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By Arielle Zionts for KFF Health News Cassandra Palmier had been meaning to get her son the second and final dose of the measles vaccine. But car problems made it difficult to get to the doctor. So she pounced on the opportunity to get him vaccinated after learning that a mobile clinic would be visiting her neighborhood. “I was definitely concerned about …

Rush now offers a blood test to help detect more than 50 types of cancer, as other health systems remain wary  Chicago Tribune Source link

Protecting Your Brain? Scientists Identify New Health Benefit of Ozempic  SciTechDaily GLP-1s Could Protect Against Neurodegeneration, Study Finds  BioSpace Semaglutide emerges as contender in cerebrovascular disease management  The Pharma Letter Weight Loss Drugs Like Ozempic May Also Protect Against Dementia, Stroke, and Even Death  health.com Semaglutide improves brain-related injury patients’ outcomes  Yahoo Finance Source link

“Ghost poops” might sound like an inherently scary type of bowel movement, but according to gastroenterologists, they’re actually quite healthy. Ghost poops are bowel movements that leave no skid marks in the toilet bowl or streaks on your toilet paper. Julia Barten, a physical therapist at the Stanford Pelvic Health Center, calls these “unicorn poops” or “no wipers.” Why? “Because …

Then, around 13 to 17 years later, those same participants received brain scans to look at the size of specific regions known to be vulnerable in Alzheimer’s disease, like the inferior parietal lobule and precuneus. These areas are key players in memory, attention, and spatial reasoning—all functions that tend to decline early in dementia. Source link

A new meta review published in the Lancet officially confirmed that we’ve been calculating our step count number all wrong. The new findings suggest that you can actually reap the major health benefits well before you hit 10,000 steps. Here’s what experts say about the 10k number and how this applies to your life. The idea that you need to …

A fitness tracker doesn’t care whether you run for the bus or wander through the grocery store. It simply counts. Those digital tallies have become a barometer of personal health and wellness, yet the “magic” 10,000-step goal that pops up on so many screens never came from a medical textbook. New evidence now suggests that you can bank most of …

One Illinois county is sounding the alarm after reporting the discovery of the season’s first West Nile-positive mosquitoes. What’s happening? In late June, the Will County Health Department announced that a batch of mosquitoes in the city of Joliet, which is around 40 miles southwest of Chicago, tested positive for West Nile virus. Patch reported on the announcement, adding that …

The Surprising Food People With High Cholesterol Should Eat for Better Health  AOL.com Top 5 cholesterol-fighting foods and how to add them to your daily diet  Times of India The #1 Fruit to Eat to Help Lower Your Cholesterol, According to Dietitians  EatingWell 6 Fruits that lower cholesterol and boost heart health  Moneycontrol Got high cholesterol? Doctors say this common habit could be making …

8. “Obesity and lack of exercise — even think about joints, knees, and hips. Think of fractures. Sleep apnea. High blood pressure. Think about how it feels for your heart to work hard to pull all that extra weight around your middle. And no, it’s not the same for muscular people, who don’t lug around 200 extra pounds around their …