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Pediatric Brain Cancer Trial Group to Be Phased Out  The New York Times HHS winds down pediatric brain tumor pact after 26 years, prioritizing other childhood cancer work  Endpoints News A major childhood brain cancer network is ending  statnews.com NCI axes funding for pediatric brain cancer trial consortium, shifts focus to broader oncology group  fiercebiotech.com Pratiti Bandopadhayay: Urgent Need to Sustain Funding for Pediatric …

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Doctors have long relied on measurements like body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratios to assess health risks. However, researchers are increasingly focusing their attention on an unexpected indicator: neck circumference. A thick neck might project strength, like that of heavyweight boxers or rugby players, but studies suggest it could signal a concerning health issue. BMI, which divides weight by …

Inside every human brain lies a detailed map of the body, with different regions dedicated to different body parts – the hands, lips, feet and more. But what happens to this map when a body part is removed? For decades, scientists believed that when a body part is amputated, the brain’s body map dramatically reorganises itself, with neighbouring body parts …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has scaled back a federal-state surveillance program for foodborne pathogens. As of July 1, the CDC’s Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), which works with the Food and Drug Administration, the US Department of Agriculture, and 10 state health departments to track infections commonly transmitted through food, has reduced required surveillance to …

Doctors Now Recommend This Blood Pressure Level to Prevent Dementia  Money Talks News New Blood Pressure Guidelines: My Likes and Concerns  Medscape How to lower blood pressure without medication  CNN New high blood pressure guide reveals link between hypertension and alcohol usage  WECT American Heart Association’s revised Blood Pressure guidelines can help Diabetics if they follow THIS…  Times of India Source link

Two people are dead after they contracted a flesh-eating bacterium eating raw oysters in Louisiana, a state health official said. The deaths were due to Vibrio vulnificus, a bacterium that is naturally occurring in warm coastal waters and more common between May and October. Vibrio bacteria can lead to illness when an open wound is exposed to coastal waters or …

A skunk that interacted with two dogs in Camden County last week was confirmed by the state testing laboratory to have rabies, county officials said. A Gibbsboro resident alerted authorities about a skunk in their backyard on Aug. 19 interacting with their two dogs, officials said. The local Animal Control Officer captured the skunk, and the state Public Health & …

A recent study from Harvard Medical School asks whether the element lithium might be a key factor in whether someone develops Alzheimer’s disease. Led by Dr. Bruce Yankner, professor of genetics and neurology at Harvard Medical School, the almost-decade long study says it is the first to show that lithium is found naturally in the brain in small amounts and …

Aedis aegypti, found in Ashland for the first time, is capable of spreading Zika and dengue; officials widen search and urge residents to eliminate standing water By Damian Mann for Ashland.news A disease-spreading, invasive mosquito with a penchant for human blood has been discovered in neighborhoods of south Ashland. Known as aedes aegypti (pronounced like “80s egypti”), it was previously …