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Will there be an RSV vaccine this winter? Our medical analyst explains The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a vaccine against the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, for adults 60 and older. This vaccine, called Arexvy, is made by the drug company GSK. A recommendation for its use could come from the US ...
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New hope for an antidote to death cap mushrooms and other poison fungi So far, the drug has only been shown to be effective in mice, but it's a discovery that could help prevent deaths from poisoning by death caps and by many other poisonous mushroom species found around the world.
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New Cases of Chronic Pain Outnumber Those of Diabetes or Depression, Study Shows "We're talking about a major public health problem," said Dr. Gregory Terman, a pain medicine specialist at the University of Washington School of Medicine and a co-author of the study.
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Chronic Pain More Common Than Many Top US Ailments Ways to Relieve Back Pain · Sleep Better · Good Posture · Medication From the Store · Prescription Pain Relievers · Antidepressant Medications · Physical Therapy · Don't Rest an Achy Back · Ice and Heat.
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Woman says Ozempic helped her lose weight as she tries to get pregnant She went off the medication and began fertility treatment. Mitchell-Rohrbaugh said she then had a successful round of IVF, one that produced viable embryos. "To get to that call, 'Wynter, ...
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Weight loss drug reverses obesity for nearly half of teens in study The findings support a small but growing body of evidence that the drug semaglutide, which goes by the brand names of Ozempic and Wegovy, can be an effective treatment option for chronic weight management for a range of ages.
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Breath data, simple clinical factors identify patients with non-small cell lung cancer A prediction model that incorporates both exhaled breath data from an electronic nose and basic demographics was able to identify lung cancer in a cohort of patients, according to study results published in CHEST. "Combining exhaled ...
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I Got Bit by a Tick. What's My Risk of Getting Sick? For instance, Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that cause Lyme disease -- which is "far and away the most common tickborne disease in the U.S." -- take more than 24 hours to be transmitted from the tick to the host, according to Jonathan Oliver, PhD, a ...
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Shift Work May Harm the Health of Men More Than Women By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Working nights can be tough on the body, and a new study suggests it might take a particular toll on men's health. The research, which involved lab mice and ...
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Scientists May Understand Link Between Common Virus & Multiple Sclerosis By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- It's been known for years that Epstein-Barr virus can trigger multiple sclerosis or drive progression of the degenerative disease, and Swedish researchers ...
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The Health Tests You Need at Age 30, 40 and 50 Keeping track of when to start screening for health issues from cancer to cholesterol can be confusing—not least because guidelines for some of the biggest tests have changed in recent years. Earlier this month, a government-backed panel of experts ...
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How One Man's Rare Alzheimer's Mutation Delayed the Onset of Disease When the researchers scanned his brain, they found high levels of the sticky protein complexes known as amyloid plaques, which are thought to kill neurons and cause dementia, as well as a protein called tau that accumulates as the disease progresses.
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Antidepressant Shows Promising Efficacy in Certain People for Chronic Pain Management Duloxetine (Cumbalta, Eli Lilly and Company) is the only antidepressant that researchers are confident will treat chronic pain, according to the results of a review and network meta‐analysis (NMA) of 176 studies on antidepressants for chronic pain ...
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How Healthy Is Vegan Breastmilk for Infants? New research finds that breastmilk from parents who eat a vegan diet does contain two important nutrients, carnitine and vitamin B2. The findings challenge previous assumptions that vegan diets may not be nutritionally complete.
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Parkinson's Risk Lower for Physically Active Women "An approach to minimize reverse causation in observational studies consists of lag analysis, in which data on physical activity levels in the years proximate to the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (i.e., the 'lag') are omitted," the editorialists wrote.
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New analysis of trial of semaglutide in adolescents shows it can reduce liver enzymes indicative of liver damage A new sub-study of the STEP TEENS trial, presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) 2023 in Dublin May 17-20, shows that adolescents using semaglutide experienced significant reductions in levels of liver enzymes that are an indicator ...
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Children lag behind adults in HIV treatment, testing Children are falling far behind adults when it comes to testing and treatment for HIV, according to a new study published in Pediatrics. In 2015, WHO introduced a "Treat All" approach to addressing HIV/AIDS, which called for universal HIV screening and ...
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Half the world is at risk of dengue. Why is there no universal way to prevent it? And since dengue fever symptoms normally do not appear until four to 10 days after infection, people often go about their normal life, going outside, and exposing themselves to mosquitos. When a mosquito bites an infected individual, it will then carry ...
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Want to lose belly fat? Here's 3 exercise, diet changes to start doing I frequently receive questions about losing body fat, especially belly fat. While it's not the same for everyone, let me begin with the basics. Obviously, you need a good diet, with an emphasis on vegetables, fruit, and whole grains, reduced red meat ...
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Dr. Roach: Device used to stop migraines often gets good results Dear Dr. Roach: My child has been prescribed a device by their neurologist to treat their migraines. My child is 18 and has suffered migraines since the age of 4. Due to other prescriptions for a neuromuscular disorder, my child's doctor does not want ...
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Statement on the antigen composition of COVID-19 vaccines The TAG-CO-VAC met on 11-12 May 2023 to review the genetic and antigenic evolution of SARS-CoV-2, the performance of currently approved vaccines against circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants and the implications for COVID-19 vaccine antigen composition.
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Pancreatic cancer vaccine trial offers 'encouraging' results, 'positive outlook for the future' The vaccine successfully stimulated an immune response in half of the treated patients, resulting in no cancer relapse after 18 months. Pancreatic cancer is a deadly disease and is soon to become the ...
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Quarter of Wegovy-Treated Teens With Obesity Return to Normal Weight "In a practical sense, we see that semaglutide reduced weight to a level below what is defined as clinical obesity in nearly 50% of the teens in our trial, which is historically unprecedented with treatments other than bariatric surgery.".
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Raising awareness for childhood cancer during World Retinoblastoma Week PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — This week is 'World Retinoblastoma Week,' a week to raise awareness around the rare form of eye cancer found in children. Retinoblastoma is hereditary and caused by gene mutations. It affects between 200 to 300 children in the ...
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Research paves the way to safer, more effective treatment for children with aggressive blood cancers Australian nanomedicine researchers have come up with a new approach to solving a decades-old clinical problem: getting treatment drugs to act selectively on cancer cells in the body. Published this week in the high-impact journal Science Translational ...
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Sex and gender considerations in dementia: a call for global research Studies have identified sex and/or gender differences in Alzheimer's disease, but few have examined other dementias. We highlight sex and gender differences in other dementias, discuss sociocultural factors and provide a framework for future global ...
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Adverse Life Stressors Have a Disproportionate Effect on Many Pregnant Women With Epilepsy "We are overall doing a good job medically managing women with epilepsy during pregnancy, and they are doing well," said the study's lead author, Naveed Chaudhry, MD, assistant professor of neurology at University of Colorado School of Medicine.
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Michigan faces early, intense allergy season as pollen levels rise "I have allergies. I was born with allergies," said Rachel Beatty. Both flowers and spring weather spark Beatty's allergy symptoms. "I really experience dry itchy eyes they're actually getting ...
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Feasting on ultra-processed foods? New study links diet to surging depression rates Previous studies on the global burden of disease indicate that depressive disorders are among the most common mental disorders and have the highest overall burden. One potential risk factor for depression that can be modified is poor diet quality.
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The role of cerebrospinal fluid and other biomarker modalities in the Alzheimer's disease diagnostic revolution A major transformation in dementia diagnosis and care appears imminent and will depend on three major types of biomarkers: molecular imaging, blood-based biomarkers and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers. Each modality has unique strengths and limitations ...
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Post-COVID condition varies by variant and vaccination status The emergence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), led to an overwhelming strain on public health systems struggling to deal with the influx of cases to ...
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Ethical difficulties in dementia care The International Classification of Diseases defines dementia as "an acquired brain syndrome characterized by a decline from a previous level of cognitive functioning with impairment in two or more cognitive domains". Dementia is a set of ...
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New technique may reveal signs of Parkinson's disease in urine samples We believe this is a logical and rational approach to move forward for diagnosing Parkinson's disease. Diagnosis for this type of neurodegenerative disease is difficult." W. Andy Tao, professor of biochemistry, Purdue University.
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The Risk of Misuse and Diversion of Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder Appears to Be Low in Medicare Part D Only a small number of enrollees either received very high amounts of buprenorphine or received buprenorphine at the same time as they received high amounts of other opioids. Most prescribers ordered buprenorphine for a limited number of Part ...
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Regular aerobic exercise may help reduce influenza and pneumonia mortality risk Regular aerobic exercise, popularly known as "cardio," is linked to a significantly lower risk of death from flu or pneumonia, even at weekly levels below those recommended, finds US research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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8 urgent steps women should take as health experts issue high blood pressure warning Women are being urged to take their blood pressure seriously - and take the following steps. High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke - and cardiologists from the European Society of ...
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Molecule shows potential to combat treatment resistance in brain tumor glioblastoma Glioblastoma-impacted mice lived longer when treated with combination of molecule drug and chemotherapy agent. Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu. SAN ANTONIO (May 17, 2023) — Glioblastoma (GBM), a highly devastating brain tumor, ...
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High-level resource mobilization conference to eliminate viral hepatitis The high-level conference will be hosted by the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2 countries with high burdens of hepatitis C and hepatitis B respectively. The event is a global call to action to boost financial and political ...
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Study claims that mask-wearing is still as necessary in healthcare settings Hospitals must decide on de-escalating some mitigation strategies as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency is lifted. Decisions on tweaking institutional policies on infection control and prevention are complex and rely on various ...
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CDC releases new data on strokes, widening disparities since COVID-19 pandemic The United States lost progress in reducing disparities in stroke deaths among Black and white adults during the pandemic, according to information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday. "Before the pandemic, the disparity ...
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OncoAssure announces results of clinical study on novel prostate cancer test OncoAssure Prostate is a new test which provides an improved estimation of the risk of aggressive prostate cancer, allowing optimal treatment selection for patients. The Irish medical diagnostics company also announced today that this novel cancer test ...
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Long-term opioid use more common among patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions Some 12,260 of them had been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, 5195 with psoriatic arthritis, 3046 with axial spondyloarthritis, 3081 with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 796,276 with osteoarthritis, and 21,189 with fibromyalgia.
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Women appear to be more resilient to body clock disruptions than men – new research You might not know it, but we all have a clock ticking away inside us. This circadian clock operates on roughly a 24-hour cycle. It influences when we sleep, wake and eat, among other things. However, our body clock can sometimes go awry, resulting in ...
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San Diego County health officials say Hepatitis A numbers increasing, particularly among homeless population SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County continued to provide vaccinations to at-risk populations as the number of cases of hepatitis A continues to increase, particularly among people experiencing homelessness. A total of 28 cases have been recorded in the ...
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Can Asthma Cause Chest Pain? Or maybe you've experienced chest soreness in the days following an asthma attack. So what actually causes asthma-related chest pain and how can you distinguish it from other forms of chest discomfort, such as those caused by cardiac issues?
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Identifying and Addressing Health Disparities in Antimicrobial Use at Your Institution Structural racism and systemic injustices inhibit the ability to have equitable healthcare also negatively impacts antimicrobial stewardship, according to Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir, PharmD, MPH, who presented information regarding how to identify ...
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Study finds high levels of burnout among female trainees, with peak in PGY-2 year Data presented at 2023 American Urological Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois showed high rates of burnout among female physician trainees, which increases throughout years of training. 1. Data showed high rates of burnout overall, ...
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HPV Self-Collection Kits May Increase Cervical Cancer Screenings Among Underscreened, Underserved Patients Researchers have found that mailing human papillomavirus (HPV) self-collection kits in addition to offering scheduling assistance to underscreened, underserved patients may increase the rate of cervical cancer screenings compared with scheduling ...
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WHO announces the development of the Consolidated Guidelines on STI prevention and care (2022-2023) To ensure comprehensive coverage, previously developed guidelines on specific STI treatments, syphilis screening and treatment for pregnant women, and management of symptomatic STI including syndromic approach (published in July 2021) will be included in ...
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Products to Help If You're Going Through Menopause But for most, menopause comes with its own set of frustrating side effects, like hot flashes, dry skin, and sore breasts. To help you get through it, we've found products — like menopause supplements and cooling clothes — you can lean on for comfort and ...
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