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Health news • Jun 10

Sleep Experts Are Revealing The "Sweet Spot" Amount Of Sleep For Healthy Aging

If you want to age well, the amount of sleep you get matters. A new study suggests there's a “Goldilocks” time frame you want to aim for ― and it's slightly...

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Health news • Jun 10

Sleep Experts Are Revealing The "Sweet Spot" Amount Of Sleep For Healthy Aging

If you want to age well, the amount of sleep you get matters. A new study suggests there's a “Goldilocks” time frame you want to aim for ― and it's slightly...

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Health news • Jun 10

Pennsylvania leaders say plunging vaccine rates in thousands of schools will be made public

As measles cases in Pennsylvania spike to levels not seen in decades, state officials say they will disclose the vaccination rates in classrooms across the...

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Health news • Jun 10

Mouse with Severed Spinal Cord Recovers ‘Normal’ Movement After Potentially Revolutionary Treatment

Biotech engineers in Zurich used micro-sized robots and stem cells to restore normal movement in a mouse whose spinal cord was cut.

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Health news • Jun 10

Brown researchers launch tool to map World Cup players, fans and potential to spread disease

Using data from FIFA, Brown epidemiologists developed a tracking tool aimed at assisting public health experts in the event of an infectious disease...

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Health news • Jun 10

Congo’s Ebola outbreak spreads to new health zone

Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to a new health zone in the northeastern province of Ituri, ​authorities said on Wednesday, as fresh infections underline...

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Health news • Jun 10

How extreme heat affects heart health

SALT LAKE CITY — Summer heat isn't just uncomfortable — it can be dangerous, especially for people living with heart conditions. Dr. Miroslaw Sochanski of...

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Health news • Jun 10

3 Connecticut children die from apparent diphenhydramine overdoses, no confirmed link to viral 'Benadryl challenge'

Three children in Connecticut have died in the past two months from apparent diphenhydramine overdoses, prompting state officials to warn parents about...

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Health news • Jun 10

Wayne County Public Health Officials confirm third positive rabies case

Wayne County Public Health Officials say a person has been exposed to rabies after a barn cat in Galen tested positive for rabies.

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Health news • Jun 10

71% Explosion in Social Anxiety Disorder

A new study tracks a 71% explosion in Social Anxiety Disorder, revealing that social phobia now affects 24% of young Canadians.

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Health news • Jun 10

Sleep, Exercise Mitigate Cardiovascular Risk From Blood Mutations

Research indicates sleep and exercise can repress the inflammatory effects of age-related genetic mutations in white blood cells.

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Health news • Jun 10

The largest genetic study of anxiety symptom severity to date has found the condition is not only heritable but shows significant genetic overlap with heart disease, gut disorders, and migraine, in findings researchers describe as an important step forward in un

The question of whether anxiety is primarily a condition of the mind or of the body has never resolved cleanly, and a major new genetics study published...

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Health news • Jun 10

Decades-old puzzle solved as scientists uncover cause of inflammatory bowel disease

Researchers at the Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, together with Newcastle University's Translational and Clinical Research Institute...

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Health news • Jun 10

Mutation-dependent responses to sleep and exercise in clonal haematopoiesis

Clonal haematopoiesis (CH) activates inflammation and increases the risk of atherosclerosis1,2. Whether lifestyle alters CH clone expansion or the...

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Health news • Jun 10

SIRT7 regulates dosage compensation and safeguards the female X chromosome

Sirtuins are deacetylases implicated in stress responses and longevity in mammals1,2. Although their differential impact on disease for the two sexes has...

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Health news • Jun 10

A new guideline links care for heart, kidney and metabolic diseases

A guideline treats heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes and obesity as connected conditions under one umbrella: CKM syndrome.

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Health news • Jun 10

Dead geese reported in Bethlehem area prompt warning from police (UPDATE)

Police in Northampton County issued a warning Wednesday about dead geese reported in the Bethlehem area. Colonial Regional police said multiple dead geese...

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Health news • Jun 10

Tick-borne illness alpha-gal syndrome now considered public health threat in Mass.

Alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne condition that can lead to a potentially serious allergic reaction to red meat and dairy, has been classified as a public...

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Health news • Jun 10

Leading OB-GYN society breaks from CDC on recommended vaccines for pregnant women, including COVID-19

All pregnant people should get the COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza, and Tdap vaccines, according to new recommendations from the...

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Health news • Jun 10

Dietitian Explains What Really Happens When Coffee Hits An Empty Stomach First Thing In The Morning

While social media often portrays drinking coffee first thing in the morning as harmful, the reality is more nuanced and rooted in physiology.

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