WASHINGTON (AP) — A COVID-19 vaccine that may soon gain federal approval could give the U.S. military a boost: An opportunity to vaccinate some of the thousands of service members who have refused further coronavirus vaccines for religious reasons. At least 175 active duty and reserve service members have already received the Novavax vaccine, with …
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Being diabetic makes you more prone to dementia than being genetically at risk, according to research. Experts from Oxford and the University of Exeter believe a heart attack or stroke can pose the same threat. Adults with all three conditions fueled by obesity were three times more likely to get dementia, compared to ‘healthy’ people …
Photo: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez (Getty Images) Monkeypox is here, and it’s diffusion. The few dozen cases in a few countries that we were talking about last month there are now more than a thousand cases worldwide, including 35 reported in the United States. But the United States almost certainly has more cases than the statistics …
Connecticut woman in her 90s dies after testing positive for rare tick-borne Powassan virus a month after being bitten The woman was in her 90s and in New London County which borders Rhode Island Health chiefs said she was admitted to hospital with fever, headache, chest pain and ‘altered mental status’ two weeks after being …
Calling the fattest category of people “morbidly obese” is offensive, wake up researchers said today. And they urged doctors and scientists to stop referring to failed attempts to losing weight as “failures”. Future terms should include “ineffective” or “insufficient” weight loss, or even “secondary weight regain”. No specific suggestion has been given to replace the …
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A new vaccine using the same mRNA technology as Pfizer’s COVID-19 jab could be a breakthrough in the fight against pancreatic cancer. In a promising early study led by German company BioNTech – which has partnered with Pfizer to develop the life-saving COVID vaccine – half of patients remained cancer-free 18 months after having their …
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A new vaccine using the same mRNA technology as Pfizer’s COVID-19 jab could be a breakthrough in the fight against pancreatic cancer. In a promising early study led by German company BioNTech – which has partnered with Pfizer to develop the life-saving COVID vaccine – half of patients remained cancer-free 18 months after having their …
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Summary: A new Drosophila study reveals a link between circadian rhythm, diet, lifespan and eye health. Unexpectedly, the researchers discovered processes in the fly’s eye that appear to drive the aging process. Source: Buck Institute Buck Institute researchers have demonstrated for the first time a link between diet, circadian rhythms, eye health and lifespan in …
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Image: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) New preliminary research this week points to the long-term benefits of bariatric or weight-loss surgery. The study found that people who had surgery were significantly less likely to develop certain cancers over a ten-year period compared to obese people of the same weight who did not have surgery. Those who developed cancer …
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Test tubes labeled “Monkeypox virus positive and negative” are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tightened its guidelines on monkeypox, urging travelers to take extra precautions, including wearing face masks, as global cases of the virus top 1,000. The CDC …
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