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Stay Independent of Asthma, Allergies This July 4th

Stay Independent of Asthma, Allergies This July 4thFRIDAY, July 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) – It’s time to enjoy summer celebrations, but allergies and asthma can put a damper on the festivities.They don’t need to. The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) offers some tips for keeping them in check.“The 4th of July is a favorite holiday for many Americans because it’s in the middle of summer and folks can enjoy lovely weather with their festivities,” said allergist Dr. Mark Corbett, president of ACAAI. “But that doesn’t mean allergy and asthma symptoms won’t flare. Those with asthma need to be cautious at events where smoke will be featured. Smoke in any form – from fireworks, bonfires, or campfires – should be on the list of things to bypass.”If your celebrations will be outdoors and you have...

Supreme Court Curbs EPA's Authority Over Power Plant...

30 June 2022
Supreme Court Curbs EPA`s Authority Over Power Plant EmissionsTHURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) – In a ruling that will curb efforts to fight climate change, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate carbon emissions from power plants.The 6-3 decision comes as scientists are warning about the growing threat posed by global warming.It could potentially extend to other actions taken by administrative agencies, the New York Times reported.As with several recent high court rulings, the ruling came with the three liberal justices dissenting. They said the decision strips the EPA of “the power to respond to the most pressing environmental challenge of our time.”In her dissent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote that the court had substituted its own policy judgment for that of...

FDA Tells Vaccine Makers to Update Boosters to Target...

30 June 2022
FDA Tells Vaccine Makers to Update Boosters to Target Omicron SubvariantsTHURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it has asked vaccine makers to update their COVID-19 booster shots to target the Omicron subvariants known as BA.4 and BA.5.The two highly contagious subvariants now account for more than half of all new COVID cases in the United States."As we move into the fall and winter, it is critical that we have safe and effective vaccine boosters that can provide protection against circulating and emerging variants to prevent the most severe consequences of COVID-19," Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said in an agency news release."Vaccine manufacturers have already reported data from clinical trials with modified vaccines containing an...

Harnessing a Virus to Fight a Killer Brain Tumor in Kids

30 June 2022
Harnessing a Virus to Fight a Killer Brain Tumor in KidsTHURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A therapy that uses a virus to kill tumor cells can be safely given to children with a rare, incurable form of brain cancer, an early study has found.The study -- published June 30 in the New England Journal of Medicine -- involved just 12 children with the disease, called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG).But experts said it demonstrates the feasibility of directly delivering the viral therapy to the cancer, which forms in the brain stem.Whether the approach can ultimately extend children's lives, however, remains to be seen.DIPG is rare, affecting between 200 and 400 U.S. children each year. There is no cure, in large part because of the nature of the cancer: It arises in a part of the brain stem called the pons, which controls bodily...

Cancer Survivors Face Higher Heart Risks Later

30 June 2022
Cancer Survivors Face Higher Heart Risks LaterTHURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If you survive cancer, you're more apt to have heart trouble later on, a new study shows.Researchers found that compared to others, cancer survivors had a 42% greater risk of heart disease, most likely due to damage resulting from cancer treatment."There are chemotherapies that can damage the heart, and radiation to the chest can also affect the heart," said lead researcher Dr. Roberta Florido, director of cardio-oncology at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore. "So it's possible that these therapies, in the long run, increase the risk of cardiovascular disease."The risk for heart failure after cancer was particularly high: 52%. Stroke risk also rose 22%. There wasn't, however, a significantly higher risk for heart attack or coronary artery...

Will You Be Depositing at the 'Stool Bank' Someday?

30 June 2022
Will You Be Depositing at the `Stool Bank` Someday?THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Banking samples of your own poop in your youth and then transplanting them back when you're old might be a key to healthy aging, scientists suggest.Stool samples frozen and stored when a person is vital and healthy could potentially rejuvenate bacteria in the gut that's become damaged due to aging, disease or antibiotic use, according to an opinion piece published June 30 in the journal Trends in Molecular Medicine.Fecal transplants already are used to treat C. difficile, an opportunistic bug that causes severe diarrhea in people whose gut bacteria has been wiped out by antibiotic use, said senior opinion author Yang-Yu Liu, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School.Damaged or aging gut bacteria also have been linked to increased rates...

AHA News: 8 Days After Giving Birth, 29-Year-Old Had a Stroke

30 June 2022
AHA News: 8 Days After Giving Birth, 29-Year-Old Had a StrokeTHURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Noelia Gutierrez appreciated her mother traveling from New York to Florida to help with the arrival of her third child. One day, Gutierrez decided to have a fun lunch: She would introduce her mom to sushi. And her brother, a flight attendant who was on the road, would witness the occasion via video chat.Holding her 8-day-old daughter against her chest, Gutierrez was eating at her kitchen counter when a bizarre fire-hot sensation bore into her head."Mom, I'm having a headache and it doesn't feel normal," she said.Then her right side started to tingle.Gutierrez, a nurse practitioner, handed the baby to her mother and called 911.Then Gutierrez started to shake.Paramedics determined the 29-year-old was having a stroke. As they...

Brain Changes Link Menopause With Higher Alzheimer's Risk

30 June 2022
Brain Changes Link Menopause With Higher Alzheimer`s RiskTHURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than men, and a new study shows that certain brain changes known to increase this risk may accrue during menopause.Women who have gone through menopause have more white matter hyperintensities in their brains than premenopausal women or men of the same age, researchers found. These are tiny lesions seen on brain scans that are linked to an increased risk of cerebral small vessel diseases, including stroke, Alzheimer's disease and problems with thinking and memory."At a younger age, on average, there are no discernible differences between men and women, [but] older women have more of these abnormalities than men of similar age, and this gap occurs around menopause and widens thereafter,"...

Many Parents Ignore Fireworks Safety

THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Many U.S. parents don't take proper precautions to protect their children from fireworks-related burns and injuries, claims a new survey released just...

Safer Roadways Could Save 540,000 Lives a Year Worldwide

THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Traffic accidents kill about 1.35 million people around the world each year.As the United Nations convenes a meeting on global road safety, new research...
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