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WHO says we can 'write the final chapter in the story of TB.' How close are we? And even though COVID dislodged TB from the notorious title of "deadliest infectious disease" based on annual death counts –TB did remain a major killer, with 1.3 million TB-related deaths in 2022.
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Using marijuana during pregnancy may heighten risk for baby Cannabis-exposed infants were 2.5 times as likely to be admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit, compared with unexposed babies, according to the study. "We know that THC ( ...
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CWD confirmed in Yellowstone National Park for first time Yellowstone National Park and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) announced yesterday that chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been confirmed for the first time in the park, which involves an adult mule deer found dead. mule deer buck ...
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Youth Cancer Death Rate Down Nearly 25% in US In all, the annual number of youth cancer deaths fell 23% from a total of 2,226 in 2001 to 1,722 in 2021. Declines in cancer mortality occurred across five-year age groups from ...
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FDA authorizes first home test for chlamydia and gonorrhea Symptoms of gonorrhea can include stomach or pelvic pain, increased vaginal discharge, painful urination and bleeding between periods. Many people don't notice any symptoms, making routine screenings important to catch infections.
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Progress in childhood cancer has stalled for Blacks and Hispanics, report says A new report says progress against childhood cancers has stalled in recent years for Black and Hispanic youth. ByCARLA K. JOHNSON AP medical writer. November 15, 2023, 2:49 PM. This March 1988 microscope photo provided by the National Cancer Institute ...
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Sitting All Day? This Is How It Could Be Affecting Your Heart Health Experts recommend incorporating small movement habits into each day, to make physical activity routine and achievable. Regularly choosing a few minutes of movement over a moment of sitting can significantly improve heart health, ...
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Flu Cases Climbing as We Return to a More 'Typical' Season Nov. 14, 2023 – In what looks like a return to a typical pre-pandemic flu season, cases nationwide continue to slowly climb this fall, national infectious disease expert and pharmacy data shows. Flu is still nothing to mess with, and officials are ...
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Waiting to Clamp Umbilical Cord May Save Preemies' Lives By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The timing of a simple, standard part of childbirth could mean the difference between life and death for premature babies, a pair of new evidence reviews ...
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'Silent Reflux': Savannah Guthrie's Diagnosis, Explained Today host Savannah Guthrie recently announced she has a condition called laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR). LPR may affect up to 30% of people and includes symptoms like hoarseness, voice changes, a lump sensation in the throat, cough, chronic throat ...
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Casgevy: UK approves gene-editing drug for blood disorders In a world first, medical regulators in the UK have approved a gene therapy that aims to cure two blood disorders. The treatment for sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia is the first to be licensed using the gene-editing tool known as Crispr, ...
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Vaping Now Outstrips Smoking Among US Young Adults By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Nov, 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Young adults are now more likely to vape than to smoke cigarettes, with more becoming addicted to nicotine through vaping than traditional smoking, ...
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A new wave of treatment for Alzheimer's disease Director of The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Professor Li-Huei Tsai also spearheads the "miBrain" project to create integrated multicellular models of the human brain, with all the major types of brain cells within a network of blood vessels.
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Preventing the Next Pandemic Moderator Louise Ivers (left), director of Harvard Global Health Institute, and Dame Jacinda Ardern, former prime minister of New Zealand, at the MassCPR Symposium: Pandemic Preparedness at the George Sherman Union on November 14, 2023.
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Scan looks to detect lung cancer at earlier stages CHARLESTON, S.C. ( ...
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Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance Together: A Conversation with Dr. Beverley Isherwood In this interview ahead of World AMR Awareness Week, we explore the imminent challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) with Dr. Beverley Isherwood, Strategy Leader for Infectious Diseases at Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) and Programme Director ...
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Drugs like Ozempic are popular for weight loss. That's because there's been little other help: obesity doctors Despite widely publicized reports of rare but severe side effects, obesity doctors say Ozempic and drugs like it have the potential to improve medical help for a chronic illness that patients have been forced for too long to try to cure on their own.
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First case of bird flu discovered in Michigan among Cass County flock for 2023 Highly pathogenic avian influenza was found in a backyard flock from Cass County, southwest of Kalamazoo, according to the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.
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To Treat Overdose Patients Now, Hospitals Must Test for More Kinds of Drugs However, the standard hospital urine drug tests often do not detect fentanyl, which today is the leading cause of fatal overdoses, or other "synthetic" substances. Expanded urinalyses that could detect them can be time-consuming and cost-prohibitive.
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New study highlights urgent need for specific biomarkers in vascular cognitive impairment and dementia diagnosis A hallmark of VCID is that it involves a cerebrovascular disease that causes brain injuries, which subsequently leads to cognitive deficits and dementia. These brain injuries include small vessel disease (SVD), large vessel disease (LVD), cerebral ...
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Officials urge vigilance as US avian flu numbers tick higher Several turkey flocks and a second, large commercial egg laying flock have been confirmed with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported this week. The total number of birds affected in ...
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Research finds women who sleep less are at higher risk for diabetes Researchers at Columbia University looked at 38 women ages 20 to 75 and found that reducing sleep by an hour and a half, to approximately six hours of sleep a night, led to lower insulin sensitivity, especially in postmenopausal women, a metabolic change ...
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Digital Tools for Doctors Quadruple Rate of Lifesaving Lung Cancer Screen Now, researchers at University of Utah Health have designed new digital tools that use relevant information from patient health records to prompt doctors to consider lung cancer screening for high-risk patients and provide personalized guidance on ...
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A viral RNA molecule activates the bacterial immune system during infection In both humans and bacteria, viral infections lead to the activation of enzymes that generate cyclic nucleotides as messengers to start the immune response. However, how bacteria sense viral invasion was unknown. A structured viral RNA molecule ...
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Immune escape of SARS-CoV-2 variants to therapeutic monoclonal antibodies: a system review and meta-analysis Omicron's high transmissibility and variability present new difficulties for COVID-19 vaccination prevention and therapy. In this article, we analyzed the sensitivity of vaccine-induced antibodies as well as the effect of booster vaccinations against ...
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Lifestyle is the key to preventing diabetes As November is National Diabetes Month, here's what you can do to recognize the symptoms and take action to prevent the chronic illness that affects 40% of Americans. Cory Phare. November 15, 2023. Lifestyle is the key to preventing diabetes.
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How lung cancer screening saved Tina's life Tina underwent a biopsy at Roswell Park and the pathology lab sent the results that there was cancer present while she was still on the surgical table. "We had already discussed surgical options, so I was prepared for Dr. Hennon to continue with surgery.
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Avian influenza detected in Cass County CASS COUNTY, Mich. (WSBT 22) — A highly contagious bird flu has been found in Cass County. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development announcing it was found in a backyard flock. It's the first case of highly pathogenic avian ...
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Circular extrachromosomal DNA identified as a potential target for new medulloblastoma therapies The findings, published in Nature Genetics, pave the way for research that could yield new treatments for this aggressive childhood brain cancer. There are very few effective treatments available for medulloblastoma, and most treatments ...
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UK medicines regulator approves gene therapy for two blood disorders Sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia are genetic, or inherited, conditions caused by errors in the genes for haemoglobin, a protein that lets red blood cells transport oxygen around the body. Both conditions can be fatal.
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Soda City Live: Holiday Food Ideas for World Diabetes Day COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - ...
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Douglas County health official gives encouraging updates on unusual public health operations One of the situations involved a raccoon rabies variant not seen before in Nebraska. The other concerned an active tuberculosis case at a drop-in child care center that potentially exposed about 550 people, ...
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Your Questions Answered: What are the coverage options for buying health insurance with diabetes? Individuals with a family history of diabetes face increased risks of prediabetes and diabetes. In addition to genetic predisposition, sedentary lifestyles and dietary habits are contributing to elevated rates of pre-diabetes and diabetes among young ...
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How to feel better after overeating during the holidays There is no shortage of delicious foods during the holidays – and so many opportunities to indulge! Even someone with the best of intentions for a healthy diet may find themselves throwing their plans to the wayside in favor of a heaping plate of ...
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Advancing COPD care in China through a comprehensive approach China has almost 100 million people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and accounts for almost 25% of all COPD cases globally. Notably, COPD was the third leading cause of death in China and accounted for more than 0.9 million ...
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Get your COVID, flu and RSV shots before Thanksgiving, experts say "Last year, our COVID surge really started after Thanksgiving," said Dr. Bonni Stahl, an internal medicine physician at Cambridge Health Alliance and medical director of their Covid Treatment Center. "And we do expect that COVID numbers will likely follow ...
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Preventing Death from Lung Cancer is the Goal of the Lung Cancer Screening Program at UConn Health Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related death because so many patients are diagnosed at late stages when curing the disease is not possible. Many former and current tobacco users are unaware that a simple, annual low-dose CT scan can catch ...
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JCVI statement on a childhood varicella (chickenpox) vaccination programme Varicella (commonly known as chickenpox) is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by the varicella zoster virus. Infection is characterised by the presence of an itchy, spotty rash with spots appearing then blistering and scabbing over.
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Parents of boy who died from sepsis make public appeal The parents of 15-year-old Seán Hughes, who died of sepsis, have urged people to be vigilant if they are not recovering from an infection. Joe Hughes and Karen Phoenix were among those who attended the Oireachtas Health Committee at Leinster House ...
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Local doctor stresses importance of screenings for diabetic eye disease WILMINGTON, N.C. ( ...
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MSDH: First pediatric flu death of 2023-2024 season confirmed JACKSON, Miss. (WDAM) ...
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Valneva single-dose chikungunya vaccine poised to 'revolutionize' global health Valneva recently announced the approval of IXCHIQ by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), marking the approval of the world's first chikungunya vaccine. The single dose vaccine for the prevention of disease caused by the chikungunya virus (CHIKV) ...
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Give yourself a good dose of wellness this winter Public Health in Worcestershire has launched its Worcestershire Winters Well webpage with some great advice and support to help us stay physically, mentally and financially well this winter. Colder winter weather and darker nights can have an impact on ...
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Mississippi records season's first pediatric flu death JACKSON, Miss. (WTOK) ...
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Michigan detects first case of deadly bird flu since March The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on Wednesday, Nov. 15 detected a highly contagious and deadly bird flu in a Cass County backyard flock. This Michigan's first case of the highly pathogenic avian flu since March.
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Routinely offer MenB jabs to prevent gonorrhoea, UK vaccine committee recommends Because infection with the Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacterium does not protect against future infection, many people are commonly reinfected. Andrew Pollard, JCVI chair, said that a programme to target high risk people with the MenB vaccine ...
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Investigating the link between gut inflammation, aging, and Alzheimer's disease Markers of AD include the accumulation of amyloid beta (Aβ) and phosphorylated tau (pTau) proteins in the brain. While gut dysbiosis has been associated with inflammation, cognitive impairment, and AD, the ...
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NHS England pledges to eliminate cervical cancer by 2040 Amanda Pritchard, NHS England chief executive, today (15 November) outlined how the organisation will improve the availability of vaccines and screenings to meet this ambitious goal in the next 17 years. "To ...
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A better way to study Parkinson's disease in the lab could lead to earlier diagnosis College of Medicine – Tucson researchers used stem cell technology to improve research models for Parkinson's disease. Image. three women working in a University of Arizona Health Sciences research laboratory. Lalitha Madhavan, MD, PhD, ...
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Patients potentially exposed to infection at Massachusetts hospital "Once identified, the practice was immediately corrected, and the hospital's quality and infection control teams were notified," a spokesperson for Mass General Brigham, which owns Salem Hospital, told Boston 25 News.
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