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A school-based gardening program may be helpful in improving elementary school kids’ metabolic outcomes, a team of researchers has found. The children’s blood sugar and cholesterol reportedly improved after the months-long program. For their study, published Tuesday in JAMA Network Open, the researchers conducted a randomized clinical trial in Texas elementary schools. The idea, they said, was
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Long COVID is typically characterized by anosmia and dysgeusia, cognitive impairment, dyspnea, weakness, and palpitations, with younger patients showing greatest improvements at 1 year, according to a nationwide cohort study conducted in Israel. These findings help define long COVID, guiding providers and patients through the recovery process, Barak Mizrahi, MSc, of KI Research Institute, Kfar Malal,
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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN  —  Astronomers might have solved the mystery behind an unusually brightening star. University of Washington doctoral student Anastasios Tzanidakis and research assistant professor of astronomy James Davenport were searching for “stars behaving strangely” when
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A new study from the University of Florida provides more evidence that the breast milk of people vaccinated against COVID-19 provides protection to infants too young to receive the vaccine. This latest study follows up on findings published in 2021 showing that the breast milk of vaccinated people contained antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that
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Physical therapy is often thought about only as a way to recover after surgery or an injury. In reality, physical therapy can help with many more health conditions and situations. Physical Therapy is not just for rehab Here are just a few, non-rehab reasons to use PT: Predicting future movement problems: Assessing a person’s strength
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The Ebola outbreak in Uganda is finally over.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Wednesday that the Government of Uganda has officially marked the end of the outbreak in the country.  It has been exactly 42 days or two incubation periods since the country reported the last case of Ebola in its
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Emergency department (ED) encounters for sexual assault increased before the COVID-19 pandemic, decreased immediately after lockdowns were implemented, and fluctuated as the pandemic continued, an analysis of more than 10,000 such visits in Canada’s most populous province shows. Dr Katherine Muldoon “In 2020, we hoped that the COVID pandemic would only last a few months.
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The year ahead is pivotal for Eli Lilly (LLY) as the pharmaceutical giant looks to advance drugs in its stellar pipeline. Executives detailed reasons for optimism at a major industry gathering this week. “We’re looking at another unprecedented year for Lilly,” CFO Anat Ashkenazi said Tuesday night at JPMorgan’s annual health-care conference. “A strong year
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The FDA approved a pressured, metered-dose inhaler containing albuterol and budesonide (Airsupra) for treating adults with asthma, drugmaker AstraZeneca announced. The combination, formerly known as PT027, is specifically indicated for the as-needed treatment or prevention of bronchoconstriction and to reduce the risk of exacerbations in adults with asthma, and is the first product containing both
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Blood concentrations of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), a marker of astrogliosis, were higher about 10 years before symptom onset in an inherited form of Alzheimer’s disease. Three plasma biomarkers — phosphorylated tau (p-tau181), neurofilament light chain (NfL), and GFAP — were higher in mutation carriers than non-carriers in a Swedish cohort of autosomal dominant
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Everyone will agree that nothing feels as good as a good night’s sleep. While we are in agreement that sleep is essential to our overall well-being, few of us actually get a sufficient amount of it. This March 19, 2013, seminar will illuminate the importance of sleep—how much is needed and why it is so
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A new study has found a connection between a difficult-to-diagnose heart condition and both COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccination. The study, published in the journal Nature Cardiovascular Research, found that COVID-19 vaccination increases the chances of a person getting Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), but not more than the risk of getting the heart ailment after
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Children who were exposed in utero to maternal cancer and treatment do not appear to have any long-term health consequences as a result of this exposure, a nationwide Danish study suggests. The study evaluated liveborn children between January 1978 and December 2018 whose mothers were diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy. Compared with unexposed fetuses, children
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Obesity can be prevented by promoting healthy eating habits and reducing the pace of eating. A slow eating rate effectively reduces energy intake by enhancing satiety. Study: Eating pace instruction is effective in slowing eating rate in women with overweight and obesity. Image Credit: Inside Creative House/Shutterstock Related Stories Some techniques that can reduce the
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With all of the ups and downs of being a physician, would you be pleased if your children followed in your professional footsteps? Or would you prefer they steer clear of the white coat? Credits:Lead Image: Stone/Getty Images Medscape Reader Polls © 2023  Cite this: Would You Recommend Your Children Become Doctors? - Medscape - Jan 10, 2023.
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A three-dose regimen of a whole-parasite vaccine against malaria – called Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite (PfSPZ) vaccine – demonstrated safety and efficacy when tested in adults living in Burkina Faso, West Africa, which has endemic malaria. That is the finding of a new study published on Dec. 7, 2022, in Science Translational Medicine. Researchers at the
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While there was no association between prenatal exposure to acid-suppressive medications and allergic diseases in kids, infant exposure was linked to a higher risk of developing asthma, a South Korean nationwide cohort study showed. Among over 84,000 pairs of infants exposed and unexposed to proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and histamine 2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs), the
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