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Simple Hysterectomy Noninferior to Radical Procedures in Cervical Cancer Compared with radical hysterectomy and pelvic node dissection, simple hysterectomy demonstrated noninferiority in those with low-risk, early-stage cervical cancer, according to findings from the Canadian Cancer Trials Group CX.5/SHAPE trial ...
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Genetic Risk Score Predicts Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy With new genetic variants identified for preeclampsia and gestational hypertension, researchers created polygenic risk scores (PRS) that may better identify candidates for prophylactic low-dose aspirin among pregnant mothers.
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Sucralose Damages DNA, Linked to Leaky Gut: Study June 1, 2023 – A new study reveals health concerns about the sugar substitute sucralose so alarming that researchers said people should stop eating it and the government should regulate it more. Sucralose is sold under the brand name Splenda and is ...
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Electrical pulses that synchronize the sleeping brain appear to boost memory A little brain stimulation at night appears to help people remember what they learned the previous day. A study of 18 people with severe epilepsy found that they scored higher on a memory test if they got deep brain stimulation while they slept, ...
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Sleep-Disordered Breathing Tied to Brain Volumes in Amyloid-Positive Older Adults Among cognitively intact adults with amyloid plaques, higher sleep apnea severity was associated with gray matter atrophy in regions affected early by Alzheimer's disease pathology, reported Géraldine Rauchs, PhD, of Normandie University in France, and co- ...
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4000-Year-Old DNA Is the Oldest Evidence of Plague in Britain Scientists found DNA of the plague-causing bacteria in the teeth of three Bronze Age people buried at two different sites. Will Sullivan. June 1, 2023 5:22 p.m.. A person standing in a deep shaft The Charterhouse Warren site in Somerset, England, ...
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'BE FAST': Time and Support Key for Younger Stroke Patients June 1, 2023 -- The morning of his stroke, Evan Parker woke up feeling ill at ease. He recalls he was drinking a cup of coffee at about 9 a.m. He had noticed a slight headache for the past few days, but now it was much worse.
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Stress in MS linked to worse disability, more burden in US survey Being exposed to stress as children or adults makes it more likely that people with multiple sclerosis (MS) will experience more disability and/or a heavier burden from relapses, according to a new survey study of more than 700 people in the U.S..
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Rate of Pregnant US Women Who Have Diabetes Keeps Rising By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The number of American women who have diabetes when they become pregnant has increased dramatically over five years, health officials reported Wednesday.
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Rise in pediatric intracranial infections coincided with spike in respiratory viruses According to the CDC, intracranial infections — such as brain abscesses, epidural empyemas and subdural empyemas — are often caused by an infection with multiple bacteria, including Streptococcus bacteria. They can lead to long-term neurological problems, ...
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Cancer Survivors Who Keep Smoking Have Double the Risk for Heart-Related Death By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Quitting smoking after a cancer diagnosis can deliver a big payoff for another major health concern: the risk of heart attack or stroke. Cancer patients who kept ...
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Public health officials urge mpox vaccinations ahead of LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations A rainbow Pride flag blows in the wind at the Sacramento LGBT Community Center, located in the Lavender Heights District of Midtown, Sacramento on May 31. 2023. Kate Wolffe / CapRadio. The head of California's sexually transmitted disease control ...
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Trial Shows RA Can Be Stopped at Preclinical Stage MILAN -- One year of treatment with abatacept (Orencia) kept "preclinical" rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from becoming clinical in most patients showing signs of imminent onset, a researcher reported here. In a phase IIb randomized trial involving patients ...
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Most Injection Drug Users Are Not Seeking Out Fentanyl: Study By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Many Americans who inject illicit drugs are unknowingly getting fentanyl mixed in with their heroin, which can increase their risk for overdose and perhaps their ...
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JAK Inhibitor Shows Promise in Severe Type of Sclerosis The Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor ruxolitinib (Jakafi) eased the severe inflammatory and dermatologic symptoms of disabling pansclerotic morphea (DPM), an initial clinical series showed. After a series of basic science and in vitro experiments uncovered ...
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Genetic heart–brain connections On page 934 of this issue, Zhao et al. (4) delve into multiorgan magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data from over 40,000 individuals to examine the connection between heart traits and measures of brain structure and function.
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No Need to Avoid Exercise After Prolapse Surgery, Study Finds By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, June 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- It may not be necessary for people who have prolapse surgery for pelvic floor disorders to wait to get started exercising again. A new study challenges standard ...
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Electrical pulses that synchronize the sleeping brain appear to boost memory A study of 18 people with severe epilepsy found that they scored higher on a memory test if they got deep brain stimulation while they slept, a team reports in the journal Nature Neuroscience. The stimulation was ...
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Bat tests positive for rabies in Salt Lake County A bat in Salt Lake City tested positive for rabies this week, marking the first confirmed case that Salt Lake County health officials have recorded this year. Salt Lake County averages around four rabies-positive bats every year, said Nicholas Rupp, ...
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Authorities arrest woman refusing tuberculosis treatment A woman who refused tuberculosis treatment has been arrested. Authorities had been looking for the woman, identified as "VN" in court records, since an arrest warrant was issued more than three months ago. The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department in ...
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What to know about metapneumovirus—the respiratory infection you've never heard of that spiked this spring If you experienced cough and cold symptoms this spring, you might not have had COVID or the common cold after all. You may have experienced human metapneumovirus—a (relatively) newly recognized "bug" hitting radars in a post-pandemic world.
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Tacoma woman evaded TB treatment for more than a year. Deputies say they've detained her In a news release, Sgt. Darren Moss Jr. wrote, "Today Pierce County Deputies located and detained the woman Pierce County Superior Court mandated to comply with Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department orders to isolate and treat her tuberculosis disease.".
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Multi-cancer blood test shows real promise in NHS study In 85% of those positive cases, it also pinpointed the original site of cancer. The Galleri test looks for distinct changes in bits of genetic code that leak from different cancers.
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Parkinson's disease drug ropinirole is safe and tolerable for ALS patients, early clinical trial shows Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a fatal motor neuron disease that causes people to gradually lose control of their muscles. There is no cure, and current treatments focus on reducing symptoms and providing ...
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Severe COVID-19 raises alarm for undiagnosed cancer Studies conducted during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic reported that male sex, older age, and comorbidities such as chronic diseases and active cancers increased the risk of hospitalization and mortality due to SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Drug found to slow Motor Neurone Disease symptoms for over six months Some patients were more responsive to ropinirole treatment than others, according to the findings published in the journal Cell Stem Cell. Senior author Professor Hideyuki Okano, of the Keio University School of Medicine in Tokyo, ...
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This week in science: a paralyzed man walks again and a sticker-like vaccine patch AILSA CHANG, HOST: Time now for some science news from our friends at NPR's Short Wave podcast. Emily Kwong and Regina Barber are the hosts, and they're here now for our science roundup. Hey to both of you. REGINA BARBER, BYLINE: Hey, Ailsa.
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By boosting memory consolidation, scientists may be able to help Alzheimer's patients During sleep, the brain strengthens memories that it expects to use in the future. And now scientists say they have found a way to enhance this process. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on research that might someday help people with memory loss from Alzheimer's ...
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Squirrel Hill doctor wins top award for work with HIV He was encouraged by PACT founder Susan Hunt to pursue an infectious disease specialty and became an instructor at the University of Pittsburgh. His job combined clinical care and clinical trials and he was involved in trials of treatments ...
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Untangling the Human Mind: The Interplay Between Cognition and Personality This study synthesized data from over 1,300 studies globally, representing 2 million participants, to examine how personality traits and cognitive abilities intertwine. Findings reveal a direct link between cognitive prowess and activity levels, mental ...
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First mosquito batches of 2023 to test positive for West Nile found in Chicago suburbs "We urge everyone — and especially older people and those with weakened immune systems — to take precautions to protect themselves and their families from mosquitoes and the viruses they carry by wearing insect repellent and eliminating standing water ...
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Can Eating Junk Food Disrupt Your Deep Sleep? In a new study, researchers at Uppsala University have investigated how junk food affects sleep. Healthy participants consumed an unhealthier as well as a healthier diet in a randomised order. After the unhealthier diet, the quality of the ...
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Promising UK cancer blood test correctly diagnoses two-thirds of patients A new blood test detecting over 50 types of cancer has shown promising results in a recent NHS clinical trial, according to researchers. The SYMPLIFY study was set up in 2021 to trial the Galleri blood test on over 6,000 patients in England and Wales ...
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Notes from the Field: Pediatric Intracranial Infections — Clark County, Nevada, January–December 2022 In October 2022, the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) was notified of a higher-than-expected number of pediatric patients hospitalized with intracranial abscesses; similar concerns were previously reported nationally (1,2). This rare infection is ...
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'Window of opportunity' for rheumatoid arthritis prevention remains elusive For the prevention of rheumatoid arthritis to become feasible, it may be necessary to intervene as soon as possible in the pre-RA course, although the specific timing remains unclear, according to a speaker at the EULAR 2023 Congress.
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Elective sigmoid resection improved quality of life, reduced recurrent diverticulitis Within 2 years, 61% of the conservative group had recurrent diverticulitis compared with 11% in surgery group. Elective sigmoid resection reduced recurrence and improved quality of life in patients with recurrent, complicated or ...
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Dr. Abraham and Dr. Kim on food insecurity's effects on urge urinary incontinence That being said, I think that food insecurity probably is just pointing toward a larger problem of social inequity affecting many aspects of a person's life that is ultimately affecting their urologic health or specifically overactive bladder. And ...
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Cancer Causes Me to Live Life With Uncertainty I was diagnosed with an incurable blood cancer 13 years ago. It's been a journey for me and my family. Faith in God gives me the courage to live with uncertainty. I would like to share a story that happened to me recently. I began to feel tired…really ...
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Flavanols for thought: intakes may restore memory in older adults A new large-scale RCT finds that cocoa flavanols restored hippocampal-dependent memory in older adults with sub-optimal diets; an effect sustained over the three years of follow-up. The findings also observe that increases in flavonol consumption ...
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First West Nile virus mosquitoes this season found in Evanston The North Shore Mosquito Abatement District, which covers Evanston and 12 surrounding suburbs, found a batch of mosquitoes positive for West Nile virus in one of its Evanston traps on Tuesday, May 30, according to a news release from the city posted ...
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New study reveals strong connection between heart and brain health Cardiovascular diseases serve as a crucial backdrop for brain diseases like stroke, dementia, cerebral small vessel disease and cognitive impairment. Studies have shown, for example, that atrial fibrillation, even in stroke-free individuals ...
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Chemical in Artificial Sweetener May Damage DNA Sucralose, sold under the brand name Splenda, is an artificial sweetener about 320 to 1,000 times sweeter than sugar with zero calories. It's used in a wide range of food products, including diet drinks, chewing gum, sugar-free jams, coffee syrups, and ...
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Drop-in for COVID-19 vaccines in Ayrshire NHS Ayrshire & Arran will be offering coronavirus vaccinations on a drop-in basis at community venues around Ayrshire from Monday 5 June 2023. The following groups are eligible to attend the drop-in opportunities: People due a spring booster vaccine, ...
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Osteoporosis during pregnancy: 7 ways to safeguard your bones Hormonal imbalance in a pregnant woman can lead to a temporary decrease in bone density. The developing fetus requires a significant amount of calcium for growth. So, if a pregnant mother does not consume enough calcium ...
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Cancer Discoveries Could Enhance Immunotherapy, Breast Cancer Care Dae Joong Kim, PhD (from left); Andrew C. Dudley, PhD; and Jamie Null, PhD, have made important new discoveries about the role of blood vessels in solid cancer tumors. Two new discoveries from the Dudley lab at UVA Cancer Center highlight the different ...
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Greener Diet, Younger Brain: Mediterranean Diet Slows Brain Aging Summary: Recent research indicates that a green Mediterranean diet can slow down brain aging. A new study found weight loss related to this diet reduced the aging of participants' brains. The participants' brain age appeared almost nine months younger ...
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LGBTQ+ advocates mount mpox vaccine push ahead of Pride Month festivities LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — As we kick off Pride Month here in the Las Vegas valley, local LGBTQ+ advocates and organizers are urging folks to be mindful of mpox when gathering for Pride celebrations. While anyone can contract the virus formerly known as ...
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What is human metapneumovirus? What we know about HMPV, the respiratory illness with cold symptoms A virus that causes symptoms similar to that of a cold, the flu, and COVID-19 has seen an upsurge in the US. Here's what to know about HMPV. Runny nose, dry cough, sore throat and fever: the combination of these symptoms would immediately be registered ...
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Getting the Skinny on Cannabis Use: The Effect of Cannabis on Weight and Metabolism Summary: Researchers shed light on the enigma of cannabis users tending to be leaner and less diabetes-prone despite appetite stimulation. The study shows that cannabis exposure during adolescence disrupts energy balance and adipose organ (fat storage) ...
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Women fare worse than men after surviving a stroke, new report suggests New research from the Heart and Stroke Foundation warns women face a greater risk from strokes than men, and suffer worse outcomes afterward. The study outlines how women also may not be getting the necessary support to manage anxiety or depression ...
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