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  • Parents urged to vaccinate children as flu cases rise

    Parents urged to vaccinate children as flu cases rise

    Parents are being urged to get their children vaccinated against flu over half-term as the NHS warned of rising cases of the disease.

    There is an early flu season, health officials say, and the latest data for England showed cases and…

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  • Socioeconomic Gaps Worsen Survival in Young Lung Cancer

    Socioeconomic Gaps Worsen Survival in Young Lung Cancer

    A MAJOR new analysis of more than 18,000 adults with early-onset non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has revealed that survival outcomes vary sharply depending on both clinical and socioeconomic factors. The findings, drawn from a large USA…

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  • Estrogen therapy shows mixed mental health effects in menopause

    Estrogen therapy shows mixed mental health effects in menopause

    Takeaways

    • Estrogen-based hormone therapy did not consistently reduce anxiety or depression in perimenopausal or postmenopausal women.
    • Modest benefits were observed among symptomatic women within a few years of their final menstrual period,…

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  • People’s Pharmacy: Can taking aspirin daily help keep colon cancer at bay?

    People’s Pharmacy: Can taking aspirin daily help keep colon cancer at bay?

    Q. My father died of colon cancer back in 1999. His brother and sister both died of colon cancer too, so this is a big concern in our family.

    After my father died, I read up on things that might possibly reduce this disease. Aspirin was one, so…

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  • COVID-19 mRNA vaccines can trigger the immune system to recognize and kill cancer, research finds

    COVID-19 mRNA vaccines can trigger the immune system to recognize and kill cancer, research finds

    The COVID-19 mRNA-based vaccines that saved 2.5 million lives globally during the pandemic could help spark the immune system to fight cancer. This is the surprising takeaway of a new study that we and our colleagues published in the journal…

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  • Cholera Epidemic Rapidly Spreading Across The Country

    Cholera Epidemic Rapidly Spreading Across The Country

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  • Rising Polio Cases In Pakistan And Afghanistan Raise Alarm In India

    Although the World Health Organization (WHO) certified India as polio-free in March 2014, the resurgence of polio cases in countries such as Pakistan and Afghanistan has raised concern in India.

    India Last Reported Polio Case In 2011

    Deepak Kapur,…

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  • Insulin resistance-related indices, genetic risk, and the risk of cardiovascular disease in individuals with preclinical or clinical obesity: a large prospective cohort study in the UK biobank | Cardiovascular Diabetology

    Insulin resistance-related indices, genetic risk, and the risk of cardiovascular disease in individuals with preclinical or clinical obesity: a large prospective cohort study in the UK biobank | Cardiovascular Diabetology

  • Mensah GA, Fuster V, Murray CJL, Roth GA. Global burden of cardiovascular diseases and risks, 1990–2022. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023;82(25):2350–473.

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