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- Mega-study: Omega-3s, folic acid, CoQ10 benefit heart, but beware of beta carotene
Instead of singling out vitamins and minerals that may help heart health, researchers hope their comprehensive review of many studies will pave the way for clinical trials to identify the best mix of micronutrients. ..... Read More.23 hours ago - Study links eating lots of ultra-processed foods daily with cognitive decline
An association exists between people who obtain a higher percentage of their daily energy from ultra-processed foods and suffering cognitive decline, a large study with long-term follow-up released Monday suggests. ..... Read More.1 day ago - Child aged 12 dies of invasive strep A in London
The Year 8 student was a pupil at Colfe's School in Lee. ..... Read More.1 day ago - Hearing loss treatment moves forward despite early disappointment
An innovative approach to treating hearing loss might be closer to reaching the market after a setback in the approval process, researchers behind the technology at Frequency Therapeutics told UPI. ..... Read More.1 day ago - Strep A: Penarth family traumatised by daughter’s deathThe father of seven-year-old Hanna Roap, describes how his "bubbly"daughter died within hours. ..... Read More.2 days ago
- What is China’s zero Covid policy and what are its rules?Protests broke out in China over its strict Covid lockdown measures. ..... Read More.2 days ago
- Hearing aids are now cheaper and easier to buy for hard-of-hearing Americans
There's some good news for Americans who are hard of hearing. Hearing aids — formerly requiring a prescription and often coming with a high price tag and a lot of complications — are now sold without requiring a prescription from a specialist. Over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids began hitting the market in October. HEARING AIDS TO BE AVAILABLE WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION AFTER FDA RULE Notably, the prices for these OTC devices can be thousands of dollars less than that of prescription hearing aids, the Associated Press reported. Some 30 million people in the United States have hearing loss, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Even so, only about 20% of those who could use a hearing aid seek help (for a variety of reasons). Here is more detail. Congress in 2017 passed bipartisan legislation requiring the FDA to create a category of OTC hearing aids — but it was not… ..... Read More.2 days ago - US plans end to monkeypox public health emergency in JanuaryThe federal government plans to end in January the public health emergency it declared earlier this year after an outbreak of mpox infected more than 29,000 people across the U.S. Mpox cases have plummeted in recent weeks, with just a handful of new infections being reported every week in the month of November, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At the height of the outbreak, over the summer, hundreds of people were being infected weekly. The virus has primarily spread among men who have sex with infected men. PROTESTERS IN WUHAN, CHINA SEEN PUSHING THROUGH BARRIER AS US SENATORS WARN AGAINST VIOLENT CRACKDOWN The public health emergency is expected to end in January, said Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra in a statement. "Given the low number of cases today, HHS does not expect that it needs to renew the emergency declaration when it… ..... Read More.3 days ago
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