WASHINGTON — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., announced Tuesday he has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer. “After a few days of not feeling like myself this past week, I had some blood work done. The results uncovered some irregularities and after undergoing additional tests, I was diagnosed with Multiple […]
Monthly Archives: August 2023
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WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Republican U.S. House Majority leader Steve Scalise said on Tuesday he has been diagosed with multiple myeloma, a common form of blood cancer, and expects to continue to work while undergoing treatment. “I am incredibly grateful we were able to detect this early and that this cancer is treatable,” Scalise […]
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Credit: boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images A new drug could become the first treatment for Lipoprotein(a), a form of cholesterol that increases the risk of heart attack and stroke, as announced this week at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Amsterdam and published in JAMA. The Phase I study included 114 patients, and the lead investigator was Stephen […]
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What We’re Reading: Telemedicine Abortions Surge; Minor Gender-Affirming Treatment Ban; Children Lose Medicaid
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Iowa Sees Surge in Telemedicine Abortions Amid Legal Battle The use of telemedicine for abortions in Iowa—which involves a health center visit for the first of a 2-pill medication regimen and taking the second pill at home—has experienced substantial growth, increasing by more than 10% from April 2022 to March 2023, according to Axios. This […]
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A school principal in Ghaziabad was arrested for allegedly molesting girl students, the police said on Tuesday. He was arrested after some students wrote a ‘letter in blood’ to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, urging him to take action against the principal. In the four-page letter, the girl students alleged that principal Rajeev Pandey […]
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How can different diets combined with salt restriction alleviate high blood pressure and hypertension?
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A recent Clinical Nutrition study conducted a clinical trial to compare the popular diets, namely, the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) and the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet), in combination with a salt-restricting strategy for reducing high blood pressure (BP) and hypertension. Study: DASH vs. Mediterranean diet on a salt restriction background in adults with high normal blood […]
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The CDC issued a health alert on Monday after a third state, Maryland, identified a case of malaria. As with previous malaria cases in Florida and Texas, the disease was locally acquired — meaning, the patient contracted from the bite of an infected mosquito while at home, not during international travel — which prompted the […]
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common, highly contagious illness that affects the nose, throat, and lungs. Although RSV usually causes mild illness with cold-like symptoms, the infection can cause severe respiratory illness in infants, young children, older adults, and people with weakened immune systems or underlying health conditions. In the United States, RSV season begins […]
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Your heart is arguably the hardest-working muscle in your body. Every day it pumps nearly 2,000 gallons of blood through your arteries to supply the oxygen and nutrients you need to function properly. As the blood travels through your body, it creates pressure on the walls of your arteries, which is referred to as your […]