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New study provides insight to why COVID vaccines hit some harder than others
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New study provides insight to why COVID vaccines hit some harder than others

September 4, 2024 by Anna Zarra Aldrich, University of Connecticut Students receiving the COVID 19 vaccine at Hawley Armory on April 8, 2021. The rollout of the vaccines across the state in the spring helped set up a return to a more familiar university experience. Credit: Sean Flynn/UConn PhotoWhen you got the SARS-CoV2 vaccine to...

Interactive map highlights peripheral artery disease amputation risks, experts call for action
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Interactive map highlights peripheral artery disease amputation risks, experts call for action

September 4, 2024 by American Heart Association Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe PAD Collaborative has released an interactive online heat map to highlight the risk of non-traumatic lower limb amputations, a severe complication of peripheral artery disease (PAD). This new tool, designed to help prevent PAD, reduce complications and improve the quality of life for those...

New guideline for Helicobacter pylori includes change to primary treatment recommendation
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New guideline for Helicobacter pylori includes change to primary treatment recommendation

September 4, 2024 by University of Michigan Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe American Journal of Gastroenterology has published a new guideline on the treatment of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. The corresponding author on the guideline is William D. Chey, M.D., chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Michigan. H. pylori is a bacterium...

Study: Black/African American individuals have an increased risk for severe insulin-deficient diabetes
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Study: Black/African American individuals have an increased risk for severe insulin-deficient diabetes

September 4, 2024 by Hannah Echols, University of Alabama at Birmingham Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainWhile diabetes patients are categorized into two groups, either type 1 or type 2, no two patients are the same. The simple categorization often does not portray the disease and its many presentations, especially within different populations. For this reason, diabetes...

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Setbacks After Stopping Beta-Blockers

Medscape Medical News > Conference News > ESC 2024 Sue Hughes August 31, 2024 LONDON — It may not be advisable for patients with a history of myocardial infarction and preserved left ventricular function to discontinue long-term beta-blocker therapy, warn investigators. In the randomized ABYSS trial, although there was no difference in death, MI, or...

Is Technology Making Us More Or Less Healthy?
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Is Technology Making Us More Or Less Healthy?

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY NEWS Technology is reshaping how we understand, manage and enhance our health and well-being in previously unimaginable ways. Health, wellness – artistic impression. Image credit: Kaylee Garrett via Unsplash, free license Technology not only improves diagnostic capabilities and supports the development of new therapeutics but also reshapes our daily wellness routines. Exercise...

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Supplements Have a Role in Treating Kidney Disease, but Only Certain Ones

Brandy Winfree Root, RDN DISCLOSURES | August 28, 2024 The global dietary supplement industry generates more than $400 billion a year. Supplements are alleged to treat many health concerns, from immune conditions and cognition to sexual dysfunction and premature wrinkles. Although some supplements have been proven to be helpful, others have no scientific basis. I...

Time from drug approval to reimbursement longer in U.S. than some european countries
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Time from drug approval to reimbursement longer in U.S. than some european countries

September 4, 2024 by Elana Gotkine Time from approval to reimbursement of new drugs varies between countries and is shortest in Switzerland and Germany, both of which include health technology assessment decisions that are not used in the United States, according to a study published online Sept. 3 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Camille...

New COVID vaccines arrive in Washington as respiratory virus season approaches
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New COVID vaccines arrive in Washington as respiratory virus season approaches

by Elise Takahama, The Seattle Times Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainWashington state’s summer surge of COVID-19 is showing early signs of waning after a particularly infectious couple of months—but don’t relax just yet, public health experts say. Respiratory virus season is right around the corner. Although rates are still nowhere close to where they were during...

Kessler Foundation scientists publish protocol for combining aerobic exercise and cognitive rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis
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Kessler Foundation scientists publish protocol for combining aerobic exercise and cognitive rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis

News Release 3-Sep-2024 Novel approach to treating impairments in MS particularly focuses on new learning and memory deficits Peer-Reviewed PublicationKessler Foundation image: Lead Author Carly L.A. Wender, PhD, research scientist at Kessler Foundation explored a novel combinatory approach to treating cognitive impairments in MS, particularly focusing on new learning and memory deficits. Credit: Kessler Foundation...