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FDA’s new regulations underscore the complexity around screening for women with dense breasts

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The Food and Drug Administration implemented a rule to go into effect on Sept. 10, 2024, requiring mammography facilities to notify women about their breast density. The goal is to ensure that women nationwide are informed about the risks of breast density, advised that other imaging tests might help find cancers and urged to talk with their ...Read more

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Ask the Pediatrician: 10 tips to keep children healthy and happy in school

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As the school year begins, every family wants their children to be healthy, active and ready to learn.

To prepare children and teens to be at their best – physically, mentally, socially and emotionally – the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends regular visits with the pediatrician, as well as immunizations that help keep all family ...Read more

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Errors in Deloitte-run Medicaid systems can cost millions and take years to fix

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The computer systems run by the consulting giant Deloitte that millions of Americans rely on for Medicaid and other government benefits are prone to errors that can take years and hundreds of millions of dollars to update. While states wait for fixes from Deloitte, beneficiaries risk losing access to health care and food.

Changes needed to fix ...Read more

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Understanding CAR-T cell therapy for cancer: Mayo Clinic expert explains how it works

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World Lymphoma Day is September 15

ROCHESTER, Minn. — For many doctors and researchers, immunotherapy that uses someone’s own immune system to target and attack cancer cells is the next and best frontier of cancer treatment. Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, or CAR-T cell therapy, is one type of immunotherapy. Sometimes likened to a...Read more

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Cures for rare diseases now exist. Employers don't want to pay

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As a wave of gene therapies with multimillion-dollar price tags hit the market, many employers are dropping coverage and leaving families in a bind.

For Amanda Reed, the blows came one after another, a gut-punch introduction to motherhood.

Newborn screening this spring revealed her twin boys had a rare inherited condition called spinal ...Read more

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Starmer blames Tories for 'broken' health service in England

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer blamed his Conservative predecessors for leaving England’s health service in a “broken” state, in his latest effort to frame the political narrative ahead of what’s expected to be a difficult budget proposal next month.

Successive Tory-led governments dealt “unforgiveable” damage to the National Health ...Read more

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New treatment could be “game-changing tool” in fight against Alzheimer's, CSU research finds

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DENVER — Laboratory mice with cognitive issues including Alzheimer’s disease showed improved memory skills within a couple of weeks of treatment with a new medicine tested at Colorado State University.

The combination of drugs targets two brain proteins critical in neuroinflammation, which is involved in brain aging and Alzheimer’s, ...Read more

As eastern equine encephalitis spreads, a neurologist explains how to stay safe during this latest outbreak of the ‘triple E’ virus

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The 2024 outbreak of eastern equine encephalitis – known as triple E or EEE – has caused six reported and confirmed human disease cases in five states, including one death, as of Sept. 4, 2024.

EEE surfaces nearly every year in the U.S., but with another outbreak of West Nile virus also spreading across the country, health ...Read more

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Health agencies scramble to prepare for new mpox strain

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WASHINGTON — State and federal health agencies are gearing up to respond to a new strain of mpox — the virus formerly known as monkeypox — if the new strain spreads to the United States.

But this time, they are doing so with fewer resources.

Both an mpox public health emergency declaration and federal pandemic preparedness law were still...Read more

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Massachusetts reports another EEE case, raising risk levels: 'Mosquito season is not over'

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Another EEE case has been reported in the Bay State, raising the risk levels in several communities as health officials remind people to keep using bug spray and reschedule outdoor evening events.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Thursday announced an additional human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) and one more human ...Read more

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As interest from families wanes, pediatricians scale back on COVID shots

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When pediatrician Eric Ball opened a refrigerator full of childhood vaccines, all the expected shots were there — DTaP, polio, pneumococcal vaccine — except one.

“This is where we usually store our COVID vaccines, but we don’t have any right now because they all expired at the end of last year and we had to dispose of them,” said Ball...Read more

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Calif. university favors pricey doctoral program for nurse-midwives amid maternal care crisis

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One of California’s two programs for training nurse-midwives has stopped admitting students while it revamps its curriculum to offer only doctoral degrees, a move that’s drawn howls of protest from alumni, health policy experts, and faculty who accuse the University of California of putting profits above public health needs.

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Alabama man dead after surgeon removed liver instead of spleen

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An Alabama man died last month when a surgeon in Florida mistakenly removed his liver instead of his spleen during an emergency procedure, his family said.

William Bryan, 70, and his wife Beverly, of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, were visiting their property in Okaloosa County, Florida, when he started feeling pain on the left side of his abdomen, ...Read more

8 healthy night-time snacks that are satisfying and sleep-promoting

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It’s all too common to feel nagging hunger pangs in the hours between dinner and bedtime. But night time snack foods and drinks are notorious for being less-than-healthy. And while certainly delicious, certain options can also negatively impact sleep and leave you wanting more.

Here are some great food choices that are satisfying, nutritious,...Read more

Environmental Nutrition: Catching up with carob

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A health food darling of the ’70s, carob fell out of favor and virtually vanished from the mainstream. The good news is, it’s back!

The folklore

Carob dates back about 4,000 years to the Mediterranean region. Carob pods were used by ancient Egyptians to feed livestock (a practice still used today), and the gum made from the seeds is ...Read more

Mayo Clinic Q&A: What you should know about binge-eating disorders

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DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My niece is living in my home while she is attending college. I've invited her to eat meals with our family, but she typically declines, desiring to eat alone in her room. I'm concerned because she often seems to eat a lot of food at one time, like two sandwiches with two bags of chips or a quart of ice cream. Could this be a ...Read more

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Mayo Clinic Minute: What new college students should know about bacterial meningitis

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As students head off to college, close quarters in new spaces could put them at risk for contagious illnesses, including bacterial meningitis. Dr. Tina Ardon, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, explains the common ways meningitis spreads and the best way to prevent an infection.

Meningitis is a condition that inflames the membranes around...Read more

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Mayo Clinic Q and A: Understanding Graves' disease

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DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My friend was just diagnosed with Graves' disease, but I don’t know much about it. I want to be supportive and educate myself. What is Graves' disease, and how does it affect the body? How is it treated?

ANSWER: Graves' disease is a condition of the immune system that leads to an overactive thyroid. It is caused by ...Read more

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Commentary: Voting is a social determinant of health

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Approximately 244 million Americans will have the opportunity to vote in the 2024 elections. In the 2020 election, an unprecedented 67 percent of those eligible turned out to vote. If turnout reaches that level again, it will result in over 162 million ballots being cast by November, reports the Bipartisan Policy Center.

Over the past two ...Read more

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Mayo Clinic Q and A: Diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. Now what?

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DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have high blood pressure and was just diagnosed as having chronic kidney disease. I am disheartened by this news, but I also am determined to do more to improve my health. I know I may not be able to reverse my condition, but I am hoping to avoid dialysis or a kidney transplant for as long as possible.

ANSWER: Your ...Read more