Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Managing multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease that looks different in everyone who has it—and you may know more people who have it than you think.
Mar 5, 2024
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Medications
Your lifestyle can determine how well your medicine will work
By examining liver samples from 116 deceased persons with severe mental disorders, researchers have demonstrated that smoking, obesity and alcohol use can be decisive in determining how medicine will work for an individual ...
Mar 4, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC shortens recommended COVID isolation period
New guidance issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to routinely stay home for five days.
Mar 4, 2024
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Health
COVID-19 no longer means five days in isolation, CDC says
Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days, U.S. health officials announced Friday.
Mar 1, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Latest booster reduces adults' risk of moderate or severe COVID by more than half
The most recent COVID-19 booster shot reduces adults' risk of moderate or severe COVID by more than half, according to a new nationwide data study from September 2023 through January 2024, a period of JN.1 variant dominance.
Mar 1, 2024
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Health
Extreme weather events tied to increased mortality and emergency department activity
Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of severe weather events, which may particularly endanger vulnerable populations such as the elderly. Researchers examined how weather disasters between 2011 and 2016 ...
Feb 29, 2024
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Neuroscience
Research and customized care make aging with multiple sclerosis better
Physician scientists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine are studying why multiple sclerosis (MS) worsens as patients grow older.
Feb 28, 2024
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Inflammatory disorders
Poorly controlled asthma emits same quantity of greenhouse gas as 124,000 homes each year in the UK: Study
Patients whose asthma is poorly controlled account for eight times excess greenhouse gas emissions compared with those whose condition is well controlled—equivalent to that produced by 124,000 homes each year in the U.K. ...
Feb 27, 2024
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Rodeo sport safety: Injuries and prevention
It's time to giddy up for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, where spectators watch cowboys and cowgirls in their respective rodeo sports. While rodeo athletes make their efforts look simple, rodeo is one of the most strenuous ...
Feb 27, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers identify potential new subtype of chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease defined by abnormal tau protein accumulating in a particular pattern in specific regions of the brain.
Feb 26, 2024
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