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A Century-Old Vaccine Fails to Protect Against Covid Early in the pandemic, scientists began testing an old TB vaccine against the coronavirus. But the trial enrolled fewer participants than expected as new Covid vaccines were introduced, and no discernible effect was found.
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Exercises like jogging or weight training may help addiction recovery Adding simple workouts to treatment improved recovery from a variety of substance-use disorders, including to cocaine, opioids, cannabis and alcohol. By Gretchen Reynolds. April 26, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. EDT. A study shows that people who exercised as part ...
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These popular diets are best for heart health, according to the American Heart Association Along with regular exercise and not smoking, a healthy diet is a key way to keep heart disease at bay. But which diet best meets the dietary guidelines of the American Heart Association?
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The Quest for Longevity Is Already Over Studying people who live well beyond the age of 100 could reveal the secret to living longer, healthier lives. But the statistics tell another story.
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Adding exercise into treatment may reduce substance use, study shows One key to fighting addiction may be exercise, according to a new study. Researchers undertook a review of the existing literature around physical activity and its relationship to substance use, and they found that regular exercise ...
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DASH, Mediterranean, vegetarian eating plans best align with AHA dietary guidance Ketogenic and paleo eating plans may not be best for heart health. Clinicians should suggest that patients avoid added sugars and refined grains and increase intake of whole grains, fruits and vegetables. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension ...
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New Contender in Diet Rankings Puts Kibosh on Some 'Heart Healthy' Diets The American Heart Association weighed in on how popular diets stack up against its healthy dietary pattern recommendations, giving a low ranking to several diets billed as good for the heart. The organization issued a scientific statement scoring the ...
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Adjuvant Atezolizumab Combination May Reduce Risk of Fatal Recurrence of Liver Cancer Caused by Chronic Liver ... Atezolizumab (Tecentriq; Roche) and bevacizumab (Avastin; Roche) was found to improve recurrence-free survival (RFS) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) at high risk of disease recurrence following liver resection or ablation with curative ...
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Posttraumatic Neuroendocrine Dysfunction: Impact on Recovery Traumatic brain injury-induced dysregulation of the neuroendocrine system and may contribute to the exacerbation of posttraumatic morbidity. headache.
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Transportation issues linked to increased mortality risk among cancer survivors Adults with a history of cancer and transportation barriers had the highest all-cause mortality risk. Delays in health care associated with a lack of timely transportation resulted in increased ED use and risk for all ...
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Discrimination at Work Can Increase Your Risk of High Blood Pressure Chronic stress from workplace discrimination can cause an over-activation of the cardiovascular system, leading to hypertension and other cardiovascular disorders. Experts say individual coping mechanisms can be helpful to individuals who are experiencing ...
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Animal Health Board: Skip dog parks to stop spread of canine flu in Minnesota ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. – The state is asking pet owners to stay away from dog parks, and watch closely for canine influenza symptoms. The Minnesota Board of Animal Health (MBAH) says four more cases of canine flu have been confirmed, with one dog dying ...
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Bacterial Outbreak Kills Four; 'COVID War' Lessons; Health Alert on Meat Soups Note that some links may require subscriptions. An outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniaeopens in a new tab or window bacteria at a Seattle medical center has infected 31 patients, four of whom have died. (Seattle Times). With the mifepristone (Mifeprex) ...
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Exercise Could Be an Antidote to Addiction, Data Suggests Investigators who analyzed 43 studies from around the world found a link between physical activity and reduced substance use among people in treatment for alcohol and drug abuse. The idea for the study review "came ...
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Newly Identified Prostate Cancer Subtypes May Respond Differently to Treatment The basal immune subtype had higher levels of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and interferon gamma activity. Characteristics of homologous recombination deficiency were more common in tumors of this subtype. The researchers also found that treatment ...
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Walnuts May Help Teens with Maturity, Thinking, and Attention The students were told to follow healthy eating recommendations and were divided randomly into two groups: 386 received 30 grams per day of raw California walnuts – about 14 walnut halves – to add to their diet, while 385 received no nuts and served as the ...
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Ingestible "electroceutical" capsule stimulates hunger-regulating hormone Hormones released by the stomach, such as ghrelin, play a key role in stimulating appetite. These hormones are produced by endocrine cells that are part of the enteric nervous system, which controls hunger, nausea, and feelings of fullness.
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4 dead, 31 infected after bacterial outbreak hits Seattle hospital Four patients at a downtown Seattle hospital are dead in connection to an outbreak of a bacteria often found in health care settings that has developed resistance to some antibiotics. The infected patients, who contracted Klebsiella, were hospitalized ...
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Preschool Ear, Nose, and Throat Problems Linked with Autism April 26, 2023 -- Very young children who have common ear and upper respiratory problems appear to have an increased risk of being diagnosis of autism or showed high levels of autism traits, according to a new study.
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CDC Report Shows STI Cases Nearing Pre-Pandemic Levels STIs by the Numbers · The CDC reports that a number of common sexually transmitted infections increased substantially in 2021. · Reported infections of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis reached 2.53 million in 2021, a 7% increase from the previous year.
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Neighbors in Brighton worried about skulk of foxes after rabid attack ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A rabid fox bit at least six people in Brighton over the weekend. Now, those who live in the neighborhood where it happened are worried about the rest of the foxes in the skulk. "There's some un-developed land behind us so they like ...
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20% of adults suffer from chronic pain—here are 12 alternative therapies to try instead of medication Both the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) and the American College of Physicians (ACP) recommend noninvasive, non-drug approaches like acupuncture, massage, meditation, and tai chi as the first step in treating many painful ...
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What's Going Around: Strep, croup, fevers, allergies The providers of UPMC Children's Community Pediatrics in York and Spring Grove continue to see many cases of strep throat and viral illness. Allergy symptoms have also been common this week. Providers at UPMC say allergies should ...
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Interfering with antiviral pathway may deter Alzheimer's Targeting part of an antiviral pathway triggered by the accumulation of a key pathogen shared in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia may one day offer a new therapeutic approach to deterring or delaying cognitive decline, according to ...
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Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Infectious-Disease Surveillance Florence Nightingale's innovative "rose diagram" of preventable deaths revolutionized data-driven disease surveillance. Raw hospital mortality data collected during the Crimean War were transformed into a compelling, visual insight — poor sanitary ...
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Brighton police, DEC working together after fox attacks in Brighton neighborhood The rabid fox was killed by law enforcement after the attacks, but neighbors and victims are worried there could be other rabid animals in the area. "You would assume if one of them had rabies, ...
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2022 STD data shows many slight declines but bigger syphilis increase New data released by the Minnesota Department of Health for sexually transmitted diseases in 2022 show a significant increase in syphilis cases and overall STD cases hovering at high levels. MDH says that 1,832 syphilis cases were reported in 2022, ...
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Dog-to-dog contact discouraged amid spread of canine influenza, health officials say The Minnesota Board of Animal Health has released new guidance for pet owners on how to combat the spread of canine influenza. The board said there are high indicators that canine influenza is spreading within the Twin Cities.
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Regular exercise lowers severe COVID-19 risk, but may raise infection odds The emergence and rapid spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) lead to a global pandemic known as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Some factors associated with a high risk of severe COVID-19 are age, ...
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Review of Neurological Manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 Autoimmunity and molecular mimicry are causative for post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-sequelae. It has not yet been shown that the virus can penetrate the central nervous system (CNS) directly. This ...
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Neurological phenotypes induced by SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in neurons Within the brain, ACE2 is predominantly expressed in the brain stem and regions whose primary function is to regulate blood pressure and cardiovascular function. While neurological signs have been documented in some, not all, coronavirus disease ...
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Study Identifies Asthma SNPs Linked with Eosinophilia, Atopy, and Obstruction Investigators identified many asthma single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with blood eosinophil counts and genetically driven molecular pathways of asthma-associated traits. According to the study, these findings could provide new insights ...
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Has the CRISPR Revolution Arrived Yet? But questions of ethics, access, and pricing remain. We talked with Dr. Greg Licholai, a biotech entrepreneur and a lecturer at Yale SOM, about the state of the technology.
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Oral Levodopa/Carbidopa Pump May Improve ON/OFF Time in Parkinson Disease Administration of levodopa/carbidopa (LD/CD) via an intra-oral pump resulted in significantly improved ON time without dyskinesia as well as OFF time in patients with Parkinson disease (PD). The findings were presented by C. Warren Olanow, MD, FRCPC, ...
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The epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in white-tailed deer During a pandemic, cross-species transmission can cause significant global health consequences. Understanding the causes of zoonotic pathogens is crucial to avoid such consequences. About the study. In the present study, researchers ...
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Pancreatic Cancer May be Caused by This Killer Protein A new study could help lead to new ways of treating pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). · Scientists have discovered a strong link between the protein SRSF1 and pancreatic cancer in mice.
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Amphetamines often prescribed along with depression and anxiety medications Drugs like Ritalin are being given off-label to counteract the side effects of psychiatric prescriptions, study suggests. Ritalin. Some physicians may prescribe a stimulant, like Ritalin, to treat the side effects of another psychiatric medication or ...
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4 Reasons People Are Living Longer With Late-Stage Colon Cancer This upward trend among metastatic patients is something doctors, like Anton Bilchik, M.D., Ph.D., surgical oncologist and director of the Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Program at Saint John's Cancer Institute in California, have noted in their own ...
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Popular diets help you lose weight but may not be so good for heart health For the first time, the American Heart Association ranks eating plans like ketogenic, paleo and the Mediterranean diet for how closely they follow heart-healthy guidelines. /. Mediterranean diet sharply cuts dementia risk, new study shows. 02:01.
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Could taking an insomnia drug reduce Alzheimer's risk? Suvorexant, a sleeping pill approved by FDA for treating insomnia, could influence the levels of tau and amyloid proteins in the brain — proteins that have been linked to a person's risk of Alzheimer's disease — according to a new study published in ...
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The Bad Side of 'Good' Cholesterol Very high HDL cholesterol levels almost double your risk of heart problems. Full Transcript. Tanya Lewis: Hi, and welcome to Your Health, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast ...
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Getting ready for allergy season: How to battle symptoms Doctors say allergy season is about to kick off once the wet weather moves out of Maine. That means pollen will be causing problems. The good news is there are a few things you can do to help. One is if you take medication, take it before you enter ...
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Bird flu has killed 20 critically endangered California condors At least 20 California condors have died of avian flu in recent weeks, and wildlife officials are preparing for the virus' spread among the critically endangered birds. The highly contagious H5N1 bird flu that is killing North America's biggest bird is ...
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Are repeat COVID infections dangerous? What the science says When reinfection does occur, the good news is that the immune system seems primed to respond. In a preprint posted in March, researchers examined reinfections in US National Basketball Association players, staff and their families.
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Lyme disease vaccine could be on the horizon COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna has recently announced two new vaccine candidates that could prevent Lyme disease. There is currently no approved vaccine for humans in the United States, after a previous one was pulled off ...
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New Study Sheds Light on the Cause of Severe Inflammatory Bowel Disease The genetic variant leads to modifications in DNA that result in a loss in protein function. This affects the body's ability to identify and manage bacteria, making it less effective in combating infections.
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Scientists Make Synthetic Blood Clots That Could Stop Internal Bleeding To Save Lives Internal bleeding has historically been a factor in many fatalities following accidents or other traumatic injuries. Researchers at MIT have created a synthetic system that can stop internal bleeding in an effort to enable more individuals survive long ...
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T cells show immunity to a variety of bacteria A study from Monash University, Australia, has uncovered a group of divergent bacterial pathogens, including pneumococci, that all share a small highly conserved protein sequence, which is both presented and recognised by human T cells in a conserved ...
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Are Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Increased Risk for Developing Lymphoma? The new findings revealed that the risk increased in patients taking modern IBD medications and, less so, in patients not taking these medications, indicating the lymphoma risk may be affected by both IBD drugs and the disease activity itself.
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5 Tips to Start Your Weight Loss Journey Off Strong Struggling to cut carbs, or pack in the protein? Diets aren't 'one size fits all,' so pick one that works for you. Or better yet, don't pick one at all. Instead, work with an expert to tweak your existing diet, and create healthy eating habits that will ...
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