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  Vicious Cycle: Epilepsy Seizures Could Encourage More Seizures

  Seizures tend to get progressively worse over time in people with epilepsy, and a new study in mice suggests why that might be the case. Seizures appear to prompt the brains of mice to produce more myelin,...

  • Posted December 5, 2022
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  There Are No Useful Monoclonal Antibody Treatments Left Against New COVID Variants

  The last of six COVID monoclonal antibody treatments has lost its federal authorization because, like the others, it no longer works against the newest Omicron subvariants. This last monoclonal antibody was bebtelovimab, delivered as a one-hour IV...

  • Posted December 5, 2022
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  U.S. to End Mpox Public Health Emergency in January

  MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Mpox cases are down significantly in the United States, prompting the federal government to plan not to renew an emergency designation for the virus when it expires late next month....

  • Posted December 5, 2022
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  Bacteria Risk Spurs Recall of 8 Million Laundress Products

  MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The Laundress, a laundry and cleaning products company, has recalled nearly 8 million of its products over concerns they may be contaminated with various bacteria. The bacteria include Burkholderia cepacia...

  • Posted December 5, 2022
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  ‘COVID-somnia’ May Be Easing as Americans Report Better Sleep

  Finally, more than two years into the pandemic, Americans are sleeping better. A new survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) found that 31% of people have had insomnia since the pandemic began. That was...

  • Posted December 5, 2022
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  ‘How Can I Prevent Heart Disease?’ Docs Give Different Answers to Men, Women

  Doctors give men and women different advice to head off heart disease, even though guidelines for both are the same. Men were 20% more likely to be prescribed statins to lower blood levels of bad cholesterol compared...

  • Posted December 5, 2022
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  For Kids, Mental Trauma From Gun Injury Far Exceeds That of Car Crashes

  Firearm injuries traumatize children, saddling them with mental health issues that include stress disorders and drug or alcohol use, according to a new study. In all, 35% of kids injured by firearms receive a new mental health...

  • Posted December 5, 2022
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  Girl Toddlers Have Bigger Vocabularies, and Researchers Now Know Why

  Young girls tend to babble their way to bigger vocabularies earlier than boys, and researchers now think they might know why. It has nothing to do with gender, and everything to do with parental interaction, researchers assert....

  • Posted December 5, 2022
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  Immune System T-Cells Can Still Fight COVID Variants, But for How Long?

  While people’s immune system T-cells can still target the spike proteins of the COVID coronavirus, their power to do so is waning over time, researchers report. As the virus continues to mutate, T-cell recognition of newer variants...

  • Posted December 5, 2022
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  Health Highlights: Dec. 5, 2022​

  Shingles ups odds for heart attack, stroke by almost 30%. Luckily, getting a shingles vaccine guards against the condition and thereby may also protect against heart issues. Read more Vicious cycle: Epilepsy seizures can prompt more epilepsy...

  • Posted December 5, 2022
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