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Wildfire smoke may be having a negative impact on your mental health Breathing in the yellow haze of wildfire smoke is not only bad for your lungs, it can harm your mind, too. In recent years research has begun to link air pollution with poor mental health, from depression and anxiety to psychotic breakdowns and, ...
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High-Dose Vitamin D May Cut Risk for New Atrial Fibrillation The study, a post hoc analysis from a trial that explored the effects of vitamin D3 supplementation on incidence of cardiovascular diseases and cancer, included 2495 vitamin D-sufficient healthy older adults, mean age 68.2 years, of whom 43% were women.
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Women Could Have an Increased Risk of Developing MCI, Dementia with Atrial Fibrillation This could be because the heart condition has more than a 2-fold risk of silent strokes, which over time can lead to brain injuries and can only be stopped with oral anticoagulant medication, according to the study.
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Federal Officials Hatch a Three-Pronged Defense Against Another 'Tripledemic' To prevent a repeat of last winter's "tripledemic" of respiratory illnesses, Americans will be encouraged to roll up their sleeves not just for flu shots but for two other vaccines, one of them entirely new. Federal health officials have already asked ...
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Cannabis Use Disorder Raises Risk of Perioperative Complications Adults with cannabis use disorder had a moderately increased risk of morbidity and in-hospital mortality after major elective surgery compared with those without cannabis use disorder, a large retrospective study found.
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Being overweight may not be associated with early death, study says Being overweight as defined by the body mass index rating scale is not linked to an increase in death when considered separately from other health issues, a new study found. Also known as BMI, the calculation measures a person's body fat based on ...
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NIH study offers insights into how cells reverse their decision to divide The finding, led by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and reported July 5, 2023, in Nature, could point toward more effective treatments to interrupt the process by which cancer cells divide ...
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Keeping Cholesterol Levels Stable May Help Shield You From Dementia Yes, suggests a new study that found fluctuating cholesterol levels among older adults may increase the risk for Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Those who had the most fluctuations in cholesterol had a 19% ...
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Noninvasive blood glucose monitor compares favorably to fingersticks in diabetes Key takeaways: A noninvasive blood glucose monitor measured glucose with an accuracy similar to fingersticks. This noninvasive device may be able to detect hypoglycemia quicker than current continuous glucose monitoring. SAN ...
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Taking ADHD Medications Does Not Raise Substance Misuse Risk, Study Finds Stimulants like adderall have long been a treatment for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). New research suggests that youth who use these stimulants as prescribed are not at a higher risk of addiction simply due to their use.
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Fluctuating blood lipid levels linked with higher risk of Alzheimer's disease, study finds An abnormally high level of lipids in the blood — such as cholesterol or triglycerides — has been linked with Alzheimer's and other dementias in past studies. Previous studies have also found that variability of total cholesterol levels over ...
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A dozen African countries will receive 18 million doses of the world's first malaria vaccine The 12 countries — Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Niger, Sierra Leone and Uganda — are expected to start receiving vaccine doses during the last quarter of 2023 and to begin ...
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Being overweight may not be associated with early death, study says An adult is considered "overweight" if their BMI falls between 25 and 29.9, while a "healthy" or "normal" weight is defined as a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A BMI of 30 or higher is considered ...
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Opioids yielded no difference in pain severity for low back, neck pain vs. placebo Opioids may not significantly reduce pain severity for acute nonspecific low back or neck pain. Researchers recommend low back pain management should focus on nonpharmacological treatments. Results published in The Lancet showed opioids yielded no ...
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Recruiting physicians, addressing medical burnout It's on the rise in a lot professions. Ones we all rely on law enforcement, teaching, and medicine. The American Medical Association calls it an epidemic. 63% of doctors report signs of burnout ...
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Dementia Tied to Fluctuations in Blood Lipids Over Time Fluctuations in total cholesterol and triglyceride levels in people 60 and older were tied to a higher risk of incident dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, a longitudinal study showed. Over a median follow-up of 12.9 years, participants in the ...
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New Genetic Technology Developed to Halt Malaria-Spreading Mosquitoes Photo of an Anopheles gambiae mosquito. UC San Diego researchers have developed a new technology to suppress Anopheles gambiae, the mosquitoes that primarily spread malaria in Africa and contribute to economic poverty in affected regions.
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Protect yourself during mosquito season in the CSRA Believe it or not, mosquitoes kill more people than any other creature, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About a week ago, the CDC issued an alert of locally acquired cases ...
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West Nile Virus found in Clark County mosquito samples Those who do develop symptoms will usually develop them three to 14 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. The CCCHD reported that up to 20 percent of people who have symptoms could experience fever, headaches ...
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These are the top 5 'mosquito cities' in the US It's mosquito season, and as temperatures climb across the country, these pesky little bugs are making their presence known, CBS News reports. Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Atlanta and Dallas/Fort Worth top a recent list of so-called "mosquito ...
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Cardiorespiratory fitness may reduce breast cancer risk Having higher cardiorespiratory fitness may be a protective factor against breast cancer for postmenopausal women with elevated body fat, according to the results of research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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New blood test could diagnose bile acid diarrhea Most people have at some point in their life suffered an intestinal infection or food poisoning forcing them to stay close to the bathroom. It is very uncomfortable. Most of the time, though, it passes quickly. But around 60,000-100,000 Danes suffer ...
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UNAIDS uses simplistic gender norms to inform its HIV prevention guidelines UNAIDS' HIV prevention guidelines rely on reductive gender stereotypes placing a burden on girls and women, according to Dr Catherine Merriman of Queen Mary University London and Dr Kevin Deane of the Open University. The researchers found an ...
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Confirmed: Spinal Cord Injury Can Suppress Immune Function Prior observations that patients suffering spinal cord injuries are prone to develop infections may now have an explanation. Biomarkers of immune activity were depressed for at least 2 weeks following spinal cord injury (SCI), researchers found in a ...
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Scottsdale neurologist: Temper expectations for new Alzheimer's treatment SCOTTSDALE (3TV/CBS 5) — The FDA is poised on Thursday to approve the first drug shown to slow the decline of Alzheimer's, and Arizona has the fastest growth rate for the disease in the country. Arizona's Family spoke with one family who's embracing ...
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Ever-growing global diabetes burden exacerbated by large-scale inequity Worse still, structural racism experienced by minority ethnic groups and geographic inequity experienced by low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are accelerating soaring rates of diabetes disease, illness, and death around the world.
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Mosquito Season Begins As Temperatures Rise Across The Country "Typically we know how much virus is circulating in a community, because the, the public health authorities are actually capturing mosquitoes," says Dr. Michael Neely, division chief of Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
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'Seeing' Obesity: How Doctors and Patients Can Do Better July 5, 2023 – After Mia O'Malley gave birth in 2018, she retained fluid in her legs – a common occurrence after giving birth. The swelling made walking, sitting, and caring for her newborn painful and uncomfortable.
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Long-Term Vitamin D Supplements Might Cut Heart Attack Risk Over the course of the study, 6% of subjects taking vitamin D and 6.6% of those given the dummy supplement had a major cardiovascular event such heart attack or stroke. That meant 5.8 fewer events for every 1,000 people on vitamin D.
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Postacute Effects of COVID on par With Those of Sepsis, Flu A large observational study examined population-wide data for 13 postacute conditions in patients who had been hospitalized with a COVID-19 infection and found that all but one of these conditions, venous thromboembolism, occurred at comparable rates in ...
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Self-Care Practices and Their Role in the Control of Diabetes: A Narrative Review All of these practices collectively have shown good results in maintaining blood glucose levels, decreasing side effects, and increasing life expectancy in people with diabetes mellitus. Those who have DM and practice self-care have shown ...
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Bay County mosquitoes test positive for EEE virus EEE is considered one of the most dangerous mosquito-borne diseases in the United States. Among horses who become ill with EEE, the disease has a 90% fatality rate, and among humans who become ...
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Why the next big hope for Alzheimer's might not help most Black patients An FDA advisory panel last month voted 6-0 to support FDA approval of lecanemab, from the Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai. In a clinical trial involving nearly 1,800 early-stage Alzheimer's patients, the drug slowed ...
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Unlocking the immune puzzle: study evaluates the immune impact of second booster COVID-19 vaccine In a recent study published in the Scientific Reports Journal, researchers assessed acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Delta variant of concern (VOC) and Omicron VOC neutralization by serum samples obtained from vaccinees.
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Why depression after traumatic brain injury is distinct — and less likely to respond to standard treatment Traumatic brain injury multiplies the risk of major depression eightfold. While the emotional trauma of whatever caused such deep damage may be understandable, from a blast in a war zone to a blow on the playing field, there's a physiological component ...
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Horse in Cook County tests positive for EEE Release: A horse has tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Cook County. While there is a EEE vaccine available for horses, there is no vaccine for humans, this is why prevention is ...
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Moderna COVID-19 vaccine effective in children five and under In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers assess the vaccine effectiveness (VE) of the Moderna messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-1273 against symptomatic severe acute syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and ...
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Black Americans living in disadvantaged neighborhoods age faster than white peers, study finds The University of Pennsylvania research team is the first to show how the neighborhood a person lives in can contribute to racial disparities in accelerated aging, even after controlling for individual socioeconomic status. Researchers found that living in ...
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'Nobody knows why': Neurovascular complications arise in fungal meningitis outbreak Jose Campo Maldonado, MD, an infectious disease specialist at Harlingen, Texas-based Valley Baptist Medical Center, told NBC News nearly all of the infected patients have neurovascular complications, including spasms of brain arteries and mycotic aneurysms ...
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Medical cannabis laws have no effect on opioid prescriptions, study finds State laws allowing medical cannabis use did not reduce prescriptions for opioids or other therapies for chronic, non-cancer pain, according to a policy analysis by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. Dr. Beth McGinty, chief of the Division of Health ...
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What is your 'food clock'? These 4 tips can improve how you eat Eat dinner for breakfast or lunch: Ideally, your breakfast and/or lunch should contain protein, fat, and whole grains. Dinner should be light. The ideal dinner is a salad or other green leafy vegetables. Remember, your body is most insulin resistant at ...
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Rare embryo mutations may increase risk of developing schizophrenia Now, Christopher Walsh at Boston Children's Hospital in Massachusetts and his colleagues have found evidence that non-inherited, or somatic, mutations – those that occur by chance during embryo development – may contribute to schizophrenia risk later in ...
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Mental health should be an extension of primary care In the above example, that patient would be asked about their psychological symptoms earlier on, leading to a more accurate diagnosis, earlier intervention and treatment, and cost savings. When PCPs identify a patient with underlying ...
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Abnormal Brain Folding a Biomarker for Major Depressive Disorder Summary: Researchers discovered a biomarker for major depressive disorder (MDD) in the brain's outer layer folds, or gyri. The investigation, first of its kind, associates MDD with the local gyrification index (LGI), a measure of cortical folding ...
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Physical Activity Over 60 Enhances Life Quality Summary: Researchers found a correlation between physical activity in adults over sixty and quality of life. The study, involving almost 1,500 participants, revealed that reduced physical activity and increased sedentary behavior lead to lower life ...
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Concept Creep: How Our Concepts of Anxiety and Depression Are Changing While raising awareness is crucial, the study warns of potential risks of over-pathologizing everyday mood states. Key Facts: A study of over 800,000 psychology articles and a corpus of everyday American English ...
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Being more active enhances quality of life in older adults, study finds The study of close to 1,500 adults says that older people who maintain an active routine and engage in regular physical activity experience greater benefits in terms of their quality of life than those who do not or who increase their amount of sedentary ...
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FDA to decide on Alzheimer's drug approval (CNN) - The Food and Drug Administration is expected to decide Thursday on granting full approval to Leqembi, the first drug proven to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease in some patients. This is much more than just a formality.
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EU11: What you Need to Know About Vaccine Protection, How it Presents, and Clinical Considerations As XBB is part of the Omicron strain, its believed the new vaccine compositions will protect against the EU11 variant, according to William Schaffner, MD, medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
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Mosquitoes in Brazos County test positive for West Nile Virus BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - The Brazos County Heath District says mosquito samples collected in the area have tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV). The WNV-positive mosquitoes were collected from a trap in the 77803 zip code of Bryan, but the Health ...
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