Month: June 2022

The 6 Best Vegetables You Should Be Eating Every Day, Say Dietitians — Eat This Not That

The 6 Best Vegetables You Should Be Eating Every Day, Say Dietitians — Eat This Not That

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Hopefully, we all know by now that vegetables are a fundamental part of a healthy diet. As Americans, unfortunately, we fall short of getting enough vegetables in our diets despite the awareness that vegetables offer incredible health benefits. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that only around one in 10 …

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The Best Foods To Eat If You're Hungry In The Middle Of The Night

The Best Foods To Eat If You’re Hungry In The Middle Of The Night

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It’s strange to find yourself awake at 3 a.m., when the world is dark, your stomach is grumbling and the kitchen is beckoning. You’re hungry for something. It’s not breakfast — it’s not any meal — so chips and salsa are just as much an option as the leftover steak from several hours earlier. What …

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Dr. Sanjana Iyengar, a Lakeland Regional Health dermatologist, examines the skin of Lance Devore during a skin cancer screening at LRH Hollis Cancer Center.

Early diagnosis and treatment crucial for melanoma patients

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Treatment will begin and end in a dermatologist’s office for most patients who get melanoma. They won’t need the array of advanced treatments discussed in an accompanying article. They won’t see medical or surgical oncologists. “People get scared of that word, melanoma, but if it’s caught in the early stages, it’s curable,” said Dr. Pamela …

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'Testing bottleneck' for monkeypox puts hope of containment at risk, experts warn

‘Testing bottleneck’ for monkeypox puts hope of containment at risk, experts warn

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Infectious disease specialists are growing increasingly concerned by the U.S. strategy for testing for monkeypox, warning that it’s creating a bottleneck and squandering the limited time the country may have to get the outbreak under control. Under the current system, specimens must be sent to one of 74 laboratories across the country before being sent …

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10 Medicines That Work But We Don't Know Why - Listverse

10 Medicines That Work But We Don’t Know Why – Listverse

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Pharmaceutical companies run exhaustive trials before they can release a drug onto the market. This is a matter of common sense. No one wants a repeat of the thalidomide scandal of the 1950s and ’60s when some women took thalidomide for morning sickness. The result of the “biggest man-made medical scandal ever” was 10,000 children …

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What to know about Heartland virus, a new tick-borne disease spreading through the Midwest and southern US

What to know about Heartland virus, a new tick-borne disease spreading through the Midwest and southern US

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Heartland virus disease is a relatively new tick-borne illness that was discovered in 2009. The virus is spread by the lone star tick in the American South and Midwest. Little is known about this emerging disease, but experts are working on tick surveillance. Loading Something is loading. In 2009, Dr. Scott Folk treated two patients …

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