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Health news • Jun 23

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center patients, family members receive free parking thanks to nonprofit

Patients and family members got a nice surprise on Tuesday at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center after learning parking was free.

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Health news • Jun 23

Millions of Metformin drug users issued serious four day warning

The warning is due to the drug making users more susceptible to one thing.

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Health news • Jun 23

New York Times Features Cardiac AI Program Developed at NYP

A cardiac AI tool developed by NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia clinicians was featured in The New York Times for its potential to help doctors identify...

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Health news • Jun 23

COVID-19 vaccine study that was blocked from CDC journal is published elsewhere

A study on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness has been published after being blocked from a government health journal.

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Health news • Jun 23

Services Sold to Boost I.V.F. Odds Backed by Little Evidence, Study Finds

Some patients spend thousands of dollars on these extra 'add-on' procedures during fertility treatment.

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Health news • Jun 23

The big health benefits of a short break away from your desk

How often should you stand up and walk away from your computer during a long working day to balance the need to stay active — and sane — with the need to...

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Health news • Jun 23

Scientists begin first trial to reverse human aging

Scientists have taken a small but significant step toward testing the idea of reverse aging in humans. Researchers have treated the first participant in a...

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Health news • Jun 23

Last American hantavirus cruise ship passenger released from quarantine

All U.S. citizens from a cruise ship with a deadly hantavirus outbreak have completed quarantine, according to the CDC. No cases found in the U.S..

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Health news • Jun 23

CDC’s chief blocked a covid vaccine study. Now it’s in a top medical journal.

The study found that the vaccine reduced the risk of emergency department visits and hospitalizations among healthy adults by about half last winter.

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Health news • Jun 23

GABA Immune Pathway Drives Female Brain Cancer Growth

A new study identifies sex-specific glioblastoma immune mechanism where GABA reprograms granulocytic MDSCs to fuel tumor growth solely in females.

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Health news • Jun 23

Tick bite ER visits rise as patients question testing costs

The CDC's tracker shows ER visits for tick bites at the highest rates since 2019. And some people are getting sticker shock over the cost of testing.

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Health news • Jun 23

Yes, You Can Fix Your Aging Neck

You could spend days doing trials on various devices, professional treatments, and high-tech formulas designed to lift and firm the skin on your face,...

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Health news • Jun 23

Tasmanian devils, swift parrots, black swans: the animals at risk if bird flu takes off in Australia

Federal government identifies more than 150 native and unique bird species and 10 mammal species at 'very high risk'

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Health news • Jun 23

Hantavirus quarantine ends for exposed cruise passengers, including two with NH ties

The quarantine period is now over for the American passengers who were on a cruise ship hit by a deadly Hantavirus outbreak. A total of 18 people,...

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Health news • Jun 23

US provides Ebola treatment for outbreak in Congo, bringing trials closer

The U.S. has provided doses of an experimental antibody drug from Mapp Biopharmaceutical for use in ​clinical trials to fight the widening Ebola outbreak in...

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Health news • Jun 23

Mom's Confusion Dismissed as Menopause and Anxiety. Then She's Diagnosed with Incurable Brain Cancer

It was completely harrowing," Jack Dilger said of his mother's diagnosis, which eventually led to 13 brain surgeries in two years.

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Health news • Jun 23

A lethal virus has been found among Utah’s wild rabbits. Here’s what to know.

Two instances of a fatal and infectious disease that strikes rabbits has been found in two Utah counties, the state's Division of Wildlife Resources...

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Health news • Jun 23

Gene therapy cures metro New Orleans man of sickle cell, clears path for dream of becoming pilot

Daniel Cressy became the first patient in the Gulf South to be functionally cured of sickle cell disease through gene editing on Monday.

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Health news • Jun 23

The Rising Threat Of Tick-Borne Diseases In America—Here’s What To Know

A public health expert explains why tick-borne diseases are on the rise, what they are, and how to keep yourself and loved ones protected.

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Health news • Jun 23

Woman Donates $90K to YMCA Program for Alzheimer’s Patients and Their Caregivers in Honor of Late Husband

Sally Phillips said the community center provided physical and social opportunities for her husband Ken Titus after he was diagnosed with dementia.

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