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BY KRISSY GASBARRE OCTOBER 25, 2021 A massive food poisoning outbreak led to a traceback investigation, which discovered a recent nationwide Salmonella outbreak originated with onions that had been sourced from Mexico. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published information that reveals 652 people have gotten sick and 202 hospitalized, with cases reported in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas,…

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By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) – For people with diabetes who have a stroke, there may be an ideal blood sugar target to prevent another one or a heart attack, a South Korean study finds. To determine average blood sugar levels over the past two to three months, the study team used the hemoglobin A1C test. The study included…

Read More Targeted Blood Sugar Level With Diabetes May Help Prevent a 2nd Stroke

Is having an accurate estimate of your lifespan helpful to you? Do you want to plan for your retirement? What about ways to live longer? After all, it isn’t the years in your life, but the life in your years! If you live in the USA, go HERE or HERE or HERE (not a favorite) or HERE. (I got different results from…

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F.D.A. Advisory Panel Recommends Pfizer Boosters for Older People and Others at High Risk By Sharon LaFraniere and Noah Weiland Sept. 17, 2021 Updated 8:21 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — A key advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration overwhelmingly rejected recommending Pfizer booster shots for most recipients of the company’s coronavirus vaccine, instead endorsing them only for people who are…

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September 6, 2021 By Royal Examiner Women have options to reduce of risk of ovarian cancer through lifestyle and awareness. According to the National Institutes of Health, epithelial ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death among gynecologic cancers and the fourth leading cause of cancer death among women in the United States. The American Cancer…

Read More September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: Reduce your cancer risk

Lupus, a chronic autoimmune ailment that affects 1.5 million Americans, is a bit of a shape-shifter. Most people with it (around 70 percent) have the systemic form of the disease, which can wreak havoc on pretty much any major organ or tissue in the body. That means the way it manifests can differ dramatically among…

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By Daniela Morosini  SWELLNESS  JUNE 11, 2021 Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S. and worldwide, and it’s only becoming more so. The Skin Cancer Foundation estimates that the number of diagnosed new melanoma cases will increase by almost 6 percent in 2021. Even worse, many more cases will go undetected — especially in people…

Read More Why Doctors Still Struggle to Detect Skin Cancer in Black People

BY PETER SULLIVAN – 03/13/21 06:55 AM EST Increase vaccine supply Get shots in arms, including in hard-to-reach communities Overcome vaccine hesitancy: An NPR-PBS-Marist poll released this week found 30 percent of U.S. adults overall did not want the vaccine, a number that spiked to 49 percent among Republican men.  Make signing up for an appointment easier Make…

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