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05 Nov

Frequent Hot Flashes Linked to Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

A new study finds women who experience frequent hot flashes and night sweats during the menopause transition have significantly higher odds of developing type 2 diabetes.

04 Nov

Quitting Smoking After Cancer Diagnosis Significantly Boosts Survival

A new study finds smokers who quit after a cancer diagnosis improve their survival outcomes by up to 26%.

01 Nov

Sleep Apnea Linked to Higher Dementia Risk, Especially in Women

A new study finds adults 50 and older with sleep apnea face an increased risk of dementia, and researchers say the link is most significant in women as they age.

Mpox Spread in Congo May Be Slowing

Mpox Spread in Congo May Be Slowing

In an early sign that the mpox outbreak in Africa might be ebbing, some health officials report that case counts seem to be stabilizing in the Congo, the epicenter of the outbreak.

The World Health Organization first declared the mpox outbreak a global health emergency in August, but recent WHO data has shown the Congo has report...

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Fish Oil Supplements Might Help Prevent Cancer

Fish Oil Supplements Might Help Prevent Cancer

The omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in fish oil supplements might help protect people from cancer, a new study claims.

Study participants with higher levels of omega-3s had lower rates of colon, stomach, lung and other digestive tract cancers, researchers found.

Likewise, high omega-6 levels led to lower rates of 14 different cancers...

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22 Pesticides Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk

22 Pesticides Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk

Exposure to any one of 22 pesticides may bring heightened odds of developing prostate cancer, a new analysis suggests.

The study was conducted over decades because prostate cancer is known to grow very slowly, noted a team led by Dr. Simon John Christoph Soerensen, of Stanford University in California.

The researchers looked at U.S. ...

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A Visit to the ER Can Often Precede a Cancer Diagnosis

A Visit to the ER Can Often Precede a Cancer Diagnosis

Canadian researchers have found that about 1 in every 3 people newly diagnosed with cancer experienced at least one emergency department visit sometime during the three months prior to their diagnosis.

Many of the visits ended up being caused by symptoms related to the cancer, noted a team led by Dr. Keerat Grewal, an emergency physician a...

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  • November 5, 2024
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Medicaid Covers GLP-1 Meds for Obesity in Just 13 States

Medicaid Covers GLP-1 Meds for Obesity in Just 13 States

Poorer folks’ access to blockbuster weight-loss drugs through Medicaid remains limited, a new KFF analysis has found.

Only 13 states currently allow Medicaid to cover treatment of obesity using glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist (GLP-1) medications, researchers discovered.

Under the Medicaid system, individual states are allowed t...

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  • November 5, 2024
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Why Treatments Can Fail Folks With 'Wet' Macular Degeneration -- and What Might Really Work

Why Treatments Can Fail Folks With 'Wet' Macular Degeneration -- and What Might Really Work

Current treatments sometimes fail to help people with “wet” age-related macular degeneration -- and researchers now think they know why.

Wet AMD is caused by an overgrowth of blood vessels in the retina, the light-sensing tissue at the back of the eye. The vessels leak fluid or bleed, damaging the retina and causing vision loss...

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