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Studies Link Common Childhood Viruses to Rare Hepatitis Cases AAV2 is not typically associated with disease, and it requires a second "helper" virus in order to replicate. Many of the children with unexplained hepatitis, or liver inflammation, were infected with multiple helper viruses, the researchers found.
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Doctors Convert Veins Into Arteries to Spare Patients Amputations By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cynthia Elford had recently lost her left leg to type 1 diabetes, after a sunburned big toe turned nearly black and forced an amputation.
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More symptoms than you think may be tied to your migraines But many people who live with the condition can have a hard time recognizing its seriousness and getting the medical care they need for their migraines, said Kylie Petrarca, a nurse and associate program director of the Association of Migraine Disorders.
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Cancer blood test may 'prey on the worried well' Somerset-based Goodbody Clinic has set up 90 outlets nationwide offering this specific circulatory tumour test. The clinic said its Trucheck test could help diagnose stage one and two cancers earlier.
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Migraines May Follow Daily Circadian Cycles, Study Shows By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Your body's internal clock appears to play a big part in the time of day when severe headaches happen. Migraines and cluster headaches have different ...
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Blood tests may spare cancer patients chemo A blood test which can detect traces of cancer cells could spare thousands of patients unnecessary chemotherapy every year. A major bowel cancer trial is examining whether the test can show if surgery has removed all of the tumour.
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Asthma, Eczema Tied to Osteoarthritis Risk Individuals with a history of atopic disease, such as asthma and eczema (a.k.a. atopic dermatitis), are at significantly increased risk for developing osteoarthritis (OA), analysis of medical insurance claims indicated. With some 110,000 people with ...
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How Round Is Your Heart? It Might Matter for Health By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Assessing heart roundness may be a new way to diagnose cardiovascular conditions, new research suggests. While doctors now use measures like heart chamber size ...
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Hydrocortisone lowers risk from severe pneumonia, study finds Key takeaways: Patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia treated with hydrocortisone had a lower incidence of death 28 days after treatment than those receiving placebo. New phase 3 trial reaffirms previous findings.
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Study Results Debunk 'Obesity Paradox' for Individuals With Heart Failure The findings demonstrate that if physicians measure the ratio of waist to height of patients, rather than looking at body mass index (BMI), the assumption that individuals with a BMI of 25 kg/m2 or more is not relevant.
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Cluster Headache, Migraine Linked to Circadian System The results also raise the potential for using circadian-based treatments for headache disorders, Burish noted. "This could include both treatments based on the circadian rhythm -- such as taking medications at certain times of the ...
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Study: Substance Use Disorders Do Not Increase Likelihood of COVID-19 Deaths Since the early days of the pandemic, BMC has also been a leader in the treatment of individuals with COVID-19, including [individuals] with complex medical and social needs," Angela McLaughlin, MD, MPH, an infectious disease fellow at BMC, said in a ...
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Vaccine Trial Shows Promise Against Candida Fungal Infection March 29, 2023 – Infection with the fungus Candida auris can be problematic for some and deadly for others, especially for people at higher risk due to advanced age or because they have a weakened immune system, called immunosuppression.
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WHO to Consider Adding Obesity Drugs to 'Essential' Medicines List By Jennifer Rigby. LONDON (Reuters) - Drugs that combat obesity are under consideration for the first time for the World Health Organization's "essential medicines list," used to guide government purchasing decisions in low- and middle-income countries ...
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Drinking coffee and tea may protect against MS, study says People who drink black and green tea, coffee, and non-alcoholic beer may be significantly less likely to develop multiple sclerosis (MS), a study in Iran has found. In contrast, consuming carbonated beverages, milk, and natural fruit juices seems to ...
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Mediterranean, low-fat diets may reduce death, heart attack in adults at elevated risk In patients at intermediate or high CV risk, compared with minimal intervention, the Mediterranean and low-fat dietary programs were associated with reduced risk for death and nonfatal MI, researchers reported in The BMJ.
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FDA Approves Overdose-Reversing Narcan for Over-the-Counter Use March 29, 2023 – The FDA has approved the opioid overdose-reversal drug Narcan for over-the-counter use, the agency announced Wednesday morning. The nasal spray uses the drug naloxone hydrochloride and will be available to purchase online, ...
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Pets might help prevent food allergies for children PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Pets might help prevent food allergies, according to a new study that says pregnant women who live with pets have children with fewer allergies as long as those babies are also around the animals. Scientists say more research is ...
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WHO advisers to consider whether obesity medication should be added to Essential Medicines List Advisers to the World Health Organization will consider next month whether to add liraglutide, the active ingredient in certain diabetes and obesity medications, to its list of essential medicines. The list, which is updated every two years, ...
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Scientists Get Closer to Understanding 'Hidden' HIV The researchers showed that HIV in specific myeloid cells can be reactivated, with the virus going on to infect new cells. These specific cells include short-lived monocytes and longer-lived monocyte-derived macrophages.
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Spring allergies will be one of the worst ever in SoCal, experts say. Here is how to avoid symptoms: LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Expect a spring allergy season like none other. Doctors say we've been getting the kind of rain that breaks up pollen and makes it miserable for allergy sufferers once the wind starts kicking up. Knowing this, there are things you ...
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COVID-19 vaccination associated with lower rates of adverse pregnancy outcomes Pregnant women who vaccinated against COVID-19 had lower rates of perinatal death, preterm delivery, neonates with very low birth weight and NICU admission than unvaccinated women, researchers reported in Obstetrics & Gynecology.
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Genetic variants increase risk for H. pylori-related stomach cancer Individuals with certain germline pathogenic variants had a substantially higher risk for developing gastric cancer after Helicobacter pylori infection, results of a Japan-based case-control study showed. The findings, published in The New ...
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Experimental Obesity Treatment Could Produce Weight Loss Without Surgery or Nausea In an animal study, researchers tested how effective a new drug would be in treating obesity. Rats on the drug ate up to 80% less than what would they typically eat. The experimental drug also may have fewer side effects than currently available ...
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Bird Flu Detected in Human; Pope Francis Hospitalized; Tranq Legislation Introduced Note that some links may require subscriptions. Chile detected its first case of bird flu in a humanopens in a new tab or window, the country's health ministry reported. (Reuters). Equatorial Guinea confirmed a total of 13 cases of Marburg diseaseopens ...
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Pet cats and dogs may help protect infants from food allergies, study suggests Children who live with cats or dogs during fetal development and early infancy may be less likely than other kids to develop food allergies, according to a new study. The study, published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One, analyzed data from over ...
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Study Suggests the Least Exercise People Can Do for Health It found that people who take 8,000 steps a day once or twice per week get almost all the cardiovascular health benefits as people who do it almost every day. ADVERTISEMENT.
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UF/IFAS Study: New Mosquito Species Reported in Florida Culex lactator is known to live in Collier County – south and west of Naples – Lee County, west of Fort Myers and in the Homestead area of Miami-Dade County, though it may have also spread elsewhere in the state, researchers say.
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Chile detects first case of bird flu in a human SANTIAGO, March 29 (Reuters) - Chile detected the first case of bird flue in a human, the country's health ministry reported on Wednesday. The case was detected in a 53-year-old man who presented severe influenza symptoms, according to a statement ...
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Why Aspirin is an Effective Pain Medication with Many Potential Applications Asprin is one of the oldest pain-relieving drugs currently in use, and researchers continue to learn more about how it works. New research suggests aspirin's mechanism of action in reducing inflammation and influencing immune response could pave the ...
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The decision-making process for the launch of trials for COVID-19 repurposed antivirals In the present study, researchers reviewed why the decision-makers favored launching randomized clinical trials for remdesivir and molnupiravir but not TDF. They aimed at helping the gatekeepers of randomized trials, i.e., government agencies, ...
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Helicobacter pylori, Homologous-Recombination Genes, and Gastric Cancer Germline pathogenic variants in nine genes (APC, ATM, BRCA1, BRCA2, CDH1, MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, and PALB2) were associated with the risk of gastric cancer. We found an interaction between ...
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Cancer Times 2: Synchronous But Surviving The oncologist informed me that the uterine and cervical cancers were not related. They were neither a result of metastasis nor recurrence. Indeed, I am that unusual patient whose two cancers were identified almost simultaneously. In my head, a snarky ...
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Facing Alzheimer's, this couple still finds time to dance, and seize joy in the moment 'There is a way to endure this disease that isn't this total dark disaster': Sheree Fitch. Padraig Moran · CBC Radio · Posted: Mar 30, 2023 1:00 AM PDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago. A man and woman stand outside a purple building.
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A 'Double Whammy' for Gastric Cancer Risk The combined effect of certain germline pathogenic variants and Helicobacter pylori infection were linked with large increases in gastric cancer risk, according to results from a Japanese study. By age 85, the cumulative risk for gastric cancer in ...
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Lincoln pharmacy sees effects of nationwide Albuterol backorder LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Kohll's Pharmacy in Lincoln is no stranger to drug shortages. First it was children's Tylenol and Ibuprofen in December and now it's Albuterol. The liquid form of Albuterol is on a national backorder. The medicine gives asthma, ...
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Transcatheter Arterialization of Deep Veins Succeeds for No-Option Limb Ischemia Transcatheter arterialization of the deep veins in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia appeared safe and led to limb salvage and wound healing in most cases, the PROMISE II study showed. The procedure to turn a vein into an artery for ...
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Increase in Registered Acute Kidney Injuries in German Hospitals Background: Currently, the development of the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) and the influence of age and gender on the condition in Germany is unclear. Materials and Methods: Data were extracted from the national database of Federal Health ...
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Consumption of dried fruits associated with higher-quality diets More recently, studies have found associations between dried fruit consumption on gut microbiota composition and functionality. Gut microbiota contributes to metabolic health; thus, identifying dietary strategies promoting metabolic health through ...
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Improved brain mapping reveals subtle cognitive changes in older adults with preclinical Alzheimer's disease Adults with preclinical AD have the earliest signs of disease, such as buildup of amyloid-beta proteins in their brains. However, they have no noticeable symptoms of cognitive decline. The research team, led ...
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In Utero Exposure to COVID-19 May Increase Obesity Risk in Children Children exposed to maternal COVID-19 during pregnancy showed lower birth weight, lower birth BMI, and accelerated postnatal weight gain, compared with those unexposed. Advertisement.
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How does acute COVID-19 or COVID vaccination affect menstruation? Considerable public apprehension has arisen regarding the potential impact of COVID-19 on menstrual cycles, which may be attributed to factors such as vaccination, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, pandemic-induced ...
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Study finds that current antiviral drugs retain efficacy against newly emerged Omicron subvariants *Important notice: bioRxiv publishes preliminary scientific reports that are not peer-reviewed and, therefore, should not be regarded as conclusive, guide clinical practice/health-related behavior, or treated as established information.
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The Future of IgE-Mediated Allergy Research and Treatments In her laboratory, Cecilia Berin, PhD, the Bunning Professor of Food Allergy Research, studies the immune basis of allergy and tolerance to foods. In a recent editorial published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, Berin discusses the current ...
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Mediterranean diet 'can reduce heart attacks in people at higher risk' However, until now there has been limited evidence of how it might help those at increased risk of cardiovascular disease. These include hundreds of millions of people living with obesity, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure ...
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Long COVID remains an uphill battle for many Americans: "Every day, getting up is a fight" Long COVID has affected millions of people globally, with individuals reporting a range of symptoms including fatigue, lung issues and neurological problems like brain fog. While evidence indicates that most individuals substantially recover within a ...
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Health benefits of growing up in cities have diminished globally An unprecedented data set of the body measurements of 71 million children and adolescents reveals that, in most countries, growing up in cities no longer results in the height advantage seen in most of the world in the 1990s. However, in much of ...
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Myeloid Cells can Harbor HIV in People on ART A new study has found that myeloid cells (a subset of white blood cells), can maintain HIV cells in people who have been virally suppressed for years on antiretroviral therapy (ART), and can be reactivated and infect new cells.
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Professor in ECE leading MRI study that explores PTSD biomarkers in older adults Meredith Reid, assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering, is hoping results of the study can identify biomarkers that could lead to PTSD medication for older adults. Much post-traumatic ...
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Ozempic's weight loss side effect can make it harder to find for people with diabetes The prescription drug Ozempic helps people with diabetes control their blood sugar. But its wild popularity is due to a side effect: rapid weight loss. That's made it hard to find in some areas. Copyright © 2023 NPR. All rights reserved.
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