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'May love rest gently in your broken heart': What to say to a grieving friend

NPR Health

When a good friend's loved one passes away, it can be hard to find the right thing to say. NPR readers share words of comfort they've shared with others or wish they'd heard themselves.

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Indian Council of Medical Research develops AI tool to predict IVF outcomes in men with infertility

The Hindu

The tool was developed in collaboration with researchers from Amity University; it predicts sperm retrieval rates and success rates of assisted reproductive technology in men with Y chromosome microdeletion

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For young adults, caregiving isn't just hard. It can shape you for life

NPR Health

Caregiving responsibilities can cut young people off from peers and interrupt their emerging life story. And there's been little research or support directed at this group. That's starting to change.

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News: Choctaw Nation Found a Better Way to Deliver Harm Reduction. It's Working.

Rural Health Information Hub

Features harm reduction efforts by the Choctaw Nation in rural Oklahoma, funded through an Indian Health Service Community Opioid Intervention Pilot Project grant. Describes the implementation of a multi-pronged approach including street-level naloxone distribution and training, expanded availability of medication-assisted treatment, and support for culturally-relevant recovery services.

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Patients are frustrated that there isn't a reliable treatment yet for long COVID

NPR Health

Much of the NIH-funded research on long COVID has focused on observing and understanding the disease. Some patients and doctors say the research should pivot toward finding new treatments and drugs.

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‘Waiting list to nowhere’: Homelessness surveys trap Black men on the streets

News Medical Health Sciences

Maurice Clark huddled in his tent along dusty railroad tracks as two homeless-outreach workers began asking him questions to determine whether he would qualify for free or subsidized housing.

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Wellness influencers show higher rates of vaccine opposition on social media

News Medical Health Sciences

Wellness influencers showed higher rates of vaccine opposition on social media compared to other users accounts, according to a new University of Michigan study.

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Adoption of 'hospital-at-home' programs remains concentrated among larger, urban, not-for-profit and academic hospitals

Science Daily - Public Health

Hospitals that have adopted the Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) 'hospital-at-home' program, which serves as an alternative to admission to brick-and-mortar facilities, are concentrated in large, urban, not-for-profit, and academic hospitals, highlighting need for targeted incentives to expand program to smaller, rural, and non-teaching hospitals.

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Hospitals cannot refuse free medical treatment to rape, acid attack victims: Delhi High Court

The Hindu

It ordered that every medical facility in the capital will put up a board saying: Free out-patient and in-patient medical treatment is available for victims/ survivors of sexual assault, rape, gang rape, acid attacks, etc.

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Lithium shows promise as a potential therapy for autism spectrum disorder

News Medical Health Sciences

A groundbreaking discovery has highlighted lithium-;a drug long used to treat bipolar disorder and depression-;as a potential therapy for autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

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AIIMS, Delhi developing low cost adaptive cellular therapy for treatment of multiple myeloma

The Hindu

AIIMS Delhi developing low-cost antibody-based therapy for multiple myeloma to make advanced treatments more accessible in India.

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New eye drop treatment offers hope for dry AMD patients

News Medical Health Sciences

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss in individuals over 65, characterized by abnormal changes in the macular, resulting in reduced vision and distorted objects.

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Retail prices of 65 new drug formulations, ceiling prices of 13 formulations notified

The Hindu

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has fixed the prices of drugs used to treat Type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, bacterial infections, and painkillers

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Study unveils NAD's link to aging and disease development

News Medical Health Sciences

UiB researchers are behind a new discovery that tells us how associated neurodegenerative diseases might develop.

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Covid-19, influenza, and RSV increasing around the holidays in New York

HEALTHBEAT

Sign up for Your Local Epidemiologist New York and get Dr. Marisa Donnellys community public health forecast in your inbox a day early. Have questions, comments, or ideas for future topics? Just reply to this email. I would love to hear from you. Well be taking a break for the next two weeks to recharge (and recuperate after getting sick myself ), but we wanted to share the latest data on respiratory viruses in time for holiday travels.

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Coffee and tea consumption linked with lower risk of head and neck cancer

News Medical Health Sciences

In a recent analysis of data from more than a dozen studies, coffee and tea consumption was linked with lower risks of developing head and neck cancer, including cancers of the mouth and throat.

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Year in Review: The New Social Worker’s Top 6 Articles for 2024.PLUS

The New Social Worker

The New Social Worker published 50 articles in 2024. Our list of Top 6 Articles for 2024 tells us the story of what social workers have been reading here. We look forward to seeing you, our readers, our friends, in 2025.

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Population dynamics: a century of growth, a future of decline

The Hindu

Governments should focus not on dismantling family planning programmes, but on enabling healthy life expectancies, where adults can live in good health with minimal morbidity and disability and remain productive for up to 75 years

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Biomass-derived multiatom-doped carbon dots for the photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI) and precipitation of Cr(III)

NPJ Clean Water

npj Clean Water, Published online: 24 December 2024; doi:10.

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Mpox mRNA-1769 vaccine inhibits orthopoxvirus replication at intranasal, intrarectal, and cutaneous sites of inoculation

NPJ Vaccine

npj Vaccines, Published online: 24 December 2024; doi:10.

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Metabolism in US Is Declining

Mercola

America is facing an escalating epidemic of being overweight and obese, a crisis that is now classified as a significant global health concern. 1 Currently, approximately 30.7% of U.S. adults are classified as overweight, defined by a Body Mass Index (BMI) between 25 and 29.9. 2 Additionally, 42.4% of adults fall into the obese category, with a BMI of 30 or higher.

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Anti-TNF drugs proven to prevent perianal fistulas in Crohn's Disease

News Medical Health Sciences

Early treatment of pediatric Crohn's disease with anti-tumor necrosis factor medications can substantially reduce the risk of perianal fistulas, a particularly debilitating complication of Crohn's disease.

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Toxic Legacy — How Lead Exposure Silently Fueled America's Mental Health Crisis

Mercola

Lead exposure has been silently fueling a mental health crisis in the United States. This well-documented neurotoxin, once widespread due to industrial practices, continues to affect millions, undermining cognitive and behavioral development from childhood into adulthood. Characterized by impaired brain function, increased impulsivity and heightened anxiety, lead exposure disrupts the very foundation of mental well-being.

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New MRI method may predict heart disease risk by analyzing heart fat

News Medical Health Sciences

Everyone knows the health risks of carrying too much fat around the waist and hips, but UVA Health scientists are developing a noninvasive way to assess the health risks of unseen fat around the heart.

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Kannur district plans comprehensive health awareness project to combat epidemics

The Hindu

Health department proposes year-long project to combat epidemics like jaundice, dengue, and malaria in district.

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SPLICER shows promise in Alzheimer's and other diseases

News Medical Health Sciences

A new gene editing tool that helps cellular machinery skip parts of genes responsible for diseases has been applied to reduce the formation of amyloid-beta plaque precursors in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign report.

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The Dangers of Inhaling Petrochemical Fragrances and Scented Products

Mercola

Perfumes have captivated people since ancient times. Today, fragrance has evolved into a massive global industry, with revenue reaching a whopping $50 billion in 2023 and projected to hit $70 billion by 2036. 1 The average adult uses about a dozen scented personal care products each day. 2 Yet, few consider what goes into making these scents a surprising mix of undisclosed synthetic chemicals.

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New research supports more liberal blood transfusion approach for heart attack patients

News Medical Health Sciences

Giving more blood to anemic patients after a heart attack may save lives, according to a Rutgers Healthled study.

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Event: January 2025 Tribal and E-Rate Webinar

Rural Health Information Hub

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ED physicians’ admission rates do not translate to better patient health outcomes

News Medical Health Sciences

Patients in emergency departments who are treated by physicians with a high propensity to admit those they see into the hospital are more likely to be discharged after only a short stay, suggesting a possible unnecessary admission, while they are no less likely to die, new research suggests.

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Getting Ahead of H5N1: Declare a Public Health Emergency, Expand Wastewater Testing, and Increase Vaccine Research and Availability—Sooner Rather Than Later

RAND

The ongoing H5N1 outbreak presents a critical test of the United States' ability to apply the hard-earned lessons of a recent health emergencies. The time to act is not when the threat becomes unmanageableit is now, when swift, coordinated efforts can make the greatest impact.

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Study highlights geographical and hospital type trends in hospital-at-home participation

News Medical Health Sciences

Hospitals that have adopted the Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) "hospital-at-home" program, which serves as an alternative to admission to brick-and-mortar facilities, are concentrated in large, urban, not-for-profit, and academic hospitals, new research suggests.

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News: FNS: Request for Information: Child Nutrition Programs Tribal Pilot Projects

Rural Health Information Hub

Notice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) seeking comments on a request for information to inform the development of the Child Nutrition Programs Tribal Pilot Projects, as authorized in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024. Section 758 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, provided $2 million for pilot projects that will permit Tribes and/or Tribal organizations to administer Child Nutrition Programs, assuming the roles and responsibiliti

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Researchers identify key mechanism linking brain stress to Alzheimer's disease

News Medical Health Sciences

Researchers with the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) have unveiled a critical mechanism that links cellular stress in the brain to the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

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