Higher Meat Intake in Older Adults May Raise Risk for ASCVD
FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Higher intakes of unprocessed red meat, total meat, and total animal source foods (ASF) are associated with higher atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk, with the associations mediated by trimet…
Learn MoreCOVID May Be Tied to Rise in Brain Infections in Children
FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 may be linked to a rise in bacterial brain infections in children, a new study suggests.When the pandemic hit, doctors at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital of Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, Mich., saw …
Learn MoreWhen Treating Cervical Lesions, Adding HPV Vaccine Could Further Curb Cancer Risk
FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Most sexually active people will contract the human papillomavirus (HPV) during their lifetimes, and about 90% will clear it from their bodies. But some women are susceptible to the cervical lesions that infect…
Learn MoreAHA News: 63 Years Ago, She Had Pioneering Open-Heart Surgery at Age 4
FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — At Susan Mangini’s checkup at age 2, the doctor subbing for her pediatrician asked about the girl’s heart murmur.Mangini’s mother was stunned. No one had ever mentioned a problem with her daugh…
Learn More1 in 8 COVID Patients Will Develop Long COVID, Study Finds
FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Numerous people have reported lingering or new symptoms after a COVID-19 infection, though exactly how many people are struggling with long COVID has remained unclear. Now, a new Dutch study finds about one of …
Learn MoreNew Yorkers Warned of Possible Community Spread of Polio
FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – New Yorkers who aren’t vaccinated for polio should get their shots, state public health officials warned Thursday after the virus was found in seven wastewater samples in two neighboring counties.The finding com…
Learn MoreLoneliness Can Be a Real Heartbreaker, Cardiac Experts Warn
FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Social isolation and loneliness put people at a 30% higher risk of heart attack, stroke or death from either, a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) warns.The statement also highlig…
Learn MoreBlood Protein Might Predict Future Risk of Diabetes, Cancer
FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Elevated levels of a specific protein appear to be linked to an increased risk of developing diabetes and dying from cancer, a new study finds.High levels of prostasin — mainly found in epithelial cells, which…
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