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  • Risk Stacking Linked to Increased COVID-19-Related Health Care Utilization

    Risk Stacking Linked to Increased COVID-19-Related Health Care Utilization

    Adults with multiple high-risk medical conditions experience substantially higher COVID-19-related health care utilization than immunocompromised individuals or older adults without high-risk conditions, according to study…

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  • High-Dose Rifampin Not Beneficial for Tuberculosis Meningitis

    High-Dose Rifampin Not Beneficial for Tuberculosis Meningitis

    HealthDay News — No benefit of high-dose versus standard-dose rifampin is seen among adults with tuberculosis meningitis, according to a study published online Dec. 17 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

    David…

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  • Higher Frequency or Quantity of Alcohol Intake Tied to Several Cancers – Infectious Disease Advisor

    1. Higher Frequency or Quantity of Alcohol Intake Tied to Several Cancers  Infectious Disease Advisor
    2. Is your drink increasing your cancer risk? Look at what experts say  The News International
    3. Planning to have a blast this Christmas and new year?…

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  • Daily LED-Based PBM Therapy Improves Oral Mucositis During Radiation Therapy

    Daily LED-Based PBM Therapy Improves Oral Mucositis During Radiation Therapy

    Clinical, patient-reported, and functional outcomes demonstrated consistent benefit for intraoral photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiation therapy with or without concurrent…

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  • Reducing, Modifying Saturated Fat Intake Cuts Cardiovascular, Death Risk – Rheumatology Advisor

    1. Reducing, Modifying Saturated Fat Intake Cuts Cardiovascular, Death Risk  Rheumatology Advisor
    2. Nina Teicholz | The war on saturated fat was never based on good science  The Tribune-Democrat
    3. Opinion: The war on saturated fat, never based on good…

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  • Recommendations Developed for Managing Adults With Congenital Heart Disease

    Recommendations Developed for Managing Adults With Congenital Heart Disease

    (HealthDay News) — In clinical practice guidelines issued by the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association and published online Dec. 18 in both the Journal of the American College of…

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  • A surprising brain cleanup reduced epileptic seizures and restored memory

    A surprising brain cleanup reduced epileptic seizures and restored memory

    Temporal lobe epilepsy causes repeated seizures and often interferes with memory and thinking. New research now suggests that this condition is also tied to early aging in certain brain cells. Scientists at Georgetown University Medical Center…

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  • Large UK study finds Mediterranean-style eating may reduce multiple sclerosis risk |

    Large UK study finds Mediterranean-style eating may reduce multiple sclerosis risk |

    A recent large-scale study shows how sticking to a Mediterranean diet may lower the risk of developing multiple sclerosis—particularly for younger adults and nonsmokers. Researchers followed thousands of people for nearly two decades and…

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