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Nearly 1 in 5 urinary tract infections tied to E coli in meat New research suggests that nearly 1 in 5 urinary tract infections (UTIs) in Southern California may be caused by strains of Escherichia coli that originated in food-producing animals. For the study, a team led by scientists at George Washington ...
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Quick takes: Measles in Southwest, polio vaccination urged, international tomato Salmonella outbreak In what is now the second-largest US measles outbreak this year, measles cases have topped 120 in northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah, with most cases linked to a tight-knit community in Colorado City, Arizona, and neighboring Hildale, Utah.
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Magnesium: Can this 'miracle mineral' really help us sleep? Getty Images Young woman trying to get to sleep. Getty Images. It's been described as the mineral of the moment. Millions of us are taking magnesium for a whole range ...
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Cholera outbreak in DR Congo is intensifying, MSF warns Twenty-three countries in Africa have battled outbreaks of the highly contagious bacterial infection this year, reporting more than 172,000 cases since January 1, according to the most recent disease outbreak update from the World Health Organization (WHO) ...
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DNA Identifies 2 Bacterial Killers That Stalked Napoleon's Army Genetic material pulled from 13 teeth found in a grave in Lithuania revealed infectious diseases that felled the French emperor's troops as they withdrew from Russia.
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Antidepressant Side Effects Like Weight, Blood Pressure Changes Vary by Drug A large new study found that the side effects of antidepressants vary significantly by drug. Some medications resulted in weight loss, while others resulted in weight gain. Heart rate and blood pressure also differed notably among medications.
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COVID-19 mRNA vaccines can trigger the immune system to recognize and kill cancer, research finds The researchers found that mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines could potentially help patients whose tumors don't respond well to traditional immunotherapy. Join The Conversation. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
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Targeting Hidden Breast Cancer 'Sleeper Cells' May Prevent Relapse By Deanna Neff HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — University of Pennsylvania researchers are charting a revolutionary course in cancer treatment, targeting hidden "sleeper cells" that cause breast cancer to return and spread ...
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WHO Reports 40 Percent Jump in Antibiotic-Resistant infections; BU-Based Nonprofit Leads the Fight Back In a major new report, the World Health Organization (WHO) says antibiotics are losing their punch, finding that antibiotic resistance jumped 40 percent between 2018 and 2023. The United Nations agency urges countries to ...
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First West Nile virus death confirmed in LA County, as studies show that drought conditions may increase risk The individual, whose details have been kept anonymous, was hospitalized in the San Fernando Valley for neurological illness caused by the mosquito-borne virus. In Southern California, October is the middle of mosquito season.
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Breastfeeding Has Long Been Linked to Reducing Cancer Risk. Scientists May Have Just Discovered Why Those specialized immune cells stuck around for up to 50 years in some people. "This study shows that having babies and breastfeeding causes long-lasting changes in immune cells that could help protect the breast from ...
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Offer cancer patients exercise on NHS, major charity urges Cancer patients should be offered yoga, tai chi and Nordic walking as part of their NHS care to boost their chances of survival and stop tumours returning, a major charity has said. Maggie's, which operates ...
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The potential of TDP-43 PET ligands for a biological diagnosis of TDP-43 proteinopathies Candidate PET ligands targeting pathological TDP-43 aggregates are characterized by Vokali and colleagues in a series of human tissue, cell/animal model, and non-human primate experiments. Their preclinical data suggests favorable specificity and ...
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GRAIL to use new study results to seek FDA approval of Galleri MCD test Recent results from the PATHFINDER 2 study showed that the addition of GRAIL's multi-cancer detection test to standard screening led to a seven-fold increase in cancers detected within a year, the company said. To access this subscriber-only content ...
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Women Hold the Key to Ending Polio for Good Dr. Tunji Funsho is Rotary International's Africa representative for polio eradication. When Nigeria was certified free of wild poliovirus five years ago, it was ...
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Measles Outbreak Spreads Beyond Utah-Arizona Border, 123 Cases Reported Health officials have long warned that this region is vulnerable to measles because of low childhood vaccination rates. According to NBC News data: In Iron County, 82.4% of children are vaccinated against measles ...
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Cancer survival appears to double with common vaccine, researchers say All patients were treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, a type of immunotherapy drugs that help the immune system recognize and attack tumor cells more effectively. Some of the patients received an mRNA COVID ...
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World Polio Day 2025: A Defining Moment With polio transmission rates near historic lows — and global health funding under threat — the world faces a defining moment in polio eradication, UNICEF warns: either finish the job now, or face recurring outbreaks and continued preventable suffering.
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Could COVID mRNA Vaccines Boost Effectiveness of Cancer Immunotherapy? By Deanna Neff HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The mRNA technology powering some COVID vaccines may hold a surprising benefit for advanced cancer patients: a potential ability to "rev up" the immune system to better use ...
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Family Matters: Why Genetic Cancer Testing is Important Linda recommended the MyRisk® Hereditary Cancer Test with RiskScore® to determine if she had an inherited genetic mutation that increased her risk for hereditary cancers. Though Jodi was nervous about the results ...
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Rethinking the evolutionary history of human-biting mosquitoes Evolutionary biologists have long believed that the human-biting mosquito, Culex pipiens form molestus,evolved from the bird-biting form, Culex pipiens form pipiens, in subways and cellars in northern Europe over the past 200 years.
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Flu season could be worse than past years, county health officials warn. What you can do The Larimer County Department of Health and Environment is urging residents to prepare for cold and flu season, with the possibility that Colorado may start to see flu cases earlier than usual, according to a news release from the department.
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Walking 4000 Steps Once or Twice a Week Boosts Heart Hearth and Lifespan In a new study, walking as little as 4,000 steps one or two days a week was linked to a significantly lower risk of heart disease and early death for women in their sixties and older. For the average person, adding about 15 minutes of walking a few ...
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Rappahannock Area Health District Sees Rise in Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Outbreaks HFMD is spread from person to person by close contact with an infected individual or contact with virus-contaminated surfaces. Infected people are most contagious during the first week of the illness. HFMD symptoms include:.
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Early Detection is the Best Protection Against Breast & Lung Cancer NASHVILLE – This October and November, the Tennessee Department of Health is promoting breast and lung cancer awareness with the annual Pink & Pearl Campaign. The campaign combines the pink ribbon, a recognized symbol for breast cancer awareness, ...
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'Let's finish the job' and end polio: WHO Thirty-five years ago, polio, a highly infectious viral disease, paralysed around 350,000 children per year. Following a UN-led international push, that number is now less than 50. In 1988, the international community united under the World Health ...
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Warning issued over spike in hand, foot and mouth disease in Prince George's schools The school system said the very early symptoms are similar to that of a cold: fever, lack of appetite, a sore throat and the other signs of a cold. Those appear about one to two days before blisters appear on the palms and feet, and sores develop in the ...
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New data shows a rise in cancer rates in young adults TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (InvestigateTV) - Twelve years ago, Brittany Auclair and her son Brayden's lives became entwined in a way few ever experience. "I like to call him my little superhero," Auclair said. It was a time when Auclair helped start Brayden's ...
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Liver cancer is a silent disease: awareness and early diagnosis can make a world of difference It may be surprising to know that many patients diagnosed with liver cancer say they feel fine. And they probably do: this is because the liver is a resilient organ, it continues to work even when a large portion of it is compromised, and tries to ...
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Prolonged cross-border Salmonella outbreak linked to small tomatoes A total of 437 cases reported across 17 European countries as investigations identify small tomatoes from Sicily as the likely source. A prolonged multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Strathcona in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) has ...
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Nearly One in Five Urinary Tract Infections Linked to Contaminated Meat A new study estimates that nearly one in five urinary tract infections (UTIs) in Southern California may be caused by E. coli strains transmitted through contaminated meat—posing a hidden foodborne risk to millions of people not just in California but ...
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Alterations in Alcohol Use, Even at Low Levels, Impact BP Even at relatively low levels of alcohol consumption, either increasing or decreasing the amount one drinks has significant effects on blood pressure in both men and women, a Japanese study shows.
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US funding cuts could result in nearly 9 million child TB cases, 1.5 million child deaths A new study projects that U.S. funding cuts to global health aid will have a catastrophic effect on pediatric TB, with children in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia likely to experience a significant spike in preventable cases and deaths over the ...
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Grip Strength Linked to Lower Risk of Obesity-Related Disease and Death A large study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism found that handgrip strength was associated with better outcomes in individuals with preclinical obesity. Looking at more than 93 000 participants from the UK Biobank, ...
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What Ancient Poop Reveals About Our Ancestors Thanks to the cave's arid conditions, when archaeologists excavated the place in the 1950s, the poop was in pretty good shape. Weathered, dry, and packed full of fiber, these stool samples have given scientists a valuable look into what kind of sustenance ...
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Three Stanford Medicine professors elected to National Academy of Medicine An academy committee selects new members each year from a list of nominees. Members are chosen based on their professional qualifications and accomplishments as shown through their publications and research grants.
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GLP-1s Dominate Headlines — But Obesity Surgery Wins on Cost It encapsulates a growing consensus among experts who perform, research, and advocate for metabolic and bariatric surgery amid the surge in use of GLP-1 agonists and related anti-obesity medications.
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Delaying Progression in Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer: Insights from EMBARK In 2023, data from the phase 3 EMBARK trial (NCT02319837) revealed that adding enzalutamide (Xtandi) to androgen deprivation therapy significantly delayed progression in nonmetastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer.
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Protein Is Everywhere: But Is It Actually Doing Us More Harm Than Good? It's in everything from bottles of water to packets of popcorn, but what's behind the protein boom and what does it say about our relationship with food and our bodies? By Naomi May Published: 24 October 2025. Walk into any supermarket today and you'll ...
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Non-covalent assembly of multiple epitopes onto a single nanoparticle Writing in Nature Biomedical Engineering, Li and colleagues describe a multivalent vaccine model that uses nanobodies to display diverse pathogen epitopes on the surface of a licensed protein-based nanoparticle. Antigenic ...
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