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Protect the heart of your business, your employees
You ’d be hard-pressed to find anything more disruptive to the U.S health care system than a lack of cardiovascular health. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease and stroke kill more than 877,000 Americans each year — one-third of all deaths annually. Meanwhile, economic costs linked to heart surgeries, lengthy rehabilitations and prescription medicine regimens total a staggering $216 billion each year. Businesses also buckle beneath such expenses. Strokes… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - January 11, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Dr. Keith Bachman Source Type: news

CDC: 5.7 Percent of Adults Lacked Reliable Transportation in 2022
THURSDAY, Jan. 11, 2024 -- In 2022, 5.7 percent of adults reported lacking reliable transportation for daily living, according to a January data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 11, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

C-Sections in Puerto Rico Reached 50.5 Percent of All Births in 2022
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 10, 2024 -- The cesarean delivery rate in Puerto Rico reached 50.5 percent of all births in 2022, according to a January data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 10, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Updates on improving imaging modalities for traumatic brain injury - Alberts A, Lucke-Wold B.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that traumatic brain injury (TBI) was related to over 64,000 deaths in the United States in 2020, equating to more than 611 TBI-related hospitalizations and 176 TBI-related deaths per day. There are bot... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news

Mayo Clinic Minute: Cervical cancer screening
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Each year, more than 11,000 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many women often don't show any signs of cervical cancer in the early stages of the disease. In advanced stages, symptoms may include vaginal bleeding, pelvic pain or pain during intercourse. Dr. Kristina Butler, a Mayo Clinic gynecologic oncologist, explains why preventive screenings are crucial.… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - January 8, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Charcuterie sampler product recalled for possible salmonella
Consumers need to check their refrigerators for recalled charcuterie meat products due to possible salmonella contamination.A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) food safety alert has been issued following the recall of charcuterie meat products. More:Kroger to host food drives to…#cdc #michigan #ohio #fratelliberettausa #bussetofoods #samsclub #georgia #illinois #indiana #minnesota (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Cervical cancer and HPV -- what's the connection?
January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about the connection between HPV and cervical cancer. Approximately 13,000 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed each year in the U.S., and 4,000 women die of the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hispanic women have the highest rates of developing cervical cancer, while African American women are at greatest risk of dying from this cancer. Early-stage cervical cancer generally produces… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - January 2, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Views on COVID-19 and vaccines remain divided by party
The new COVID-19 booster shot, aimed at protecting against the latest variants, was approved for use by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, two days before the start of this week’s Economist/YouGov poll. The poll shows that three-quarters of Americans have heard at least…#economistyougov #democrats #republicans #rsv #yougov (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Nearly Half of U.S. COVID-19 Cases Now Caused by JN.1 Variant
THURSDAY, Dec. 28, 2023 -- The JN.1 variant, a descendant of the variant BA.2.86, now accounts for 44 percent of COVID-19 cases, up from roughly 7 percent in late November, the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 28, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

The New RSV Drug Keeps Babies Out of the Hospital
Doctors and parents celebrated the major advances that came in 2023 to treat respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which sends up to 80,000 children under age five to the hospital each year in the U.S. This year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved two critical ways to reduce the risk of RSV in young kids: a vaccine for pregnant mothers that can protect newborns, and a drug treatment for babies under one year. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers report encouraging real-world data that show how effective the drug treatment, nirsevi...
Source: TIME: Health - December 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

The Most Exciting New Advancements in Managing and Treating Lupus
The case study involved just one patient: a 20-year-old woman with severe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). But the study’s results were so dramatic that they appeared in 2021 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The woman received a type of cell therapy called CAR-T, which in the past has been used primarily to treat cancer. CAR-T cell therapy involves altering a patient’s immune cells so that they identify and attack problems or pathogens. In people with cancer, that attack is aimed at the diseased cells. But in the NEJM case study, the therapy was directed at the woman’s own B cells,...
Source: TIME: Health - December 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

CDC Says JN.1 Variant Accounts for 39%-50% Of COVID Cases in US CDC Says JN.1 Variant Accounts for 39%-50% Of COVID Cases in US
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday that COVID subvariant JN.1 accounts for 39% to 50% of cases in the United States as of Dec. 23,...Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - December 26, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news

13 Ways the World Got Better in 2023
As in most years, much of the media focus in 2023 was on the myriad crises people all over the world faced, from horrific wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East to devastating natural disasters (many climate-change-related) in Turkey, Southeast Africa, Hawaii, Canada, and more. At the end of this long year, though, it’s worth taking a step back and considering some of the ways things improved. Here are some examples, gathered together by TIME’s climate and health journalists: [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] COVID-19 death numbers plummeted… Since the pandemic began, COVID-19 has b...
Source: TIME: Health - December 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: TIME Staff Tags: Uncategorized climate change Climate Is Everything feature healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Linking adverse childhood experiences and other risk factors to subjective cognitive decline in an aging population - Voyer H, Aytur S, Tanda N.
INTRODUCTION: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Healthy Brain Initiative (HBI) encourages an interdisciplinary approach to addressing the burden of subjective cognitive decline (SCD) among the aging US population as that population continues... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Fatal firearm violence among American Indians and Alaska Natives - Price JH, Khubchandani J.
There is a dearth of population-based studies regarding firearm-related deaths and years of potential life lost among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN). Using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) We Based Injury Statistics Query... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news