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Health news • Apr 02

Eastern Utah measles infections double within a week, health officials say

Health officials have confirmed a doubling of measles cases in Daggett, Duchesne and Uintah counties in the past week.

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Health news • Apr 02

Antibiotics Turned This Woman’s Limbs Into an Unsettling Horrorshow

A woman's skin care treatment inadvertently turned into its own nightmare. A recent case report describes how she developed a rare reaction to an antibiotic...

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Health news • Apr 02

Mpox, Rabies Diagnostic Testing Paused by CDC Amid Downsizing

The CDC announced on April 1 that they would be downsizing their operations, leading to the pause of diagnostic testing for mpox, rabies, and more than 2...

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Health news • Apr 02

Scientists Find Eating This Popular Food Increases Heart Disease Risk By 67%

Scientists examined the health data of a large sample of adults who ate ultra-processed foods and linked a number of servings to a 67% increased chance of...

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Health news • Apr 02

IBD: Vitamin D may stop immune system from attacking gut bacteria

A new study suggests that vitamin D may help people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by promoting a more balanced, protective immune response to the...

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Health news • Apr 02

2026 Dyslipidemia Guidelines: Earlier Screening and What's Coming Next

Joseph Saseen, PharmD, addresses statin intolerance and misinformation and provides a look at aggressive new LDL targets and emerging therapies not yet...

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Health news • Apr 02

Heart Disease Care Starting to Shift as Lp(a) Testing Recommended for All Adults

Doctors and researchers discussed new broader testing guidelines and changing treatment practices for those with high Lp(a) at ACC's annual meeting.

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Health news • Apr 02

CDC pauses testing for rabies and other serious infectious diseases

The CDC has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and a number of other infectious diseases.

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Health news • Apr 02

CDC pauses dozens of types of lab testing during evaluation and in wake of downsizing

The federal government's disease-tracking agency has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and a number of other infectious diseases.

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Health news • Apr 02

Weight-Loss Drugs Like Ozempic Are Creating a Hidden Environmental Disaster

Ozempic and similar peptide-based drugs generate millions of pounds of hazardous waste each year. A new water-based approach is now being developed to...

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Health news • Apr 02

Mentally Active vs Passive Sitting May Lower Dementia Risk

Replacing mentally passive behaviors with mentally active ones while sedentary is associated with lower dementia risk in middle-aged and older adults,...

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Health news • Apr 02

52-Year-Old Woman Thought She Had a Stomach Bug After Her Vacation. Then She Got a Devastating Diagnosis

Marie McGrath was diagnosed with colorectal cancer after initially mistaking her symptoms for those of a stomach bug. She believes her doctor's personal...

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Health news • Apr 02

Doctors Treated a Deadly Heart Rhythm With Help From a Digital Twin

WASHINGTON (AP) – Scientists created virtual replicas of patients' diseased hearts so precise that blocking a dangerous irregular heartbeat in these digital...

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Health news • Apr 02

5 Chair Exercises That Restore Thigh Muscle Faster Than Squats After 55

Lower body strength is essential for healthy aging. Your thigh muscles in particular (e.g., quads and hamstrings) are involved in many basic daily movements...

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Health news • Apr 02

Occasional heavy drinking may triple the risk of liver damage

LOS ANGELES — People may assume that if they drink lightly during the week or month, heavy drinking on the occasional Friday or Saturday may not cause their...

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Health news • Apr 02

CDC pauses testing for multiple infectious diseases

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has temporarily paused diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and several other infectious diseases.

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Health news • Apr 02

Kids may be more likely to get the new ‘Cicada’ variant of Covid-19, scientists say. Here’s what to know about BA.3.2

A heavily mutated variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 appears to be affecting primarily children, scientists say, though it's not causing more severe...

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Health news • Apr 02

5 common empty stomach habits that worsen insulin resistance: Doctors explain what to avoid and how to keep blood sugar stable

The first few hours after waking up quietly shape the body's metabolic rhythm for the day. Blood sugar is naturally lower after an overnight fast,...

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Health news • Apr 02

They’re Looking for Volunteers to Live in the Mountains for Free: Here’s the Pay and What You’d Do

A research project in Italy is recruiting healthy volunteers to live at 2,300 meters in the Stelvio National Park for four weeks.

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Health news • Apr 02

What’s Actually the Best Way to Get a Good Night’s Sleep? We Asked Scientists

Sleep. We all need it, and many of us aren't getting enough. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly 37% of U.S. adults in 2022...

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