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If you regularly experience common ailments—like heartburn or stomachaches that don’t improve with over-the-counter medications, or you have severe pain or other symptoms—a gastroenterologist could help. Often called a GI doctor, a gastroenterologist treats diseases and disorders of the digestive tract and liver. These specialists treat cancers, liver disease, heartburn, problems with the gallbladder, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel […]
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SAN LUIS VALLEY, Colo. — A woman with pregnancy complications needed permission from her boss to visit a doctor. Community health volunteers were turned away from delivering food and covid information to worker housing. A farmworker had a serious allergic reaction but was afraid to seek treatment. To Nicole Civita, policy director with Colorado advocacy group Project Protect Food Systems […]
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Children with documented child protection concerns are four times as likely to die before they reach their 16th birthday, according to confronting new research from the University of South Australia. The world first study identifies the extreme seriousness of familial child abuse and neglect, measuring for the first time the excess risk of death that children with documented child protection […]
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Alzheimer’s disease is one of medicine’s most elusive thieves, a disease that slowly and irreversibly robs a person’s ability to think, reason, remember and maintain normal body functioning. The underlying cause of Alzheimer’s disease is unknown, but researchers believe that one of the prime suspects is a microscopic fragment of protein known as amyloid beta (Aß). Scientific evidence suggests that […]
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A condition that affects the blood, known as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), may be associated the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in rare cases, research suggests. The very small increased risk of the condition—which is characterized by low platelet counts—is estimated to be 11 per million doses, similar to figures seen in vaccines for flu and MMR. A low number of platelets—blood cells […]
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The United States on Wednesday announced an agreement with Merck to buy 1.7 million courses of an experimental antiviral pill against COVID-19. The $1.2 billion dollar deal is for a drug called molnupiravir, which is currently being tested in a global Phase 3 clinical trial of 1,850 people, with results expected by fall. “This agreement is part of the Biden […]
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As exercises go, the tire flip may not seem like it should require much explanation: Squat, lift, push, and watch as it topples over in front of you with a satisfying flop. Repeat. Simple, right? In reality, things don’t always tend to go that smoothly—especially for beginners, as Will Smith seems to have learned in a recent workout session. A […]
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Researchers at EPFL have developed a technology based on nanophotonics and data science to detect and monitor cancer biomarkers at an early stage. Their research is published in Nature Communications. Medical doctors examine body fluids of their patients, such as blood, urine, saliva, or nasal swabs, for diagnostics. This is because substances in such biofluids may provide vital information about […]
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Over the past year-plus of quarantining, many people have avoided leaving their homes as much as possible, not even to see their health care provider for regular checkups and other preventive care. As COVID-19 cases in the U.S. drop, some are wondering how to prepare for non-COVID-related doctor’s visits. Paul O’Rourke, M.D., M.P.H., an assistant professor of medicine at the […]
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Heart issues on the rise He says this young man’s story shows the important link between the virus and direct heart damage. U.S. health regulators warned surgeons Thursday to stop implanting a heart pump made by Medtronic due to power failures recently tied to cases of stroke and more than a dozen deaths. Medtronic said earlier in the day it […]
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