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The truth about teens, social media and the mental health crisis Back in 2017, psychologist Jean Twenge set off a firestorm in the field of psychology. Twenge studies generational trends at San Diego State University. When she looked at mental health metrics for teenagers around 2012, what she saw shocked her.
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22 Out of 25 Melatonin Products Were Mislabeled, Study Finds "You are at the mercy of the dietary supplement industry," Dr. Cohen said. The Food and Drug Administration does not evaluate dietary supplements for their safety and effectiveness. "Protecting the health and ...
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New research suggests that french fries may be linked to depression French fries — they're greasy, starchy and a comfort food for many. But reaching for fried foods may have a negative impact on mental health. A research team in Hangzhou, China, found that frequent consumption of fried foods, especially fried potatoes, ...
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Melatonin gummies may have a higher dose than what's on the label The chewy melatonin gummies that many people take before bedtime to promote sleep may contain far more of the hormone than what's printed on the label, a study shows. The findings, published as a letter in the Journal of the American Medical ...
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Chronic Drinking Can Increase Pain Sensitivity, Study Says "Pain is both a widespread symptom in patients suffering from alcohol dependence, as well as a reason why people are driven to drink again." The research team studied three groups of mice: ...
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Is There a Cure for IBS? The hallmark symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome are difficult to ignore — abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, bloating, gas. It's no wonder, then, that the millions of people who have the condition in ...
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Prescription drugs' fine print is important. A toxicologist explains how to decode package inserts. An often overlooked part of the package insert is the prescribing information. Though written primarily for health care professionals, it contains a wealth of information regarding the ways in which the medication interacts with the body.
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Your Guide To The Best Supplements For Arthritis Pain Monounsaturated fatty acids have anti-inflammatory benefits and may help suppress the number of swollen joints or tendons and help decrease a person's perceived pain related to rheumatoid arthritis, research suggests. High-quality olive oil ...
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Psychotherapy's Hidden Bonus: Healthier Hearts By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, April 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Treating depression with talk therapy may provide protection against heart disease, new research suggests. As depression lifts, people may begin to engage ...
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AHA News: Long COVID in Children Still Poses Plenty of Questions TUESDAY, April 25, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- In the constantly unfolding tale of the pandemic, long COVID – the persistent effects that can follow a SARS-CoV-2 infection – is among the more challenging twists, one that researchers are just ...
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Thousands of New Viruses Found in Baby Diapers The diapers were collected when the babies were 1 year old, and the children are now 12 years old. The diaper analysis was the first step in the study, which has a long-term goal of identifying causes of chronic inflammatory diseases such as asthma, eczema ...
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Limitations on Reproductive Rights Makes Agonizing Decisions Even Harder for Pregnant Women With Cancer The ability to offer tailored or adapted therapy is a source of great relief to many patients diagnosed with cancer while pregnant or who become pregnant while being treated for cancer, explained Virginia F. Borges, MD, MMSc, a physician, ...
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Lung cancer: Liquid biopsies could speed up treatment Dr Magda Meissner of the All-Wales Medical Genomics Service said some patients become too unwell or die while waiting for traditional biopsy results. A clinical study will determine whether survival rates can ...
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RSV in Infancy Could Raise a Child's Risk for Asthma By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, April 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Kids who were infected with respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV, in their first year may be at greater risk for asthma, according to researchers.
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A hot flash ruined my big moment. What I wish I'd known sooner The event was three days away and I was already worrying that a surprise hot flash could ruin it. I'd recently stopped taking the low-estrogen birth control pills that had held them at bay (along with other undesirable symptoms) for the past several years.
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Digestive Organs Vary Widely Between People, Study Finds "I almost missed one guy's appendix because it was growing off the back of the cecum [the pouch that forms the first part of the large intestine] instead of the front," said lead researcher Erin McKenney, an assistant professor of applied ecology at North ...
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The promising weirdness of biological age In preclinical models and in humans, stress from surgery, pregnancy, and severe COVID-19 increased signs of biological age, which were reversed following recovery. "Traditionally, biological age has been thought to just go up and up, ...
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New study prompts calls for Black women to get breast cancer screenings at younger age A study published in the medical journal JAMA Network Open finds that clinical trials may be needed to investigate whether Black women should start getting mammograms at younger ages. While this group is less likely to be diagnosed ...
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Study Finds Sleeping Pill Can Reduce Proteins Linked to Alzheimer's Disease Various medications are prescribed to help slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease symptoms. A new small sleep study has indicated that an insomnia drug may positively influence two brain proteins linked to Alzheimer's.
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Tuberculosis confirmed at Joppatowne High School in Harford County The health department started contract tracing to determine if any students or staff may be impacted. Tuberculosis is a serious illness that impacts the lungs and is spread from person to person through the air after ...
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Are your ears ringing? Experts are studying whether its linked to COVID or the vaccine. As of April 14, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has received 16,500 complaints of tinnitus after people were vaccinated against COVID-19, according to its Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. The condition has ...
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Tooth Abscess: What It Is, Stages, Symptoms & Treatments When dental cavities are left untreated, the bacteria that cause decay can penetrate the tooth's pulp and generate an abscess. Gum disease, trauma to the tooth and previous dental procedures can also cause abscesses.".
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It's True, Cranberry Products Can Help You Avoid UTIs Medical scientists from Flinders University and The Children's Hospital at Westmead came to these findings about the potential benefits of cranberry products for UTI prevention by looking at 50 recent trials that included almost 9,000 participants. This ...
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New Study Assesses Cancer Risks with CT in Pediatric Patients While one computed tomography (CT) scan appears to have no elevated cancer risk in pediatric patients, four or more pediatric exposures to CT scans are associated with increased risks for intracranial tumor, leukemia, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, ...
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What People with Cystic Fibrosis Need to Know About COVID-19 While many people with cystic fibrosis (CF) and COVID-19 have a mild to moderate illness, others are at a high risk of serious illness. This includes those who have a history of lung transplants or other health problems related to CF.
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As pandemic emergencies end, people battling long COVID feel 'swept under the rug' An estimated 16 million U.S. adults are experiencing long COVID, or ongoing health problems that continue or emerge after a bout of COVID. Image. Pictured left to right are Linda Rosenthal, Julia Landis and Shelby Hedgecock. The photos, taken by Brian ...
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A new malaria vaccine could be a 'huge deal' in the fight to save lives in Africa and abroad After 30 years of research, a new malaria vaccine has been approved for use in Ghana and conditionally approved for use in Nigeria. The R21/Matrix-M vaccine, developed by scientists at the University of Oxford in London, has been cleared for use by ...
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Vaccine printer could help vaccines reach more people Rendering shows a grey desktop printer, labeled mRNA Ink, that is printing out unique. Caption: MIT researchers have designed a mobile vaccine printer that could be scaled ...
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UP lawmakers respond to Escanaba Billerud Paper Mill blastomycosis outbreak Senator Ed McBroom says his team is letting state and federal crews work to address workplace infections. "It is not like other situations that we have been in where the government is dropping the ball and we ...
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How Exercise Can Boost Brain Health The study's findings suggest that chemical signals from contracting muscles may trigger a signaling pathway that boosts brain function and may help treat neurological disorders in the future. The next steps for research involve important clinical questions ...
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In situ architecture and membrane fusion of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant Despite recent advances on the molecular basis of elevated pathogenicity using recombinant proteins, the architecture of intact Delta virions remains veiled. Moreover, pieces of molecular evidence for the detailed mechanism of S-mediated membrane fusion ...
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Utility of Platelet Indices as a Predictive Marker in Sepsis: An Observational Study From North East India Septic patients with thrombocytopenia on admission had a higher SOFA score and were associated with worse outcomes. Additionally, platelet indices, such as platelet distribution width and mean platelet volume, serve as important prognostic markers among ...
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A Case of Hypertriglyceridemia-Induced Acute Pancreatitis in the Setting of Alcohol Abuse Laboratory testing indicated markedly elevated triglycerides and lipase levels. Computed Tomography imaging showed signs of pancreatic inflammation. He was treated with aggressive intravenous fluid hydration, insulin infusion, and pain control medications.
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Coping with Workplace Stress "Sustained stress is one of the common contributory factors of disease. It is a well-known fact that stress positively correlates to high blood pressure, anxiety, depression, mental illness, obesity, gastrointestinal problems ...
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Lady Bats Get 'Pregnancy Brain' Too, Israeli Scientists Discover Never before has science documented gestational sensory impairment in other species. Now it has, in tiny bats that weigh no more than a pencil. Ruth Schuster. Apr 24, 2023 11:50 am UTC+3. Get email notification for articles from Ruth Schuster Follow.
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Yes, Mask Wearing Can Affect the Eyes In the observational study, they compared 64 healthcare professionals who wear masks for six to 12 hours and work in COVID-19 pandemic clinics with a control group of 66 short-term (one to two hours) mask users.
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A mobile vaccine printer could enable rapid vaccination of large numbers of people In a study appearing today in Nature Biotechnology, the researchers showed they could use the printer to produce thermostable Covid-19 RNA vaccines that could induce a comparable immune response to that generated by injected RNA vaccines, in mice.
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Health Care-Associated Infections Were Higher in COVID-19 Patients Rates of central line–associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI), catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia all increased in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
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Tomorrow's Health: Autism risk, stool transplants & printing vaccines WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - A new vaccine printer could help get doses to people who need them and researchers link common ear, nose, and throat issues to autism. Autism risk. Young children with common ear, nose, and throat issues may be at higher ...
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Alarm as bird flu found to 'efficiently' spread between ferrets In a new preprint, scientists in Canada demonstrated that H5N1 samples taken from a red tailed hawk spread efficiently between ferrets – the main "animal model" used by scientists in experiments to analyse how respiratory viruses may impact people.
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Booster protection against new COVID-19 variant 'arcturus' A new COVID-19 variant is now spreading through the United States. That new variant is called arcturus, and doctors say it's a version of omicron. When the original COVID-19 vaccines were given, doctors said a booster would be needed four to six months ...
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Researchers Leverage Generative AI to Improve Cancer Treatment Targets April 24, 2023 - Researchers from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), UT Health San Antonio, and the University of Pittsburgh have developed a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool to improve adaptive radiotherapy, according to a ...
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Antiviral Pathway a Potential New Target for Alzheimer's Treatment Summary: Inhibiting cGAS, an innate immune system enzyme allows neurons to become more resilient to tau fibrils. The new finding may serve in the development of new therapies to help treat Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia, ...
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World Malaria Day – Countries must step up efforts to reach vulnerable populations, PAHO Director says Washington D.C. 25 April 2023 (PAHO) – On World Malaria Day, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, calls on countries to intensify malaria elimination efforts among indigenous, mobile and remote communities, ...
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Males with Neurodevelopmental Disorders Face Higher Risk of Testicular Cancer A new study by researchers at Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital shows that men who have a neurodevelopmental disorder, such as autism and ADHD, also have a slightly increased risk of testicular cancer, or seminoma.
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How Much Sugar Should You Really Have a Day? Research has shown that consuming too much sugar is harmful to your health. A new study has provided more evidence that the recommendation to limit your added sugar intake to no more than 6 teaspoons a day can help you reduce your risk of negative ...
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World Malaria Day: 25 April 2023 The Doherty Institute is home to several research teams who work on malaria. The infectious disease is caused by single-cell parasites that are transmitted by mosquito bite, invade liver cells, and re-produce in their millions inside red blood cells.
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Paediatric COVID vaccination FAQs A team of GPs and academics answer commonly asked patient questions regarding the risks and benefits of immunising children against COVID-19. Child after getting COVID vaccine Less than 40% of children ...
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Research findings could help inform more effective therapies for AML Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a type of cancer in which the bone marrow makes a large number of abnormal blood cells. It is the most common type of acute leukemia in adults. Background: For decades, the treatment options for this disease have ...
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Drug to help prevent serious RSV illness in babies approved by Health Canada Health Canada has approved a new antibody drug to help protect babies from serious illness caused by respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. Nirsevimab, also known by its brand name Beyfortus, was authorized on April 19. It was developed by AstraZeneca ...
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