The Tragedy When Kids Fatally Shoot Other Kids
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The Tragedy When Kids Fatally Shoot Other Kids

By Alan Mozes HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, June 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When a child unintentionally shoots and kills another child in the United States, they’ve likely been playing around with an unlocked, loaded gun, new research reveals.Analyzing a decade’s worth of data, researchers also found that 4 out of 10 such gun deaths involve kids 2… […]

HPV Rates Skyrocket Despite Safe, Effective Vaccine
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HPV Rates Skyrocket Despite Safe, Effective Vaccine

June 26, 2023 – The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine may now be as critical as ever, though young people are taking the shot in fewer and fewer numbers. An epidemic of sexually transmitted HPV is now swirling around the U.S. and the U.K., with some serious cases leading to oropharyngeal cancer, which can affect the… […]

Babies With Food Allergies: Easing Caregiver’s Anxiety
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Babies With Food Allergies: Easing Caregiver’s Anxiety

When Laurie Syphard’s oldest child was 18 months old, her lip swelled up after eating a veggie burger. “It looked like someone had punched her in the mouth,” says Syphard. Food allergy tests showed her daughter was allergic to tree nuts. Then a few years later, Syphard’s second child got her own allergy diagnosis at… […]

CDC Urges International Travelers to Get Measles Vaccine
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CDC Urges International Travelers to Get Measles Vaccine

June 22, 2023 – The CDC is urging people to ensure they are vaccinated against measles before summer travel. International travelers are particularly at risk, the CDC said, noting that 88% of all cases in the U.S. so far this year are linked to international travel.“Based on current estimates, twice as many Americans are planning… […]

Filling the Nutritional Gaps for Babies With Food Allergies
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Filling the Nutritional Gaps for Babies With Food Allergies

When your baby has a food allergy or digestive condition that means cutting certain foods out of their diet, they may get fewer of certain nutrients they need for proper growth and development as a result. But with the right monitoring and intentional nutritional replacements, your food-restricted baby can continue to thrive.Signs of DeficienciesThe best… […]

CAR T Cancer Therapy Can Be Lifesaving – if You Can Afford It
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CAR T Cancer Therapy Can Be Lifesaving – if You Can Afford It

June 22, 2023 – CAR T-cell therapy is a relatively new and extremely effective treatment for blood cancers such as leukemia. That is, if you can get it. For many, the drugs are too expensive to afford without insurance coverage, and treatment requires access to the few hospitals that offer the therapy.Barriers are especially unequal… […]

West Nile Virus Cases Rising Nationwide Amid Mosquito Season
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West Nile Virus Cases Rising Nationwide Amid Mosquito Season

June 19, 2023 – State and local health officials around the country are reporting the first cases of West Nile virus of the season in humans and urging people to take action to protect themselves from the mosquito-borne disease.In the past 2 weeks, new cases have been reported in Iowa and Nebraska, adding to previous 2023 reports… […]

Docs Steer Camera Through Stomach ‘Like a Little Mars Rover’
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Docs Steer Camera Through Stomach ‘Like a Little Mars Rover’

June 23, 2023 – When emergency room patients complain of stomach pain, doctors have limited options. Scans and ultrasounds can’t show the inner lining of the digestive tract, so patients are often sent home without answers. Upper endoscopies, where a flexible tube with a tiny camera is fed into the upper digestive tract, require anesthesia and… […]

Don’t Let Breast Cancer Subtype Guide Mastectomy Choice, Doctors Say
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Don’t Let Breast Cancer Subtype Guide Mastectomy Choice, Doctors Say

Even though HER2-positive breast cancer is an aggressive form of the disease, recent advancements in medicine have improved outcomes drastically. Compared to just a few decades ago, this type of breast cancer responds better to treatment. But people with it are still choosing mastectomies over surgery that would allow them to keep their breast –… […]

Should You Stop Taking Ozempic Before Surgery?
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Should You Stop Taking Ozempic Before Surgery?

June 23, 2023 – If you’re taking Ozempic or Rybelsus for type 2 diabetes, Wegovy for weight loss, or other medications in the same drug class, it is not clear how long before planned surgery you should stop taking the drug to be safe.The generic name for these medications is semaglutide. Semaglutide can control blood… […]