U.S. Will Spend $266 Million to Bolster Public Health Programs
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. government will invest $266 million to shore up the community and public health workforce using American Rescue Plan funding.About $225.5 million will go to 83 recipients to support training and appr…
Learn MoreU.S. Will Spend $266 Million to Bolster Public Health Programs
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. government will invest $266 million to shore up the community and public health workforce using American Rescue Plan funding.About $225.5 million will go to 83 recipients to support training and appr…
Learn MoreSexual Dysfunction Common Among Young Women With Cancer
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More than 60 percent of young women diagnosed with cancer have sexual dysfunction, with more problems reported by women with cancer than among women from the general population, according to a study published…
Learn MoreVaccine-Associated Aluminum Linked to Persistent Asthma in Young Children
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — There is an association between vaccine-associated aluminum and persistent asthma among children with and without eczema, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in Academic Pediatrics.Matthew F. Daley…
Learn MoreWeightlifting Linked to Lower Risk for All-Cause, CVD Mortality
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Weightlifting and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) are associated with a reduced risk for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, with the lowest risk seen for adults reporting both MVPA and weig…
Learn MoreReusable Contacts Increase Risks for Acanthamoeba Keratitis
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The risk for Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is tripled in daily wear (DW) reusable contact lens users versus daily disposable (DD) contact lens users, according to a study published online Aug. 8 in Ophthalmolog…
Learn More2021 Saw Increase in Number of Suicides, Suicide Rate
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — From 2020 to 2021, there was an increase in the number of suicides and in the age-adjusted suicide rate, according to a September Vital Statistics Rapid Release report, a publication from the U.S. Centers fo…
Learn MoreOptimizing Lifestyle Factors May Cut T2DM Risk Despite GDM History
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus, there is an inverse association between number of optimal modifiable factors and an incrementally lower risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a stud…
Learn MoreNovel Inherited Variants May Raise Risk for Hodgkin Lymphoma
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Novel coding and noncoding gene variants have been identified that may increase the risk for developing Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), according to a study published online Aug. 20 in Blood.Jamie E. Flerlage, M.D., f…
Learn MoreGastric Mapping Device Used to Study Gastric Dysfunction
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Two groups of patients with chronic nausea and vomiting syndromes (NVS) have been identified, with overlapping symptoms but distinct underlying phenotypes, according to a study published in the Sept. 21 issue…
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