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Small amounts of alcohol may turn down stress in the brain, benefiting the heart, new study finds Researchers say they may be able to explain how light drinking benefits the heart, and its main effect doesn't stem from changes in the blood – as scientists once thought – but from its actions in the brain. But because alcohol also raises the risk of ...
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Weight-Loss Surgery Could Bring Weaker Bones to Teens Rather, the research could lay the foundation for new therapies to target this bone issue, while teens continue to help preserve their bone strength with supplements, a healthy diet and weight-bearing exercise.
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Mom, 37, with stage 3 breast cancer says trying on her swimsuit saved her life As Julie Devaney Hogan put on her bikini over Labor Day weekend 2022, she felt a "barely there bump" below her nipple. Worried, she called her primary care doctor. "I was told it was nothing to worry about," Devaney Hogan, 38, of Boston, ...
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Death From a 2nd Cancer Among Breast Cancer Survivors: Race May Matter By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, June 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Sometimes women who survive breast cancer will die from a second cancer, and now new research suggests the risk of that happening is higher for Black and Hispanic ...
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Bone loss occurs in teens who have weight loss surgery, study says. Is that unique? Significant weight loss for any reason causes bones to weaken as the body adjusts to the new reality of not carrying extra weight, said Dr. Thomas Inge, surgeon-in-chief and director of the adolescent bariatric surgery program at Ann & Robert H. Lurie ...
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Lower Dementia Risk May Be Linked With Shingles Vaccine Receiving the herpes zoster vaccine (Zostavax) reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis over 7 years by 3.5 percentage points (95% CI 0.6-7.1, P=0.019), reported Pascal Geldsetzer, MD, MPH, PhD, of Stanford University in California, and co- ...
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Cancer Risk Link to Fat Accumulation and Distribution May Depend on Sex Obesity has been previously linked to an increased risk of cancer, but most studies have not differentiated the risks between male and female patients. A prospective study of more than 400,000 UK Biobank participants, carried out by researchers at ...
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A Little Drinking Might Help the Heart, and Scientists Think They Know Why By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, June 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Many studies have suggested that light drinking can do the heart some good, and now researchers think they have found one reason why: It helps the brain relax.
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Study: Obesity May Permanently Change Brain Response to Nutrients May 12, 2023 -- A new study into how the brains of lean and obese people respond to nutrients may explain why it's difficult for people to lose weight and keep it off. Researchers from Yale University infused sugar carbohydrates (glucose), ...
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Sewer Data Says Ohio Person Has Had COVID For 2 Years The mutated version of the virus was discovered by a team of researchers, led by University of Missouri virologist Marc Johnson, PhD, that has been studying standalone mutations identified in wastewater. On Twitter, Johnson said their work could help warn ...
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Exposure to Heavy Metals Increases Your Heart Disease Risk To find out about metal toxicity in your area, you can have your environment tested. Addressing metal exposure in low socioeconomic areas may provide a strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease disparities and advance environmental justice.
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What Are the Symptoms of Hepatitis C? The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an infection passed through blood and body fluids. If left untreated, it causes severe liver damage like scarring and liver cancer. "We call hepatitis C ...
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Most US Drug Treatment Centers Don't Give Teens Addiction Medication, Study Says A limited number of residential addiction treatment centers across the U.S. are using an FDA-approved medication to treat opioid use disorder in teens, a study published Tuesday found, despite the rising number of overdose deaths among young people.
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Optimizing Patient Visits: Implementing Immunizations Into the Ambulatory Clinic Workflow Childhood vaccinations prevent 4 million deaths worldwide each year, and immunizations are expected to preserve the lives of more than 50 million people from 2021 to 2030. 1 According to the CDC, administration of the measles vaccine and hepatitis B ...
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2023 ACIP Updates for Immunizations in Adults and Children: What Pharmacists Need to Know Pharmacists who immunize must ensure their knowledge about routine vaccinations for adults and children is up-to-date by reviewing the changes to the immunization schedule each year. Advertisement.
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How to manage ADHD—and leverage its benefits—at work I was diagnosed with ADHD just before my thirtieth birthday. Looking at my life through the lens of a neurodivergent person, someone whose brain processes information in an atypical manner, made me realize that what I previously believed were ...
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Patients with diabetes are increasingly turning to GoFundMe to pay medical bills Key takeaways: · Many patients with diabetes struggle with paying their medical bills. · Researchers assessed 313 crowdfunding campaigns for people with diabetes to learn more about their financial struggles.
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Opportunities and Challenges Facing RSV Vaccination Rollouts We also have a maternal RSV vaccine. The goal of that is in the pipeline. It hasn't been approved, but it's much closer to approval. The hope is that you immunize a pregnant mother so that passive immunity transfers to her newborn and protects not only her ...
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First Vaccine For Chikungunya—An Emerging Mosquito-Borne Threat—Nears After Promising Trial Results A vaccine for chikungunya—a mosquito-borne infection with similar symptoms to dengue and Zika—could finally be on the horizon after promising results from a late stage trial were published in the Lancet on Monday, a key towards tackling the emerging ...
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Residents urged to protect against mosquito bites as first mosquito-borne virus of 2023 detected in Michigan LANSING, Mich. (WLUC) - Michiganders are being urged to take precautions against mosquito bites as mosquitos recently collected in Saginaw County have tested positive for Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV) at the Michigan Department of Health and Human ...
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State's first mosquito-borne virus of 2023 confirmed Officials have confirmed the first mosquito-borne virus of 2023 in Michigan, the state Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday. Mosquitos recently collected in Saginaw County have tested positive for the Jamestown Canyon virus at the ...
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Obesity changes the brain, with 'no sign of reversibility,' researchers find Obesity may damage the brain's ability to recognize the sensation of fullness and be satisfied after eating fats and sugars, a new study found. Further, those brain changes may last even after people considered medically obese lose a significant amount ...
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Ask a doctor: Can weight loss surgery be an option to help improve kidney function? A: Chronic kidney disease, or chronic kidney failure, is the body's gradual loss of kidney function. When kidneys lose their ability to function, they aren't able to properly filter wastes and excess fluids from the blood.
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Experimental vaccine shows promise in delaying the return of aggressive brain tumor Doctor checking MRI scan looking for brain tumor or stroke in patient. Choochin | Istock | Getty Images. John Wishman was diagnosed with the deadliest form of brain cancer, glioblastoma ...
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Diabetes: Increase in the number of people living with the condition in NI Gestational diabetes is high blood sugar that develops during pregnancy. It usually disappears after giving birth, but this is not always the case. 'You ...
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Online Crowdfunding Campaigns for Diabetes-Related Expenses Background: More than 40% of patients with diabetes in the United States have trouble paying their medical bills. Among patients with health-related financial hardship, 56% have delayed or foregone care (1). By one estimate, an insulin-dependent ...
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Young heart attacks: Why smaller plaques are equal risk factors They rupture or dislodge easily and this disruption means the body initiates blood clotting measures and releases platelets. A blood clot can form on top of that torn plaque and their combined obstructive force can trigger a heart attack, says Dr VK Bahl, ...
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Clinical significance of reactive thrombocytosis in the course of acute pancreatitis Regarding pancreatic complications and outcomes, patients with thrombocytosis and thrombocytopenia had higher acute necrotic collection (ANC), pancreatic necrosis, intestinal paralysis, respiratory dysfunction, and pancreatic-related infection levels than ...
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More evidence moderate drinking is good for your heart. Also: a reason. A new study led by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital offers an explanation for why light to moderate alcohol consumption may be associated with lower risk of heart disease. For the first time, researchers found that alcohol ...
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Chronic exposure to lead, cadmium and arsenic increases risk of cardiovascular disease Around the world, most people are regularly exposed to low or moderate levels of lead, cadmium and arsenic in the environment, increasing risk of coronary artery disease, stroke and peripheral artery disease, according to a new American Heart Association ...
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10 ways to help protect yourself from dementia, according to science Neuroplasticity refers to maintaining, repairing, and creating new neural connections in the brain, while the cognitive reserve is the brain's flexibility and capacity to use resources in novel ways. 1. Eat the "MIND ...
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The obesity-cancer link: how excess weight sets the stage for 13 cancers Weight loss surgery can control diabetes and heart disease. But new studies show it also dramatically reduces cancer deaths, too, further tightening the obesity-cancer link. Day by day, experts are learning what too much body fat does.
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Patient-reported distress at a cancer center during the COVID-19 pandemic In this single-institution retrospective cohort study, patients who completed the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) at a comprehensive cancer center before and during the COVID-19 pandemic were identified. Surveys ...
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Exercise Your Body to Keep Your Mind Healthy In his role as an exercise physiologist at the Duke Health & Fitness Center, LeGrant Bradley has a front-row seat to peoples' physical transformations. He sees often how regular exercise helps people overcome physical ailments and rejuvenate bodies.
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Obesity impairs brain responses to nutrients Post-ingestive signals of nutrient availability can drive food reward and neural responses independently of orosensory signals. van Galen et al. demonstrate that brain responses to these post-ingestive signals are impaired in people with obesity.
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8 Reasons Why You Should Eat Pineapple During Hot Summer Months Keep reading as we share the many benefits of consuming pineapples in summer. ... Pineapple is one of the most popular tropical fruits that is enjoyed by people all over the world. This delicious fruit is packed with numerous essential nutrients that can ...
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ADHD: Inattention and hyperactivity have been the focus of research – but emotional problems may be the missing link Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common mental health disorders in children, affecting 7.2% of people under the age of 18 worldwide. Many of these children will still have ADHD in adolescence and adulthood.
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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy doesn't spill over to routine childhood vaccinations, US polls reveal It has been reported that regular childhood vaccination rates were reduced during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. The reductions in vaccination rates were initially thought to have occurred due to disruptions in ...
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Metformin shows promising antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2 In silico modeling has shown that protein translation is a critical process in SARS-CoV-2 replication, a ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus that causes coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19). In ...
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Saginaw Co. detects first mosquito-borne virus of 2023 SAGINAW CO., Mich. (WNEM) - The first mosquito-borne virus within Saginaw County this year has been detected by the Saginaw County Mosquito Abatement Commission (SCMAC). The Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV) was found in spring Aedes mosquitoes collected on ...
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3 Practical Habits to Decrease Anxiety "Some people who experience anxiety may benefit from these habits, with or without therapy," says psychiatrist Eric Alcera, M.D., network medical director for Behavioral Health at Hackensack Meridian Health. "Other people with anxiety disorders need ...
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Human bite causes flesh-eating infection in Florida man A 53-year-old Florida man was hospitalized after a family member's bite resulted in the flesh-eating bacteria necrotizing fasciitis, NBC News reported June 9. The patient, Donnie Adams, went to the emergency room in February after a family brawl led to ...
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Hearing men's health presentation improves likelihood of seeking help for concerns The findings were published in Urology. Read more. Men's Health. "In a study of nearly 200 college-aged fraternity men, we found that a 45-minute presentation about ...
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Insomnia Symptoms Tied to Increased Stroke Risk, Especially for People Under 50 Insomnia symptoms like struggling to fall or stay asleep or regularly waking before sunrise may do more than make you exhausted. A new study suggests that regularly experiencing sleep problems like this may also increase your risk for stroke, ...
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Jamestown Canyon virus detected in Saginaw County mosquitos for first time in 2023 The MDHHS warning, which also covers diseases like eastern equine encephalitis and West Nile virus, says the best way to prevent these types of illnesses is to prevent mosquito bites. "It only takes ...
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9 residents on their most challenging interaction with a coworker Sometimes we become best friends with our coworkers, and other times we have to work through some challenging interactions. I have had disagreements with coworkers while in residency, but I have also made some very close friends; people I still consider ...
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Beta-blockers may lower 5-year risk for heart attack in patients with confirmed stable CAD Beta-blocker use was tied to lower 5-year risk for heart attack hospitalization vs. nonuse in obstructive coronary artery disease. The number needed to treat to prevent one major CV event at 5 years was 56. Compared with nonuse, beta-blockers were ...
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Allergies, the Common Cold, or Strep Throat? Determining What Your Symptoms Mean Allergies typically are worse in the spring and fall, but there are those who have year-round allergies. Allergies often will results in sinus congestion; sneezing; a clear runny nose; and itchy, watery eyes. Most often those who suffer from allergies will ...
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Screening and Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes Early screening for type 1 diabetes is vital for timely treatment and prevention of certain complications. With recent advancements such as the FDA approval of Tzield (teplizumab) and ongoing research efforts on stem cells, there is optimism in the ...
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Mouse models of adolescent binge drinking reveal key long-lasting brain changes Date: June 9, 2023; Source: Penn State; Summary: Heavy alcohol consumption may cause permanent dysregulation of neurons, or brain cells, in adolescents, according to a new study in mice. The findings suggest that exposure to binge-levels of alcohol ...
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