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Monday, August 31

North Carolina warns mobile petting zoo visitors of rabies exposure after baby goats test positive - Fox News

Baby goats at Farm Adventures, a North Carolina mobile petting zoo, tested positive for rabies after a skunk entered their pen and bit them.

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Anthony Thompson

3 states battling new measles outbreaks. What to know - USA Today

Measles outbreaks are growing across the US during the nation's worst year for cases in decades. Here's what health officials want you to know.

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Karina Petrova

Adolescents report low regret and high satisfaction following gender-affirming chest surgery - PsyPost

Adolescents who undergo gender-affirming chest surgery experience high satisfaction and low regret, reporting outcomes similar to those of young adults. A new survey challenges political concerns that youth are likely to regret these procedures later in life.

Saturday, August 29

Mary Whitfill Roeloffs

What We Know About Measles Deaths In Pennsylvania As RFK Jr. Cries Foul - Forbes

Republicans are accusing Pennsylvania officials of lying about reported measles deaths in the state.

Saturday, August 29

Health alerts issued as cases of painful illness typically found in tropical countries spreads across Florida - FOX Weather

A mosquito-borne virus commonly reported in tropical countries has been reported in Florida, with county health departments issuing alerts for local transmission.

Saturday, August 29

Becky McCall, MScPh, PhD, MSc

STAREE Trial: Atorvastatin Cuts Major CV Events by 30% in Older Adults, Driven Mainly by Nonfatal Events - Medscape

Statin use for primary cardiovascular prevention in adults aged 70 years or older is supported by data from STAREE, although treatment did not prolong disability-free survival.

Saturday, August 29

Studies reveal how instability may shape infant attention, brain activity and emotional regulation - Medical Xpress

A baby's brain is always listening, watching and learning—even when the world around it is chaotic and makes no sense.

Saturday, August 29

Marylynn Salmon, Smith College

Manuscripts and art support archaeological evidence that syphilis was in Europe long before explorers could have brought it home from the Americas - Yahoo News Canada

The idea that Europeans brought new diseases to the Americas and returned home with others has been widely accepted. But evidence is mounting that for syphil...

Saturday, August 29

Allie Yang

41-year-old hospitalized after horrifying DIY treatment for incontinence - New York Post

This was one piss-poor DIY.

Saturday, August 29

Good News Network

Deep Sleep Brain Waves Offer Protection Against Alzheimer’s, Shows New Research - Good News Network

The findings suggest that sleep quality may help counteract the cognitive risks associated with elevated levels of the neurotransmitter orexin.

Saturday, August 29

Keto diet cut liver fat by 67% in a clinical trial - Science Daily

A ketogenic diet outperformed Mediterranean and low-fat diets in several measures of metabolic health during a clinical trial involving people with obesity, prediabetes, and fatty liver disease. All three groups lost about 10% of their body weight, but keto r…

Saturday, August 29

Jess Craig

Creatine is having a moment. Does the science back it up? - Straight Arrow

Creatine has well-established benefits for athletes and bodybuilders, but does it really improve cognition and prevent Alzheimer's?

Saturday, August 29

Kerry Breen

He thought he had a sinus infection. An urgent care found something wrong with his heart. - CBS News

Marc Gaudisosi thought his symptoms were caused by a sinus infection. Then an urgent care told him to go to the hospital.

Saturday, August 29

Preclinical study points to cancer drugs as possible treatments for chronic nerve pain - Medical Xpress

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found new evidence that BRAF, a protein commonly involved in cancer, plays a key role in developing, amplifying and maintaining chronic pain caused by nerve damage. BRAF inhibitors reduced …

Saturday, August 29