June 1, 2021 marked the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Dr. Jackson, a prominent Black physician, was murdered during the massacre. Continue reading Source: NLM
Month: June 2021
What Will it Take to Get More of the U.S. VOVID-19?
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Free donuts. A shot and a beer. Shopping discounts. Baseball tickets. Days off from work. A free chance to win a million dollars, a dream vacation or a full college scholarship.
The Skin’s Defense System
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – EAST LANSING, Mich. – It can be easy to forget that the human skin is an organ. It’s also the largest one and it’s exposed, charged with keeping our inner biology safe from the perils of the outside world.
How Effector and Killer T Cells Can Be Controlled to Destroy Cancer Cells that Resist Treatment
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Effector and killer T cells are types of immune cells. Their job is to attack pathogens and cancers. These cells can also go after normal cells causing autoimmune diseases.
Hospitalize Cancer Patients – Remote Patient Monitoring May Reduce Need
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ROCHESTER, Minn. — A study has found that cancer patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who received care at home via remote patient monitoring were significantly less likely to require hospitalization for their illness
Popular Laundry Products – One in Three Americans Still Practice Unsafe Storage
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Washington, D.C. – June 4, 2021 – During the pandemic, with many Americans wanting to beautify the homes they were spending so much time in, laundry room makeovers became a more popular trend
Fight Type 2 Diabetes – Giving Brown Fat A Boost
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DALLAS – June 4, 2021 – Increasing a protein concentrated in brown fat appears to lower blood sugar, promote insulin sensitivity, and protect against fatty liver disease by remodeling white fat to a healthier state
Public Housing – Preventing Suicide Among a ‘Hidden Population’
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – COLUMBUS, Ohio – New research suggests that African American families living in public housing are a “hidden population” when it comes to national suicide prevention efforts.
Adults with Kidney Failure in New York City – Disparities in COVID-19 Rates
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Washington, DC — In an analysis of patients on hemodialysis in New York City, there were substantial racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 rates that were not explained by neighborhood social vulnerability.
That Little Lump or Funny Bump on your Neck Could Be Cancer
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma is a long complicated-sounding term for throat cancer.
Alzheimer’s Patients – New Research May Offer Hope
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 4, 2021) — University of Kentucky Department of Neuroscience Professor Greg Gerhardt, Ph.D., hypothesizes that the balance of glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) — two main neurotransmitters in the brain — contributes to Alzheimer’s disease….
Eating Roadblocks – 8 Solutions to Healthy Eating
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Life doesn’t follow a perfectly smooth course. You will inevitably run into obstacles on the journey to healthy eating. It’s how you respond that makes the difference.
First in U.S. to Implant New Device to Treat Heart Failure, Improve Kidney Function
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DETROIT – Cardiologists at Henry Ford Hospital are first in the U.S. and second in the world to implant a circulatory support device that is being investigated in a clinical trial for patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure….
New JAMA Study Answers Whether COVID-19 Vaccines Can Impact Male Fertility
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Ranjith Ramasamy, M.D., reproductive fertility expert at urologist from the University of Miami Health System, will discuss the findings of him and his team’s latest study….
Experiment is En Route to the Space Station; Could Lead to More Effective Early Cancer Screenings
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Researchers studying how bubbles form and function sent a fully automated, self-contained experiment to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Space X rocket that launched this afternoon.
Kids Who Sleep with Their Pet Still Get a Good Night’s Rest
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – There is a long-held belief that having your pet sleep on the bed is a bad idea. Aside from taking up space, noisy scratching, or triggering allergies, the most common assertion averred that your furry companion would disrupt your sleep.
First in World to Receive New Investigational Gene Editing Therapy
(HeathNewsDigest.com) – A 9-year-old patient of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is the first in the world to receive an investigational gene editing therapy for Methylmalonic Acidemia (MMA), a rare genetic disorder diagnosed at birth.
May Reduce Recurrence – Immunotherapy after Bladder Cancer Surgery
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – NEW YORK CITY, — New research found that patients who received nivolumab (Opdivo®) after bladder cancer surgery reduced their overall risk for high-grade bladder cancer recurrence.
Kidney Cancer Patients – Immunotherapy Drug Delays Recurrence
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – BOSTON –- Treatment with an immunotherapy drug following kidney cancer surgery, prolonged disease-free survival rates in patients at high risk for recurrence
June 5, 1981—The First Report of AIDS in the U.S.
~ By Erika Mills In the June 5, 1981 edition of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the CDC described a rare lung infection Continue reading Source: NLM