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You need to focus on your pelvic health. A doctor explains why Kegels are probably the most well-known pelvic floor exercise, but people with tight pelvic floor muscles may benefit from stretching and lengthening those muscles, too. mapo/iStockphoto/Getty Images.
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As bird flu spreads, the people living closest to threat seem unfazed so far PLATTEVILLE, Colorado ‒ The federal scientists in biohazard suits outside a massive ‒ but virtually deserted ‒ chicken farm don't need to say a word to indicate that something is very wrong. On a normal day, the farm's driveway would be filled with ...
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Texas woman dies from West Nile virus as mosquito season takes hold. A Dallas woman has died from West Nile virus, local health officials announced Tuesday. Less than a week ago, a woman in her 50s was identified Dallas County's sixth person with West Nile virus, Christian Grisales, spokesperson for the Dallas County ...
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Dallas woman dies after contracting West Nile Virus DALLAS – A Dallas woman has died from West Nile Virus, the first death related to the mosquito-borne virus in Dallas County this year. Dallas County Health and Human Services said the woman was a resident of the 75230 ZIP code, in North Dallas, ...
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How weight loss drugs are showing promise beyond shedding pounds (The Hill) — The popularity of drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro could grow exponentially in the next few years, both for weight loss and a growing list of potential uses that are being studied. GLP-1 agonists, a class of medication typically used to ...
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Antiamyloid Treatment in Alzheimer's: Practical Tips I'm a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, and director of the Frontotemporal Disorders Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, which is affiliated with our Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and our memory disorders clinic.
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Lyme disease increase risk due to climate change Tick numbers in Scotland could almost double if temperatures rise by 4C due to climate change according to new research. The parasites, which spread infections including Lyme disease, are likely to rise in prevalence across the country even if ...
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Colorado continues working with avian flu as an emergency Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado, has extended to Sept. 1 the bird flu emergency in his state. The governor is responding to the avian flu outbreak in Colorado's Weld County. Weld County is often listed as a Top 10 county for agricultural production ...
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VA study finds diagnostic uncertainty is common with pneumonia A new study highlights the uncertainty of pneumonia diagnoses made in emergency departments (EDs) and hospitals. The study, published yesterday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, found that in more than half of all Veterans Affairs (VA) patients ...
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Valley fever: A soil fungus that can kill is on the rise in California BUENA VISTA LAKE, Calif. - It's shaping up to be a bad year — possibly the worst yet — when it comes to Valley fever, a fungal disease marked by cough and fevers. More than 5,300 cases have been reported in California through June, that's 63% more ...
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Wildfire smoke may impact anesthesia, surgical outcomes: Study Once inhaled, contaminants can enter the circulatory system and damage the heart, lungs and other organs, while also harming blood vessel linings, causing clotting abnormalities and activating platelets and inflammatory cells. "Wildfire smoke ...
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Medicare Part D Coverage Of Wegovy: Three Stumbling Blocks Weight-loss drugs have been all the news recently. There are finally medications that can help people lose weight and that is a good thing. In recent years, obesity rates have nearly doubled among older adults in the U.S. Two of every five Americans ...
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What Do We Really Know About the Maternal-Mortality Crisis? But there have been concerns about the data underlying this narrative. New research calls into question whether maternal deaths have really increased and whether the U.S. is actually doing much worse than other countries. On this episode ...
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What Sewage Data Reveals About COVID and Back-to-School Aug. 6, 2024 – It's been called the summer COVID surge, but this latest viral wave is yet to subside and is now colliding with back-to-school season. New CDC data published late Monday show the positive COVID test rate edged up 2 points to 16% for the ...
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Patients With Endometriosis May Have Higher Ovarian Cancer Risk Conversely, few studies have explored the associations between ovarian cancer and endometriosis subtypes, like ovarian endometriomas, superficial peritoneal endometriosis, and deep infiltrating endometriosis. 1 Therefore, the researchers evaluated the ...
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Hospital Pneumonia Diagnoses are Uncertain, Revised More than Half the Time, Study Finds Pneumonia diagnoses are marked by pronounced uncertainty, an AI-based analysis of over 2 million hospital visits has found. More than half the time, a pneumonia diagnosis made in the hospital will change ...
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What's driving the summer COVID-19 surge? CINCINNATI (WKRC) - As COVID-19 cases continue to climb here and across the country, we are learning more about why this virus seems to like the hotter temperatures. It appears that everything from what we do in the summer months to the virus itself ...
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First human case of West Nile virus in MA confirmed in Hampden County A man in his 40s from Hampden County was confirmed to have WNV, while a horse in Plymouth was diagnosed with EEE. The detection of EEE in both the animal and mosquito populations has elevated ...
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Doctors urge parents to get kids vaccinated before school starts In a message from the Minnesota Medical Association, physicians cite recent cases of measles as an example of why vaccinations are so important. Author: Dana Thiede. Published: ...
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Colorado's bulk-tank testing IDs more avian flu in dairy herds More than half of Colorado's licensed dairy herds have been hit with outbreaks, many of them in Weld County, where the virus spread to a large commercial poultry farms and infected 10 livestock workers and poultry cullers.
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Health Headlines: How to boost brain health David has the right ...
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Innovative nasal spray and vaccine for respiratory virus protection -- NanoSTING is complementary to vaccines and enables cells to be in a heightened state of alert to prevent attack from respiratory viruses. NanoSTING-NS pan-coronavirus vaccine highlights. -- UH researchers have developed ...
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New drug compound shows promise in clearing flesh-eating bacteria: Study Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Umeå in Sweden developed the new compound, named GmPcide PS757, and tested it on mice infected with Streptococcus pyogenes.
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Mpox outbreak in many African countries: Know symptoms, treatment and more Mpox, also known as monkeypox, is a viral disease that causes painful skin boils as well as fever, headache, and muscle aches. It is spread by close contact between people. Advertisement. Monkeypox symptoms. Monkeypox. Sonika Nitin Nimje New Delhi.
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WHO updates R&D plan to boost readiness for epidemics by targeting disease-causing pathogen Originally launched in 2015, the updated research and development (R&D) Blueprint for Epidemics aims to address Public Health Emergencies of International Concern (PHEICs) and improve the availability of these countermeasures during outbreaks.
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Why are COVID-19 cases rising? Mass. doctor explains Dr. Todd Ellerin, chief of infectious diseases at South Shore Health, explains the latest infection data. Advertisement. Recommended.
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Cutting down on this one food can lower your dementia risk, study says By Paul Brandus. Dementia and weakened cognitive abilities aren't the only risks associated with these items. Here's something that could help you remain sharp and ward off dementia when you're older: Consider swapping that bacon or sausage on your ...
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AI model matches radiologists in detecting clinically significant prostate cancer on MRI A deep learning model performs at the level of an abdominal radiologist in the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer on MRI, according to a study published today in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
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West Nile Virus Detected in Two Worcester Mosquito Samples For Immediate Release: 8/6/2024 4:15 pm. WORCESTER, Mass. – The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) announced that West Nile Virus (WNV) has been detected in mosquitoes collected from two trap sites in Worcester: one at Rural Cemetery that ...
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Researchers cast doubt over benefits of new Alzheimer's therapies Late-stage trials of the two drugs showed that they slowed the progression of Alzheimer's disease. For donanemab, developed by Eli Lilly, participants in a Phase 3 trial who received the drug showed a 22 percent to 29 percent slowing in cognitive decline ...
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Ketogenic Diet may reduce friendly gut bacteria and raise cholesterol levels Reduced Favourable Gut Bacteria: The keto diet altered gut microbiome composition, notably decreasing Bifidobacteria, beneficial bacteria often found in probiotics. This bacteria has wide ranging benefits: producing b vitamins, inhibiting pathogens and ...
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Researchers create new treatment and vaccine for flu and various coronaviruses Researchers have discovered new ways of preventing and treating respiratory viruses. In two new papers, the team reports the development and validation of NanoSTING, a nasal spray, as a broad-spectrum immune activator for controlling ...
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UAMS Researchers Discover Cholesterol Drug's Potential as Treatment for Alzheimer's, Other Dementia 6, 2024 | Researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have discovered that an FDA-approved cholesterol drug holds the potential to disrupt the progression of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.
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Rabies vaccine bait drop begins in Vermont BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX ...
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Possibility of wildlife-to-human crossover heightens concerns about CWD Animal disease scientists are alarmed about the rapid spread of CWD in deer. Recent research shows that the barrier to a spillover into humans is less formidable than previously believed and that the prions causing the disease may be evolving to become ...
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World Lung Cancer Day Spotlights Need for Critical Screenings World Lung Cancer Day is an annual observance that began Aug. 1, 2012, as a way to promote lung cancer awareness and overall lung health. It's a way to inform the public on risk factors that may lead to lung disease, especially smoking.
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Clinician Uncertainty in Pneumonia Diagnoses Leads to Misdiagnoses An incorrect initial diagnosis can affect the effectiveness of the treatment strategies based on evidence and guidelines. Thus, investigators sought to examine the evolution of pneumonia diagnoses among patients hospitalized in the emergency department.
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Sport or snack? How our brain decides Summary: The brain chemical orexin is crucial when we choose between sport and the tasty temptations that beckon everywhere we turn. This research finding could also help people who find it difficult to motivate themselves to exercise ...
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Families urged to get vaccinations ahead of school year GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — With schools getting ready to welcome students back, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is urging Michiganders to get up-to-date on their vaccinations. This push is part of National Immunization Awareness ...
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AI Model Effective in Detecting Prostate Cancer Applying AI algorithms to prostate MRI has shown promise for improving cancer detection and reducing observer variability. However, a major drawback of existing AI approaches is that the lesion needs to be annotated by a radiologist or pathologist ...
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A Breakthrough in HIV Prevention In a randomized trial, no woman who received twice-yearly lenacapavir acquired HIV; diagnostic challenges remain in those uncommon individuals who acquire HIV on cabotegravir. Globally, about half of all HIV infections occur ...
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Summer heat can be dangerous for those with Alzheimer's and Dementia BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB ...
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Understanding dementia risk, from lifestyle to genetics, medication and everywhere in between Dementia encompasses a range of cognitive symptoms including memory, language and judgment. Alzheimer's disease, for example, falls under the dementia umbrella and is the most common form of dementia. Other causes include vascular cognitive impairment ...
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Extreme heat can increase risk of death for those with Alzheimer's, dementia OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - It ...
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Wellness Wednesday: Preventing falls as you get older Staying active is important for avoiding falls as we age. That's because, as Dr. Daniel Meltzer explains, it's easier to lose muscle mass the older we get. "Some of the biggest muscles ...
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Diagnosis and Prognosis of ALS Linked to Metals in the Blood and Urine The inclusion of their ALS polygenic risk scores to assess any potential genetic moderating effect showed these did not alter the risk associated with metal exposure to disease risk or survival. "While several studies suggest that environmental ...
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Alarm Bells Ring in Africa Over Virulent New Mpox Strain Bloomberg A mutated strain of the virus that causes mpox has been detected in at least six African countries, and fears are mounting that the cases could be but the beginnings of a continent-wide outbreak of the disease.
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Depression, rage, and brain fog: How perimenopause is taking women by surprise Common physical symptoms include hot flushes, night sweats, sleep problems, headaches, aches and pains, dry vagina, and sore breasts. Professor Kulkarni's work focuses on the emotional and mental health impacts, such ...
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WHO warns on deadlier strain of mpox Why it matters: Vaccines and public health surveillance could control the virus, which is killing about 3% of those infected with a new strain in Africa this year and spreading via sex, Science reports.
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Horses test positive for EEE in St. Lawrence County The affected horses ...
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