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• Flu, COVID Vaccination Rates Remain Low as Winter Nears
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• Could a Vitamin Be Effective Treatment for COPD?
• Woman Receives World’s First Robotic Double-Lung Transplant
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• Meds Like Ozempic Are Causing Folks to Waste More Food

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  Missouri Patient Hospitalized With Bird Flu Had No Known Contact With Animals

  MONDAY, Sept. 9 , 2024A case of bird flu has been confirmed in a Missouri resident who had no known contact with dairy cows, poultry or wild birds, U.S. health officials report. “The patient, who was hospitalized,...

  • Posted September 9, 2024
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  ‘Night Owls’ More Prone to Type 2 Diabetes

  Folks who like to stay up late are nearly 50% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who go to bed earlier, a new study finds. However, it’s not just because they have an unhealthy...

  • Posted September 9, 2024
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  Obesity Raises Risk of Severe Infection, Especially in People With Diabetes

  Losing weight can help a person with obesity — especially those with diabetes — fend off serious infections, new data shows. It’s an important finding, since “up to one in three hospitalizations in people with diabetes are...

  • Posted September 9, 2024
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  Stopping a Bird Flu Epidemic: What Experts Say Must Be Done

  The time is now to prepare for a potential pandemic involving the H5N1 bird flu, says a group of international vaccine and public health experts. Avian influenza vaccines need to developed, stockpiled and even delivered to people...

  • Posted September 9, 2024
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  Vaping Could Make Young Adults Physically Weaker

  In exercise bike tests, twentysomethings who’d been vaping for at least two years had much lower exercise capacity than those who didn’t, and the losses were equal to those of folks who’d spent a similar amount of...

  • Posted September 9, 2024
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  Moms, Don’t Meddle With Your Kids’ Friends: It’ll Only Make Things Worse

  Meddling moms who try to prohibit their kids’ friendships with troublemakers will only make things worse, a new study says. Limiting contact with a friend who appears to be a bad influence tends to exacerbate the behavior...

  • Posted September 9, 2024
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  Flying Could Upset Insulin Pump Function for Type 1 Diabetics

  Diabetics who fly with an insulin pump could find themselves with lower-than-normal blood sugar levels, a new study says. Altitude appears to affect the ability of insulin pumps to deliver a steady supply of the hormone, researchers...

  • Posted September 9, 2024
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  Wegovy, Ozempic May Someday Be Given as Once-Monthly Injection

  A slow-release form of semaglutide could allow people who use Wegovy or Ozempic to get shots once a month, instead of the weekly injections they now take, a new study demonstrates. The new formulation encases semaglutide in...

  • Posted September 9, 2024
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  Healthy Tips to Protect Your Eyes’ Retinas as You Age

  Getting older tends to go hand in hand with failing vision, but eye experts say there are things you can do to preserve your sight as you age. The risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic...

  • Posted September 8, 2024
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  Everything You Need to Know About Breast Density, From the Experts

  As a new federal regulation that requires mammography centers to tell their patients how dense their breasts are takes effect, experts explain what breast density is and why it is important. The American College of Surgeons’ National Accreditation...

  • Posted September 7, 2024
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