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Turns Out Cranberries Really Can Prevent Some UTIs, Research Shows The global review found that cranberry juice and its supplements can lower the risk of repeat symptomatic UTIs in women by more than a quarter, in children by more than half, and in people susceptible to UTI following medical interventions by about 53%.
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We've Had a Cheaper, More Potent Ozempic Alternative for Decades New weight-loss drugs are getting all the hype, but bariatric surgery is still the "gold standard" for treating obesity. By Yasmin Tayag. An image of a surgeon's scalpel. Getty. April 25, 2023, 5:21 PM ET.
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This group of young women is seeing a staggering rise in uterine cancer. Experts don't know why. For six years, Martha Dejulian Ronquillo suffered severe anemia and depression. The mother of two in her late 30s often called out of work as a housekeeper because of fatigue and pain. During those years, Ronquillo bled daily and heavily outside of her ...
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FACT FOCUS: COVID vaccines are not in the food supply Anti-vaccine advocates have for years used foreboding imagery of syringes to paint immunizations as dark and dangerous. But recent vaccine conspiracy theories are casting an air of fear around more mundane things — like cows and lettuce.
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In Mouse Study, New Gel Therapy Stops Dangerous Brain Tumors By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, April 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A gel applied directly into the brain could offer new hope for patients diagnosed with glioblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in adults.
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Measles outbreak in American Samoa declared public health emergency American Samoa has issued a public health emergency after an outbreak of measles has spread across the U.S. territory. As of Tuesday, there has been one laboratory-confirmed case among an 8-year-old and 31 suspected and/or probable cases of the highly ...
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Vaccines, Better Tests Are Coming for Lyme Disease April 25, 2023 – This may be one of the last few summers that people will need to mostly depend on doing tick checks as the best defense against getting Lyme disease. Multiple drugmakers are developing vaccines that could help people avoid the many ...
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Tight Control of High Blood Pressure Brings Big Brain Benefits By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, April 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Maintaining tight control of your blood pressure could help your brain, potentially reducing your risk of stroke, a new study says. When blood pressure was ...
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Warning Signs of Oral Cancer Difficulty swallowing/sore throat: Difficulty swallowing (dysphagia) or a sore throat (pharyngitis) that doesn't go away can indicate cancer. · Hoarseness: Laryngeal cancer (the area of the throat that contains the vocal cords) can cause hoarseness or ...
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Anti-S. aureus mAbtyrin Biologic Targets Multiple Bacterial Virulence Strategies Early studies in animal models have demonstrated how a bioengineered antibacterial drug candidate can counter infection with Staphylococcus aureus—including drug-resistant strains that represent a major cause of death in hospitalized patients.
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Melatonin Gummies May Not Be What They Claim to Be Nearly nine of 10 melatonin gummy brands were mislabeled, a laboratory analysis showed. Of 25 gummy products analyzed, 22 (88%) were inaccurately labeled, with only three products containing an amount of melatonin within 10% of the quantity declared on ...
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Higher breast cancer risk among Black women shows need for earlier screening: Study Researchers, who examined data from 415, 277 breast cancer deaths between 2011 and 2020, found that breast cancer death rates for women between 40 and 49 were highest among Black female patients, with a rate of 27 deaths per 100,000.
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Mislabeled melatonin gummies are poisoning children. Here's how to protect your kids. Researchers find melatonin gummy products often contain much more melatonin than labeled. Meanwhile, there's been an increase in poisonings as kids accidentally consume the supplement. Nada Hassanein. USA TODAY.
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New Covid variant 'Arcturus' could cause new symptom MIAMI - The World Health Organization has elevated the fast-growing Omicron sublineage XBB.1.16 as a new variant of interest. XBB.1.16 is a descendant of the recombinant XBB, which is a mashup of two BA.2 sublineages. On social media, the variant has ...
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Stress Can Speed Aging, but Recovery Can Slow It Again: Study April 25, 2023 – Measuring biological aging has become so precise with DNA-based technology that researchers showed that trauma or stressful life events can rapidly speed up the pace of aging. But they also found that recovery from the experience can ...
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Naloxone: FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan nasal spray with Bobby Mukkamala, MD AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians, residents, medical students and patients. From private practice and health system leaders to scientists and public health officials, hear from the experts in medicine on ...
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Sneezing season? Tips to relieve seasonal allergies REDDING, Calif. — Spring has certainly sprung and so have seasonal allergies in recent weeks. The wet winter and ensuing warm dry days have been a recipe for beautiful blooms and potent pollen, triggering seasonal allergy symptoms for many.
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New research suggests that french fries may be linked to depression 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, was linked with a 12 ...
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'I felt excruciating pain': Victims recall rabid fox attack in Brighton Jacobson said the fox came out of nowhere, and grabbed on to her ankles. "I got about three-fourths of the way down the driveway and I felt this horrible pain in my left leg ...
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Sudden Cardiac Death: An Update on Commotio Cordis A rare but noteworthy cause of SCD, commotio cordis, defined as an event in which blunt trauma not penetrating the chest leading to fatal cardiac arrhythmia (the most common type being ventricular fibrillation) in the absence of cardiac damage, has ...
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Print your own vaccine: automatic printing of microneedle patch COVID-19 mRNA vaccines In a recent study published in Nature Biotechnology, researchers reported on the automatic printing of microneedle patch (MNP) severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines.
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Even as SARS-CoV-2 mutates, some human antibodies fight back LA JOLLA, CA—An anonymous San Diego resident has become a fascinating example of how the human immune system fights SARS-CoV-2. In a new investigation, scientists from La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have shown how antibodies, collected from ...
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Study reveals survival time of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater: Implications for public health The rapid global transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) led to a pandemic commonly known as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). To date, this pandemic has affected approximately 686 million people and claimed more ...
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Syphilis cases rose 25 percent in 2022 despite other STDs declining slightly, new data show Newly released 2022 data from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) show rising levels of syphilis in Minnesota. Chlamydia, gonorrhea and HIV/AIDS numbers show a slight decline during 2022 compared to the previous year but continue to impact ...
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Food for Thought: Nutrient Intake Linked to Cognition and Healthy Brain Aging Summary: A new study reveals that nutrient intake, brain structure and cognitive function jointly contribute to brain health in older adults. The research discovered that blood markers of certain fatty acids are linked with better memory and larger ...
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American Samoa declares public health emergency, ramps up vaccination amid fears of measles outbreak Key points: Epidemiologist Scott Anesi says the aim is to fully vaccinate all children from grade 1 and above before reopening schools; He says all active cases are currently in a ...
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Adults are getting allergies for the first time. Thanks, climate change. A 'pollen storm' and longer allergy seasons are sending a growing number of adults in search of relief. ... For several years now, we are living in a world where every sneeze, each hint of a scratchy throat or stuffy nose, gives a person pause.
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Risk Assessment on poliomyelitis (polio): implications for the Region of the Americas, 25 April 2023 Poliovirus is a human enterovirus with three serotypes: type 1, type 2, and type 3. Wild poliovirus was the cause of thousands of cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) and deaths over many years; however, after the introduction of polio vaccines, only ...
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Southern Nevada Health District observes National Infant Immunization Week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 25, 2023. LAS VEGAS – April 24-30 is National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW), observed yearly to highlight the importance of protecting children 2 years of age and under. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that ...
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New machine-learning method predicts body clock timing to improve sleep and health decisions The research team then measured over 130 metabolite rhythms using a targeted metabolomics approach. These metabolite data were then used in a machine learning programme to predict circadian timing. Professor Skene continued: "We are ...
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Use new tools to save lives, WHO says on World Malaria Day "We have the tools to drive down malaria, a package of interventions that includes vector control, preventive medicines, testing, and treatment," said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Early Bronchiolitis, With and Without RSV, Linked to Risk for Pediatric Asthma Bronchiolitis during the first 2 years of life, regardless of etiology and severity, was associated with at least 3 times the risk for recurrent wheezing (RW) and/or asthma in children up to 5 years old and an increased prevalence of asthma in those ...
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Study finds early RSV infection linked to significantly increased risk of asthma in children Severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection has long been associated with the onset of childhood wheezing diseases, but the relationship between RSV infection during infancy and the development of childhood asthma has remained unclear.
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After biting 6 people in Brighton, a fox tests positive for rabies Brighton police had said last week that the incidents happened south of the 12 Corners area, and health officials said it happened near homes on Hollyvale Drive and Tilstone Place, before the fox was killed by law enforcement.
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Inside the World Influenza Centre: monitoring the constant threat of flu and other viruses From there, she and her team take this information to the twice yearly seasonal influenza virus meetings of the World Health Organization, where the expert panel makes recommendations for the next season's candidate vaccine viruses. But that's just one ...
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Oral sex is now the leading risk factor for throat cancer The main cause of this cancer is the human papillomavirus (HPV), which are also the main cause of cancer of the cervix. Oropharyngeal cancer has now become more common than cervical cancer in the US and the UK.
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Study: Black women should get mammograms earlier "Mammograms have been shown to reduce death from breast cancer," Dr. Sandhya Pruthi, of the Mayo Clinic, said. A study published in the medical journal JAMA Network Open finds that clinical trials ...
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Memory in Sync: How Rhythmic Brain Activity Supports Short-Term Recall "Our research shows that brain rhythms are organizing these transient bursts over time," said Ian Fiebelkorn, PhD, assistant professor of Neuroscience and senior author of the study. "The rhythmic coordination of brain ...
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Allergies making you miserable? You're not alone. Here's why they're so bad right now. So let's start with the positive: Wind-blown tree pollen is a good thing (environmentally speaking) because it's how trees − obviously incapable of uprooting and moving themselves − manage to fertilize other trees.
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Similar Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum and Non–P. falciparum Malaria Infections among Schoolchildren, Tanzania Although the clinical prevalence of nonfalciparum malaria in sub-Saharan Africa is dwarfed by P. falciparum (9), nonfalciparum species can still cause disease. P. malariae has been associated with increased risk for anemia (10) and other complications, ...
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Data Show Changes in Vaccine Trials During COVID-19 Pandemic They used the search engines from the European Medicines Agency and FDA to identify all vaccines approved against COVID-19, influenza, and pneumococcal disease between 2011 and 2021. Investigators screened the study protocols for direct and ...
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New and efficient technique for rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing using optical microscopy The technique, called Optical Nanomotion Detection, is extremely rapid, single-cell sensitive, label-free, and requires only a basic traditional optical microscope, equipped with a camera or a mobile phone.
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To what extent does air pollutant-induced semen damage contribute to male infertility? Human reproductive health faces major challenges worldwide because of many factors, including genetic, environmental, lifestyle, and psychological factors. Air pollutants, as a major source of environmental pollution, are known to impact sperm quality ...
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Is this the 'new normal' stage of the pandemic? Experts think so Deaths are lower than they have been since March 2020 (though more than 150 are still dying every day). Hospitalizations and cases are also trending down, though cases are difficult to track given the widespread use of at-home rapid tests.
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Community health workers lead the fight against malaria in Rwanda Kigali – Over the past seven years, Rwanda has significantly reduced the burden of malaria, with the infection rate dropping from 409 cases per 1000 people in 2016 to just 76 cases per 1000 people in 2022. Malaria deaths also fell by more than 89% over ...
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NHS delivers one million spring covid jabs The NHS Covid-19 Vaccination Programme has vaccinated more than one million people with a spring covid dose in just over a week since the campaign formally launched outside of care homes. NHS staff have been going into older adult care homes to offer ...
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Is cranberry juice really effective against urinary tract infections? A new meta-analysis by Australian researchers including almost 9,000 people confirms cranberry's reputation as a helpful supplement for people wanting to avoid recurrent UTIs. In the scientists' analysis, cranberry's protective effect was evident in ...
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Area pediatricians seeing increase in strep throat cases EAST LONGMEADOW, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - Local pediatricians are seeing an uptick in strep throat cases in children and they said Tuesday that cases in the United States are the highest they have been since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Protect Children from Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: April 24-30 is National Infant Immunization Week DuPage County – The DuPage County Health Department (DCHD) is joining public health agencies and medical partners in support of National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) from April 24-30. NIIW highlights the importance ...
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Stool transplantation for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease Key messages. • Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn disease (CD) are two forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBD is an autoimmune disease affecting the gut, as the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells, tissues, and organs.
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