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	health Daily update ⋅ October 16, 2024
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	Medscape The New Cancer Stats Might Look Like a Death Sentence. They Aren't. Medscape Cancer is becoming more common in younger generations. Data show that people under 50 are experiencing higher rates of cancer than any generation before them. As a genetic counselor, I hoped these upward trends in early-onset malignancies would slow ... Flag as irrelevant
	Moneycontrol.com When Fixation on a Perfect Night's Sleep Becomes Harmful WebMD Oct. 15, 2024 -- When Sydney Stern bought an Apple Watch four years ago, she was excited to try out all the new features, especially the sleep tracker. A health scientist, the 27-year-old Maryland resident was well aware of the correlation between ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American New Nasal Vaccines Offer Better Protection from COVID and Flu—No Needle Needed Scientific American Gentle nasal spray vaccines against COVID, the flu and RSV are coming. They may work better than shots in the arm. By Stephani Sutherland. Illustration of a face, with an enlarged nasal cavity. Inside the nasal cavity are. Sam Falconer. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Adolescents treated for obesity with GLP-1 drugs had lower risk of suicidal thoughts, study finds CNN The study is the latest datapoint suggesting that GLP-1 medications such as semaglutide don't contribute to suicide risk. Jim Vondruska/Reuters. Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP Avian flu strikes more California diary herds, Utah poultry flock CIDRAP The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today confirmed five more H5N1 avian flu outbreaks in California's dairy herds, bringing the state's total to 105. cow close up sarahluv/Flickr cc. Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP Study: Resistance to antibody rare in RSV breakthrough cases CIDRAP A new study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases describes the genotypic and phenotypic characteristics of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) breakthrough infections after the widespread use of the monoclonal antibody nirsevimab (Beyfortus) in infants ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Pre-eclampsia: The deadly mystery scientists can't solve BBC News The condition causes more than 70,000 maternal deaths every year – but its causes continue to elude scientists. After a glittering track and field career which saw her rack up seven Olympic gold medals and 14 world championship golds, Allyson Felix ... Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP WHO approves Jynneos for use in teens as study shows high number of undiagnosed cases CIDRAP In other mpox news, a new seroprevalence study from German researchers publishing in BMC Infectious Diseases shows a high proportion of clinically undiagnosed mpox among Berlin's population of men who have sex with men (MSM.). Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News 'Personalised cancer programme gives me control' BBC News Julia Beeden is looking forward to Christmas with her family after having treatment for breast cancer which has been personalised for her specific tumour type. When Julia Beeden discovered she had breast cancer, it was devastating and unexpected. Flag as irrelevant
	COVID Greatly Increases Diabetes Risk in Kids and Teens WebMD Teens and adolescents were much more likely to be newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes within 6 months of having COVID-19, compared to kids of the same age who were diagnosed with other respiratory infections, a new study shows. Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress New study traces Alzheimer's 'pathology clock' at unprecedented cellular resolution Medical Xpress Researchers at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, UW Medicine, and Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute have created the most detailed picture yet of how Alzheimer's disease (AD) progresses at the cellular level. Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today COVID's Outsized Heart Risk; Prehab for Cardiac Surgery; Telerobotic Valve Repair MedPage Today Severe COVID-19 infectionopens in a new tab or window was associated with major cardiac events as much as -- and in some cases more than -- having a history of heart disease, U.K. Biobank data showed. (Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology). Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Human skin map gives 'recipe' to build skin and could help prevent scarring Medical Xpress Using the organoid, they showed how immune cells play an important role in scarless skin repair, which could lead to clinical applications to prevent scarring after surgery, or scarless healing after wounding. As part of ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Nut bans little help to allergic air passengers BBC News Asking aeroplane passengers not to eat nuts is unlikely to prevent an allergic reaction mid-flight - but cleaning their seat with a wet wipe could, allergy specialists say in a review of the latest evidence. Small bits of food can often stick to seats, ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News Whooping cough and walking pneumonia cases are up. Here's what to know and how to help keep your family safe. CBS News Health officials are warning about the rise of multiple infections this season — especially among school-aged children — including whooping cough and walking pneumonia. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been about ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News 25% of adults think they have undiagnosed ADHD, survey shows. A doctor shares what to know. CBS News ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, could be more common in adults than we realize. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 15.5 million U.S. adults have received a diagnosis of ADHD at some point in their ... Flag as irrelevant
	WRAL.com Fall allergies worsen in Raleigh as climate change extends pollen season WRAL.com As cooler temperatures set in, many Raleigh residents are feeling the unwelcome effects of fall allergies, which experts say are getting worse due to human-caused climate change. Local college students Daphne Bargeman and Elizabeth Condall went for a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Scientists identify key protein in the inflammatory pathway driving fatty liver disease Medical Xpress Scientists at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and the Shanghai Institute of Immunology (SII), along with their international collaborators, have dissected the key signaling mechanism driving inflammation in metabolic ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress New AI tool could enhance and personalize brain tumor imaging Medical Xpress A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed by researchers at UCL and UCLH can analyze scans more quickly than experienced neuroradiologists and provide greater patient-personalized detail to aid treatment. The research, published in NeuroImage: ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Combination of Genetic Risk for Gout and Poor Lifestyle Choices Increases Risk for Cardiovascular Disease Medscape Genetic predisposition to gout, unfavorable lifestyle habits, and poor metabolic health are associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, adherence to a healthy lifestyle can reduce this risk by up to 62%, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Acupuncture really works for sciatica pain, study finds Livescience.com Acupuncture relieves pain and improves daily function in people with sciatica better than a sham acupuncture treatment that looks and feels very similar, a clinical trial suggests. For the new trial, published Monday ( ... Flag as irrelevant
	Zanesville Times Recorder COVID-19 XEC variant is now circulating in the US. Here's what you should know about it. Zanesville Times Recorder "CDC is monitoring the XEC variant," Rosa Norman, a CDC spokesperson told USA TODAY. "XEC is the proposed name of a recombinant, or hybrid, of the closely related Omicron lineages KS.1.1 and KP.3.3.". Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Alzheimer's-Heparin Link; Two Phases of Alzheimer's Damage; Prion Disease Testing MedPage Today Heparin treatment was associated with a delayed diagnosis of Alzheimer's dementia,opens in a new tab or window electronic health records in two U.S. health systems showed. (Molecular Psychiatry). Analyses of cell types after death suggested that ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American How the Mpox Response Has Learned from History Scientific American The 2022 outbreak showed that our first attempts failed: an article in PLOS Global Health was simply entitled "Monkeypox Is Not a Gay Disease," recognizing that stigma had quickly emerged around the virus, echoing the early days of the HIV pandemic. Flag as irrelevant
	Q13 FOX (Seattle) Whooping cough on the rise amid low immunization rates Q13 FOX (Seattle) SEATTLE - Health experts are raising alarms as declining childhood vaccination rates fuel a resurgence of whooping cough and other preventable diseases. Infectious disease specialists at the University of Washington report that the rates of whooping ... Flag as irrelevant
	publichealth.jhu.edu What We Know About Rwanda's Marburg Virus Outbreak publichealth.jhu.edu Late last month, Rwanda reported its first-ever case of Marburg virus disease. Like Ebola, Marburg can cause severe hemorrhagic fever and has high case fatality rates (20% to 90% , depending on the strain). The virus spreads from fruit bats to humans, ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Independent Mapped: Cases of new Covid variant XEC spread across Europe The Independent The strain has now been detected in at least 29 countries and 24 US states. XEC, a sublineage of the omicron variant, was first reported in Berlin, Germany, in June and is now spreading ... Flag as irrelevant
	Yale School of Medicine A Key Brain Difference Linked to Autism Is Found for the First Time in Living People Yale School of Medicine Using positron emission tomography (PET) scans, researchers found that the brains of autistic adults have fewer synapses—crucial junctions where nerve cells send signals to and from each other or other types of cells—than the brains of neurotypical people. Flag as irrelevant
	Duke Global Health Institute Every Country Can Cut Premature Deaths by Half, Researchers Say Duke Global Health Institute Since 1970, 37 countries have cut the probability of their citizens dying before they reach age 70 in half, a milestone that signals the remarkable progress many countries have made in preventing and treating disease. But a new report argues that this ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters France raises bird flu risk level Reuters PARIS, Oct 15 (Reuters) - France has raised its risk level of bird flu to 'moderate' from 'negligible', it said in a decree published in the official journal on Tuesday, a move that will reinforce security measures around poultry farms. Flag as irrelevant
	Health Policy Watch World Can Halve Premature Deaths by 2050, Lancet Commission Reports Health Policy Watch A new report published in The Lancet suggests all countries, regardless of their economic status, could halve premature death rates by 2050. Fifteen health threats, from maternal mortality to tobacco use, are at the heart of premature deaths globally, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Health Policy Watch Chile Provides a Convincing Case for Mandatory Warning Labels on Processed Food Health Policy Watch Chile's easily recognisable hexagonal warning labels – mandatory for products high in salt, sugar, saturated fat and calories – have had a real impact on consumer habits. This World Food Day (16 October), Chile provides solid evidence that mandatory ... Flag as irrelevant
	Times of India Why are more young women diagnosed with breast cancer? Times of India An increasing number of younger women are being diagnosed with breast cancer, facing unique challenges such as fertility concerns and balancing treatment with life commitments. Awareness, early detection, genetic testing, and supportive communities are ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Independent Doctors' warning over weight-loss jabs on NHS The Independent Health secretary Wes Streeting has said weight-loss jabs like Wegovy could be given to those who are unemployed · Join our commenting forum. Flag as irrelevant
	University of Aberdeen Ultra-processed foods: Why Public Health warnings could backfire University of Aberdeen Scientists say issuing blanket advice against UPFs would be premature. Least well off could actually end up switching to LESS healthy foods. More research is needed first into the links between these products and poor health Flag as irrelevant
	coloradoboulevard.net More Cases of Locally Acquired Dengue Virus Identified in Baldwin Park Department of Public Health The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, in collaboration with San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District, is investigating further local spread of dengue virus infection in Baldwin Park. Two additional cases of locally acquired ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Unemployed could get weight loss jabs to return to work BBC News Proposals to give weight loss jabs to unemployed people living with obesity could be "very important" for our economy and health, the prime minister has told the BBC. Sir Keir Starmer said he acknowledged that more money was needed for the NHS, ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Gosport Globe Council Urges Residents to get Their Free Winter Flu Vaccine Reading Borough Council News Reading Borough Council is today (16th Oct) urging eligible adults to better protect themselves from flu and COVID-19 this winter by booking their free vaccines. Flu season begins in October but respiratory viruses, such as flu, usually reach their ... Flag as irrelevant
	SheKnows AI Identifies Breast Cancer Spread to Lymph Nodes RSNA Accurate identification of axillary lymph node metastasis often involves sentinel lymph node biopsy which has higher sensitivity compared to imaging, but carries risks associated with anesthesia and surgery. Patients may also suffer permanent adverse ... Flag as irrelevant
	Gulf News SGLT-2 Inhibitors Demonstrate Lowest Dementia Risk in T2D The Cardiology Advisor Among older adults with type 2 diabetes, use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors is associated with decreased risk for incident dementia and all-cause mortality relative to dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors and glucagon-like ... Flag as irrelevant
	WCVB Boston When is the 'right' time to get flu shot? WCVB Boston When is it the best time to get a flu shot and who should get one? Dr. Todd Ellerin of South Shore Health has answers. Advertisement. Recommended. 7 centenarians celebrate birthdays at a retirement community. Flag as irrelevant
	The Independent Covid XEC: What are the symptoms of new virus strain? The Independent It is thought the XEC strain is more transmissible due to its numerous mutations, and presents symptoms similar to those of other Covid variants including tiredness, headaches, a sore throat and high temperatures. Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Breakfast Foods Affect Weight Loss, Metabolism Differently for Men vs Women Healthline However, females have a better metabolic response to higher-fat breakfasts. Differences in muscle, hormones, and nutrient needs may play a role. Personalized nutrition based on metabolism can aid in weight loss ... Flag as irrelevant
	SheKnows AI May Identify Women at Risk for Future Breast Cancer The Cardiology Advisor Jonas Gjesvik, from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Oslo, and colleagues examined whether a commercial artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm for breast cancer detection could estimate the development of future cancer. The analysis included ... Flag as irrelevant
	Sky News More on Covid-19 Sky News It was first found in May, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which says it is a so-called recombinant of two other strains - KS.1.1 and KP.3.3 - meaning that genetic information was exchanged between them to form a third strain, XEC. Flag as irrelevant
	KSDK.com Experts debunk the top 2 menopause myths KSDK.com Are you navigating the challenges of perimenopause or menopause? Join Jennifer McDaniel and Dr. Brooke Kalisiak virtually for Menopause STRONG, on Tuesday October 29th at 6:30pm cst, an empowering virtual webinar ... Flag as irrelevant
	headtopics.com AIVC Recommendations for the Composition of Influenza Vaccines for Australia in 2025 Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) The Australian Influenza Vaccine Committee (AIVC) met to recommend the composition of the influenza virus vaccines for use within Australia in 2025. At this meeting, the expert committee reviewed and evaluated epidemiological, antigenic and genetic ... Flag as irrelevant
	headtopics.com France's Airports Report Increased Odyssean Malaria Cases unmc.edu Precision Vaccinations In recent years, there has been an increase in locally acquired malaria cases in Europe related to travelers returning from Africa, which shoulders the heaviest burden (90%+) of malaria disease reported. Flag as irrelevant
	Times of India Mask up, stay vigilant as toxins start to fill Delhi's air Times of India "Air pollution can cause wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath, even in people who aren't vulnerable or who don't have lung disease. So, we must be very careful," said Dr Neetu Jain, senior consultant, pulmonology, critical care and sleep medicine, ... Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net COVID Deaths in the United States: Who Pays the Highest Price? unmc.edu Medscape Welcome to Impact Factor, your weekly dose of commentary on a new medical study. I'm Dr F. Perry Wilson of the Yale School of Medicine. From March of 2020 to May of 2023, 1.38 million more people died in the United States than would have been ... Flag as irrelevant

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