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A Surprising (and Easy) Way to Boost Your Attention Span "You didn't even need to like or enjoy the nature walk to get these cognitive benefits," said Marc Berman, a professor of psychology at the University of Chicago, who conducted the study while he was a graduate student at Michigan.
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Bacteria that can cause rare "flesh-eating" disease infects swimmer at Cape Cod beach Cape Cod health officials say a person who swam at Old Silver Beach in Falmouth has contracted a rare but potentially life-threatening infection from a bacteria that can cause a "flesh-eating" illness. The Falmouth Health Department said an older adult ...
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The Push to Diagnose MS Years Before Symptoms Start Indeed, extra doctor visits for fatigue or pain are not reasons to get an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan to check for MS-related brain lesions, and it's certainly not feasible to test everyone who frequently sees a psychiatrist for depression or ...
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Counting steps for health? Here's how many you really need She says this latest study is one of the first to consider a broader array of health outcomes than just mortality and cardiovascular disease, but cautions some of the results, such as those related to cancer, depression and dementia, are still somewhat " ...
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Rare brain-eating amoeba infection possibly linked to water skiing confirmed in Missouri A person in Missouri has been hospitalized after contracting a brain-eating amoeba, possibly after water skiing in the Lake of the Ozarks, state health officials said Wednesday. The patient, who was not identified, is being treated in an intensive care ...
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Vaccine Skepticism Is Spreading, but You Can Turn the Tide Vaccines and vaccination programs thus represent one of the greatest success stories in infectious disease prevention. However, few medical interventions spark as much skepticism in certain populations as vaccination. The specific effects ...
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COVID Revenge Is Supercharging the Anti-Vaccine Agenda Four and a half years ago, fresh off the success of Operation Warp Speed, mRNA vaccines were widely considered—as President Donald Trump said in December 2020—a "medical miracle." Last week, the United States government decidedly reversed that stance ...
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Map shows high West Nile virus risk in 10 Massachusetts cities and towns The communities now listed at high risk for the mosquito-borne illness are Acton, Bedford, Billerica, Boston, Brookline, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Dracut, Lowell and Newton, a map from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health shows.
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What to Know About the Horned 'Zombie' Rabbits Hopping Around Colorado On Aug. 8, the calls started rolling in to Colorado Parks and Wildlife: Scary-looking rabbits were hopping around Fort Collins. These weren't your standard cute, fluffy bunnies; they had horn-like growths protruding from their faces and bodies.
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Man took diet advice from ChatGPT, ended up hospitalized with hallucinations To do so, he asked ChatGPT for an alternative to salt, or sodium chloride, to which the AI chatbot suggested sodium bromide, a compound historically used in pharmaceuticals and manufacturing.
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Over A Third of US Adults Are Unaware of HPV METHODOLOGY: About 48,000 HPV-associated cancers are diagnosed annually in the US, predominantly in Midwestern and Southern states. Public awareness of HPV and its vaccine is crucial for increasing vaccination rates and preventing ...
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Should You Take a Vitamin B12 Supplement? Everyone needs vitamin B12: It helps the body produce red blood cells and maintain healthy brain function, along with so many other things. But are you getting enough of it? Here's what to know about vitamin B12 and whether you should consider upping ...
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mRNA technology could hold hope for fighting cancer, but future is in doubt under RFK Jr. If you think last week's decision by the federal government to halt $500 million in funding for vaccine development projects that use mRNA technology will only affect COVID vaccines, think again. These types of vaccines use messenger RNA, or mRNA, ...
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Advanced Tech Making Type 1 Diabetes More Manageable But continuous blood glucose monitors and insulin pumps have revolutionized patients' ability to maintain relatively steady blood sugar levels throughout the day, researchers said. For the new study, researchers analyzed health records for ...
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Can I Drink Electrolyte Water Every Day? Touted by influencers and podcasters as a miracle supplement that helps your body perform at its peak, electrolyte beverages are as numerous as they are readily available. But the dietitians and nutritionists I spoke with are less willing to embrace these ...
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Without standard definition, long COVID remains a puzzle Long COVID has been observed clinically for 5 years, but no standard definition exists, meaning wide variations exist in the literature, adding to confusion and a lack of clinical consensus. These are the findings from a study published yesterday in ...
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XFG 'Stratus' COVID Variant Now Dominant in US as Cases Surge. Know These Symptoms The current summer COVID wave in the U.S. is being fueled in part by highly contagious new variants, including XFG, aka "Stratus," which is spreading rapidly worldwide.
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ADHD drugs have wider life benefits, study suggests Drug treatment can help people newly diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) to reduce their risk of substance misuse, suicidal behaviour, transport accidents and criminality, a study suggests. These issues are linked to common ...
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Weight Loss Could Aid IVF Fertility Outcomes in Women with Obesity Weight loss before in vitro fertilization (IVF) could improve reproductive outcomes by increasing the chances of getting pregnant, according to findings published by investigators in Annals of Internal Medicine. The study authors, from the University ...
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Brain-eating amoeba confirmed in Missouri: What to know about the dangerous organism A Missouri resident is in intensive care after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba, likely while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks, state health officials confirmed Wednesday. The case of Naegleria fowleri — the scientific term for the amoeba ...
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What parents need to know about vaccines as children return to school In suburban Cook County, there are an estimated 12,000 children who are not vaccinated against measles, a figure that has doubled in the past decade, according to county officials. In Chicago Public Schools, the percentage ...
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Rabbits With Hornlike Growths Are Hopping Around Colorado. Are They OK? But local residents and pet owners shouldn't fear the unsightly creatures munching on grass in their backyards: The bunnies are simply infected with cottontail rabbit papillomavirus, a mostly benign infection that can't spread to other species, said Kara ...
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Health department warns of rare bacterial infection linked to Cape Cod beach After a person contracted a rare bacterial infection that's likely linked to a Buzzards Bay beach, public health officials are urging Bay Staters with wounds to take precautions around coastal waters and to be vigilant about handling and consuming raw ...
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One in 10 pregnant women smoking at delivery time More than 10% of pregnant women in Guernsey said they were smoking at the time of delivery, new data says. Guernsey's Quitline and Public Health said last year, when 10.4% admitted smoking while pregnant, engagement with the smoking cessation service ...
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The Unsung Vaccine Hero of Amarata "Each tiny arm or mouth reached was a victory against a preventable disease like the Polio Virus". In the heart of the Niger Delta, nestled deep in the lush mangrove swamps of Bayelsa State, lies the Issac Jasper Boro College of Education Demonstration ...
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ABC News chief medical correspondent on how to be the CEO of your own health How to invest in your health and well-beingABC News' Dr. Tara Narula shares tips to help you prepare for your next doctor's visit, as a new report finds one in three women had a negative health care experience in the past two years.
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Infections with high-risk HPV strains 16/18 less than 1% after vaccination rollout, data suggest Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination has nearly eliminated infection with the high-risk HPV strains 16/18, which cause over 70% of cervical cancer, in Danish women immunized as adolescents, suggests a study published in Eurosurveillance.
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What eating disorders do to the brain and body Eating disorders are complicated illnesses that are often misunderstood. Dr. Eva Trujillo, a specialist in eating disorders, says eating disorders "literally rewire the brain," decrease brain size and make it harder to concentrate and regulate emotions ...
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Walkable cities boost daily activity by an average of 1100 steps Led by Stanford researchers Abby King and Jennifer Hicks, the study showed that a city's walkability impacts physical activity levels regardless of individual habits or demographics. The research highlights the potential public health benefits of urban ...
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AI Uses Voice To Detect Throat Cancer These differences are caused by potentially cancerous lesions that have cropped up in a person's vocal folds – the two bands of muscle tissue in the larynx that produce sound, also known as vocal cords.
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The risk for West Nile virus is now high in 10 Mass. communities. Here's what to know. But, people who are over the age of 50 or immunocompromised are at risk of developing severe illness from West Nile virus. "The increased risk level for West Nile virus in Boston is a reminder that ...
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Seeing sick or confused coyotes? AZ officials warn of contagious virus risk to pets There's been an uptick in sick coyotes. The Arizona Game and Fish Department suspected it was due to canine distemper, and laboratory testing confirmed it. The condition is highly contagious to other members of the canine family, such as dogs, ...
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Missouri patient contracts 'brain-eating' amoeba after waterskiing in Lake of the Ozarks The amoeba is a single-celled organism that lives in hot springs, lakes and other warm freshwater bodies. The Missouri health department says this is only the state's third case on record, but infections are nearly always fatal.
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Trial results support new option for complicated Staph aureus bacteremia The study, published today in JAMA, found that the long-acting lipoglycopeptide antibiotic dalbavancin was noninferior to standard therapy in terms of clinical efficacy in patients with complicated S aureus bacteremia who had achieved blood culture ...
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Pandemic left measurable changes in teen brains, hormones, and immunity They found that post-lockdown, adolescents showed significantly lower levels of daily cortisol production, higher levels of systemic inflammation, and reduced activation in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) during affective processing (on average assessed ...
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Diabetes drugs linked to higher risk of rare optic nerve damage New research links two widely used diabetes drugs, semaglutide or tirzepatide, to a rare but potentially vision-threatening eye condition, raising questions about drug-specific risks and the need for closer monitoring.
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Pregabalin raises heart failure risk in older adults compared to gabapentin, study finds Non-opioid medications, such as gabapentin and pregabalin, are gabapentinoids (analogs of gamma-aminobutyric acid) prescribed for chronic pain disorders. They are preferred over opioids for chronic non-cancer pain treatment due to the higher risks of ...
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Early use of risdiplam in newborns with SMA shows improvements in motor development Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare genetic condition that causes progressive muscle weakness, which, when untreated, prevents infants with the most severe form from gaining motor development - never gaining the ability to sit - and typically leads ...
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Vaccinations to prevent cervical cancer have plummeted in Britain HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) is an unwelcome consequence of a joyful pursuit. Skin-to-skin contact during sex allows the virus to spread, which can lead to genital warts and cancers of the reproductive system. In Britain HPV causes about 3,500 cases of ...
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Study IDs Inflammatory Pathways Contributing to Asthma Exacerbations in Children HealthDay News — Inflammatory pathways that contribute to asthma exacerbations have been identified in children with eosinophilic asthma receiving mepolizumab, according to a study published online in JAMA Pediatrics. Matthew C. Altman, MD, ...
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Brain eating amoeba found in Missouri resident after trip to Lake of the Ozarks MISSOURI, USA — A Missouri resident is in intensive care after officials confirmed they had contracted a rare and deadly infection after swimming at the Lake of the Ozarks. Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services confirmed the swimmer was ...
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Risk for Incident CVD Increased for Women Who Reported Experiencing Stalking HealthDay News — Women who report experiencing stalking and obtaining a restraining order have an increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study published online Aug. 11 in Circulation. Rebecca B. Lawn, Ph.D., ...
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Clinical trial shows newborns with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) can start treatment at birth Results from an international clinical trial found that risdiplam, a drug used to treat the rare neurodegenerative disorder Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), is safe and effective in newborns. Memphis, Tennessee, August 13, 2025. Richard Finkel.
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ADHD medication linked to lower risk of suicidal behaviours, study suggests Research also suggests the medication lowers risks of substance misuse, transport accidents and criminality. Hannah Devlin Science correspondent. Wed 13 Aug 2025 18.30 EDT. Share. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medication is linked to ...
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Study IDs Inflammatory Pathways Contributing to Asthma Exacerbations in Children HealthDay News — Inflammatory pathways that contribute to asthma exacerbations have been identified in children with eosinophilic asthma receiving mepolizumab, according to a study published online July 14 in JAMA Pediatrics. Matthew C. Altman, M.D., ...
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Can a computer turn our internal monologue into speech? While the research is in early stages, the authors said it holds promise of improving on existing brain-computer interface (BCI) technology that relies on "attempted speech" to enable people with disabilities to communicate.
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PAHO publishes new update on Oropouche fever in the Americas So far in 2025, 12,786 confirmed cases have been reported across 11 countries — seven with local transmission and four with imported cases — reflecting the growing spread of this virus, primarily transmitted by the Culicoides paraensis midge.
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Quick takes: Concerns about changes to vaccine injury program, venison-linked E coli, 2 Cyclospora outbreaks "Specifically, it is important that the VICP be funded appropriately to compensate injured individuals without putting an infeasible burden on vaccine manufacturers that could jeopardize severely the availability of safe and effective vaccines for the ...
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Get kids vaccinated before school starts, local health agencies urge Hamilton County Public Health Medical Director Dr. Steve Feagins says the timing isn't coincidental. "Return to school is an important point in time for making sure that your vaccines are up to date, ...
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Summer COVID Surge Continues as Wastewater Levels Rise, CDC Says "Wastewater monitoring can detect viruses spreading from one person to another within a community earlier than clinical testing and before people who are sick go to their doctor or hospital," the CDC said. "It can also detect infections without symptoms.
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