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  Obesity Could Cause 40% of Hormone-Positive Breast Cancers in Older Women

  Obesity is a more powerful driver of breast cancer than previously thought, a new study suggests. About 40% of hormone-positive breast cancers in postmenopausal women might be linked to excess body fat, researchers reported Oct. 15 in...

  • Posted October 16, 2024
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  Planes’ Air Ventilation Can’t Spread Nut Allergens to Passengers: Study

  Folks with peanut allergies don’t have to worry that someone might be munching on the nuts during an airline flight, researchers report. It turns out there’s no evidence to the commonly held belief that nut allergens can...

  • Posted October 16, 2024
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  ERs See More Trauma Patients on Smog-Filled Days

  Accident victims tend to flood emergency rooms on days with heavy air pollution, a new study shows. The number of patients treated at ERs increase by 10% to 15% on days with increased particle pollution in the...

  • Posted October 16, 2024
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  3 Years of Med School Might Be Enough to Produce Quality Doctors

  It’s typically thought that medical school requires four years of study after graduating college. But doctors might be able to shave a year off their medical education and still do a great job treating patients, a new...

  • Posted October 15, 2024
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  FDA Says Compounding Pharmacies Can Keep Making Weight-Loss Med Tirzepatide, for Now

  Pharmacists may continue making compounded versions of the weight-loss medication tirzepatide while the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revisits its Oct. 2 decision to remove the medicine from a national drug shortage list. What prompted the FDA...

  • Posted October 15, 2024
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  Your Sense of Smell May Be Quicker Than You Think

  People sense millisecond shifts in odor as quickly as they might spot a change in color, new research shows. The study discounts the notion that smell is a “slower” sense than sight or hearing, scientists say. “A...

  • Posted October 15, 2024
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  Parents or Ambulance: How a Child Reaches an ER Could Matter

  It’s natural for a parent to bundle an injured child into a car and rush their kid to the emergency room. But that decision could actually delay their child’s emergency care, a new study shows. Severely injured...

  • Posted October 15, 2024
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  Certain Women May Need Mammograms Before Age 40 — An Expert Explains Why

  Women typically are urged to start receiving regular mammograms at age 40, but some might need to start even sooner, experts say. Specific risk factors that increase risk of early breast cancer might prompt young women to...

  • Posted October 15, 2024
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  Gene Therapy Might Tweak Fats, Help Prevent Arthritis in Overweight Kids

  Gene therapy could help obese kids avoid health problems associated with excess weight, including arthritis, a new, preliminary study in mice suggests. The gene therapy prompts cells to convert inflammation-causing omega-6 fatty acids into beneficial omega-3 fatty...

  • Posted October 15, 2024
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  Half of Patients With Sepsis Die Within 2 Years, Hospital Study Finds

  Half of people who develop blood poisoning, otherwise known as sepsis, are dead within a couple of years, a new study finds. A little more than 50% of patients admitted to an ER with sepsis died within...

  • Posted October 15, 2024
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