Lalit8 of the biggest health stories from this week in case you missed them
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Mobile medical clinics bring health care directly to homeless veterans in 25 cities
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Having trouble? Click here. Las Vegas, Nevada – More than 35,000 veterans in America are homeless — and health care is not always their top priority.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) aims to bridge that gap by bringing medical care to homeless vets.
“The mobile medical unit is a physical truck or van that goes out into the community setting and brings … health care services, those wraparound..
Undercooked bear meat to blame for infecting family with rare roundworm parasite: CDC
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At least six family members, including a 12-year-old, who gathered for a meal of black bear meat during a family reunion in South Dakota were infected by a rare roundworm parasite known as trichinellosis, the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention said in a release on Thursday.
Eight members of the family ate a meal together in South Dakota in 2022 that included the meat which one of them had been harvested in Saskachewan, Canada, and frozen for 45 days after a hunting outfitter recommended that as a way to get rid of parasites.
“Persons who consume meat from wild game animals should be aware that adequate cooking is the only reliable way to kill Trichinella parasites, and that infected meat can cross-contaminate other foods,” the CDC said in the release.
The meat was then grilled and served with vegetables as kebab..
ADHD affects 1 in 9 kids in US, new report reveals: ‘Shame and stigma’
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Having trouble? Click here. Diagnoses of ADHD continue to rise among U.S. youth, affecting one in every nine U.S. kids.
Approximately 11.4% of U.S. children (7.1 million) have received an ADHD diagnosis at some point, and 10.5% (6.5 million) currently have the disorder, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Researchers analyzed data from the 2022 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH..
What to know about the new ‘FLiRT’ COVID variants
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According to the World Health Organization, the “FLiRT” variants of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus have been the dominant forms of the virus circulating globally this year.”FLiRT” is an acronym for the locations of the mutations the variants share on the virus’ spike protein.CDC data suggests COVID-related hospitalizations have trended downwards in recent weeks and the number of patients in emergency departments who have tested positive for COVID has been about flat for the past month.The so-called FLiRT variants of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that cause COVID-19 have been the dominant forms of the virus circulating this year globally, according to the World Health Organization.
The moniker FLiRT is an acronym for the locations of the ..
5 myths about schizophrenia, according to a mental health expert: ‘Huge stigma’
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Having trouble? Click here. About 1% of Americans, or nearly 3.5 million people, are affected by schizophrenia — yet the mental disorder remains highly stigmatized and misunderstood, experts say.
The reason, according to Brooke Kempf, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner based in Indiana, is a general lack of ..
Fish oil supplements linked to greater first-time heart attack risk in study: ‘Not universally good or bad’
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Having trouble? Click here. Taking fish oil supplements could raise the risk of heart attack and stroke, a new study suggests.
Among healthy people, regular use of fish oil was found to make them more susceptible to developing heart disease and stroke for the first time, the study found.
Among those who had existing heart disease, however, fish oil consumption was shown to slow the progression of cardiovascular disease and reduce the risk of mort..
