• Big Studies Test Effectiveness of Common Diabetes Meds

    Two common diabetes medications seem to outperform two others when it comes to controlling blood sugar levels, a large U.S. trial has found. The trial of more than 5,000 people with type 2 diabetes found that two...

    • Posted September 22, 2022
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  • Deep Brain Stimulation Offers Hope Against Severe OCD

    When traditional treatments fail to help patients with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), an implant that zaps the brain with electrical pulses just might, a new research review shows. It found that the remedy — known as “deep...

    • Posted September 22, 2022
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  • AHA News: Waiting For Takeoff, Her Heart Stopped. Flight Attendants Came to the Rescue.

    THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Vonnie Gaither hated leaving a reunion of extended family in Baltimore. Still, she had to tear herself away to start the trek back home to Anchorage, Alaska. Her...

    • Posted September 22, 2022
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  • Lots of Nightmares in Middle Age Might Be Warning Sign of Dementia

    No one likes nightmares, but having persistently bad dreams may also signal impending dementia, new British research suggests. In the study, people aged 35 to 64 who had bad dreams weekly were four times more likely to...

    • Posted September 22, 2022
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  • First Good Evidence That Babies React to Taste, Smell in Womb

    At the kitchen table, babies trying different foods might look eager or offended, depending on the flavor of what they are asked to eat. It turns out infants may develop those taste differences while still in the...

    • Posted September 22, 2022
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  • A Honey of a Study: Well-Fed Bears Give Clues to Human Diabetes

    Every year, hibernating bears are able to feast, pack on a huge amount of weight and then lie around for months — all without suffering the health consequence of diabetes. Now researchers are closer to understanding their...

    • Posted September 22, 2022
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  • A Hotter World Can Worsen Heart Failure

    Climate change could spell trouble for those with heart failure, a new study suggests. When the temperatures soared in France during the summer of 2019, the heat wave appears to have worsened the conditions of heart failure...

    • Posted September 22, 2022
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  • More Batches of Moderna COVID Shots Shipped Amid Reports of Shortages

    To keep up with demand for updated booster shots, U.S. health officials are shipping out more batches of the revamped Moderna vaccine to pharmacies across the country. While supplies of the updated Pfizer booster shot appear to...

    • Posted September 22, 2022
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  • Scientists Engineer Mosquitoes That Can’t Transmit Malaria

    THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The fight against malaria could hinge on genetically engineered mosquitoes that have something called “gene drive.” Researchers from the Transmission: Zero team at Imperial College London report that they have...

    • Posted September 22, 2022
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  • Health Highlights: Sept.22, 2022​

    First evidence that babies can taste, smell in the womb. Special scans of late-term fetuses show that those whose moms had just consumed carrots showed more “laughter face” responses, while those whose moms had eaten kale showed...

    • Posted September 22, 2022
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