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When you think about ticks, you might picture nightmarish little parasites, stalking you on weekend hikes or afternoons in the park. Your fear is well-founded. Tick-borne diseases are the most prevalent vector-borne diseases — those transmitted by living organisms — in the United States. Each tick feeds on multiple animals throughout its life, absorbing viruses and bacteria along the way …

Feeling lonely and cut off from others does not just sting emotionally. Loneliness changes our internal biology in ways that are linked to heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and even early death. A large study of more than 42,000 adults measured thousands of proteins in blood. The researchers mapped how loneliness and social isolation line up with immune system …

TB is the No. 1 killer among infectious diseases. A new study says its toll could mount  NPRView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Researchers followed over 88,000 adults and found that disrupted sleep patterns, like irregular bedtimes, poor circadian rhythm alignment, and restless nights, were linked to 172 different diseases, including dementia, type 2 diabetes, Parkinson’s, and even acute kidney failure. Source link

Florida’s plan to drop school vaccine mandates likely won’t take effect for 90 days and would include only chickenpox and a few other illnesses unless lawmakers decide to extend it to other diseases, like polio and measles, the health department said Sunday. The department responded to a request for details, four days after Florida’s surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, said …

Artificial Intelligence is slowly making advances in the healthcare industry, with each new model from tech companies getting better at analyzing health-related queries. Despite the new technology, the way to treat patients has remained largely the same, with doctors using stethoscopes hanging around their necks to access the internal organs of their patients. The nifty item that has been a …

Novo’s Wegovy beats Lilly’s Zepbound in real-world study for heart diseases  Seeking Alpha Weight loss drugs can halve heart patients’ risk of early death, study finds  The Guardian Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy® cuts risk of heart attack, stroke or death by 57% compared to tirzepatide in real-world study of people with obesity and cardiovascular disease  PR Newswire Weight loss jabs could keep heart failure …

The old adage “ignorance is bliss” feels especially fitting when it comes to healthcare. In fact, new research reveals that one in three people avoids—or is likely to avoid—medical information. In a study published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine earlier this month, researchers investigated data from 92 studies involving 564,497 participants from 25 countries. Despite the fact that successful …

Common household exposures could raise your chances of developing diabetes via “forever chemicals,” Mount Sinai researchers have found. What’s happening? A new investigation examined blood samples from 360 study participants in New York City, half of whom had recently received diabetes diagnoses and half of whom hadn’t. The research team measured PFAS contamination levels. PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” are man-made …

As students head back to school, a checkup on which vaccines are needed is usually on the list. WTOP looks into which ones are especially important this year.  As students head back to school, a checkup on which vaccines are needed is usually on the list. WTOP looks into which ones are especially important this year. “Vaccines are victims of …