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	health Daily update ⋅ May 11, 2024
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	The Washington Post Federal dollars to increase bird flu testing for dairy cows, farm workers The Washington Post The federal government announced a major package of financial incentives to dairy farm owners — up to $28,000 per farm over the next four months — to encourage broader testing of cattle and expanded security measures to control a growing outbreak of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Oral Microbiome Test Could Detect Gastric Cancer Earlier Medscape Researchers found distinct bacterial composition differences in patient samples that point to the potential for oral microbial signatures to be used as biomarkers for assessing gastric cancer risk. "Too many patients are being diagnosed too late. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times There's a New Covid Variant. What Will That Mean for Spring and Summer? The New York Times KP.2 belongs to a subset of Covid variants that scientists have cheekily nicknamed "FLiRT," drawn from the letters in the names of their mutations. They are descendants of JN.1, and KP.2 is "very, very close" to JN.1, said Dr. David Ho, a virologist at ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Biden Administration to Pay Dairy Farmers for Bird Flu Protective Measures The New York Times The payment system amounted to one of the most forceful actions taken so far by agriculture officials who have raced to keep up with the spread of the virus among dairy cows. Farm owners have been reluctant to allow ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fortune Colorectal cancer cases have tripled in teens—and jumped by 500% in kids. What you need to know Fortune In addition to the findings about children and teens, the data showed a 185% rise of colorectal cancers among young adults ages 20 to 24. Despite alarmingly high percentages, it's vital to note that actual ... Flag as irrelevant
	Smithsonian A Modified Psychedelic Toad Toxin Reduces Signs of Depression and Anxiety in Mice, Study Suggests Smithsonian Colorado River toads produce a psychoactive toxin that some have claimed has medical benefits. The new research suggests these benefits could be achieved without hallucinations. Christian Thorsberg. Daily Correspondent. May 10, 2024 1:45 p.m. ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Can Ultra-Processed Foods Increase Mortality Risk? What We Know Healthline A new study found that consuming ultra-processed foods may be linked to a slightly higher mortality risk. Ultra-processed foods include a wide variety of items including instant noodles, ready-made meals, and other packaged snacks like chips or cookies ... Flag as irrelevant
	Vox How the White House just made the world a little safer from biorisks Vox Not anymore: These days, you can send your DNA or RNA order off to a synthetic biology lab that can print those genetic sequences for you. It's an incredible technology that pairs well with other exciting new biological technologies. Flag as irrelevant
	WYFF Greenville Walk on the beach leads to South Carolina man contracting flesh-eating bacteria WYFF Greenville A South Carolina man is recovering after a walk on the beach sent him to the emergency room. Brent Norman has spent his whole life near the ocean. Advertisement. "I've grown up on beaches all my life and stepped on probably over 10,000 shells," he said ... Flag as irrelevant
	Kaiser Family Foundation KFF Health Tracking Poll May 2024: The Public's Use and Views of GLP-1 Drugs Kaiser Family Foundation The latest KFF Health Tracking Poll finds that about one in eight adults (12%) say they have ever taken a GLP-1 agonist – an increasingly popular class of prescription drugs used for weight loss and to treat diabetes or prevent heart attacks or strokes ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline This Procedure Can Reduce Key Hunger Hormone and May Spur Weightloss Healthline The procedure uses endoscopic ablation to burn targeted areas of the stomach lining to reduce the production of ghrelin. Participants in the small, six-month trial showed weight loss, lower fasting ghrelin, and reported ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBC.ca Mole mobiles aim to speed up skin cancer screenings as Canada struggles with dermatologist shortage CBC.ca Canada has Just 770 dermatologists, says dermatology association that first warned of shortage in 2008. Yvette Brend · CBC News · Posted: May 11, 2024 1:00 AM PDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago. A man stands in a black jacket in front of white truck that ... Flag as irrelevant
	WTOP They say you can cure a broken heart, but an angry heart could be more dangerous for your health WTOP "Episodes of anger, high emotion, emotional stress, affect them in a very short-term way in terms of how their blood vessels work," said Dr. Sudip Saha, a cardiologist with Kaiser Permanente's Mid-Atlantic Permanente Group. Flag as irrelevant
	News@Northeastern Ticks carry more than Lyme disease. Here's what you need to know about babesiosis and Powassan News@Northeastern A deer tick on a blade of grass. You've heard of Lyme disease. Did you know that deer ticks like the one pictured here also carry malarial-like babesiosis and potentially deadly Powassan virus ... Flag as irrelevant
	Globalnews.ca Vape liquids may release hundreds of toxic chemicals when inhaled, study finds Globalnews.ca The researcher's AI tool categorized these unknown chemicals and found about 127 acute toxins, 153 health hazards and 225 irritants in the studied vaping products. Story continues below advertisement. Acute toxins ... Flag as irrelevant
	Otago Daily Times Sick and tired Otago Daily Times It's been four decades since reports emerged of a mysterious, fatiguing illness afflicting dozens of people in West Otago. Bruce Munro looks at what has changed since Tapanui flu hit the headlines and asks what it means for the country and for the, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Courthouse News Service Hotter, drier, sicker? How a changing planet drives disease Courthouse News Service It analyzed nearly 3,000 datasets from existing studies to see how biodiversity loss, climate change, chemical pollution, habitat loss or change, and species introduction affect infectious disease in humans, animals and plants. It ... Flag as irrelevant
	Health.com New COVID-19 'FLiRT' Variants Identified—What You Need to Know Health.com The new strains don't appear to cause more severe illness than existing variants. While it's too soon to know whether the new variants will cause a fresh wave of COVID cases this summer, one expert ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical News Today Aging white matter in the brain may affect stroke recovery, study finds Medical News Today When a person has a stroke, the damage that has been done to the brain only partially predicts whether a person may recover their motor control. An international group of scientists has discovered that areas of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Benitolink: San Benito County News Chronic wasting disease found in California Benitolink: San Benito County News The Department received confirmation on May 6 that samples collected from two deer, one in Madera County and one in Inyo County, tested positive. The cause of death in Madera County is unknown, the deer in Inyo County was found dead after a vehicle ... Flag as irrelevant
	WFDD Thousands of Black women are suing chemical relaxer makers over cancer risks Iowa Public Radio MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Hair care is big business in the United States. People spend tens of billions of dollars a year on hair products, including chemical relaxers, which can straighten curly hair. Now thousands of Black women are suing the makers ... Flag as irrelevant
	www.news-medical.net Mobile teams bring COVID-19 vaccines to rural villages in Sierra Leone Science Daily Date: May 7, 2024; Source: University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences; Summary: COVID-19 vaccination rates remain low in many African countries, often because providing access to vaccines is difficult in remote ... Flag as irrelevant
	Florida Today CDC tightens pet import laws into the US. What are Florida's pet laws? Florida Today Pets will face tighter restrictions if they are traveling to the U.S. with new CDC regulations. The CDC said it was updating its dog importation regulation to "protect the health and safety of people and ... Flag as irrelevant
	FOX40 Uncommon disease found in California deer population for the first time FOX40 (FOX40.COM) — For the first time in California history, chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in the state's deer population, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. CWD is a fatal neurologic disease known in cervid ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC10.com KXTV UC Davis Health notifying people about possible measles exposure ABC10.com KXTV A child with a confirmed case of measles was at the UC Davis Medical Center Emergency Department Monday and Tuesday. Author: Staff (ABC10). Published: 3: ... Flag as irrelevant
	TheCable Study: Climate change could lead to decline in malaria risk by 2025 TheCable The study titled 'Future malaria environmental suitability in Africa is sensitive to hydrology' was published on May 9 in the journal Science. In a news release, the scientists said the use of environmental and hydrologic ... Flag as irrelevant
	wmar2news.com Battling an "invisible illness", the push to shine a light on lupus wmar2news.com It's referred to as "an invisible disease." From the time a person first notices symptoms, it takes on average 6 years to get a proper lupus diagnosis. Many of the symptoms mimic other conditions. Flag as irrelevant
	Arizona's Family New COVID variant 'FLiRT' emerges; here's what Arizonans need to know Arizona's Family PHOENIX (AZFamily) — ... Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net Combination immunotherapy treatment enhances immune response for people with malignant gliomas News-Medical.net The vaccine works by combining brain tumor protein antigens derived from surgically removed tumors with dendritic immune cells generated from the patient's own blood. The dendritic cells train the immune system to recognize the tumor antigens so that when ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthCentral.com What Are the First Steps to Take if You See Alzheimer's Signs? HealthCentral.com The first thing to do, if you see potential signs of Alzheimer's, is to not be scared. That's the advice from Gayatri Devi, M.D., a clinical professor of neurology and psychiatry at Zucker School of Medicine at Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital in New York ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Conversation UK Lassa fever case in Paris: what you need to know The Conversation UK So what is Lassa fever and are comparisons with Ebola fair? Lassa virus (Lassa mammarenavirus) belongs to the Arenaviridae family and there are eight species of this family known to infect humans. What makes this ... Flag as irrelevant
	www.nottingham.ac.uk Malaria transmissions in Africa predicted to decrease from 2025 due to changes driven by climate change www.nottingham.ac.uk Changes in climate will cause a net decrease in the number of locations in Africa suitable for malaria transmissions from 2025, new research shows. Malaria is a climate-sensitive disease that caused 619,000 deaths in 2021 against over 247 million cases ... Flag as irrelevant
	Firstpost A SMARTer Way to Treat Asthma: Pharmacist-led Initiative Shows Improvement in SMART Prescribing Pharmacy Times The typical approach to asthma therapy has been to use an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) routinely, along with a β-2 agonist (e.g. albuterol) as a reliever. SMART uses an ICS and a long ... Flag as irrelevant
	FOX40 Possible measles exposure at UC Davis Medical Center FOX40 The medical center and county health officials are contacting people who may have been potentially exposed. Health officials say that anyone who is not vaccinated against measles or who does not know their vaccination status and ... Flag as irrelevant
	British GQ Want to know how fit you actually are? Take a VO2 Max test British GQ The keenness doesn't stem from some nerdy obsession around tracking my fitness levels that Strava can't log though; my father died from a heart attack at a relatively young age so it's more aligned with the fear of history repeating itself. Flag as irrelevant
	ABC27 Allergy season back in force? ABC27 (WHTM) – Allergy season is back, and some might say with a vengeance. We asked an allergist if he's seen an uptick in patients. He said no, but if you're feeling worse than usual, it may be the weather. "We had a warm spell in early March, ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Indian Express Can patients wait longer between colonoscopies? Becker's ASC Review A new study suggests that the recommended 10-year interval between screening colonoscopies may be safely extended to 15 years in adults with no family history of colorectal cancer whose first colonoscopy is negative, according to a May 9 report from ... Flag as irrelevant
	Us Weekly Consumer Reports: Best sunscreens for summer WDIV ClickOnDetroit DETROIT – No matter what you're doing outside, remember this: Wear sunscreen to protect yourself from sunburn and skin cancer. Consumer Reports tests dozens of sunscreens every year. The good news is you don't need to pay top dollar to find a sunscreen ... Flag as irrelevant
	Pan American Health Organization PAHO Director Concludes Visit to Jamaica Pan American Health Organization Kingston, 9 May 2024 (PAHO) - The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, concluded a visit to Jamaica this week marked by a series of engagements with senior government officials and international partners. Flag as irrelevant
	www.thesun.co.uk Efficacy of psilocybin for treating symptoms of depression: systematic review and meta-analysis www.bmj.com However, we have also conducted sensitivity analyses in which we did not split the Ross et al study into two distinct outcomes, confirming that the splitting had minimal impact on the main treatment effect and the subgroup effects. Flag as irrelevant

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