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	health Daily update ⋅ June 17, 2023
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	U.S. News & World Report Testosterone Therapy Safe for Low-T Men at Risk of Heart Trouble U.S. News & World Report The trial found that testosterone replacement did not raise these patients' incidence of heart attack, stroke or heart-related death in a group of men with both heart problems and hypogonadism -- a condition in which low testosterone levels have led to ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post AI could predict pancreatic cancer early in some cases, study shows The Washington Post Pancreatic cancer has one of the lowest five-year survival rates of any cancer, in part because late diagnosis is common. Could artificial intelligence change that? Research published in Nature Medicine in May suggests that AI screening of large groups ... Flag as irrelevant
	FactCheck.org Cleveland Clinic Study Did Not Show Vaccines Increase COVID-19 Risk FactCheck.org Numerous studies have found that additional COVID-19 shots are generally associated with extra protection against the coronavirus. Many people on social media, however, have shared a preliminary finding from a Cleveland Clinic study and misrepresented ... Flag as irrelevant
	Smithsonian Fall Covid-19 Boosters Should Target New Variants, FDA Advisers Say Smithsonian The shots would no longer take aim at the virus's original strain, which experts say is not likely to return. Will Sullivan. June 16, 2023 2:22 p.m.. A close-up of gloved hands filling a syringe with a Covid-19 booster A medical professional prepares a ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Testosterone 'Safe' for Most Older Men with Low Testosterone WebMD June 16, 2023 -- Testosterone replacement therapy does not appear to raise the risk for heart attacks, strokes, or deaths from either, among middle-aged and older men with low testosterone and high risk for heart disease, the long-awaited results from ... Flag as irrelevant
	Prevention.com New Study Says Taurine Could Be Key to Living Longer, Healthier Life Prevention.com New research on animals and humans finds taurine levels decline with age. The study also discovered that mice and monkeys meet healthier markers after taking taurine for a set period of time. A lot of taurine research is on animals—not humans. Flag as irrelevant
	fox13now.com Utah man recovering after contracting flesh-eating bacteria in arm fox13now.com A Utah family is dealing with a condition they never imagined: flesh-eating bacteria in their son's arm. "Something that we never dreamed of, and something that we had never even heard of," said Barbara Horton. It all started when her 47-year-old son ... Flag as irrelevant
	MD Magazine Prevalence of Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease Increasing in US Adults MD Magazine "Overall, the increase in MAFLD is concerning, as this condition can lead to liver failure and cardiovascular diseases and has an important health disparity." MAFLD was previously known as non-alcoholic fatty liver ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Endometriosis May Be Caused by This Bacteria Healthline A new report finds that the painful condition endometriosis may be linked to a bacterial infection. A bacteria called Fusobacterium was found in 60% of women with endometriosis in a study. The findings suggest microbes could play a role in the ... Flag as irrelevant
	KXXV News Channel 25 Bell County Public Health confirms first mosquito positive for West Nile Virus in Temple KXXV News Channel 25 As of now, no human cases have been reported in Bell County. Although the risk is low at this point, officials "recommend citizens be pro-active in using insect repellent to ward off mosquitoes ... Flag as irrelevant
	Multiple Sclerosis News Today MRI method detects myelin repair with over-the-counter antihistamine Multiple Sclerosis News Today The over-the-counter antihistamine clemastine has demonstrated an ability to repair myelin, the protective coating on nerve fibers that's damaged in multiple sclerosis (MS), according to an analysis of MRI data from the ReBUILD clinical trial. Flag as irrelevant
	WILX-TV Rabies-positive bat detected in Barry County, first of the season WILX-TV The health department also said bats are the most common way people in Michigan and the United States come in contact with rabies. BEDHD said people and domestic animals should avoid contact with bats—any direct contact ... Flag as irrelevant
	Hindustan Times Prevalence of metabolic associated fatty liver disease is increasing EurekAlert MAFLD, previously known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is fast becoming the most common indication for liver transplantation. It is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and a common type of liver cancer. If untreated, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Health.com Lower Back Stretches to Relieve Back Pain, According to Experts Health.com Cat-Cow (sometimes called cat-camel) is a dynamic, yet soothing, yoga stretch that incorporates two movements. Its key function is to lengthen and improve the spine's flexibility. It also promotes excellent posture and brings awareness to major muscles, ... Flag as irrelevant
	OHSU News OHSU coronavirus (COVID-19) response OHSU News OHSU: 6; Hillsboro Medical Center: 2; OHSU Hospital and OHSU Health Hillsboro Medical Center hospitalization details: 3 Not Fully Vaccinated/Unvaccinated; 3 Fully Vaccinated; 2 Fully Vaccinated with Booster. 1 de-isolated; 7 infectious. Flag as irrelevant
	Temple Daily Telegram Bell County finds first mosquito positive for West Nile virus in North Temple Temple Daily Telegram "Although the risk is low at this point, health officials recommend citizens be pro-active in using insect repellent to ward off mosquitoes and wear protective clothing during dawn and dusk when mosquitoes are most active," the health district said in a ... Flag as irrelevant
	KWTX Mosquito with West Nile Virus found in Bell County KWTX WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Friday, Bell County Public Health confirmed that they identified a mosquito carrying the West Nile Virus. The county says that the mosquito sample was collected in North Temple on June 14, before being taken to a lab to confirm ... Flag as irrelevant
	Duke Department of Neurology Unveiling the Mystery of Migraines Duke Department of Neurology Carlene Moore's infectious, bellowing laugh helps offset the serious nature of the work underway in her lab at Duke University School of Medicine to study painful conditions -- from sunburn and migraines to trigeminal neuralgia, a severe facial ... Flag as irrelevant
	Mount Sinai New Research Reveals that Men Die of Overdose at Two-to-Three Times Greater a Rate Than Women in the United ... Mount Sinai The study found that men had a two–three times greater rate of overdose mortality from opioids (like fentanyl and heroin) and psychostimulants (like methamphetamine and cocaine). While it is known that men use ... Flag as irrelevant
	nebraskamed.com Melanoma: Risks, treatment options, and more nebraskamed.com Breadcrumb · 1. UV exposure: Reducing sun exposure reduces skin cancer risk. · 2. Sunburns: Avoid sunburns to reduce your risk. · 3. Avoid using tanning beds: Tanning bed use increases melanoma risk, and ultraviolet radiation is classified by the World Health ... Flag as irrelevant
	UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Pandemic policy changes may have helped sustain access to treatment for opioid use disorder UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, people with opioid use disorder (OUD) were required to make in-person visits to trained and licensed prescribers to begin buprenorphine MOUD and often daily in-person visits to certified opioid treatment programs to receive ... Flag as irrelevant
	Everyday Health Migraine After 60: What You Need to Know Everyday Health For some people, migraine attacks get less frequent with age. But what if you're not one of those people? ... Generally speaking, the likelihood that a person will develop a chronic disease increases as they get older. Flag as irrelevant
	Medical News Today Why metabolic associated fatty liver disease is on the rise Medical News Today Experts say genetics and obesity are key factors in developing the disease, but there are other causes. They say a healthy diet and exercise can help reduce the risk of developing the disease. Metabolic ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Conversation UK Keto diet may slow cancer tumour growth in mice – but not without potentially deadly consequences The Conversation UK The ketogenic (keto) diet has been popular in recent years among people looking to lose weight and keep fit. But what many people don't realise is that this low carb, high-fat diet has actually been used for centuries in the treatment of medical ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Conversation UK Scientists have created embryos from stem cells – it could help us better understand infertility and miscarriage The Conversation UK Scientists recently announced that they have developed embryos using just stem cells. No sperm or egg cells (oocytes) were involved. These new research findings were presented by Professor Magdalena Żernicka-Goetz of the University of Cambridge and the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Everyday Health 7 Rules of Sex and Dating with Migraine Everyday Health Women are three times more likely to experience these painful attacks than men, but regardless of gender, many migraine warriors find it's hard to date, develop a relationship, or pursue sexual activity when facing migraine. Flag as irrelevant
	Texas A&M University How Can We Learn From COVID To Prepare For What's Next? Texas A&M University No one is more familiar with that reality than Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, as well as a fellow at Texas A&M University's Hagler Institute for Advanced Study and Scowcroft Institute of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Hindustan Times Percentage of adults with metabolic-associated fatty liver disease is growing, finds new study Hindustan Times The researchers analysed data for 32,726 participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 1988 to 2018. According to a study presented Friday at ENDO 2023, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Chicago, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Telegraph.co.uk Peru's health minister steps down as dengue death toll jumps Telegraph.co.uk President Dina Boluarte accepted the resignation and vowed to "redouble" efforts to improve the country's public health. Dengue, a virus spread by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, is nicknamed "breakbone fever" because of ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBC.ca Lab-confirmed measles case in Peel Region, others may have been exposed CBC.ca Peel Public Health (PPH) is investigating a confirmed case of measles and warning that some people may have been exposed to the highly contagious virus. PPH says the case involves a child without a link to another case and no travel history. Flag as irrelevant
	Cureus The Incidence of Cholelithiasis After Bariatric Surgery in Saudi Arabia and Its Associated Risk Factors Cureus Conclusion: The incidence of gallstones after bariatric surgery was high, particularly within the first year of surgery. The increase in postoperative gallstone formation is correlated with hyperlipidemia and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass as basic predictive ... Flag as irrelevant
	National Geographic You really are a mosquito magnet. Here's what you can do about it. National Geographic Now mosquito magnets like Zarins are helping scientists pinpoint what entices these thirsty bloodsuckers. Along the way, there's new hope for relief. More than just a nuisance, mosquitoes can carry devastating illnesses like Zika, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Drug Target Review Novel imaging technique captures COVID-19's impact on the brain Drug Target Review Systems Design Engineering Professor Alexander Wong, who is also the Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Medical Imaging, had previously developed correlated diffusion imaging (CDI) in a successful search for a better imaging measure for ... Flag as irrelevant
	Everyday Health Gut Bacteria May Reveal Alzheimer's Even Before Symptoms Appear Everyday Health For this analysis, 164 cognitively normal participants ranging in age from 68 to 94 were screened via PET and MRI brain scans and cerebrospinal fluid analysis. The researchers were looking for clumps of the proteins amyloid beta and ... Flag as irrelevant
	Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance "Promising" trial results suggest chikungunya vaccine could be within reach Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance A vaccine against debilitating chikungunya disease has come a step closer as the results of a large human trial suggest a leading candidate provokes a strong immune response in 99% of participants and is generally well tolerated. Flag as irrelevant
	New York Post What is 'Viking disease'? Deforming hand disorder linked to Neanderthals New York Post Research now finds that those Neanderthal genes also gave some people an increased risk for "Viking disease," also known as Dupuytren's contracture. The condition causes the fingers of one or both hands to freeze into ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Brownsea Island nature reserve closes amid bird flu fear BBC News A nature reserve has shut down because of a suspected case of bird flu. The nature reserve on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, Dorset, has closed "with immediate effect" while an investigation takes place. "We are sorry for any inconvenience this has ... Flag as irrelevant
	pennmedicine.org Auto-Nudges Increase Emergency Department Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder pennmedicine.org PHILADELPHIA— A program nudging emergency department clinicians to identify and treat opioid use disorder was found to double assessment for opioid withdrawal and increase initiation of evidence-based treatment, a new study from the Perelman School of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Save the Children International Peru: 31 children dead, nearly 46000 sick in major dengue outbreak Save the Children International LIMA, 16 June 2023 – At least 31 children have died and a further 45,900 children have been infected with the deadly dengue virus, in the worst epidemic of the illness in Peru in over a decade, said Save the Children. The country has seen over 150,294 ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Biden taps Dr. Mandy Cohen for top role as next CDC director CNN President Joe Biden intends to appoint Dr. Mandy Cohen to lead the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the White House confirmed exclusively to CNN, succeeding Dr. Rochelle Walensky in the critical public health role as the agency grapples ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post Eliquis maker Bristol Myers Squibb sues over Medicare plan to cut drug costs The Washington Post The maker of widely used blood thinner Eliquis on Friday sued the U.S. government over a provision in the Inflation Reduction Act that would let Medicare negotiate drug prices, becoming the second major drugmaker to do so in less than two weeks. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Study Compares Gas Stove Pollution to Secondhand Cigarette Smoke The New York Times Using a single gas-stove burner can raise indoor concentrations of benzene, which is linked to cancer risk, to above what's found in secondhand tobacco smoke and even to levels that have prompted local investigations when detected outdoors, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Biden taps former North Carolina health secretary to head CDC Reuters WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday tapped former North Carolina health secretary Mandy Cohen to lead the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency that was in the forefront of the government's ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Bristol Myers sues US government over Medicare drug price negotiation plan Reuters Americans pay more for prescription medicines than any other country. The Biden administration hopes to save $25 billion annually by 2031 by having Medicare, the government health plan for people 65 and over, negotiate prices for some of its costliest ... Flag as irrelevant
	AJMC.com Managed Markets Network Study Suggests Hospital-Onset CDI Risk Increased During Pandemic AJMC.com Managed Markets Network A new analysis of cases at 3 Missouri hospitals found evidence suggesting that the COVID-19 pandemic may have heightened the risk of hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection (HO-CDI). The analysis included one tertiary-care hospital and 2 ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Scientist The Basics of the Tumor Microenvironment The Scientist It catalyzes tumor growth and can contribute to cancer cells acquiring therapy resistance. Over the last 20 years, the scientific community achieved significant progress in understanding this complex environment. Still, only 3.4 percent of investigated ... Flag as irrelevant
	WNDU-TV Medical Moment: Natural ways to lower blood pressure WNDU-TV (WNDU) - Half of the adults in the U.S. have high blood pressure. A high blood pressure reading is 130 over 80 or higher, and if not controlled, it can lead to an increased risk of heart disease and stroke. Only about one in four people have their high ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBC.ca Doctors urge caution as more parents use melatonin to help their kids sleep CBC.ca That's why, after hearing a conversation in a health store that melatonin can be used for sleep, including with children, she thought she would give some to her son. "One of the things that ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livemint 5 fast facts about berberine, the weight-loss supplement blowing up on TikTok Morningstar.com By Charles Passy. Berberine -- which runs $8.48 to $47.40 a month -- has been called 'nature's Ozempic' on social media. Here's what you need to know about the viral supplement. By now, most Americans have heard of Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livemint How to Repel Mosquitoes: What Science Says Works and What Doesn't AARP Nothing ruins an outdoor adventure faster than ravenous mosquitoes. ​ ​. The biting insects are a big downer in the summer months — and things could get worse. Mosquito populations are increasing and expanding their range, according to 2019 research ... Flag as irrelevant

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