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What is a Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma?
Date: July 27th, 2016
What is NHL?
For reasons that are still undetermined, the cases of people with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma are actually rising in numbers. There was a new study that puts weight to the proof that the height and the weight of the patient during their early childhood days dictate the possibility of developing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. This condition is a cancer that starts in the lymphocytes. It is a kind of white blood cell and it is important for the immune system.
Young Breast Cancer Patients Getting Gene Test
Date: July 26th, 2016
What is the BRCA test?
There are a growing number of young ladies with breast cancer. They are going through the test called BRCA. This is a type of gene mutations that raises the risk of breast cancer as well as tumors of the ovary according to the newest study. The researchers have discovered that around 900 ladies who have breast cancer at the age of 40 or even younger went through the BRCA tests a year after being diagnosed. The percentage increased in time. In 2013, 95% of the ladies were tested. The experts said that the results were good, because BRCA test has long been suggested for ladies who were diagnosed with breast cancer before they reached 50. This is good said Dr. Weitzel.
The Effects of Bullying to Small Kids
Date: July 25th, 2016
Low birth weight and bullying
Kids who are born with a low weight at birth might face high risk of being bullied than the regular sized kids. They will be prone to suffering and trauma by being a victim. This is according to the study conducted in Canada. Among the survivors of bullying that were adults now, those who had been small during their toddler years were more likely to be just 5.5lbs and they tend to be depressed, avoidant, hyperactive, antisocial. They also tend to suffer from panic disorders or obsessive compulsive behavior. This is based on the report in the pediatrics of the researchers.
Link between Zika and Microcephaly
Date: July 24th, 2016
Zika: the leading cause of mortality among babies
At the moment, the CDC is now coordinating with the researchers in Brazil for further studies about Zika virus. The scientists want to find out if the fast spreading of the virus is affecting the brain development of the fetuses or the unborn kids that leads to infant born with small heads and brain. In the current briefing with the CDC director, he said that in every passing day, the link between Zika virus and microcephaly is becoming stronger. At the moment, there is no further study first being conducted to know if there is a need to know the cause and effect and the link between the virus and the small brain and head cases. They will use a certain kind of study which they call the case control study.
Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children by using (Universal Autism Screening)
Date: July 23rd, 2016
Universal Autism Screening
There was a strong emotion bursting from the doctors handling child development, this is according to the influential task force that hands autism. They say that there is enough proof to show that there are really advantages that come along in screening young kids for autism and they outweigh the harmful effects. There is no enough proof however for the experts that suggests they go for or against the screening in kids for autism for those who are below 30 months old. There is no correct answer for this. The findings that were used to check the kids from ages eighteen months to thirty months who have not shown any symptoms of the disorder were posted in the JAMA.
Fluoride are Important among Young Kids
Date: July 22nd, 2016
Comparing the kids and the cities
There was a new research that compares the school kids in Alberta regarding the stopping of fluoride application in Calgary and the bad impact it gave on the dental health of the kids. This adds up to the debate over the fluoride application. The study that was published just recently compared the dental health of the grade 2 kids in Edmonton and in Calgary. Calgary has just stopped the water fluoride application in 2011, but it is still in the drinking water in Edmonton. The researchers did the study and then they compare the data from the dental records of more than 5,000 grade 2 pupils in the 2 mentioned cities starting from the year 2004 to 2005 and from 2013 to 2014. They have checked on the rise in tooth decay on the surfaces of the teeth of the kids.
HPV Has Improved the Risk of Young Girls Having Cervical Cancer
Date: July 21st, 2016
HPV for cervical cancer
There was a vaccine that was introduced 10 years back to fight STV that brings cervical cancer. It has lessened the prevalence of the said disease in young girls by 2/3. This was based on the researchers note. Even women who are in their early 20s showed that the vaccine lower the rates of the riskiest strains of HPV and it is still going down by more than 1/3. They have been seeing some results of the vaccines that go down the line for the said age groups that makes the study more persuading. This is according to Dr. Middleman. She is the head of the teen medicine at the University in Oklahoma. She wasn’t involved in the study. There was a small group of ladies in the nation that have been given shots, but they were seeing the result of the public health that is a big extensive.
Is there a Way to Fight Zika from Spreading?
Date: July 20th, 2016
The link between Zika and microcephaly
As the Zika virus continue to spread and became pandemic all over the US, the health officials are starting to cram. They want to learn more about this virus and how they will be preparing for it if the cases went up. At the moment, the emergency operations center of the USCDC is on its highest alarm for the Zika response. This is only for the 4th time in history. As they speak with the director Dr. Fieden about the outbreak and what they are still learning.
What does the European Medicines Agency have to say about SGLT2 Inhibitors?
Date: July 19th, 2016
The SGLT2 inhibitors and their dangers
The European Medicine Agency or EMA have asked the health professionals to closely check on the signs of diabetic Ketoacidosis or DKA in patients with type-2 diabetes who were given prescription for SGLT2 inhibitors. The pills which are available in the UK are available under the names Forxiga, Inyokana, Jardiance to name some were made to lower the levels of glucose in the blood to those with type 2 diabetes. Since the middle part of 2015, there were issues with the SGLT2 inhibitors and their dangers for the possibility of having DKA in those with type 2 diabetes. DKA is a serious health complication that is linked with type 1 diabetes, though it is just short term, it is serious enough to make people alarmed. It is just typical when the glucose in the blood goes up to a very high level.
Improving C-Peptide Effect
Date: July 18th, 2016
Hypodermic management
Hypodermic management of the extended performing C-peptide weekly for fifty-two weeks didn’t improve the sural nerve transference speed or peripheral neuropathy; however it dramatically developed the Quivering Awareness Verge in those with type 1 diabetes patients with peripheral neuropathy if associated with placebo. This is in accordance with the data that was currently distributed in Diabetes Care. The patients with type 1 diabetes who suffered from the absence of C-peptide may progress in an added microvascular complication. On the other hand, in a past study, the researchers have shown how changing has dramatically change the marginal functions of the nerves in type 1 diabetes, thus it promoted the researchers to make an evaluation about the security and efficiency of a long acting C-peptide among patients with type 1 diabetes regardless if they have mild to moderate peripheral neuropathy.