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Recurring UTIs: The infection we keep secretly getting UTIs happen when certain types of bacteria get into part of your urinary tract, like your bladder, and create an infection. Researchers estimate that 60% of women and 10% of men will get a UTI in their lifetime.
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ADHD linked to higher risk of developing mental disorders and attempted suicide, study finds "Impulsivity is a core component of ADHD and closely associated with suicidal behavior. Our study suggests that both ADHD and major depressive disorder are risk factors for suicide attempt," Freuer said in an email.
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As cancer cases rise among younger adults, some types of the disease have higher burden than others, study finds But a new study suggests that certain types of cancer – breast, tracheal, bronchus and lung, stomach, and colorectal – have caused the most disease and death in this younger age group.
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Fall Vaccines: What to Know about Flu, COVID, RSV Shots Sept. 5, 2023 – Move over, flu shot. This autumn, the seasonal vaccine list is longer, more complicated, and could cost more. Besides the flu shot, COVID-19 boosters are expected to be out in mid-September, and a new vaccine for RSV (respiratory ...
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Experts Discusses Importance of Fertility Preservation in Breast Cancer She addressed how pregnancy in the breast cancer population can be "an emotional issue" that may impact their psychosocial health. Moreover, she discussed how her practice follows up with patients to help them plan for their pregnancy, even involving ...
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COVID-19 booster shots expected as early as next week So far, data shows this booster will offer additional protection against severe disease and death for all currently circulating variants. Vaccine manufacturers tell ABC News they continue to test the updated booster on newer variants, including ...
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Your fall guide to COVID, RSV and flu vaccines The PBS NewsHour asked public health experts for advice on who should get which vaccine dose and when. COVID. Influenza. Each year, the flu poses a deadly threat – preliminary federal data suggest ...
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COVID-19 exacerbated life expectancy trends in the US "Increases in U.S. death rates in 2020 were highly racialized, disproportionately affecting the country's Native American, Hispanic, and Black populations," the authors wrote. Compared to peer countries, the decline in life expectancy ...
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Virginia officials warn about statewide meningococcal disease outbreak The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) recently reported a statewide meningococcal disease outbreak that has sickened 27 people since June 2022, including five patients who died from complications of their infections. The illnesses involve Neisseria ...
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Overdose of Novel Potent Opioids Requires More Naloxone Evidence suggests that NPOs, which in addition to metonitazene include isotonitazene, N-piperidinyl etonitazene, and brorphine, have high potency at the μ-opioid receptor and a propensity for adverse health effects.
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US Heart Deaths Linked to Obesity Have Tripled in 20 Years By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity taxes many parts of the body, but new research suggests the heart might take the hardest hit of all. Between 1999 and 2020, deaths from heart disease ...
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For a third year, Tennessee school districts are at risk for more disease outbreaks amid less child vaccinations Sara Guylas wasn't aware that vaccination rates for kindergarten students in Middle Tennessee public school districts were dropping and had been for years until about a week ago. For the Robertson County mom, who has a kindergartner enrolled at East ...
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Liquid Biopsy Might Be Useful in the Detection of Colorectal, Lung Cancer Investigators wanted to analyze the diagnostic performance of methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme digestion followed by sequencing using cell-free DNA and explore the cancer signal origin of the cancer using DNN analyses for colorectal and lung ...
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More COVID-19 studies suggest BA.2.86 may be less immune-evasive than feared Two more lab groups—one from Sweden's Karolinska Institute and the other from Harvard University—have reported results of antibody neutralization lab experiments, which suggest vaccination or previous infection offer some protection against the highly ...
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Warm Waters Raise Risk for Flesh-Eating Bacteria. Here's Tips to Stay Safe By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- As waters warm across the United States and hurricanes and flooding season begins, the odds of being infected by flesh-eating bacteria are also rising, ...
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As Natural as Breathing – Sleep Apnea as a 'Stealthy Assault' Disorder Sleep apnea is a condition that stops your breathing—or at least makes it very difficult, to a point that your sleep is disturbed. Sometimes it's related to the brain, and sometimes it's the airway, but why exactly is sleep apnea referred to as a "Stealthy ...
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10-year data show 'robust' long-term benefit of HPV vaccination A study of 10-year follow-up data showed no cases of high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia and few cases of HPV infection among almost 1,300 boys and girls who received the 9-valent HPV vaccine, according to results published in Pediatrics.
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Can AI Match Radiologist Assessment of Screening Mammography Exams? In separate test sets that included challenging mammography cases, researchers found that artificial intelligence (AI) demonstrated similar sensitivity and specificity for detecting breast cancer in comparison to assessments from over 500 clinicians.
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CDC Warns of Rise in RSV Cases Among Young Children, Infants By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors are seeing a spike in severe cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) among young children in Florida and Georgia, U.S. health officials warned ...
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CDC warns that RSV cases may be starting to rise The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning physicians that cases of respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV, are rising in the Southeast — and that regional increase may portend a rise in the rest of the United States in the next ...
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Lab data suggests new COVID booster will protect against worrisome variant Scientists have produced the first data indicating that a variant that has raised alarm is unlikely to pose a big new COVID-19 threat. Four preliminary laboratory studies released over the weekend found that antibodies from previous infections and ...
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Study spotlights breakthrough mpox in gay, bisexual men Of 37 men who have sex with men (MSM) in a global case series focusing on breakthrough mpox, 29 (78.4%) contracted mpox after two appropriately spaced Jynneos vaccine doses, 7 (19.0%) experienced reinfections, and 1 had an infection that met the ...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations are on the rise in San Diego County. Here's what you need to know Older populations remain among the most vulnerable to hospitalization and death, especially those over age 60, so doctors are advising young people to test themselves if they feel any symptoms and to stay home if they're sick.
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ADD/ADHD medication shortage impacting students this school year BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB ...
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Hochul highlights availability of Narcan at pharmacies as FDA expands access nationwide New York State Department of Health announced standing order for naloxone at all pharmacies in August 2022; major pharmacy chains expanding access beginning this month following FDA ruling. Gov. Kathy Hochul highlighted the availability of naloxone, ...
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Synthetic thyroid hormone may lower cholesterol, treat obesity More than 1 billion people worldwide have obesity. About 28.5 million people globally have high cholesterol. Both conditions increase a person's risk for other diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Researchers from the University of ...
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Life coach shares personal breast cancer journey to spread hope CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A woman who's already an author, a social worker, and a business owner, now has another title, breast cancer survivor. She said she's sharing her story to inspire others not to give up hope. For years, Krista Powers has been a ...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations are on the rise in San Diego County. Here's what you need to know. Doctors and health officials are seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across San Diego County, and the latest set of subvariants is dominating the spread. Experts say thanks to widespread vaccinations, COVID-19 is becoming less severe.
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Can SARS-CoV-2 infect poultry? The rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 resulted in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which has claimed almost seven million lives worldwide. Genomic mutations of SARS-CoV-2 have ...
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What is E.Coli? Everything you need to know about the bacteria behind the recent Calgary outbreak An E.Coli outbreak connected to multiple daycares and other institutions in Calgary has left dozens of children seeking treatment at the city's emergency departments. As many as 50 children sought care in hospitals, Alberta Health Services said in a ...
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Oral Cancer Growth Permitted by Gatekeeper of Calcium ORAI1 was highly expressed in tumor samples from patients with oral cancer, and ORAI1 activation caused sustained Ca2+ influx in human oral cancer cells. RNA-seq analysis showed that ORAI1 regulated many genes encoding oral cancer markers such as ...
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New Opioids Are Joining the Illicit Drug Supply, and They're More Potent Than Fentanyl By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In recent years, the opioid epidemic has been worsened by the advent of street fentanyl, an illicit version of a powerful prescription painkiller.
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EMA updates topiramate guidance The organisation said "the medicine may increase the risk of neurodevelopmental problems after exposure during pregnancy". Epilepsy Action is expecting an update from the UK government's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) shortly ...
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Research shows how resistant starch could slow down progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Previous studies suggest that fatty liver disease that is not caused by excessive alcohol consumption is closely related to the gut microbiome, and microbiota-directed foods could be an effective non-pharmacological intervention to deal with NAFLD.
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Calgary daycares hit by E. coli outbreak could be shut down for another week An official for six Calgary daycare centres closed due to an E. coli outbreak says a deep cleaning of the facilities could take up to a week. Alberta Health Services said Tuesday there were 56 lab-confirmed cases linked to the outbreak including up to ...
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Study finds COVID vaccine mandates significantly reduce infection rates on college campuses The study finds that COVID-19 vaccine mandates are highly effective at reducing the spread of the virus and increasing immunity in a university setting. Photo: Getty Images.
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CDC issues health alert on flesh-eating bacteria Health officials at the CDC have issued a health advisory warning clinicians to look out for cases of Vibrio vulnificus, a sometimes deadly flesh-eating bacteria. While Vibrio bacteria cause several illnesses each year in the U.S., it is the vulnificus ...
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Governor Hochul Highlights Availability of Narcan at New York Pharmacies as FDA Expands Access Nationwide New York State Department of Health Announced Standing Order For Naloxone At All Pharmacies In August 2022; Major Pharmacy Chains Expanding Access Beginning This Month Following FDA Ruling. Governor's Multi-Pronged Effort To Address The Opioid Crisis ...
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Here is what you need to know about new RSV vaccines, drug to protect young children ATLANTA - As many Americans are making plans for their annual flu shot or updated COVID-19 booster due out later this month, Dr. Danny Branstetter, medical director of infectious diseases and infection prevention at Wellstar Health System, says RSV, ...
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Normal body temperature is personal, Stanford Medicine researchers find A new, large-scale study of body temperatures has found that "normal" isn't one size fits all — it varies by age, sex, weight, time of day and more. September 5, 2023 - By Nina Bai. thermometers. Average body temperature is about 97.9 F, not 98.6, ...
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What to Know About Malaria in the US The country sees about 2,000–2,500 malaria cases each year linked to travel to malaria-endemic areas such as sub-Saharan Africa and parts of South America and Southeast Asia—but the nine locally transmitted cases seen so far this year were contracted ...
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Communique on SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 sub-variant What We Know BA.2.86 is a variant of SARS-CoV-2 that has undergone multiple genetic changes compared to other variants. · no evidence · no reports of changes · Situation Summary · Recommendations for Africa Union Member States · Additional resources
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Keeping Healthy by Getting Good Sleep "We should wake feeling refreshed," says Jeffrey Lessar, MD, a board-certified physician in pulmonary medicine with Valley Health Pulmonary and Sleep Specialists. "Throughout the year, most people have one or two nights when there is a problem.
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Death rates for people under 40 have skyrocketed. Blame fentanyl. A new Stateline analysis shows that U.S. residents under 40 were relatively unscathed by COVID-19 in the pandemic but fell victim to another killer: accidental drug overdose deaths. Death rates in the age group were up by nearly a third in 2021 over ...
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Active bodies, healthy lives Smartwatches and other wearable devices can track our every step. Available at a range of prices, the devices offer a variety of metrics, from a standard array of tracking steps and sleep hours to more involved measurements like heart rate, blood pressure ...
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New Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence opens after £1 million donation Mary said: "I count myself very fortunate to be able to make this substantial donation. Mike adored children so it's especially fitting that this new centre will focus on finding a cure for high-grade tumours in children. To think of those poor parents ...
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NEA Urges Actions To Block Dengue Amidst Increasing DENV-1 Cases In Large Dengue Clusters There is a risk of a surge in dengue cases as Dengue virus serotype 1 (DENV-1) gains dominance against a backdrop of high weekly dengue cases, several large and persistent dengue clusters, and high Aedes mosquito populations in many places. Immediate ...
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COVID-19: Boosters, the Eris Variant, and Precautions To Take "COVID-19 still can be serious, particularly in seniors," said Dr. Anne Peters, professor of medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and director of the USC Clinical Diabetes Programs.
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How resistant starch may help people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Legumes and whole grains are among the natural sources of resistant starch. Experts say a healthy lifestyle and healthy weight can help prevent the onset of fatty liver disease. New research indicates that ...
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