• Arm Pain in the Young and Fit: It Could Be a Vascular Disorder

    SATURDAY, Sept. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Even being young and athletic doesn’t protect against a vascular disorder. People experiencing arm pain may have something called thoracic outlet syndrome, a disease that often strikes patients in their...

    • Posted September 17, 2022
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  • COVID Appears to Raise Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease

    COVID-19 infection may significantly boost an older person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a new, large-scale study suggests. People 65 and older who contracted COVID were nearly 70% more likely overall to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s within...

    • Posted September 16, 2022
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  • FDA Warns Against Overuse of TPOXX Monkeypox Drug

    U.S. health officials are advising doctors not to overuse the only antiviral for monkeypox because there is a risk of the virus mutating and rendering the drug useless. TPOXX (tecovirimat) works by targeting just one protein found...

    • Posted September 16, 2022
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  • Seniors, This Daily Routine May Keep You Sharper, Happier

    Older adults who rise and shine early every day may have sharper minds and fewer depression symptoms, a new study suggests. The researchers found that U.S. adults aged 65 and older who typically got up early —...

    • Posted September 16, 2022
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  • AHA News: Many Older Adults May Not Get the Intensive Blood Pressure Treatment They Need

    FRIDAY, Sept. 16, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Fewer than 30% of older adults who need more intensive treatment for high blood pressure actually get it, new research shows. And the problem may be worsening. Nearly...

    • Posted September 16, 2022
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  • Weight-Loss Surgery Has Long-Term Benefits for Pain, Mobility

    Bariatric surgery aims to help severely obese patients shed significant weight, and now new research shows that many can also look forward to lasting pain relief and mobility. Though many patients regain some weight in the first...

    • Posted September 16, 2022
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  • Which Drugs Fight COVID Best? WHO Updates Treatment Guidelines

    In updated guidance issued Thursday, the World Health Organization now recommends against using the antibody drugs sotrovimab and casirivimab-imdevimab for patients with COVID-19. This recommendation replaces previous conditional recommendation for these antibody drugs. The change in guidance...

    • Posted September 16, 2022
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  • Experts Say New Street Drug Is ‘as Deadly as Fentanyl’

    Nitazenes: You’ve probably never heard of these highly toxic drugs, and neither have many Americans who abuse opioid street drugs. That lack of awareness could prove deadly, experts warn, because nitazenes are increasingly being added into heroin...

    • Posted September 16, 2022
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  • Tear in Heart’s Aorta Often Deadly, Though Survival Improving

    A torn aorta can often be deadly, but a new study has found that survival has improved significantly over the past several decades. But it can still be five times more deadly if not repaired surgically, the...

    • Posted September 16, 2022
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  • Health Highlights: Sept.16, 2022​

    Bariatric surgery can bring long-term benefits for pain, mobility. Seven years out, 43% of the roughly 1,500 patients enrolled in a new study said their joint pain remained noticeably lower than before surgery. Read more Experts say...

    • Posted September 16, 2022
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