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Hospital-Acquired Infection Rates Remain High Post Pandemic Hospital-acquired infections associated with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic by 32% and remain 13% higher post pandemic compared with prepandemic levels, showed a study of US hospital data that compared AMR levels ...
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Eating what's best for the planet can lengthen your life, study says Eating a planet-healthy diet, however, cut land use by 51%, greenhouse gas emissions by 29% and fertilizer use by 21%, while also extending the lives of people, according to the study.
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'A study to give us hope:' Lifestyle changes improve Alzheimer's symptoms for some By participating in what researchers call the first randomized controlled clinical trial to use lifestyle interventions and show cognitive improvement in people with mild cognitive impairment or early dementia due to Alzheimer's disease. 'A study to ...
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'Shockingly High' Rate of TBI in Older Adults Nearly 13% of older adults in the United States were treated for traumatic brain injury (TBI) over an 18-year period, a new study showed. METHODOLOGY: Researchers analyzed data from approximately 9200 Medicare enrollees who were part of the Health and ...
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Will a diet that's good for the planet also help you live longer? Here's the evidence A white and green bean vegetarian salade nicoise. A new study finds that the more people followed environmentally sustainable diets that emphasized nutrients from plants, the lower their risk of death from cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's disease and a ...
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Glowing dye helps see hidden prostate cancer cells A special type of fluorescent dye might help surgeons better locate and remove prostate cancer cells, UK scientists from University of Oxford believe. Getting rid of all of the cancer is vital to cut the risk of it coming back. The glowing dye attaches ...
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Two-in-one flu and Covid jab passes advanced trial Drug company Moderna says its combined flu and Covid vaccine, which targets the two diseases in a single shot, has passed a vital part of final-stage scientific checks. The phase-three trial shows the vaccine arms the body with protective antibodies.
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NIAID is 'on the ball' with H5N1 research, but gaps in bird flu prevention remain: experts An artist's depiction of an orange chicken pulling what is presumably a large influenza virus particle The H5N1 virus is normally found in birds, including poultry, but an outbreak that began in spring 2024 was found ...
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Energy drink intake linked to sudden cardiac events in patients with heart genetic disorders The increase in energy drinks' popularity, higher caffeine content, and the presence of unregulated ingredients raise concerns about their use in GHD patients. The study and findings. The present study investigated whether a ...
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Health experts use Men's Health Month to encourage men to schedule wellness checks with their doctors Robert Wilson, a physician with Roane County Family Practice, said a big topic is early detection and treatment of illnesses in men and boys. "I think that guys are pretty good about coming ...
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Why our brains crave beauty, art and nature Ben Hickey illustration of a painting palette with different colours on it. ... Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I think I must be getting old. I've started wanting to know the names of ...
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Alzheimer's patients may benefit from pomegranates: 'Promising results' Utolithin A has been shown to remove weak mitochondria from the brain, thus restoring cognitive function, the researchers found. The study findings were published in the journal Alzheimer's and Dementia. ALL ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE ...
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DHEC Encourages Men to Focus on Health During Men's Health Week — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is observing National Men's Health Week by encouraging men to take action to prevent health problems, including getting early health screenings that detect preventable diseases.
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Our brain has a 'simulator' that imagines scenarios while planning A remarkable study has unveiled the neural pattern that takes place during planning. Researchers have found that the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus, two key brain regions, collaborate to create mental simulations of potential actions, allowing us to ...
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Children's brain tumours could be diagnosed with 10 min scan, based on metabolic signature Children with the most common malignant form of brain cancer could see diagnostic wait times reduced thanks to new research that trialled a new, quicker and less invasive way of determining which type of tumour they have.
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Xylitol sugar alternative linked to higher risk of heart attack, stroke: study "Our studies show that elevated blood levels of xylitol contribute to heightened platelet reactivity and are associated with an enhanced risk for cardiovascular events, like heart attacks and strokes," Dr. Stanley Hazen, the study's senior author, told the ...
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Why more young people are being diagnosed with bowel cancer – and how to reduce your risk Once considered a disease affecting "old people", and one to pay attention to only when you reach the age of 50, bowel cancer has emerged as the deadliest cancer for Australians aged 25-44. One in nine bowel cancer diagnoses in Australia is in a ...
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New early approach for Alzheimer's Alzheimer's patients exhibit a build-up of proteins in and around nerve cells in the brain. These are tau and amyloid. It has long been thought this build-up is a cause of Alzheimer's. But therapy to remove or reduce them has not improved things for ...
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Bio-printed "heart Band-Aids" could be the future of treatment for heart disease patients like Elle A new medical breakthrough could see patients with heart disease treated with 3-D printed 'mini hearts' built from their own cells. The Heart Research Institute hopes the device will provide a viable and less invasive alternative to open-heart surgery ...
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Coles limits egg purchases as bird flu spreads to a fifth Victorian farm In short: Avian influenza, or bird flu, has been detected at a fifth poultry farm in Victoria. More than half-a-million chickens have been euthanased as part of quarantine measures. What's next? Coles is limiting the number of eggs all customers, ...
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Sun protection strategies to reduce risk of skin cancer Dr. Scribner is a board-certified dermatologist and dermatopathologist, and Assistant Professor of Dermatology at MUSC. TRANSCRIPT: Conner: I'm Bobbi Conner for South Carolina Public Radio with Health Focus here ...
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Just a Few Green Spaces in an Urban Landscape Can Boost Mental Health The study, by Bangor University and Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, published in the scientific journal People and Nature, involved city-dwellers, and showed how paying visual attention to greenery, rather than human-made structures, ...
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Consumers urged against panic-buying after Coles imposes egg limit Customers are being urged not to panic buy eggs after supermarket giant Coles banned individual customers in most of the country from purchasing more than two dozen at a time in response to a mounting bird flu outbreak. Five eggs farms at Meredith, ...
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