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Diabetes and cancer risk
Let me make it clear: I'm talking to you about the association of Type 2 diabetes with increased cancer risk, not to scare you, but to incentivize you to stick up for yourself, take charge of your future health, and embrace a longer, younger, happier life. You have to recognize life's potential potholes to successfully drive around them. So, let...Read more
Learning The Available Options For Dealing With A Kidney Stone
DEAR DR. ROACH: I just found out that I have a kidney stone. I'm 77 years old, and I don't want to deal with it. I've heard of potassium citrate and pulverizing it with sound waves. Are these options? -- J.M.
ANSWER: When a person gets a kidney stone, the goals are to manage any symptoms, determine if a person's health is at risk (especially ...Read more
HIV testing and outreach falter as Trump funding cuts sweep the South
JACKSON, Miss. — Storm clouds hung low above a community center in Jackson, where pastor Andre Devine invited people inside for lunch. Hoagies with smoked turkey and ham drew the crowd, but several people lingered for free preventive health care: tests for HIV and other diseases, flu shots, and blood pressure and glucose monitoring.
Between ...Read more
COVID-19 tests, other health supplies provided free at 51 kiosks across LA County
LOS ANGELES — Starting this week, residents in need of a COVID-19 self-test kit, fentanyl test strips or other health supplies can get them for free at any of 51 Community Health Station kiosks across Los Angeles County.
The Community Health Station program was initially established to continue the distribution of COVID-19 antigen tests, also...Read more
Is measles spreading? Hard to know as state's disease-tracking data no longer available
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Do you want to know how many measles cases have been confirmed in your county in Florida this year? How about whether the recent tuberculosis case reported at a high school is confined to one school or spreading throughout South Florida?
Florida Department of Health surveillance data, which previously made public the ...Read more
On Nutrition: More on oxalates
A recent column on oxalates — natural components in plant foods that, when consumed in excess, can interfere with calcium absorption and contribute to kidney stones — brought these questions from readers:
“Thanks for your recent article on oxalates and calcium. I have osteoporosis and I'm trying to get enough calcium, magnesium and ...Read more
Covid Boosters Cause Debilitating Reactions In Woman
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 77-year-old female in good health. I am up to date on all vaccines, but I would like to know why after each COVID shot (about every six months), I have a debilitating reaction with flu-like symptoms. I ache all over, including my joints. This lasts for one to two days after the shot, and it's the only vaccine I react to....Read more
Speak up for your well-being
Around a third of Americans ages 65 to 74 have hearing loss and it affects about half of folks age 75 and older. That sets them up for a variety of health problems. Not only do hearing problems increase the risk of depression and dementia, but they up the risk of heart failure by 128%.
Research published in the journal Heart found that the ...Read more
Kemp signs bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender inmates
FORSYTH, Ga. — Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill Thursday that bans gender-affirming medical care for transgender inmates in Georgia prisons.
The measure had sparked a rift among Democrats and led to a dramatic mass walkout in the state House.
The legislation is part of a broader GOP push to regulate the lives of transgender Georgians. Kemp ...Read more
Boston University CTE Center researchers trying to diagnose CTE during life, recruiting former football players
Researchers are hoping they can tackle the mystery of how to diagnose CTE in the living.
The Boston University CTE Center and other research centers have received a $15 million NIH grant to diagnose CTE during life, as the scientists recruit hundreds of former football players for the new study.
Former NFL quarterback Matt Hasselbeck is among ...Read more
Measles outbreak in Kansas continues to grow, inches closer to Kansas City
The number of reported measles cases in Kansas grew slightly over the past week, and while the outbreak has not spread to the Kansas City metro, it is getting closer.
The state saw two new cases, bringing the total number to 48 cases as of Wednesday morning, up from 46 cases a week ago, according to the Kansas Department of Health and ...Read more
Clinical trials: A significant part of cancer care
A cancer diagnosis is an emotional experience. Learning that you have cancer can create feelings of hopelessness, fear and sadness. This is especially true if your cancer is advanced or available treatments are unable to stop or slow its growth.
"Often, when patients are diagnosed with cancer, they feel hopeless and scared. Clinical trials are ...Read more
Mayo Clinic Minute: Preventing pediatric falls
May is National Trauma Awareness Month. It's a time to spread awareness about injury prevention and trauma.
Falls are the No. 1 cause of nonfatal injuries among children up to 14 years old in the U.S., according to the National Institutes of Health. Many of these pediatric falls happen at home or on the playground.
Tom Halada, a Mayo Clinic ...Read more
Patient Considers Mr-Guided Ultrasound For Essential Tremor
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 76 years old, and I have had an essential tremor for over six years. It has progressively gotten stronger, mainly in my hands. I have been reading about an MR-guided focused ultrasound and was wondering if you considered this safe. This involves creating a small lesion in the thalamus, which concerns me. -- S.F.
ANSWER: ...Read more
New thinking about perimenopause
Perimenopause is the time when hormone fluctuations -- and the associated symptoms -- mean you're heading to the complete cessation of your periods, AKA menopause. It often starts in your mid-40s and lasts eight to 10 years, but how each person experiences it can vary as wildly as the symptoms.
Contending with those symptoms, which include hot ...Read more
Ill. Gov. JB Pritzker signs order protecting autism data in response to federal research plan under RFK Jr.
Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed an executive order that formally restricts the unauthorized collection of autism-related data by state agencies.
Pritzker’s order responds to federal efforts under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to create databases of personal information for those with autism “without clear legal safeguards or ...Read more
North Carolina House votes to make it easier to get ivermectin, reigniting COVID controversy
RALEIGH, N.C. — A drug that gained international attention for its controversial off-label use during the COVID-19 pandemic could soon be available in North Carolina without a prescription.
House Bill 618, titled the “Ivermectin Access Act,” would require the state to issue a standing order by Oct. 1 allowing licensed pharmacists to ...Read more
9/11 health workers rehired after outcry forced Trump to reverse cuts
NEW YORK — Federal workers who help run the health program for Sept. 11 first responders and survivors have been rehired after a bipartisan outcry forced the Trump administration to reverse deep cuts that threatened to hobble the program, lawmakers said Wednesday.
Almost all of the estimated 16 fired World Trade Center Health Program workers ...Read more
Another LA County measles case amid nationwide surge; vaccines urged ahead of summer travel
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County reported another measles case involving a resident or traveler this week, prompting officials to renew their call for all residents to make sure they are up to date on their vaccinations.
The latest case — the fourth so far this year — involves a visitor who recently arrived in L.A. County from another ...Read more
Environmental Nutrition: Papaya perks!
Papaya is a sweet fruit ripe with vitamins, minerals, and health protecting compounds.
The folklore
The popular tropical treat papaya is native to the warm, humid regions of southern Mexico and Central America. Ancient Mayans, who ate the fruit and used it medicinally for skin problems and other issues, called the papaya tree the “tree of ...Read more
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