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It's not just you. Here's why pollen allergies are worse than ever Recent studies have revealed that growing zones in the US are shifting as the climate warms, allowing plants and trees to expand their ranges. Rising temperatures are also allowing plants to bloom earlier and longer, prolonging pollen seasons.
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Response to bird flu outbreak is 'robust,' CDC says, although risk to public remains low The risk is considered low, in part, because when humans have caught this version of the virus, it's typically those who have close contact with sick animals. The infections usually stop there. "So ...
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As the world ages, cancer cases are projected to rise, hitting some countries like 'a tidal wave' Around the world each year, tens of millions of people are told they have cancer, and millions die from the disease. Now, a report from the American Cancer Society projects that by 2050, the number of people with cancer could rise 77%.
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What the CDC is doing to monitor and protect against bird flu The virus, which is highly contagious among wild birds and poultry, has now spread to dairy farms, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Not only is this the first time that bird flu has ...
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A bird flu outbreak at the largest US chicken egg producer could affect egg prices Bird flu — also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI — is a highly contagious virus typically spread by wild birds that is extremely deadly to avian populations. Human infections are rare. Commercial farms ...
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Hormonal Birth Control Doesn't Deserve Its Bad Reputation A woman takes the next pill from a monthly pack of birth control in Berlin on May 25, 2021.Annette Riedl/Picture Alliance—Getty Images. By Jamie Ducharme. April 3, 2024 1:44 PM EDT. Almost two-thirds of U.S. women of reproductive age use some kind of ...
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What to know about the risks of the bird flu outbreak The recent spread of avian influenza in dairy cattle in the U.S. has startled even some scientists who've tracked a global outbreak of the virus over the last few years. "There's a heap of unknowns right now," says Richard Webby, a virologist at St ...
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What people should know about stress, according to a doctor Warning signs to look out for include signs or symptoms of mental health concerns or physical manifestations of stress—for instance, if someone starts having new heart palpitations, abdominal pain or headaches. In addition, some people may attempt to cope ...
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Can Oats Really Help You Lose Weight? On TikTok, a woman blends a half cup of rolled oats with a cup of water and the juice of half a lime. She forces a smile and then hesitantly takes a sip. "That," she says with a colorful flourish, "is nasty." The drink isn't meant to taste good; ...
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Bird flu hits Texas dairy cows, hens, human as ducks migrate CHICAGO, April 3 (Reuters) - Migratory waterfowl are to blame for widening avian-flu outbreaks in Texas cows and poultry, and wild birds carrying the virus should be heading north soon, state Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said.
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Hepatitis C cases dropped in the US. Health officials unsure if it's a blip or trend Federal health officials say that new U.S. hepatitis C infections dropped slightly in 2022. ByMIKE STOBBE AP medical writer. April 3, 2024, 10:02 AM. 1:11. National headlines from ABC News. Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.
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An Ozempic Relative Slowed Parkinson's Disease in a Small Study Symptoms include tremors, slowness and stiffness, and difficulty with balance. That can lead to difficulty walking, talking and swallowing. Many patients develop dementia. But there are drugs and treatments, like deep brain ...
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FDA Approves New Antibiotic for Three Different Uses Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Zevtera (ceftobiprole medocaril sodium for injection) for the treatment of adults with Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections (bacteremia) (SAB), including those with right-sided infective ...
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Patient With Transplanted Pig Kidney Leaves Hospital for Home The transplant and its encouraging outcome represent a remarkable moment in medicine, scientists say, possibly heralding an era of cross-species organ transplantation. Two previous organ transplants from genetically modified pigs failed. Both patients ...
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Pig kidney transplant patient leaves hospital The 62-year-old was sent home on Wednesday, two weeks after the ground-breaking surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Organ transplants from genetically modified pigs have failed ...
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Man who received pig kidney transplant leaves hospital, feels great Just over two weeks after doctors placed a genetically edited kidney from a pig inside Richard Slayman, the 62-year-old is recovering at home and relishing "one of the happiest moments" of his life, according to a statement from the hospital that ...
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Global Life Expectancy Increased Between 1990 And 2021, But Pandemic Stalled Progress Global life expectancy rose by 6.2 years between 1990 and 2021, driven by reductions in deaths from diarrhea, lower respiratory infections, stroke and ischemic heart disease—but the world faced significant setbacks due to the Covid-19 pandemic, ...
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Diabetes drug similar to Ozempic helped slow progression of Parkinson's disease in small trial A highly popular class of drugs for diabetes and obesity is showing early potential to help patients with Parkinson's disease, too. In a mid-stage trial, an older diabetes treatment called lixisenatide helped slow the progression of motor disability in ...
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A caregivers guide to dementia: How to take care of yourself and support a loved one with dementia Some come from spouses and family members of the newly diagnosed, others are questions about various stages of memory loss, and still others are requests for guidance on navigating memory care or how to care for themselves while caring for someone else.
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Gut bacteria that strongly influence obesity are different in men and women, study finds The gut microbiota consists of a complex community of microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa) which inhabit the gastrointestinal tract. Disruption in this community (dysbiosis) significantly affects metabolic health and influences the risk ...
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Looking for More ZZZs? Consistent Activity May Be the Key An important solution to overcoming sleep deficits might be staying active. Though sleep experts have long touted the benefits of regular exercise as an important part of behavioral therapy for treating insomnia, one thing in particular might make it work: ...
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'Small number' of tuberculosis infections detected at Chicago migrant shelters The health department could not share exactly how many cases were found or identify shelters. But the department said there haven't been any reports of TB in the city from an exposure to migrants positive for the infection.
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Six-Fold Obesity Risk in Adults Linked to Rare Genetic Variants The researchers, headed by teams at the MRC Epidemiology Unit and the MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit at the Institute of Metabolic Science, both based at the University of Cambridge, used UK Biobank and other data to perform whole exome sequencing of body ...
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Dear Doctor: Misconceptions on how diabetes and sugar are related may lead to the wrong diet DEAR DR. ROACH: Your recent column about treating diabetes left me wondering. Diabetes, as I understand it, is usually a result of too much sugar being consumed. But consuming carbohydrates is not that much different because they are quickly converted ...
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How do wildfires affect mental health? A new UW study examines the connection Checking air quality and staying indoors when smoke inundates the Seattle area has become second nature during Washington's wildfire season in recent years. But new research highlights how wildfires can affect a less visible aspect of well-being: ...
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Mass. patient who received pig kidney leaves hospital, continues recovery at home Slayman, a state transportation department manager from Weymouth, has lived with kidney disease for many years. On March 16, doctors transplanted a genetically modified kidney from a pig into his body, the first such operation in the world.
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The Coming Birth-Control Revolution Better male contraception wouldn't be on the way if not for the many scientific paths that female contraception has paved. Now women's birth control—much of which still comes with plenty of irksome, sometimes risky, side effects—seems due for some ...
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45 monkeypox cases reported in NC in last 6 months The reminder comes as 45 new mpox cases were reported across 12 North Carolina counties within the last six months, the state Department of Health and Human Services said. The national mpox outbreak ...
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Newly Discovered Genetic Variants Could Increase Obesity Risk Six-Fold, Study Suggests These Bassoon gene variants are rare, only affecting one in 6,500 adults. The researchers also found these rare variants in the Bassoon gene were associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 ...
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Landmark diabetes treatment could be offered in NI Thousands of people with type 1 diabetes in Northern Ireland could be offered new technology, dubbed an artificial pancreas, to help manage the condition. The system uses a glucose sensor under the skin to automatically calculate how much insulin is ...
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CDC to consider changing adolescent meningococcal vaccination schedule HARRISONBURG, Va. ( ...
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E-Cigarettes Can Increase Heart Failure Risk by 19% New research suggests a link between e-cigarette usage and heart failure. The results, due to be presented at the upcoming American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session, could form the foundation for a deeper understanding of cardiac risks ...
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From gut to mind: Exploring prebiotics and probiotics as dual fighters against depression and obesity Conversely, dietary patterns are linked to mental health as well as malnutrition. For instance, excessive fat intake leads to chronic inflammation and obesity. Obesity. Obesity is defined as the accumulation of body fat ...
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Early Pancreatic Cancer Detection Gives Patients an Advantage That's why Keswani ...
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Will the world be ready for the next pandemic? In March, officials from 194 countries came together to agree on a global plan to deal with a threat known as "Disease X". The ominous code name refers to the as yet unknown illness expected to one day ravage the world in a repeat of Covid-19 — ...
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Mpox on the rise in North Carolina, health officials say. What are the symptoms and how do I avoid it? Anyone who develops mpox symptoms should seek medical care. Antiviral treatment may help patients with severe illnesses or who are immunocompromised as well as patients suffering from mpox involving the eyes, mouth, throat, genitals or anus.
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Vaccine rate fall leads to whooping cough resurgence in England A resurgence of whooping cough in England has led to the death of at least one baby after a fall in vaccination rates among expectant mothers, according to figures released by the country's public health body. There were 913 new cases of the ...
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Democratic Republic of Congo is experiencing its largest outbreak of mpox MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is rare in the U.S., but the Democratic Republic of Congo is in the midst of its largest outbreak ever recorded, and most cases are in children. NPR's Gabrielle Emanuel reports.
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Plastic-free vegan leather shoe grown from bacteria in 14 days The plastic-free vegan creation was cultivated by researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) from genetically engineered microbes. It is the first time bacteria have been designed to produce a material and its own pigment ...
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Measles alert for multiple locations in Adelaide after teenager tests positive Health authorities have issued a second measles alert for a range of locations in Adelaide after a teenager tested positive to the disease. SA Health said the teenager was exposed to a previous case which was reported last month — an infant who had ...
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Six surprising things that increase your heart health risk "Shorter people are more likely to develop heart disease than taller people," says Professor Tzoulaki. "The association between height and cardiovascular disease may be mediated via lipid profiles, blood pressure, lung function, or heart rate." ...
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How Dangerous is Dengue? We know that you're more likely to have a severe infection with your second dengue infection, but we also know that doesn't happen to everybody. It's still only a small percentage of those second infections that cause more severe disease.
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COVID-19 second-leading cause of death globally in 2021; slashed life expectancy: Lancet study "Disrupting more than three decades of consistent improvements in life expectancy and deaths, COVID-19 reversed this long-standing progress to emerge as "one of the most defining global health events of recent history," researchers said.
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Reporter's Notebook: To Prepare for the Next Pandemic, Let's Not Forget the Last One As I recently waited to get the latest COVID-19 booster and flu shots at my local pharmacy, I found myself thinking about how much has happened in the four years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. There was the lockdown in March 2020, ...
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Bootle grandad first in world to trial sight-saving medicine A Merseyside grandad has become the first person in the world to be given a new medication that could prevent him from losing his eyesight. Steve Gotts, 63, who has lived with diabetes for 30 years, is receiving the treatment at the Royal Liverpool ...
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Democratic Republic of Congo is experiencing its largest outbreak of mpox MBALA-KINGEBENI: Kids usually go to the forest to hunt small animals like small rodents, gambian rats, porcupine and so on. EMANUEL: The virus then jumps from the animal to the kid.
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Rare bacterial illnesses that can cause meningitis prompts advisory in NYC. Here's what you can do. The New York City Department of Health issued an advisory to doctors following one from the CDC warning of an increase in cases of "invasive meningococcal disease," a serious bacterial infection which can cause meningitis.
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App may pave way to treatments for no. 1 dementia in under-60s Date: April 1, 2024; Source: University of California - San Francisco; Summary: A smartphone app could enable greater participation in clinical trials for people with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a devastating neurological disorder that often ...
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Immunotherapy for Alzheimer's disease shows promise in mouse study In a study published April 3 in Science Translational Medicine, the researchers showed that activating immune cells called microglia with an antibody reduces amyloid plaques in the brain and mitigates behavioral abnormalities in mice with Alzheimer's-like ...
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Researchers develop more broadly protective coronavirus vaccine Date: April 1, 2024; Source: Georgia Institute of Technology; Summary: Researchers have developed a new vaccine that offers broad protection against not only SARS-CoV-2 variants, but also other bat sarbecoviruses. The groundbreaking trivalent vaccine ...
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