Category: 6. Health

  • Africa no longer facing mpox emergency: regional health chief – Medical Xpress

    1. Africa no longer facing mpox emergency: regional health chief  Medical Xpress
    2. Lifting of Mpox as a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS)  Africa CDC
    3. Africa CDC ends mpox emergency status in Africa as infections, deaths decline  

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  • Incidental Finding of an Aneurysm of the Sinus of Valsalva in a Young Woman: A Management Dilemma

    Incidental Finding of an Aneurysm of the Sinus of Valsalva in a Young Woman: A Management Dilemma

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  • What Drinking Too Much Coffee Does to Your Body—And How to Recover, According to RDs

    What Drinking Too Much Coffee Does to Your Body—And How to Recover, According to RDs

    Key Takeaways

    • Drinking too much coffee can overstimulate your nervous system, leading to jitters, anxiety, digestive upset, a racing heart, and sleep trouble—especially above about 400 mg of caffeine per day.

    • If you overdo it, stop caffeine,…

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  • Hull babies to be offered genetic screening at birth

    Hull babies to be offered genetic screening at birth

    Newborn babies in Hull will be able to be screened for more than 200 rare genetic conditions as part of a national study to identify disorders earlier.

    The Generation Study offers genomic sequencing using a small blood sample, usually taken from…

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  • Blood-based epigenetic signatures enable early risk assessment in prediabetes

    Blood-based epigenetic signatures enable early risk assessment in prediabetes

    Prediabetes is an extremely heterogeneous metabolic disorder. Scientists from several partner institutes of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) have now used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify epigenetic markers…

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  • ACE Inhibitor Use Tied to Better Survival in IPF – European Medical Journal ACE Inhibitor Use and Mortality in IPF

    ACE Inhibitor Use Tied to Better Survival in IPF – European Medical Journal ACE Inhibitor Use and Mortality in IPF

    IN idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, ACE inhibitor therapy correlated with reduced all-cause mortality in matched records unlike COPD.

    ACE Inhibitor Use and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Survival

    Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors are…

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  • Parents raising awareness after son’s death

    Parents raising awareness after son’s death

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    Carys Nally,Bristol

    Family handout Hudson smiles at the camera with a ball pit behind him. He is wearing a light green shirt with micky mouse faces all over it. Hudson has brown-ginger hair.Family handout

    Hudson was weeks from celebrating his third birthday when he collapsed and died

    The family of a toddler who died after collapsing while playing at home have paid tribute to their “fearless” little…

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  • What Your Farts Can Tell You About Your Gut Health

    What Your Farts Can Tell You About Your Gut Health

    • Gas is a normal part of life and can actually reveal a lot about your health.
    • Differences in sound, smell and frequency of gas are usually due to lifestyle factors, like diet and stress.
    • If you experience sudden changes in gas or bowel habits,…

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