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Health clinic in Montana Superfund town faces penalties for false asbestos claims

29/06/2023binomo

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination faces millions of dollars…

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination faces millions of dollars in penalties — and potential bankruptcy — after a jury found it submitted more than 300 false asbestos claims to the US government, making patients eligible for Medicare and other benefits they shouldn’t have received.

The federally funded Center for Asbestos Related Disease clinic has been at the forefront of the medical response to deadly pollution from mining near Libby,

Florida ramps up mosquito control efforts due to 4 cases of locally contracted malaria

27/06/2023binomo

TERRA CEIA ISLAND, Fla.

The Florida Department of Health has issued a statewide mosquito-borne illness advisory after four locally contracted cases of malaria were reported along the Gulf Coast south of Tampa.

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On Monday, a health alert issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also noted that another case has been detected in Texas, marking the first time there has been a local spread of malaria in the United States in 20 years.

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The four residents in Sarasota County received treatment and have recovered, according to the state’s Department of Health advisory. Malaria, caused by a

Study points to better care for babies born to opioid users

27/06/2023binomo

Babies born to opioid users have shorter hospital stays and need less medication when their care emphasized parental involvement, skin-to-skin contact and a quiet environment, researchers reported Sunday.

Newborns were ready to go home about a week earlier compared to those getting standard care. Fewer received opioid medications to reduce withdrawal symptoms such as tremors and hard-to-soothe crying, about 20% compared to 52% of the standard-care babies.

Babies born to opioid users, including mothers in treatment with medications such as methadone, can develop withdrawal symptoms after exposure in the womb.

Typically, hospitals use a scoring system to decide which babies

Freeze-dried feces pills called ‘crapsule’ to be taken by patients in clinical trial

23/06/2023binomo

A tiny plastic toilet is surrounded by pills and tablets. — iStock/Getty Images Plus

Keeping up with all the latest in health news can be a crapshoot. Luckily, we’ve got you covered. Here are the most headline-grabbing stories this week from Yahoo News partners.

‘“Crapsules” … may offer new hope for patients’

A clinical trial funded by the United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Care Research is testing whether pills made from the freeze-dried poop of healthy people could help those with advanced liver disease, Sky News reported.

Individuals with cirrhosis — a condition involving severe scarring and damage to the liver — have higher levels of “bad” gut bacteria

One in ten NHS health care workers experienced suicidal thoughts during a pandemic, study finds

21/06/2023binomo

sad nurse — Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain

Concerns were raised about the risk of suicide among health care workers during the pandemic after a number of high-profile cases were reported in the media. Researchers from the University of Bristol, King’s College London and UCL (University College London), sought to investigate the prevalence and incidence of suicidal thoughts and behavior among NHS health care workers in England and their relationship with occupational risk factors.

The team analyzed responses from the NHS CHECK longitudinal online surveys completed by health care workers (clinical and non-clinical), students, and volunteers in 18 NHS Trusts across England during the

Left foot amputation a possibility for Deion Sanders

19/06/2023binomo

Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders received some difficult health news last week when a medical team informed him that due to ongoing circulation issues, he may be forced to have his left foot amputated.

Sanders previously had two toes on that same foot removed back in 2021 while he was head coach at Jackson State.

“Thee Pregame Show” released a YouTube video documenting Sanders’ conversation with his medical staff, which included orthopedic surgeon Dr. Ken Hunt, vascular surgeon Dr. Donald Jacobs and Dr. Max Wohlauer and athletic trainer Lauren Askevold (h/t ESPN). About midway through the 11-minute video, Jacobs

Which Diet (way of eating) Is Best for Health and Longevity?

19/06/2023binomo

Proper diet undoubtedly promotes healthier aging and longevity. But what’s the right diet? A meta-analysis of diet studies proposes an answer. or more accurately, answers, based on diet-related biomarkers linked to disease and aging. Half of the studies were done in Europe, the rest from North America and Asia. The February, 2023, article was published in Nutrients. You can read the entire article online.

“….the main goal of this systematic review was to perceive the quantity and quality of different diets or aspects in nutrition, how they could modulate biomarkers and prevent aging-related diseases, in order to enlighten

Newport News expands mental health partnership amid ‘significant’ rise in emergency calls

17/06/2023binomo

Newport News’ dispatch center managers said they have seen a serious rise in mental health-related calls since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Newport News 911 dispatchers are the first line of response with each phone call ringing into their center.

Lately, they said they’ve seen a lot more calls from both the 911 and 988 lines over the past couple of years regarding mental health.

“We’ve had about 1,000 calls for service last ear for our cares team where they actually went out and responded to triage to the citizens,” Newport News 911 Manager Laura