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By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Jan. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Six minutes of high-intensity exercise might prolong the lifespan of a healthy brain, perhaps delaying the start of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, a new, small study suggests. Researchers found that short but intense cycling increased the production of a protein called brain-derived neurotrophic …
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By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When teenagers feel good about themselves and their lives, it may also do their hearts good in the long run, a new study suggests. Researchers found that teenagers who generally felt happy, optimistic and loved went on to show better cardiovascular health in …
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By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While the origins of smallpox has remained a mystery for centuries, researchers now believe that it dates back 2,000 years earlier than previously thought. Until recently, the earliest genetic evidence of smallpox, the variola virus, was from the 1600s. And in 2020, researchers …
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Jan. 11, 2023 – As vice principal of Pennsville Middle School in New Jersey, Adam J. Slusher knows he’s not always going to be Mr. Popularity. Part of a vice principal’s job includes scheduling, enforcing policy, and discipline, so Slusher – who holds a doctorate in education from Wilmington University in Delaware – sometimes has …
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Jan. 10, 2023 – It might appear that we’re back to some semblance of “normal” at this point in the COVID-19 pandemic. But many people remain at higher risk for serious outcomes like hospitalization and death, especially older Americans. Legula Estiloz was diagnosed with COVID-19 at age 104, for example. “She and I both came down …
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Jan. 10, 2023 — Tashi Taliaferro doesn’t want anyone to die alone. Having worked for more than 30 years as a nurse — 12 of them as a hospice nurse — Taliaferro has always felt comfortable around the sick and dying. What bothered her was the number of her patients who died without the comfort …
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By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The swimmer came to shore struggling to breathe and coughing up blood. A keen competitive long-distance swimmer and triathlete, the woman was fit and healthy when she started a nighttime open water swim event. But a couple weeks earlier, she’d had breathing difficulties …
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Jan. 9, 2023 – Jan. 9, 2023 — If you vowed to start exercising this year, here’s another incentive to help you stick to your guns: You could protect yourself from potentially devastating COVID-19 outcomes like hospitalization and even death. The evidence is piling up that physical activity can lower the risk of getting very …
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Editor’s note: See cold and flu activity in your location with the WebMD tracker. Jan. 9, 2023 – New cases of the flu in the United States continue to decline as flu-related outpatient visits to doctors offices and hospitals fell for the fifth straight week as 2022 ended, according to the latest CDC data. While good …
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Jan. 9, 2023 — When she was 12 years old, Daniela Banus de Veer fell from a balcony in her native Venezuela, shattering her femur. Following recovery from a complicated surgery that involved pins and plates, she was able to move on with her life, even qualifying for the 2000 Olympic trials in swimming. But …
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Jan. 6, 2023 — The highly anticipated Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab was granted accelerated approval status this afternoon by the FDA, offering hope where there has been little for patients and their families affected by the devastating disease. More than 6 million people in the U.S. live with Alzheimer’s. It’s not a cure, but the drug, given …
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Jan. 6, 2022 – There’s been a push in recent years encouraging doctors to prescribe exercise as medicine, telling their patients how often, how long, and how hard to work out to improve health. A new Brigham Young University study suggests doctors could take that initiative to the next level, prescribing exercise plans that result …
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