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FRIDAY, Aug. 25, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- For more than half a century, scientists have debated the role of dietary cholesterol in a healthy diet. Because it was often associated with saturated fat, limiting dietary cholesterol – especially by restricting egg consumption – seemed to benefit heart-health efforts.More recently, accumulating data has caused researchers to broaden their thinking about how dietary cholesterol – and eggs – fit into a healthy eating pattern. "We've advanced considerably," said professor Linda Van Horn, chief of the nutrition division in the department of preventive medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. "And we proceed on these issues as we learn more."Change can be confusing. So here are answers...

FRIDAY, Aug. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Alice Tapper felt deathly ill, suffering from severe abdominal pain, a 102-degree fever and vomiting.Emergency room doctors found that Alice -- the daughter of CNN anchor Jake Tapper -- had a rapid pulse of 135 beats per minute and a very high white blood cell count, indicating her body was fighting off a severe infection.The doctors gave her IV fluids … and that was it."We were told this was a viral infection and that we essentially needed to wait it out," said Alice, now 15 and a high school junior in Washington, D.C. "My parents consulted with multiple doctors about what could be done and asked about possible treatments and more tests, but we were told that none were needed."In fact, Alice had developed sepsis, a life-threatening condition...

FRIDAY, Aug. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Smoke from Canadian wildfires sent high numbers of people suffering from asthma attacks to America's emergency rooms this spring and summer, according to two new reports. From April 30 to August 4, 2023, smoke from out-of-control wildfires in Canada increased emergency room visits for asthma by 17% over average, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. East Coast states, from New York down to Virginia, were especially affected, as were a swath of Midwest states including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin."These results highlight the need to reduce smoke exposure during wildfires and can help guide emergency response planning," said CDC epidemiologist Cristin McArdle, who led the...

FRIDAY, Aug. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Weight-loss drug Wegovy (semaglutide) and its diabetes-focused cousin, Ozempic, have already upended the treatment of both obesity and diabetes, with sales of both drugs skyrocketing.Now, injected Wegovy could prove a boon for many patients battling heart failure, a new study suggests. The trial results were presented Friday in Amsterdam at the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).Treatment with the drug “produced large improvements in symptoms, physical limitations and exercise function” compare to placebo, explained study lead author Dr. Mikhail Kosiborod, of Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City.In the trial, obese heart failure patients who took Wegovy for a year also showed “greater weight...