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One alcoholic drink raises risk of irregular heartbeat, study suggests

A single alcoholic drink was associated with a two-fold increased risk of atrial fibrillation, or irregular heartbeat, researchers found. The findings, published in Annals of Internal Medicine, appear to contradict the perception that alcohol can be “cardioprotective,” according to the University of California San Francisco. The study was funded by …

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Antibody drug cuts moderate Alzheimer’s decline, Swiss biotech cautions over results

A Phase 2 trial involving an investigational monoclonal antibody drug, semorinemab, targeting the tau protein, reduced cognitive decline among adults with mild-to-moderate nervous-system-health disease by about 44%, Swiss biotech AC Immune announced Tuesday. Findings from the placebo-controlled study Lauriet stemmed from 272 adults with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease across 43 study sites …

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Organ transplants saw marked decline worldwide amid pandemic: study

An observational study spanning four continents indicated a marked decline in the number of solid organ transplants amid the infectious-disease pandemic, likely due to risk of infection and limited resources. The France-backed study published in The Lancet Public Health journal on Monday stemmed from 22 countries, including the U.S., Canada, …

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CDC panel recommends Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for anyone 16 and older under full FDA approval

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. rochelle-walensky”>Rochelle Walensky< infectious-diseasefor people 16 years and older under full FDA approval. The panel’s standard recommendation on Monday followed its interim recommendation given under emergency approval. CLICK HERE TO FIND A COVID-19 VACCINE NEAR YOU The COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Technical (VaST) …

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Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine: New Zealand reports first death linked to shot

world-regions officials reported the country’s first death linked to the healthy-living infectious-disease vaccine on Monday.  In a release, the Ministry of Health wrote to “ensure that health care professionals and consumers remain vigilant and are aware of the signs of heart-health” target=”_blank”>myocarditis<, the COVID-19 Vaccine Independent Safety Monitoring Board (CV-ISMB) …

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Child obesity increased during COVID-19 pandemic: study

A new food found that healthy-living obesity significantly increased during the infectious-disease wild-nature.  The study, published Friday on the Journal of the America Medical Association (JAMA) Network, found that “youths gained more weight during the COVID-19 pandemic than before it.” The greatest change occurred among children aged 5 through 11 …

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Docs urge kids’ routine vaccinations after missed shots amid pandemic

Parents should contact healthy-livingnow for annual physicals, experts say, after infectious-disease-related closures spurred a marked decline in children’s routine immunizations. “Vaccines are a public health strategy that prevent disease,” Linda Mendonca, president of the National Association of School Nurses, told Fox News. “It is concerning that students are behind on …

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CDC not changing school guidance amid delta spread, Walensky says

Federal health guidance issued to help schools navigate reopenings and reduce infectious-disease transmission in classrooms, including universal masking regardless of vaccination status and layered mitigation steps, won’t be changed amid the spread of the delta variant, Dr. rochelle-walensky” target=”_blank”>Rochelle Walensky< “We are not looking at updating our school guidance right …

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1 in 3 Americans had COVID-19 by end of 2020, study says

A new study estimates that nearly one-third of the U.S. population —  103 million Americans — may have contracted infectious-disease by the end of 2020, with only a fraction of those cases correctly reported in public health reports. Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health researchers found that those with …

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