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Many older adults are still taking daily aspirin, even though some shouldn't be, experts say A new study suggests that aspirin use for cardiovascular disease prevention remains high among older adults, despite risks and updated guidance. Emma H. Tobin/AP/File.
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Covid Changed Everything, Including How We Cover the Bird Flu In the two decades since she began covering bird flu, Ms. Mandavilli, a science and global health reporter for The New York Times, has reported on a number of infectious diseases, such as Covid-19 and mpox, previously known as monkeypox, as well as ...
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Your gut microbes may influence how you handle stress Research has demonstrated the brain and gut are in constant communication and that changes in the microbiome are linked to mood and mental health. Now a study published this month in Nature Mental Health finds distinct biological signatures in ...
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Chronic Loneliness Tied to Increased Stroke Risk Chan School of Public Health, Boston, told Medscape Medical News. "It is important to routinely assess loneliness, as the consequences may be worse if unidentified and/or ignored.".
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Is New York Prepared for a Bird Flu Pandemic? Four years after a new coronavirus swept through New York in what was called a once-in-a-century event, public health officials are beginning to prepare for the possibility that a far worse pandemic is on its way. The bird flu virus, H5N1, ...
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Long-term loneliness associated with higher risk of stroke: Study Researchers found the risk of stroke among lonely adults was higher regardless of co-existing depressive symptoms or feelings of social isolation. "Loneliness is increasingly considered a major public health issue. Our findings further highlight ...
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A ketamine pill may help hard-to-treat depression with fewer side effects, early research suggests The study participants scored an average of 30 points on a clinical scale that measures depressive symptoms, a score that's considered moderate depression, and on average, they'd tried nearly five different treatments without relief.
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Aspirin for Primary Prevention of CVD Remains Common in US Tens of millions of US adults are sticking with their daily aspirin tablet in the hopes of preventing cardiovascular disease despite multiple studies questioning the practice as well as recommendations that explicitly discourage it, survey data suggest.
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Oral Extended-Release Ketamine Promising for Treatment-Resistant Depression In the trial, twice weekly dosing of extended-release ketamine led to statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in depressive symptoms. Overall tolerability was "excellent," researchers reported, and common side effects commonly ...
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Syphilis cases continue to rise as the US faces an STI epidemic U.S. doctors have been seeing more patients with more severe symptoms caused by the sexually transmitted infection (STI) syphilis, such as vision problems, headaches and hearing loss. These symptoms are becoming more common despite being typically ...
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A ketamine pill may help hard-to-treat depression with fewer side effects, early research suggests "It's very logistically involved. You have to come in and be observed for a couple hours," said Dr. Brian Barnett, clinical director of the Psychiatric Treatment Resistance Program at the Cleveland Clinic, who was not involved in the study.
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Feds pay Michigan farms $81M to stamp out flocks infected by bird flu But the federal government eases this burden by providing indemnity payments to affected farms. Roughly $1 billion has been paid out nationwide since the highly pathogenic avian influenza, H5N1 ...
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This Simple Exercise May Help Prevent Low Back Pain, Study Finds New research finds that walking regularly may help reduce the risk of back pain issues. Walking for five days a week, 30 minutes a day was the most effective. Most back pain gets better within five days. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below ...
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Researchers use big data to establish long COVID subtypes "Because we had such large numbers of patients at the VA, it was a wonderful place to do this study," says Peter L. Elkin, corresponding author and chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences ...
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Where are the most cases of Lyme disease in NY? See rates in your county Lyme disease is the most common disease transmitted through tick bites, the CDC said, and the number of people who have contracted the illness could be as much as 10 times higher than the reported cases.
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GMA exclusive: Dr. Jennifer Ashton discusses American Heart Association call to close gender gaps in heart health The report calls for earlier diagnosis and more treatment in addition to specific focus in pregnancy, menopause and among Black women to effectively close the gender gap in heart health for over 60 million women who are living with heart disease in the ...
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Want mosquitoes to buzz off? Try wearing these colors Want mosquitoes to buzz off? Try wearing these colors. The ongoing research at the University of Washington is important to help control and contain these insects, whose bites can transmit deadly diseases.
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New ketamine slow-release tablet shows promise in treating severe depression Professor Colleen Loo, who is clinical psychiatrist and researcher with UNSW and BDI, has previously contributed to research on the injectable and nasal spray versions of ketamine treatment for depression. The kind of results we ...
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'Not all cancer needs to be cured': Five ways that prostate cancer treatments have improved For decades, doctors treating men with prostate cancer could offer only extreme choices: surgically remove the prostate, pummel it with so much radiation that the treatment severely damages the healthy tissue nearby, or remove the testicles.
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A genetic trait may help delay early onset Alzheimer's Some people are genetically predisposed to develop early-onset Alzheimer's disease before the age of 65. Researchers from Mass General Brigham have discovered a genetic variant that may help protect people with a variant of a different gene that ...
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Persistence of Influenza H5N1 and H1N1 Viruses in Unpasteurized Milk on Milking Unit Surfaces Those findings highlight the risk for H5N1 virus transmission to humans from contaminated surfaces during the milking process. Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus was detected in US domestic dairy cattle in ...
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Drinking coffee may help lower death risk from being sedentary Past research shows that living a sedentary lifestyle can have harmful effects on overall health and may increase a person's mortality risk. Researchers from Soochow University have found people who do not drink coffee have a higher all ...
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Is giving up sugar the solution for a raging sweet tooth? Not quite For example, a 2024 review in the British Journal of Nutrition looked at recent human research that examined whether exposure to sweet foods or beverages influences how much we like the taste of sweet (our "sweet tooth").
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Wearable devices show how sleep patterns change with health conditions The sleep periods in the large dataset were treated independently. Through clustering analyses, the researchers obtained a set of sleep phenotypes, including the insomnia-like phenotype, which consisted of segmented sleep of less than 6.5 hours a day, and ...
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SURMOUNT-OSA: 4 in 10 Who Need CPAP Would No Longer Need It With Tirzepatide Treatment with tirzepatide, with and without a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine, had improvements in apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) from baseline to week 52 for individuals with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and obesity, according to ...
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Gender gaps in cardiovascular disease diagnosis and treatment persist; $28 billion opportunity found New analysis by the American Heart Association and the McKinsey Health Institute reveals the burden of cardiovascular disease for women in the U.S. and proposes solutions to improve care; Association announces plans for new $75 million Go Red for Women ...
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UK boy receives world's first epilepsy device in skull A UK boy has become the first patient of epilepsy to have a neurostimulator implanted in his skull · Epilepsy seizures are caused by abnormal bursts of electrical activity in the brain · The device, which emits a constant pulse of current, aims to block or ...
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Drinking from plastic bottles can raise type 2 diabetes risk, study warns The study, published in the journalDiabetes, found that the chemical BPA used to make food and drink packages, including plastic water bottles, can reduce sensitivity to the hormone insulin which regulates the body's sugar metabolism.
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A brain implant reduced this boy's epilepsy seizures by 80%. And he charges it with headphones Device is the 1st of its kind, but it uses a well-established treatment called deep brain stimulation. Sheena Goodyear · CBC Radio · Posted: Jun 24, 2024 4:17 PM PDT | Last Updated: 10 hours ago. A boy with space pajamas and matching wallpaper lies in ...
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AI beats the experts at detecting prostate cancer Artificial intelligence can outperform radiologists when it comes to detecting prostate cancer on imaging, according to an international study published in The Lancet Oncology. On MRI scans, the study found AI detects cancer more often and triggers ...
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Giant viruses in Arctic ice could slow sea-level rise Scientists announced the discovery in a recent paper on the Greenland ice sheet. Some of the viruses, they say, have infected algae, potentially limiting the growth of colored snow blooms that can speed up ice melt and raise global sea levels.
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12 months of heavy resistance training around retirement may have long-lasting benefits Study findings highlight that high resistance training (HRT) cohort participants maintained muscle performance, particularly in their isometric leg strength. In contrast, the muscles of participants in the moderate-intensity training group (MIT) ...
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Myths about intermittent fasting, debunked In a new article, researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago debunk four common myths about the safety of intermittent fasting. Intermittent fasting has become an increasingly popular way to lose weight without counting calories.
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What is Lyme disease and what is causing the spike in reported cases? According to the CDC, early-stage Lyme disease symptoms include fatigue, fever, headaches, and a skin rash called erythema migrans. "Untreated Lyme disease can produce a wide range of symptoms, depending ...
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Gender heart health gap shows women more at risk of heart disease: 'Not a man's disease' RALEIGH. N.C. (WTVD) -- Just four days after Cheryl Stokes gave birth to her son, she was rushed to the hospital. Doctors diagnosed her with congestive heart failure. Almost 20 years later, she's thankful she made that call because it saved her life.
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Northwestern Medicine surgeons perform awake kidney transplant with next day discharge The patient, 28-year-old John Nicholas of Chicago, felt no pain during the procedure and was home less than 24-hours after surgery. Instead of using the normal general anesthesia, Northwestern Medicine doctors used a spinal anesthesia shot.
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GLP-1 Medicine Mounjaro May Be First Drug to Ease Sleep Apnea A medication used to manage type 2 diabetes has been found effective in treating sleep apnea. The worldwide clinical trial demonstrates that tirzepatide significantly lowers breathing interruptions during sleep, a key indicator of the severity of a ...
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Scientists look at the connection between gut health and resilience to stress Scientists are trying to decode how the trillions of microorganisms in our gut talk with the brain and shape our resilience to stress. A new study offers some initial clues. Copyright 2024 NPR.
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Govt welcomes the first batch of mpox treatment as cases increase The Department of Health has received a batch of mpox specific treatment, Tecovirimat (also known as TPOXX or ST-246) for treatment of patients who experience severe health complications because of mpox disease. Departmental spokesperson, Mr Foster ...
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Making visible the invisible: Supporting long COVID patients and the people caring for them Over the past year, our team at Simon Fraser University has been speaking with long COVID patients, unpaid caregivers — such as family and friends who take on caregiving roles — clinicians and long COVID researchers to better understand patient experiences ...
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What is streptococcal toxic shock syndrome? Reports of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome are on the rise in Japan. Dr Phoebe Williams from the Sydney Infectious Disease Institute and co-authors write about what you need to know about the rare but serious bacterial illness.
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Quick Takes: More avian flu in US dairy cattle A team of USDA epidemiologists have traced H5N1 viral spread in Michigan to a single dairy herd unknowingly introduced in the spring to infected dairy cows from Texas, according to a story in the Toledo Blade. US ...
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Israel reports 3rd death from West Nile fever JERUSALEM, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli Ministry of Health reported in a statement on Tuesday that a patient died of West Nile fever, bringing the total number of deaths from the virus in the current outbreak in the country to three.
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New research reveals how we can slow down, or prevent Alzheimer's Getting more than six hours of quality sleep a night may help prevent, or slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease according to new research from Murdoch University. The research has found the accumulation of beta-amyloid plaques in the brain, ...
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Positive emotion skills improve health care workers' well-being The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated already rising rates of burnout among American health care workers. A new Northwestern University study found learning and practicing skills that increase positive emotion like gratitude, mindful awareness and ...
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Paper strip test can identify flu subtypes, may have other applications, scientists say A newly developed paper test strip can detect different influenza types and may be able to be identify avian and swine flu strains, potentially guiding both clinical care and disease surveillance efforts, according to a study published in the Journal ...
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'Dream tool' being taken away by province, says public health doc News that the province is shutting down wastewater surveillance for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases has left Simcoe-Muskoka's associate medical officer of health "disappointed." "It is really unfortunate because I think the rest of the world is ...
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UVA homes in on Alzheimer's dementia research John Lukens, Ph.D., is photographed in his lab on Thursday, June 13, 2024 at University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Head of Harrison Family Translational Research Center discusses ...
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Drug used for cancer treatment could help slow or stop Parkinson's disease, study says Parkinson's disease is a brain disorder that can cause movement problems such as tremors, poor balance, and walking difficulties, and it can also impair cognitive function. There is no cure and treatments aim to simply ...
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Researchers report first effective use of immunotherapy for most common subtype of colorectal cancer In a phase I clinical trial, 73% of patients whose cancer benefited from the combination therapy of immune checkpoint inhibitors botensilimab and balstilimab, but the benefit was limited to patients without active liver metastases. Nearly a quarter of ...
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