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Health news • Apr 16

South Florida Experiencing Rise in Injuries with Continued E-bike Popularity Surge

As Ira Leesfield, Founder and Managing Partner of Leesfield & Partners, continues to sound the alarm on e-bike-related injuries, the trend shows no — April...

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Health news • Apr 16

Are Your Allergies Worse This Season? Climate Change and Pollution Might Be to Blame.

Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. About a quarter of Americans suffer from...

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Health news • Apr 16

How to tick-proof your yard

You probably can't keep every tick off your property, but there are ways to deter them — which could help reduce the risk of tick-borne diseases such as...

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Health news • Apr 16

Golden Retriever Starts ‘Screaming,’ but His Mood Changes When He Meets His Babies

Boojeaux the Golden Retriever cares for baby chicks, and an adorable video from @dojeauxcreamgoldens on Instagram shows that he wants them in his sight at...

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Health news • Apr 16

Novo weight-loss drug may preserve lean body mass better than Lilly's, study finds

Eli Lilly's GLP-1 ​drug tirzepatide yields greater weight loss on average than Novo Nordisk's semaglutide, but at a greater expense ‌to muscles and...

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Health news • Apr 16

Younger adult colon cancer deaths are concentrated in people with less education, study says

A new study finds the worrisome rise in colorectal cancer deaths among younger adults is concentrated in people with less education.

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Health news • Apr 16

A major pregnancy scare collapses: Tylenol shows no autism risk in more than 1.5 million children

Acetaminophen, which also goes by names like paracetamol or Tylenol, is a common over-the-counter pain reliever and fever reducer.

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Health news • Apr 16

Hospital admissions due to e-bike and e-scooter injuries have spiked in recent years, study says

Hospital admissions due to electric bike and scooter injuries have spiked in recent years, a new study says. The rise of traumatic brain injuries from these...

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Health news • Apr 16

Heartbroken Texas dog owner reveals that deadly ‘kissing bug’ killed her dog - as experts say cases are on the rise

A heartbroken Texas dog owner revealed that her dog was killed by a deadly disease spread by the so-called kissing bug. Tropical Chagas disease is spread by...

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Health news • Apr 16

'Absent or trivial' effects: Anti-amyloid Alzheimer's drugs called into question once again

Top drugmakers have spent more than a decade investigating and advancing anti-amyloid Alzheimer's medicines in clinical studies, generating enough evidence...

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Health news • Apr 16

A Netflix Documentary Has a Bizarre Idea About How to Get Pregnant. I’ve Watched My Patients Fall for It.

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Health news • Apr 16

This speech pattern is an indicator of a brain in cognitive decline

Early research ties a speech pattern called word-finding difficulty (WFD) to the same cognitive decline seen during the onset of Alzheimer's.

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Health news • Apr 16

ER Visits For Tick Bites At Highest Level In A Decade: What To Know In CT

Emergency room visits for tick bites are on the rise in the Northeast, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Health news • Apr 16

Tumour cells use a genetic trick to become drug-resistant

CANCERS ARE real biological cheats. Whereas most of the cells in a healthy animal's body get along by following the same set of genetic rules, cancer cells...

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Health news • Apr 16

Heart health: Why your workout schedule might be working against you

Are you an early bird or a night owl? A new study finds that aligning exercise times with natural alertness patterns may help slash 'bad' cholesterol,...

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Health news • Apr 16

A bacterial CARD–NLR-like immune system controls the release of gene transfer agents

Bacteria use immune systems to detect and defend against mobile genetic elements including phages. Gene transfer agents (GTAs) are domesticated prophages...

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Health news • Apr 16

Ticks are surging early in Connecticut — the data shows how much

Data shows increase in tick submissions from Connecticut residents and healthcare facilities, possibly transmitting Lyme disease meat allergies like...

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Health news • Apr 16

Influencer with Paralyzed Stomach Addresses Speculation That Her Condition Is Due to Taking GLP-1 (Exclusive)

Shayla Talei's inability to eat without pain caused her to lose about 100 lbs. over the course of months before she was officially diagnosed with...

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Health news • Apr 16

Influencer with Paralyzed Stomach Addresses Speculation That Her Condition Is Due to Taking GLP-1 (Exclusive)

Shayla Talei lives with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) and gastroparesis, the latter of which means that her stomach is essentially paralyzed.

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Health news • Apr 16

Effect of antiamyloid Alzheimer’s drugs ‘absent or trivial,’ Cochrane review finds

These drugs were hailed by proponents as breakthroughs in the fight to treat Alzheimer's disease, but a new independent review finds they make “no...

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