HEALTH

Jackson police confirm that a man is in custody and has been charged with murder. According to JPD Det. Tommie Brown, the man suffered a psychiatric episode. The victim was taken to UMMC where she died.
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2 years ago Read more at WLBT

Dr. Eugene Livar was appointed to the role under Gov. Katie Hobbs’ extreme heat preparedness plan. In that role, Livar contributed to the state’s heat plan. Why 2023’s record-breaking heat surprised scientists.
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2 years ago Read more at PBS NewsHour

Mold test results allege this is exactly what Lauren LaMantia experienced while living at The Heyward Apartments. The second time, the results were worse than the first, showing a 7.7 of high relative moldiness in the air. She says these results caused her to lose everything, including her son’s baby toys and pictures.
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2 years ago Read more at Live 5 News WCSC

a study of more than 200 people undergoing surgery found that nearly 60% had microplastics or even smaller nanoplastics in a main artery1. Those who did were 4.5 times more likely to experience a heart attack, a stroke or death in the approximately 34 months after the surgery than were those whose arteries were plastic-free. But other factors that the researchers did not study could be driving ill health rather than the plastics themselves.
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2 years ago Read more at Nature.com

In a field perpetually seeking to tease out the effects of genetics, environment and life experience, they provide a natural controlled experiment as their paths diverge, subtly or dramatically, through adulthood. Most of their childhood experiences were shared — except that Dennis endured an attempted molestation when he was 13. At 18, Douglas married his high school girlfriend.
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2 years ago Read more at The New York Times

Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, issued a white paper, “Strengthening Health Data Privacy for Americans: Addressing the Challenges of the Modern Era” The white paper proposes several updates to the privacy protections for health data. The White paper describes the importance of health information, including the potential for such data to be used to increase access to care, support research for new diagnostics and treatments, and lower care
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2 years ago Read more at Inside Privacy

White House Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden said the president’s work on health care is a signature issue for us. Biden will specifically request Congress to allow Medicare to negotiate at least 50 drugs annually, up from the up to 20 allowed per year under current law. The president will point to the $2,000 out-of-pocket cap that will apply to Medicare Part D beneficiaries in 2025 as a model cap for private insurers.
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2 years ago Read more at Roll Call

The Medical Minute: The journey to relieve endometriosis pain Some women spend as much as a month of every year in so much pain they can do little more than endure it, Dr. Kristin Riley said. The medical Minute is a weekly health news feature produced by Penn State Health. Some patients find relief through a mild electrical current passed through leads attached to their muscles.
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2 years ago Read more at Penn State Health News

The COVID-19 pandemic would eventually subside, but the unhealthiness of rural Southern North Carolina was here to stay. The SERVIRE project has worked with more than 35 businesses across eastern North Carolina, having engaged nearly 1,400 workers at job sites ranging from a water faucet manufacturer in New Bern to a metal fabrication shop in Ahoskie.
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2 years ago Read more at ECU News Services

People with obesity are more likely to develop depression and poor feelings of well-being than those without obesity, independent of lifestyle factors and disease. The association between obesity and depression was stronger in women than in men. In their study, researchers examined medical records of 1,821 men and women between the ages of 46 and 73 randomly selected from a large primary care center.
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2 years ago Read more at Medical News Today