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China Bans Travel in Wuhan, Four Nearby Cities

China Bans Travel in Wuhan, Four Nearby Cities

Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, Jan. 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The city of Wuhan was closed off Thursday by Chinese officials in an attempt to stem the spread of a coronavirus that’s sickened more than 570 people and killed at least 17. Buses, subways and ferries within the city of more than 11 million […]

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Only 1 in 4 Older Cardiac Patients Get Rehab Therapy

Only 1 in 4 Older Cardiac Patients Get Rehab Therapy

Latest Heart News THURSDAY, Jan. 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Cardiac rehabilitation is known to help people recover after a heart attack or heart surgery, but a new study shows only one-quarter of eligible Medicare patients actually use it. Which patients are most likely to pass on rehab? Women, those aged 85 and older, blacks, […]

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AHA News: What’s Blood Type Got to Do With Clot Risk?

AHA News: What’s Blood Type Got to Do With Clot Risk?

Latest Heart News THURSDAY, Jan. 23, 2020 (American Heart Association News) — People with blood types A and B may have higher risks for developing dangerous blood clots compared to people who have type O blood. That’s according to new research that also showed a slightly higher risk for certain types of heart disease among […]

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A Flu Shot May Spare Your Young Child a Hospital Visit

A Flu Shot May Spare Your Young Child a Hospital Visit

Latest Cold and Flu News FRIDAY, Jan. 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) — This flu season is hitting children particularly hard, but new research shows that a flu shot is still well worth it for these youngest patients. Getting vaccinated halved the risk of hospitalization for flu-related complications among young kids, scientists found. The researchers analyzed […]

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Faulty Immune System May Lead to Lung Cancer

Faulty Immune System May Lead to Lung Cancer

Latest Cancer News FRIDAY, Jan. 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) — An immune system that’s not functioning normally may lead to lung cancer in patients who don’t smoke, a new study suggests. “A strong immune system helps to keep inflammation under control and chronic inflammation is known to promote cancer,” said co-author Rayjean Hung. “Our research […]

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Scientists Trace Coronavirus Outbreak to Snakes

Scientists Trace Coronavirus Outbreak to Snakes

Latest Infectious Disease News THURSDAY, Jan. 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Snakes may be the source of the new coronavirus outbreak in humans that started in China and has spread to other countries. Patients who became infected with the virus — named 2019-nCoV by the World Health Organization — were exposed to wildlife at a […]

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Opioid Addiction Med Under-Used in Younger People, Study Finds

Opioid Addiction Med Under-Used in Younger People, Study Finds

Latest Mental Health News WEDNESDAY, Jan. 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Treatment with the opioid addiction drug buprenorphine is on the rise among most age groups in the United States, but falling among 15- to 24-year-olds, a new study finds. “While it’s encouraging to see an overall increase in prescription rates for buprenorphine, the data […]

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Are Antibiotics a Recipe for Obesity in Childhood?

Are Antibiotics a Recipe for Obesity in Childhood?

Latest Healthy Kids News By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Jan. 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Children who receive multiple antibiotic prescriptions early in life may be vulnerable to obesity, two new studies suggest. In one study, researchers found that 4-year-olds who’d received more than nine antibiotic prescriptions in their lives were twice as likely to […]