use disorders. Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY More than half a million UTIs linked to contaminated meat in US each year, study finds USA TODAY The findings could have important implications for the country's food supply and the agencies that regulate it. Adrianna Rodriguez. USA TODAY. More than half a million urinary tract infections in the U.S. each year may be caused by E. coli strains from ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report New Tropical Species of Mosquito Migrates Into Florida U.S. News & World Report By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Florida has yet another new mosquito species in its midst that has migrated from the tropics, settling in at least three counties since 2018. Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Invasive group A strep on the rise in parts of the US: What to know ABC News Five children have died of invasive Strep A so far this year in Illinois. ... Cases of invasive group A strep infections, which can cause severe illness and be deadly, remain elevated in some parts of the country, officials warned. Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News UK monkeypox vaccine rollout to wind down BBC News The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has announced its vaccination programme against mpox will end this summer. Cases of the disease have fallen from a peak of 350 per week in July to just six new cases so far in 2023, three of which were caught ... Flag as irrelevant
	Stanford University News Wastewater could be the key to tracking more viruses than just COVID-19 Stanford University News Public health experts commonly track spikes in flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and rhinovirus circulating in a population through weekly reports from sentinel laboratories. These laboratories process samples from only severely ill patients, ... Flag as irrelevant
	KEYT US tuberculosis cases nearing pre-pandemic levels, CDC data shows KEYT By Jacqueline Howard, CNN. Tuberculosis cases reported in the United States appear to be returning to levels seen before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Flag as irrelevant
	Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Common Genetic Signature May Increase Risk of Multiple Substance Abuse Disorders Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News In addition to identifying genetic loci that were linked with addiction to specific substances—alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and opioids—the results identified more than a dozen independent single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that were genome-wide ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report New Parasite Is Killing Sea Otters, and Might Pose Threat to People U.S. News & World Report By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, March 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A rare strain of the parasite Toxoplasma has killed four sea otters along the California coast, raising concerns about a potential public health risk. Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline A Daily Coffee May Reduce Your Type 2 Diabetes Risk Healthline The new study, which measured various hormones and inflammatory markers in coffee drinkers, suggests that coffee may have anti-inflammatory effects along with reducing insulin resistance, lowering with a significant impact on hormones including leptin and ... Flag as irrelevant
	MD Magazine Long-Term Methylphenidate Use Safe for Pediatric ADHD Patients MD Magazine There was very little evidence of an effect growth or increased risk of psychiatric or neurological adverse events in the methylphenidate group compared with the no-methylphenidate group. Advertisement. Flag as irrelevant
	Healio 'Slight' increase in breast cancer risk with recent progestogen-only contraceptive use Healio Researchers compared hormonal contraceptive prescriptions recorded in a U.K. primary care database for 9,498 women younger than 50 years with incident invasive breast cancer diagnosed between 1996 and 2017 and 18,171 matched controls. Each case and their ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News Wastewater dashboard monitoring monkeypox, influenza, other viruses in 5 SE Michigan cities CBS News (CBS DETROIT) - A wastewater dashboard that tracks pathogens is now monitoring monkeypox, influenza-A, norovirus GII and the respiratory syncytial virus in five Southeast Michigan cities. The University of Michigan, which is collecting and testing ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Osteoporosis: Another Dementia Predictor? MedPage Today Low bone mineral density (BMD) may be predictive of who develops dementia, researchers reported. In a study of community-dwelling older adults, every one standard deviation lower BMD at the femoral neck was linked with a 12% higher risk for developing ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report 'Silent' Endometriosis Isn't Silent: We Just Aren't Listening U.S. News & World Report That's because teens and women with endometriosis experience "severe, life-impacting pain." That pain is chronic. They feel pain during periods, sex, bowel movements and urination. They can feel abdominal bloating, nausea, constipation, and fatigue ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bay News 9 Alzheimer's Association: Stress of caregiving taking a toll Bay News 9 TAMPA, Fla. — A new report by the Alzheimer's Association shows the number of caregivers for people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease is growing across the state. At the same time, the report indicates the mental and physical health of those ... Flag as irrelevant
	Nature.com Predicting vaccine effectiveness against severe COVID-19 over time and against variants: a meta-analysis Nature.com Vaccine protection from symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection has been shown to be strongly correlated with neutralising antibody titres; however, this has not yet been demonstrated for severe COVID-19. To explore whether this relationship also holds for ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post Equatorial Guinea confirms 8 new cases of Marburg virus ABC News Equatorial Guinea has confirmed another eight cases of the "highly virulent" Marburg virus, a deadly hemorrhagic fever with no authorized vaccine or treatment. ByCARA ANNA Associated Press. March 23, 2023, 3:17 AM. NAIROBI, Kenya -- Equatorial Guinea ... Flag as irrelevant
	Weatherford Democrat Being 'socially frail' comes with health risks for older adults Weatherford Democrat Consider three hypothetical women in their mid-70s, all living alone in identical economic circumstances with the same array of ailments: diabetes, arthritis, and high blood pressure. Ms. Green stays home most of the time and sometimes goes a week ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Poor Bone Health a 'Robust' Dementia Risk Factor Medscape Low bone mineral density (BMD), particularly at the femoral neck, emerged as a "robust" risk factor for dementia in older adults in the long-running Rotterdam Study. After adjusting for relevant factors, adults with the lowest, vs highest, ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Vaccination, Paxlovid decrease risk of long Covid, studies show CNN A study published Thursday in JAMA Internal Medicine analyzed data from 41 studies, including more 860,000 people around the world. Of the four studies with vaccination information of nearly 250,000 people, those who had been vaccinated against ... Flag as irrelevant
	Courier Journal Are processed foods bad for you? 4 things to know about how they affect your health Courier Journal Whole grains kernels, in their natural state, have three layers, each with health-promoting nutrients, including fiber, vitamins and minerals, antioxidants and phytochemicals. White flour, in contrast, is stripped down and consists primarily of starch ( ... Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net Study finds lack of high certainty evidence on the efficacy and safety of analgesics for low back pain News-Medical.net To fill this knowledge gap, researchers trawled scientific databases for randomized controlled trials comparing analgesic medicines with another analgesic, placebo, or no treatment in patients reporting acute non-specific low back pain. From an ... Flag as irrelevant
	Nature.com The enhancer landscape predetermines the skeletal regeneration capacity of stromal cells Science Although all stromal cell types could express transcription factors related to endochondral ossification, only BMSCs formed cartilage discs in vitro that fully regenerated critical-size femoral defects after transplantation into mice. We identified cell ... Flag as irrelevant
	TIME Deadly Waterborne Bacteria Are Surging Because of Climate Change TIME One long-held prediction that appears to be coming true—according to the results of a new study—is how climate change can potentially expand concentrations of bacteria that thrive and spread through warm U.S. waters and cause an infection with a ... Flag as irrelevant
	WUFT Uh-oh. A new tropical mosquito has come to Florida. The buzz it's creating isn't good WUFT The deadliest mosquitoes found in the U.S., Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus are all non-native species introduced from the tropics. Reeves says little is known about Culex lactator, but it bears further study. Flag as irrelevant
	Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School Neurobiologist Wins Major Neuroscience Award Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School neurobiologist Michael Greenberg won The Brain Prize 2023 for his four decades of research on gene expression and brain plasticity. Image: Courtesy of Anna Olivella and the Harvard Brain Science Initiative. At a glance:. Flag as irrelevant
	TRICARE Newsroom National Kidney Month: WRNMMC's kidney transplant program ranks as 5-star TRICARE Newsroom WRNMMC, BETHESDA, Md. – Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is the only Department of Defense military medical treatment facility (MTF) that performs kidney transplants, and the Organ Transplant Service at WRNMMC has been rated as one of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Dartmouth News COVID-19 Can Cause 'Face Blindness' Dartmouth News Dartmouth study finds impairments in face recognition and navigational abilities. Image. Image. Blurred face of man wearing black shirt. (Photo courtesy of Adi Purnatama, Shutterstock). 3/24/2023. More Reading ... Flag as irrelevant
	KABC-TV Invasive group A strep on the rise in parts of the US: What to know KABC-TV Cases of invasive group A strep infections, which can cause severe illness and be deadly, remain elevated in some parts of the country, officials warned Wednesday. In a statement to ABC News, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed ... Flag as irrelevant
	The San Diego Union-Tribune San Diego County has seen 20 cases of fungal threat that CDC calls a growing concern The San Diego Union-Tribune So far this year, San Diego County has already recorded 20 cases of candida auris, the drug-resistant yeast that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned this week is spreading "at an alarming rate in U.S. healthcare facilities.". Flag as irrelevant
	Science News at a glance: Modernizing bed nets, IDing a Solar System visitor, and health lessons from Beethoven's hair Science The net combines two chemicals to more effectively kill the mosquitoes that transmit the parasite behind malaria, a disease that killed an estimated 619,000 people in 2022, most of them young children in sub-Saharan Africa. Insecticide-treated bed nets ... Flag as irrelevant
	National Geographic Why do some love to exercise? It might be their microbiome. National Geographic Some mice have microbes in their guts that motivate them to exercise more, a new study shows. Scientists are asking whether the same might be true for humans. By ... Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net Candida auris infection without epidemiologic links to a prior outbreak News-Medical.net The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has classified Candida auris (C. auris) as an urgent public threat due to its role in elevating mortality, its ability to persist in hospital environments, and the high possibility of developing ... Flag as irrelevant
	British Heart Foundation Gum disease and heart health: how are they connected? British Heart Foundation Having healthy teeth and gums can have benefits far beyond the mouth. Phoebe Kitscha speaks to Dr Karolin Hijazi, a BHF-funded researcher who is investigating the links between mouth bacteria, gum disease ... Flag as irrelevant
	Hindustan Times Chronic Kidney Disease in India: Two important markers to detect kidney disease Hindustan Times In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Ambrish Mithal, Chairman, Endocrinology and Diabetes at Max Super Specialty Hospital in Saket and Max Hospital in Gurgaon, revealed, "Unfortunately, CKD is underdiagnosed. Clinicians were ... Flag as irrelevant
	Feinberg News Center Sex-Specific Mechanisms for Major Depressive Disorder Identified in Response to Dysregulated Stress Hormones Feinberg News Center Talia Lerner, PhD, assistant professor of Neuroscience, was senior author of the study published in Neuropsychopharmacology. Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered novel sex-specific mechanisms that control how stress hormones impact ... Flag as irrelevant
	UCLA Health Connect A primer for navigating the financial costs of cancer UCLA Health Connect Learning that you have cancer can be life-changing – but it's not just the medical treatment and psychological toll you'll have to navigate, it's also the financial cost. Will my care be covered by insurance? How much time will I have to take off work? Flag as irrelevant
	The Hindu DNA From Beethoven's Hair Offers Clues on Composer's Ailments WebMD March 23, 2023 – Nearly 200 years after his death, researchers continue to try to grant a dying wish of composer Ludwig Van Beethoven to study his health problems. Progressive hearing loss beginning in his early 20s left him deaf at his time of death, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Smithsonian DNA From Beethoven's Hair Reveals Clues About His Death Smithsonian The composer was predisposed to liver disease and had hepatitis B at the end of his life, a new study finds. Will Sullivan. March 23, 2023 4:44 p.m.. A black and white drawing of Beethoven A portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven by August von Kloeber. Flag as irrelevant

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