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2021

Christina Applegate Announces She Has Multiple Sclerosis

Christina Applegate Announces She Has Multiple SclerosisTUESDAY, Aug. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Emmy award-winning actress Christina Applegate revealed Monday night that she is battling multiple sclerosis.She is perhaps best known for her starring roles in "Married With Children," "Dead to Me" and "Samantha Who?""A few months ago I was diagnosed with MS," Applegate tweeted. "It's been a strange journey... It's been a tough road. But as we all know, the road keeps going. Unless some a**hole blocks it.""As one of my friends that has MS said, 'we wake up and take the indicated action,'" Applegate continued. "And that's what I do. So now I ask for privacy. As I go through this thing."The cause of multiple sclerosis is unknown, but research has suggested that both environmental and genetic factors may be at play. More than 2.3 million people...

Incomplete Polyp Removal During Colonoscopy Can Bring...

10 August 2021
Incomplete Polyp Removal During Colonoscopy Can Bring Cancer DangerTUESDAY, Aug. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Colonoscopy screening can help prevent colon cancer by allowing doctors to find and remove potentially pre-cancerous growths called polyps. But if they fail to get the whole growth, the odds of a recurrence are high, a new study shows.The likelihood that it will occur within the next few years more than doubled.Repeat exams found a new growth in the same colon segment 52% of the time compared to 23% in colon segments where polyps had been completely removed, the findings showed.And the prevalence of advanced polyps — ones with a greater cancer potential — was six times higher in colon segments where there'd been an incomplete removal: 18% versus 3%.Experts said the findings point to the importance of doctors' technical skills, not only in...

4th Case of Tropical Bacterial Illness Found in United...

10 August 2021
4th Case of Tropical Bacterial Illness Found in United States: CDC TUESDAY, Aug. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The fourth U.S. case of a rare and potentially fatal bacterial disease called melioidosis, typically found in the tropics, has been confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Genome testing shows that the strain in the latest case in Georgia is linked to the strains of Burkholderia pseudomallei bacteria that caused the three previous infections in Kansas, Texas and Minnesota, suggesting a common source. Two of the four patients, including the one in Georgia, have died, the agency said in a statement Monday. The cases are most closely related to strains found in Asia, particularly South Asia. However, none of the patients — which included adults and children — had traveled internationally, the CDC said. The agency has...

AHA News: Flu-Like Symptoms Actually Were Signs of a...

10 August 2021
AHA News: Flu-Like Symptoms Actually Were Signs of a Heart Attack – Her First of TwoTUESDAY, Aug. 10, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Between her nausea, chills and profuse sweating, Liz Johnson thought she was coming down with the flu.The seventh-grade math teacher struggled through the rest of her 90-minute teaching block before heading to her home in North Lima, Ohio.Her husband, Steve, was traveling for business, so Liz – then 39 – stopped at an urgent care clinic hoping to get some medication before going home. Doctors did an electrocardiogram to measure the electrical activity of her heartbeat. When the test came back abnormal, she was advised to go to a hospital emergency room for more tests."I'm just stressed out," she told them. "My husband travels and I've got three kids."Liz was admitted to the hospital overnight, with a cardiac...

New Orleans Jazz Fest Cancelled Over COVID Surge

10 August 2021
New Orleans Jazz Fest Cancelled Over COVID SurgeTUESDAY, Aug. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Skyrocketing numbers of COVID-19 cases in Louisiana have forced the cancellation of this year's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.The annual event was to take place in October and is one of the city's largest attractions next to Mardi Gras, CBS News reported.In a website post Monday, organizers cited "the current exponential growth of new COVID cases in New Orleans and the region" as the reason for the cancellation.The Louisiana Department of Health reported 6,100 new coronavirus cases as of Monday, and low vaccination rates are one of the reasons for the spike in cases, according to public health officials, CBS News reportedThis is the second year in a row that the music festival has been silenced by the pandemic. Headliners for the...

Diet Key to Better Health in People With Diabetes

10 August 2021
Diet Key to Better Health in People With DiabetesTUESDAY, Aug. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A diet rich in fresh veggies, fruit and fiber has meaningful benefits for people with diabetes, a new research review confirms.Doctors have long recommended this kind of "low-glycemic" eating regimen to help patients manage their diabetes and keep blood sugar levels steady. The new review of findings from 29 different trials lends support for that advice."Although it was small, the effects were important," said study co-author Dr. John Sievenpiper, an associate professor of nutritional sciences and medicine at the University of Toronto. "I think it provides an opportunity for patients to help them achieve their diabetes treatment goals using diet," he added.The trials reviewed in this study investigated the effects of a low-glycemic...

Pre-Surgery COVID Precautions Tied to Worse, Not Better, Patient Outcomes

10 August 2021
Pre-Surgery COVID Precautions Tied to Worse, Not Better, Patient OutcomesTUESDAY, Aug. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Surprisingly, patients who isolate before surgery to protect themselves from COVID-19 actually have a higher risk of lung complications after their operation than those who don't isolate, a new study reports.The findings conflict with current guidelines that recommend isolation before surgery, researchers noted."Our evidence suggests that removing preoperative isolation strategies is unlikely to lead to worse postoperative outcomes for patients, but institutions should monitor their postoperative pulmonary complication rates as strategies evolve," said study co-author Joana Simoes, a research fellow at the University of Birmingham Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery in England.The study analyzed data from more than 96,000 patients in...

Could COVID Be Eradicated Someday? Maybe, Experts Say

10 August 2021
Could COVID Be Eradicated Someday? Maybe, Experts Say TUESDAY, Aug. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Could COVID-19 one day go the way of smallpox and polio?New research suggests it might be possible to beat the coronavirus with high vaccination rates and rapid responses to immunity-evading variants, the study authors said."While our analysis is a preliminary effort, with various subjective components, it does seem to put COVID-19 eradicability into the realms of being possible, especially in terms of technical feasibility," according to Michael Baker, professor in the department of public health at the University of Otago, Wellington, in New Zealand, and colleagues. To assess the feasibility of eliminating COVID-19, the researchers used 17 factors to compare it with two other vaccine-preventable viral diseases — smallpox and polio....

Crowded Prisons Are Breeding Grounds for COVID-19: Study

TUESDAY, Aug. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 spreads like wildfire through crowded U.S. prisons, and researchers are calling for policy changes to protect inmates."We may need to have...

Fatigue Before Treatment Starts Might Affect Cancer Survival

TUESDAY, Aug. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Significant fatigue at the start of cancer treatment is associated with a greater risk of severe side effects and shorter survival, a new study finds....
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