A University of Massachusetts Amherst resource economist finds mandated in-school Body Mass Index (BMI) assessments adopted in varying forms by 24 states to combat childhood obesity have the potential to improve the health of some students while introducing body-image issues for others. The research is believed to be the first to assess these policies as a whole, rather than in […]
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Texas man in his 30s dies from flesh-eating bacterial infection he caught from eating raw oysters Local health chiefs said the man caught Vibrio vulnificus bacteria He had underlying conditions putting him at greater risk from the infection READ MORE: Floridians warned over higher risk of Vibrio infections A Texas man in his 30s has died after eating raw oysters contaminated […]
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Reviewed A study presented at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 2023 World Conference on Lung Cancer revealed that key reproductive factors such as early menopause, shortened reproductive span, and early age at first birth are associated with elevated risks of lung cancer in women. Researchers from Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China, conducted a prospective cohort study […]
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More than 15 million women are in employment in the UK right now, which means menopause is undoubtedly a workplace issue. And while there has been enormous progress made in the UK at workplace level in this area, buy tegretol au many women still experience a lack of support when trying to manage symptoms such as fatigue, hot flushes, loss […]
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When Ryan*, 37, returned home from two deployments with the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq from 2005 to 2008, he began withdrawing from social situations and experienced chronic anxiety. Nights brought no respite — his sleep was interrupted by punishing nightmares. “I had every calling card of a veteran in distress,” he told Medscape Medical News. When his wife told […]
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Two years is a long time in the world of heart failure (HF) management, enough to see publication of more than a dozen studies with insights that would supplant and expand key sections a far-reaching European Society of Cardiology (ESC) clinical practice guideline on HF unveiled in 2021. “Back in 2021, we had three and a half decades of data […]
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Four in 10 patients say their health got worse while on NHS waiting list, major survey reveals 24% of those questioned by care regulator said their health got a ‘bit worse’ 17% said it got ‘much worse’ while they were stuck in the record NHS backlog Four in ten patients admitted to hospital for planned treatment say their health got […]
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Toddler whose symptoms puzzled 17 doctors for three YEARS is finally diagnosed with rare condition… by ChatGPT A boy saw 17 doctors for his mystery symptoms before ChatGPT diagnosed him Alex, whose symptoms took three years to be diagnosed, is now recovering READ MORE: ChatGPT gives the correct diagnosis 72% of the time, study shows A boy was diagnosed with a […]
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Investigators have found that dasatinib, a drug commonly used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia, is strongly associated with kidney injury. The study team strongly believes this study will impact clinical practice significantly, changing standard of care and possibly introducing new black box warnings for dasatinib. Furthermore, the researchers point out that the incidence of kidney injury is a previously unknown […]
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