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	health Daily update ⋅ February 23, 2024
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	CBS News Florida defies CDC in measles outbreak, telling parents it's fine to send unvaccinated kids to school CBS News With a brief memo, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo has subverted a public health standard that's long kept measles outbreaks under control. On Feb. 20, as measles spread through Manatee Bay Elementary in South Florida, Ladapo sent parents a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape 'Deep Phenotyping' Identifies Abnormalities in ME/CFS Medscape Postinfectious myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (PI-ME/CFS) is a distinct, centrally mediated condition, with evidence of autonomic, immune, and metabolic dysfunction, new "deep phenotyping" data suggested. Flag as irrelevant
	TIME The Unique Hell of Getting Cancer as a Young Adult TIME When I got diagnosed with Stage 3b Hodgkin Lymphoma at age 32, it was almost impossible to process. Without a family history or lifestyle risk factors that put cancer on my radar, I stared at the emergency room doctor in utter disbelief when he said ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Clues to a better understanding of chronic fatigue syndrome emerge from major study NPR Long before the world had heard of long COVID, Sanna Stella experienced first hand how a simple respiratory infection can shape shift into a chronic illness. In 2014, a case of bronchitis left Stella, a therapist who lives in the Chicago area, ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times What to Know About the HPV Vaccine and Cancer Prevention The New York Times Nearly 20 years after the first vaccine against human papillomavirus became available, many eligible Americans still are not getting the shot — even though it provides powerful protection against the leading cause of cervical cancer and a strong risk ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News HIV/AIDS activist Hydeia Broadbent, known for her inspirational talks as a young child, dies at 39 ABC News Broadbent became a fierce advocate for those living with the disease at a time when medications were not widely available to help manage HIV and the virus was considered a death sentence. HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, attacks the body's immune ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Another COVID Toll: Over 134000 Undiagnosed Cancers During Height of Pandemic MedPage Today Co-author Todd Burus, MA, MAS, also of the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, told MedPage Today that the study highlights the impact of a disruption in routine healthcare visits and cancer screening on cancer detection and suggests potential ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR They came to clinics in Mexico for cosmetic surgery and got a deadly fungal meningitis NPR The patients tended to be young women, mostly in their 20s and 30s, who had received epidurals for surgeries like tummy tucks and Brazilian butt lifts between Jan. 1 and May 13, 2023, at the two clinics. Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post Air pollution tied to signs of Alzheimer's in brain tissue, study finds The Washington Post People who inhale higher concentrations of tiny airborne particulates, like from diesel exhaust or other traffic-related air pollutants, are more likely to have signs of Alzheimer's disease in their brains, according to a new study, the latest in a ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Hydeia Broadbent, HIV and AIDS Activist, Dies at 39 The New York Times Hydeia Broadbent, who was born with H.I.V. and as a child became a leading voice in raising awareness about the virus and AIDS, died on Tuesday at her home in Las Vegas. She was 39. Her father, Loren Broadbent, confirmed the death. No cause was given. Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Brain Dysfunction, Immune Abnormalities Seen in Post-Infectious Chronic Fatigue MedPage Today Fatigue in post-infectious myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) may stem from dysfunction of integrative brain regions that drive the motor cortex, a deep phenotyping study suggested. In an exploratory analysis of 17 ME/CFS ... Flag as irrelevant
	Health.com How Much Sugar Should You Eat In a Day? Health.com Popular diets describe the benefits of cutting out sugar and carbohydrates, but not all sugars are the same. Many foods contain natural sugars. For example, fruits contain fructose and dairy products contain lactose. Added sugars ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bloomberg Brain Dysfunction May Be at Root of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome www.webmd.com That's because scientists didn't know much about what caused the illness, called myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). It affects multiple body systems, with its hallmark symptom being extreme fatigue that leaves many people ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Male Fertility Problems in the Family Linked to Cancer Risk MedPage Today Families of men with severe oligozoospermia (low sperm counts, also known as oligospermia) had a significantly increased risk for cancers of the colon, bone and joints, and testes. On the other hand, there was a decreased risk of esophageal cancer among ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Small study shows a possible reason some long COVID patients experience 'brain fog' ABC News The researchers also measured blood markers of inflammation and blood clotting, and some markers related to the blood-brain barrier in 76 people who were hospitalized with an acute COVID-19 infection in March and April of 2020. Flag as irrelevant
	Financial Times Solving the puzzle of Long Covid Science Magazine More than 4 years into the global COVID-19 pandemic, widespread infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2) has left millions of people around the world with Long Covid, which describes the constellation of post-acute and ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report HIV/AIDS Activist Hydeia Broadbent, Known for Her Inspirational Talks as a Young Child, Dies at 39 U.S. News & World Report She was 39. Broadbent's father announced her death in a Facebook post, saying she had died unexpectedly "after living with Aids since birth," but did not provide more details. Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Alabama clinics pause IVF treatments after frozen embryo ruling BBC News Medical providers and fertility patients in Alabama have been left in uncertainty after a court ruled that frozen embryos are considered children. At least three fertility facilities have since paused new IVF treatments over concerns of "legal risk". Flag as irrelevant
	Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Leaky Blood Vessels in the Brain Linked to Brain Fog in Long COVID Patients Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News "Vascular disruption has been implicated in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pathogenesis and may predispose to the neurological sequelae associated with long COVID, yet it is unclear how blood–brain barrier (BBB) function is affected in these ... Flag as irrelevant
	PEOPLE.com Woman Says Experimental Brain Implant Helped Her Lifelong Depression: 'Continuous Prozac' PEOPLE.com Woman Says Experimental Brain Implant Helped Her Lifelong Depression: 'Continuous Prozac'. Deep Brain Stimulation — or DBS — works like a pacemaker in the brain to deliver electrical stimulation that doctors say can help depression. Flag as irrelevant
	Healio COVID-19 caused 'substantial deficit' of cancer diagnoses in first 10 months of pandemic Healio More than 130,000 cancer cases went undiagnosed during the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers estimated in a cross-sectional analysis published in JAMA Oncology. Cancer cases fell drastically below estimates between ... Flag as irrelevant
	al.com Don't touch wild bats, Alabama health department warns al.com Bats, along with raccoons, are the primary carriers of rabies in Alabama, the health department warns, and humans who are bitten or scratched by a bat can contract the deadly disease. Rabies ... Flag as irrelevant
	www.politico.com Health care research's next frontier www.politico.com A laboratory floating 250 miles above Earth is opening new frontiers in health care. So says NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, who joined astronauts this week on the International Space Station via video link to share updates on experiments performed in ... Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP Two measles cases confirmed in New Orleans CIDRAP The Louisiana Department of Health yesterday announced that two measles cases have been confirmed in the greater New Orleans area. An investigation is under way, and officials said the patients had recently traveled out of state. measles cdc ... Flag as irrelevant
	fortune.com Silent brain changes precede Alzheimer's. Researchers have new clues about which come first fortune.com A large study in China tracked middle-aged and older adults for 20 years, using regular brain scans, spinal taps and other tests. Related Video ... Flag as irrelevant
	Nature.com Episode #112 - Long COVID apps.who.int If you have suffered from COVID and are still feeling the symptoms, could it be Long COVID? What are the symptoms? Are treatments available? WHO's Dr Jamie Rylance explains in Science in 5. Presented by. Vismita Gupta-Smith. Produced by. Flag as irrelevant
	PBS NewsHour Measles cases are rising in the US Here's why misinformation about the vaccine persists today PBS NewsHour Public health experts say 95 percent or more of children should be vaccinated against the disease to foster sufficient herd immunity within a community, protecting people with weakened immune systems, such as cancer patients and babies. According ... Flag as irrelevant
	Smithsonian ADHD Traits Might Have Helped Hunter-Gatherers Collect More Food While Foraging, Study Suggests Smithsonian Participants who self-reported ADHD behaviors were better at an online berry-picking game than those who did not report such traits. Will Sullivan. Daily Correspondent. February 22, 2024 12:00 p.m. ... Flag as irrelevant
	KIRO Seattle Healthier Together: How you can reduce the risk of the leading cause of death nationwide KIRO Seattle The silver lining, according to Dr. Mary Ann Bauman: 80% of heart disease is preventable. "We are victims of an abundant lifestyle. Flag as irrelevant
	WBAL Baltimore Rise in measles cases in Maryland, globally concerns health officials WBAL Baltimore While the vast majority of American kindergartners are vaccinated against measles, experts at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the U.S. and leaders at the World Health Organization are saying they are extremely concerned about the ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News First alopecia treatment recommended on the NHS BBC News The drug, which is licensed to give to people aged 12 and over, helps fight inflammation to improve hair growth. Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease, where the body's immune system ... Flag as irrelevant
	Pulse Months-long waits for urgent cardiac referral a 'national disgrace' Pulse Exclusive Patients are being put at serious risk of harm by lengthy cardiac clinic waits for suspected chest pain despite an urgent referral in what amounts to a 'national disgrace', GP experts have said. Patients used to be seen in Rapid Access Chest ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBC.ca Measles outbreak 'just a plane ride away,' Manitoba health official warns CBC.ca Doctors in Manitoba are urging people to protect themselves against measles as health officials across the country warn a rise in cases in Europe and elsewhere could spell a potential outbreak here. The World Health Organization is warning there were ... Flag as irrelevant
	Financial Times UK risks missing out on 'golden age' of drug discovery, cancer charity warns Financial Times Britain's ability to benefit fully from a "golden age" in cancer drug discovery will be compromised without further investment, the head of Cancer Research UK has warned. The organisation on Thursday launched a campaign to raise £400mn ... Flag as irrelevant
	AZCentral.com 2 more measles cases reported in metro Phoenix. Here's where you could have been exposed AZCentral.com The Maricopa County Department of Public Health said in a press release that the cases were a result of exposure from the case reported earlier this month. In that case, an international visitor was diagnosed with measles and visited several metro Phoenix ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Hill 'Norovirus' slams Northeast US hardest in recent weeks: CDC The Hill A stomach virus known as the "norovirus" is spreading across the Northeast region of the United States, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The three-week average positive tests for norovirus in the region ... Flag as irrelevant
	FOX 29 Philadelphia What is norovirus? Inside the stomach bug spreading across the Northeast FOX 29 Philadelphia FOX 29's Dr. Mike Cirigliano of the Perelman School of Medicine at UPenn said upticks in norovirus cases usually happen between November and April. "What happens is it causes inflammation of the stomach lining and the ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNA What is Zika and what are the health risks? CNA The Zika virus is transmitted to people primarily through the bites of an infected Aedes mosquito. Advertisement. A mosquito gets the ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Can the Ketogenic Diet Treat Mental Illness? MedPage Today Could something as simple as a diet actually improve notoriously difficult-to-treat conditions including major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia? The evidence to date has been less rigorous than gold-standard ... Flag as irrelevant
	FOX 13 Tampa Bay Small measles outbreak in South Florida has health experts on alert FOX 13 Tampa Bay The state has confirmed six cases of measles at Manatee Bay Elementary School in Broward County. Florida is now one of a dozen states reporting measles cases in the U.S.. A 95 percent vaccination rate for measles is ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Guardian The Finnish miracle: how the country halved its suicide rate – and saved countless lives The Guardian Instantly, Jaakko Teittinen knew that what he had feared for years had happened: his older brother, Tuomas, had taken his own life. He was 33. In a state of shock, Jaakko left ... Flag as irrelevant
	Science A spiking fever Science Irrua, Nigeria, and Kenema, Sierra Leone—Sitting on a bench outside the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) in Edo state in southwestern Nigeria in September 2023, Muhammed Luqman Dagana recounted his ordeal earlier in the year with Lassa fever, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Claremont Courier February is American Heart Month: Heart attack survivor is happy to celebrate Claremont Courier A fact sheet from the National Institute of Health recommends getting enough sleep, maintaining a healthy weight, eating a healthy diet, being more active, controlling cholesterol, managing stress and blood sugar, monitoring blood pressure, and quitting ... Flag as irrelevant
	cleveland.com Ohio Department of Health warns of 'alarming' rise of syphilis and measles cases in the community ideastream The Ohio Department of Health is supplying free syphilis medication to health sites across the state as part of efforts to stem infections, health officials said Thursday at a press conference, as they warned about dangerous diseases on the rise in Ohio. Flag as irrelevant
	EL PAÍS in English An invasion of mosquitoes hits Buenos Aires EL PAÍS in English This is the second time in two months that there has been a significant increase in these insects in the Argentine province. Specialists explain that the proliferation of Aedes albifasciatus — commonly known as floodwater mosquito — is a consequence of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Samachar Central Navigating Malaria Control www.contagionlive.com The mosquito-transmitted infectious disease is caused by protozoan parasites of the Plasmodium genus, with P falciparum responsible for the most severe cases. This disease spreads through the bite of an infected mosquito, introducing the parasite ... Flag as irrelevant
	Rush University Medical Center Women's Heart Health Facts Differ From Men's Rush University Medical Center While men and women's hearts may beat as one, and they may bleed or even break, they are not the same. Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in the U.S. for both men and women, but from pregnancy risks to how their arteries function women face ... Flag as irrelevant
	www.ktvh.com February is Cancer Prevention Awareness Month www.ktvh.com Some of the most common cancers are cervical, breast, colon and skin cancer. "Cervical cancer which is commonly caused by HPV and that we screen starting at age 21 and going up until ... Flag as irrelevant
	Cincinnati.com Butler County Health: Meningococcal disease suspected in Miami University student Cincinnati.com It's possible a student at Miami University has contracted meningococcal disease, officials said Thursday. Butler County General Health District is identifying close contacts to the student and providing high-risk individuals with prescriptions ... Flag as irrelevant
	Spectrum News 1 State health director urges vaccinations for respiratory viruses, discusses other diseases Spectrum News 1 OHIO — Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff urged residents to get vaccinated for respiratory viruses that are spreading within the state, but also advised Ohioans to protect themselves against historical diseases making a resurgence ... Flag as irrelevant

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