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Share on PinterestHealth experts have raised concerns about HHS Health Secretary RFK Jr.’s strategies for containing measles outbreaks in Texas and other parts of the U.S. RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has recommended alternative treatment and prevention methods amid a growing measles outbreak in 22 U.S. jurisdictions Kennedy reversed […]

Collaborators: The N3C Consortium: Adam B. Wilcox, Adam M. Lee, Alexis Graves, Alfred (Jerrod) Anzalone, Amin Manna, Amit Saha, Amy Olex, Andrea Zhou, Andrew E. Williams, Andrew Southerland, Andrew T. Girvin, Anita Walden, Anjali A. Sharathkumar, Benjamin Amor, Benjamin Bates, Brian Hendricks, Brijesh Patel, Caleb Alexander, Carolyn Bramante, Cavin Ward-Caviness, Charisse Madlock-Brown, Christine Suver, Christopher […]

Share on PinterestA new study found that moderate stress levels were associated with a 78% increased risk of stroke in female participants, but not in males. ozgurcankaya/Getty Images Stress is considered a modifiable risk factor for stroke. A new study found that stress may have a more significant impact on stroke risk in females than […]

Research design and methods The Norwegian Atherosclerosis and Childhood Diabetes (ACD) study is a prospective population-based cohort study with follow-ups every fifth year. The cohort consists of subjects with childhood-onset T1D and a healthy control group with similar age and sex distribution. All examinations were conducted at Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål. Written informed consent was […]

Share on PinterestNew research found that people who vape and smoke cigarettes are less likely to quit than people who only smoke cigarettes. Lucy Lambriex/Getty Images Vaping does not help most people quit smoking cigarettes, according to a new study. People who vape and smoke cigarettes are far less likely to leave nicotine behind than […]

Discussion From 2016 to 2020, over 900 000 MBS procedures were performed in inpatient and hospital-owned ambulatory surgical centers in the USA. For adults with or without diabetes, women and persons with class III obesity had a significantly higher incidence of MBS. Adults with obesity and diabetes had nearly threefold higher age- and sex-adjusted incidence of […]

Share on PinterestModerate daily exercise significantly reduced the risk of death from cardiovascular disease among female cancer survivors, a new study found SolStock/Getty Images Among older female cancer survivors, moderate daily exercise significantly reduced the risk of death from cardiovascular disease. Cancer survivors are statistically more likely to develop cardiovascular disease. Reducing sedentary time and […]

Discussion This high-throughput proteomics approach identified a three-protein signature, namely CDCP1, SIRT2 and LEPR, significantly associated with baseline CES-D score and persistently elevated or recurrent depressive symptoms in individuals with recent-onset diabetes. The positive association of CDCP1 and SIRT2 and the inverse association of LEPR with baseline and persistent/recurrent depressive symptoms were independent of confounding […]

Share on PinterestBacterial vaginosis (BV) is not classified as a sexually transmitted infection, but the results of a new study could change that. ljubaphoto/Getty Images New research suggests a common vaginal infection may actually be a sexually transmitted infection. Researchers say bacterial vaginosis (BV) also occurs in males despite being often viewed as a condition […]

Baseline characteristics Anthropometric data of both groups were comparable except for nominally higher percentage of females and higher high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol in the COVID-neg group (table 1). Table 1 View inline•Open as popup Participants’ characteristics at baseline Follow-up after COVID-19 None of the participants of the COVID-pos group had severe COVID-19 according to the classification by […]