Many adolescents and young adults diagnosed with cancer are experiencing high psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in Psycho-Oncology.
Jan 6, 2022
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Haven't had a health check in a while, or ever?
Jan 3, 2022
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Imagine visiting the doctor, answering a few basic questions and getting an on-the-spot estimate of whether you'll experience heart failure in the next 30 years.
Dec 21, 2021
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It was a good year for medical research of all kinds, as a team of researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago wondered if a treatment for Alzheimer's has been sitting on pharmacy shelves for decades. They found ...
Middle-aged endurance athletes have better control of blood pressure and higher arterial elasticity (a noninvasive measure of cardiovascular risk) than sedentary adults in the same age group. They also displayed comparable ...
Dec 9, 2021
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New Burnet Institute research has revealed the importance of specific proteins in the blood known as complement to clear infection and prevent malaria in pregnancy, a cause of severe disease and significant maternal, fetal, ...
Dec 9, 2021
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Usually diagnosed in children, teens and young adults, type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks and destroys insulin-secreting β-cells in the pancreas. As a result, people with type 1 diabetes ...
Nov 10, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Young, Black Americans are experiencing significant spikes in obesity, type 2 diabetes and smoking, all risk factors for heart attack and stroke.
Nov 9, 2021
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(HealthDay)—The blood lead reference value (BLRV) in children has been updated to 3.5 µg/dL, according to research published in the Oct. 29 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality ...
Oct 29, 2021
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U.S. health officials have changed their definition of lead poisoning in young children—a move expected to more than double the number of kids with worrisome levels of the toxic metal in their blood.
Oct 28, 2021
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