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11May
2023

Seat Post Defect Spurs Recall of 2 Million Peloton Exercise Bikes

Seat Post Defect Spurs Recall of 2 Million Peloton Exercise BikesTHURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- People who use a Peloton exercise bike at home should check their model number immediately.A recall of 2 million bikes with the model number PL01 was issued Thursday. People should stop using them immediately because of fall and injury hazards, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.The new recall follows reports of seat posts that break and detach from the bike during use. Peloton has received 35 reports of this problem, including 13 involving injuries. The reported injuries include a fractured wrist, cuts and bruises from falling off the bike.Customers who have the recalled bike can contact Peloton for a free seat post and instructions on installing it.The PL01 model number is displayed on the bike's inside front fork, near the...

The Most Common Allergy Medicines

11 May 2023
The Most Common Allergy MedicinesTHURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- If you suffer from allergies, you know how bothersome and uncomfortable the sneezing and itchy eyes can be. These symptoms are more than irritating — they impact day-to-day activities like work, school, sports, sleeping and even eating.Not only that, but allergies can also cause more serious health problems such as asthma and even anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic reaction.Allergies are a common health condition affecting almost one-third of adults in the United States and just over one-quarter of children under 17, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.But there is relief at hand: Here’s what you need to know about the most common allergy medicines, the type of allergies they treat, how they work and...

AHA News: Health Advice For Women at Each Stage of...

11 May 2023
AHA News: Health Advice For Women at Each Stage of MotherhoodTHURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Everyone knows that on Mother's Day, Mom's needs come first. But the rest of the year, mothers often put their health care on hold to focus on others."A lot of times as women, we tend to put ourselves last," said Dr. Marlene Blaise, a cardiologist in independent practice in Alpharetta, Georgia.Avoiding that is important for more than mothers themselves, said Jennifer Stuart, an epidemiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston."It's also important for our families," said Stuart, who has a doctorate in epidemiology and focuses her research on adverse pregnancy outcomes and maternal cardiovascular disease risk. "As a parent, you're laying down a foundation and modeling behaviors, healthy or...

Skin Patch Could Help Ease Peanut Allergy in Toddlers

11 May 2023
Skin Patch Could Help Ease Peanut Allergy in ToddlersTHURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A "peanut patch" worn on the skin may help protect toddlers who have potentially life-threatening peanut allergies, a new clinical trial shows.The patch is a form of immunotherapy, which means it exposes peanut-allergic children to tiny bits of peanut protein over time -- with the goal of training the immune system to better tolerate it.In the trial, researchers found that of toddlers who wore the peanut patch every day for a year, two-thirds showed a significant reduction in their sensitivity to peanut protein: They were able to eat the equivalent of one to four peanuts without suffering an allergic reaction.While that might sound like peanuts, experts said that level of tolerance is important.The goal of immunotherapy is to prevent a severe...

Vaccine Slows Return of Pancreatic Cancer in Early Trial

11 May 2023
Vaccine Slows Return of Pancreatic Cancer in Early TrialTHURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) – A gene-targeted personalized vaccine may delay the return of pancreatic cancer according to a small, but promising, trial.The mRNA vaccine, which was tailored to the genetic makeup of each patient's tumor, worked in half of those who received it during 18 months of follow-up, researchers reported May 10 in the journal Nature.Scientists at BioNTech (known for developing a COVID vaccine with Pfizer during the pandemic) and Genentech created the novel vaccine. Experts reacted to the news with cautious hope.“It’s relatively early days,” Dr. Patrick Ott, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, told the New York Times.“This is the first demonstrable success — and I will call it a success, despite the preliminary nature of the study...

Scans Suggest Sleep Apnea Could Be Harming Your Brain

11 May 2023
Scans Suggest Sleep Apnea Could Be Harming Your BrainTHURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Poor sleep brought on by sleep apnea may ultimately undermine the brain health of older men and women, new research suggests.The concern stems from a new brain scan investigation that involved 140 sleep apnea patients.“Sleep apnea is a medical condition in which patients ... stop breathing during sleep, which can affect their sleep quality by causing multiple arousals and dropping oxygen levels,” said lead study author Dr. Diego Carvalho. He is an assistant professor of neurology at the Mayo Clinic Center for Sleep Medicine in Rochester, Minn. Sleep apnea “has been associated with increased risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, heart attack, stroke, cognitive impairment and dementia,” Carvalho said.And, he noted, it is known to...

Methadone Treatment Does Help Curb Fentanyl, Heroin Use, Study Shows

11 May 2023
Methadone Treatment Does Help Curb Fentanyl, Heroin Use, Study ShowsTHURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- When people receive methadone treatment for opioid use disorder, their use of the dangerous drugs heroin and fentanyl significantly declines, a new study shows. But decreases in cocaine or methamphetamine use were not seen in a year of treatment, researchers report.“Methadone treatment can have tremendous success reducing fentanyl and heroin use in individuals, but this study shows we aren’t addressing the complexity of polysubstance use,” said study lead author Brendan Saloner, an associate professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. “The findings clearly sound an alarm bell that we need more tools to support other types of substance use,” Saloner added in a school news release.The findings are...

COVID in Cats Mirrored What Was Happening in People

11 May 2023
COVID in Cats Mirrored What Was Happening in PeopleTHURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cats who became infected with COVID-19 had the same variants as their owners throughout the different phases of the pandemic, new research finds.Scientists looked at retrospective samples to assess COVID-19 infections in U.K. cats from April 2020 to February 2022. The cats had been infected with the Alpha and Delta variants following their emergence in the human population.“Our findings suggest that there has been continued human-to-cat transmissions of SARS-CoV-2,” said lead study author Grace Tyson, a PhD student at MRC-University of Glasgow Center for Virus Research, in Scotland.“Therefore, it is important that we continue to monitor SARS-CoV-2 infections in pet cats that are in close contact with their COVID-19-positive owners, as it...

Science Reveals Key Driver of Alzheimer's, and How Newly...

WEDNESDAY, May 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have isolated for the first time a free-floating form of amyloid beta that appears to be a key driver of Alzheimer’s disease.Further, they...

Marijuana Use Implicated in Almost a Third of Cases of...

WEDNESDAY, May 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Marijuana appears to significantly increase young men’s risk of developing schizophrenia, a new study suggests.Up to 30% of schizophrenia cases among...
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