VA Hospitals See Steep, Steady Rise in Heat-Related Illnesses
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 -- Heat domes and extreme heat waves have been battering the United States for years now, and a new study shows that increasing temperatures are doing real harm to humans.
A significant increase in heat-related illnesses... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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U.S. Heart Deaths Linked to Obesity Have Tripled in 20 Years
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 -- Obesity taxes many parts of the body, but new research suggests the heart might take the hardest hit of all.
Between 1999 and 2020, deaths from heart disease linked to obesity tripled in the United States, and some groups... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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CDC Warns of Rise in RSV Cases Among Young Children, Infants
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 -- Doctors are seeing a spike in severe cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) among young children in Florida and Georgia, U.S. health officials warned Tuesday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent an... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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Did the Pandemic Change Babies' Microbiomes?
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 -- Infants whose first year of life unfolded during the pandemic appear to have fewer types of bacteria in their gut than infants born before COVID-19 raced across the planet, a new study suggests.
Specifically, these... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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Many Strains of a Dangerous Foodborne Bacteria Are Now Antibiotic-Resistant
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 -- New research on a leading cause of foodborne illness has linked a large share of Michigan infections to antibiotic-resistant bacteria strains.
More than 100 strains of Campylobacter jejuni circulating in Michigan are... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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Warm Waters Raise Risk for Flesh-Eating Bacteria. Here's Tips to Stay Safe
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 -- As waters warm across the United States and hurricanes and flooding season begins, the odds of being infected by flesh-eating bacteria are also rising, U.S. health officials warn.
According to a Sept. 1 health alert from... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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Cancers Among the Young Are Rising Worldwide
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 -- Cancer is surging among people under 50, a new global study reveals.
Over the past 30 years, new cases have increased 79% worldwide in that age bracket, according to a report published Sept. 5 in BMJ Oncology.
The fastest... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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Fitter Folks Need Fewer Psychiatric Meds, Study Finds
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 -- Being fit doesn ’t just help your body -- it also helps your mind, a new study reports.
People in better physical condition appear to have less need for drugs to treat mood disorders, Norwegian researchers have... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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Mitch McConnell's Recent Episodes Weren't Strokes or Seizures, Capitol Doc Says
TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 -- The two " freezing " episodes that Sen. Mitch McConnell experienced recently weren ' t strokes or seizures, the Capitol physician said in a new letter released Tuesday.“My examination of you following your August 30,... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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Telehealth Services Can Help Women Access, Understand Medical Abortion
TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 -- Even before Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, many U.S. women lived far from a clinic where they could get abortion pills. Now, a new study suggests that telemedicine can help fill that gap.
The study focused on one... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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Eye-Tracking Device Could Be More Accurate Test for Autism in Toddlers
TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 -- Just 1 in 4 children with autism is diagnosed before age 3, but a new eye-tracking technology may allow for earlier diagnosis and intervention, according to three clinical studies of more than 1,500 kids.
Autism is a... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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Gun Suicides Keep Rising Among U.S. Youth
TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 -- Suicides by Americans aged 10 to 24 are continuing to climb and guns are increasingly the method of choice in these tragedies, a new report finds.
Easy access to firearms can mean suicide is often impulsively done and... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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Normal Body Temperature Varies Between People
TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 -- You might think you know what a normal body temperature is, but there is no such thing.
Analyzing the age-old belief that 98.6 Fahrenheit is normal human temperature, scientists at Stanford Medicine found that your... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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New Opioids Are Joining the Illicit Drug Supply, and They're More Potent Than Fentanyl
TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 -- In recent years, the opioid epidemic has been worsened by the advent of street fentanyl, an illicit version of a powerful prescription painkiller.
But experts now warn that the threat posed by fentanyl may ultimately pale... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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AI Equals Human Radiologists at Interpreting Breast Cancer Scans
TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 -- Another study is showing that artificial intelligence (AI) is as good as a specialist doctor in spotting breast cancer on a mammogram. But don ' t expect computers to take over the job from humans, experts say.
In a study... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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