Losing weight and treating excess levels of fat in the blood may help prevent lung disease in firefighters who were exposed to dangerous levels of fine particles from fire, smoke, and toxic chemicals on September 11, 2001, a new study shows. Experts have long wondered whether this toxic exposure would later lead to lung disease in first responders. High body […]
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Feeling connected to nature or the environment is important for health, and new public health research from the Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa examines how these feelings of connection can be measured. Such measurements are important because health research relies on objective measurements. For example, if researchers want to investigate […]
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NY Gov. Kochul adding 12,000 COVID deaths to state tally a ‘good first step’: Failla ‘Fox Across America’ host Jimmy Failla argues Kathy Hochul wants to put as much distance between herself and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Most pregnant women in the U.S. have yet to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the latest data compiled by the Centers for […]
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Sept 1 (Reuters) – Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) on Wednesday asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow the use of a third booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA is considering booster shots of the Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and BioNTech SE vaccine, but so far has only allowed people with weakened immune systems to receive third doses of either the Moderna […]
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) — Several inmates at a northwest Arkansas jail said they weren’t told a medication they were given to treat COVID-19 was actually an antiparasite drug that federal health officials have warned should not be used to treat the coronavirus. Three inmates at […]
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As we get older, we find it increasingly difficult to have the right words ready at the right moment—even though our vocabulary actually grows continuously over the course of our lives. Until now, it was unclear why this is. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences and the University of Leipzig have now found out: […]
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(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc and Merck & Co Inc announced on Wednesday new trials of their experimental oral antiviral drugs for COVID-19 as the race to develop an easy-to-administer treatment for the potentially fatal illness heats up. Pfizer said its latest mid-to-late-stage trial will enroll 1,140 non-hospitalized adults diagnosed with coronavirus infection who are not at risk of severe illness. […]
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Menopause can mess with your memory, and a new study from the University of Rochester Medical Center has identified four profiles of cognitive function that may help researchers understand why memory declines for some women and not others. This adds to the mounting evidence of the memory changes that can happen when menopause approaches and could lead to better guidance […]
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Colorectal polyps—fleshy growths occurring in the lining of the colon or rectum—are an important risk factor for colorectal cancer. Colonoscopy is a nonsurgical procedure that doctors use to look for colorectal polyps using an endoscope, a thin, flexible tube with a camera on the end. Size is an important characteristic of polyps; doctors consider it in combination with other attributes […]
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A new walk-through coronavirus testing facility has opened for those with symptoms to book appointments at Beach Street Car Park West (LL57 1AT) in Bangor, as part of the UK Government's UK-wide drive to continue to improve the accessibility of coronavirus testing for local communities. The UK testing programme is delivered on a four nations basis, with the UK Government […]
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