Weekly Roundup | Health and Body: Top 10 stories of the week of September 12-19th, 2017
"The human body has been designed to resist an infinite number of changes and attacks brought about by its environment. The secret of good health lies in successful adjustment to changing stresses on the body." - Harry J. Johnson
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1 +16y+ ago
To treat back pain, look to the brain not the spine
Fixing chronic back pain is possible only when patients understand how much it is produced by the brain, not the spine
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Submitted on September 16th 2017 by baron778 with 5 comments and with 1 Related Links:
1. Antibiotics could cure 40% of chronic back pain patients Added by Gozzin on September 17th 2017.
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2 +16y+ ago
Trumpcare’s back, and now it will let insurers jack up premiums as soon as you get sick
Just when you thought your health care was safe...
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Submitted on September 18th 2017 by ckshenn with 6 comments and with 2 Related Links:
1. 'Red Alert' Sounded: Trumpcare Is Back, More Brutal and Deadly Than Ever Added by ckshenn on September 18th 2017.
2. Bayer to end non-US sales of Essure, a contested sterilisation implant Added by AdelleChattre on September 18th 2017.
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3 +16y+ ago
Bernie Sanders unveils universal healthcare bill: 'We will win this struggle'
Senator’s ‘Medicare for All’ bill, which is gaining steam among Democrats, would cover 323 million Americans under single system
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Submitted on September 13th 2017 by ckshenn with 7 comments and with 3 Related Links:
1. Universal healthcare in America? Not a taboo now, thanks to Bernie Sanders Added by Kelvis on September 14th 2017.
2. Pharma CEO worries Americans will say “Enough is Enough” and embrace Bernie Sanders' Single-Payer Plan Added by gottlieb on September 13th 2017.
3. Trump vows to veto Sanders' single-payer healthcare plan: 'A curse on the U.S. and its people' Added by drank on September 14th 2017.
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4 +16y+ ago
AI can detect Alzheimer's 10 years before symptoms show up
A team of researchers have developed an algorithm that can detect tiny structural changes in the brain.
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Submitted on September 18th 2017 by rookshook
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5 +16y+ ago
What's Killing the World? High Blood Pressure, Poor Diet, Tobacco, Huge New Study Says
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-sponsored Global Burden of Disease study is out.
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Submitted on September 17th 2017 by Bluesky2705
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6 +16y+ ago
In the Middle Ages, devil-fearing Christians killed cats, which carried the unintended consequence of increasing the rat population and the spread of the Black Death
The Black Death, one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, spread across Europe between 1346 and The Black Death, one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, spread across Europe between 1346 and 1353. It is widely believed that the plague was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
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Submitted on September 17th 2017 by grandsalami
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7 +16y+ ago
Scientists invent jab that could deliver every childhood vaccine in one go
Scientists have invented a new technology that could enable every childhood vaccination to be given in a single injection. The all-in-one jab stores the different vaccines in microscopic capsules in the body and releases the dose, as well as any required boosters, at the appropriate time.
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Submitted on September 16th 2017 by jedlicka
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8 +16y+ ago
Cancer treatment: sorting the good news from the hype
very news story about cancer research should come with a health warning: believe the hope, but not the hype. Good headlines are quick and catchy, good science is steady steps taken on a complicated issue over a long time. If a new treatment is still being researched, it could be metaphorical miles and actual years away from getting into the hands or bodies of patients.
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Submitted on September 18th 2017 by distant
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9 +16y+ ago
Lithium in tap water seems to both raise and lower dementia risk.
A study has found that high levels of lithium in drinking water is linked to a lower dementia risk, but medium levels are linked to a raised risk.
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Submitted on September 19th 2017 by tranxene
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10 +16y+ ago
Researchers find the key to loss of smell with Parkinson's disease.
Parkinson's disease is a progressive, degenerative disorder of the brain. Symptoms include tremors, stiffness or rigidity, and slowness of movement. According to Parkinson's New Zealand, approximately 1 percent of people over the age of 60 have the condition. There is no cure so treatment will normally focus on managing symptoms, typically with medication.Loss of the sense of smell is an often overlooked but remarkably prevalent early symptom of Parkinson's disease.
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Submitted on September 19th 2017 by tranxene
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/t/health 69 posts, 53 comments, 261 votes.
/t/psychology 20 posts, 5 comments, 83 votes.
/t/cancer 6 posts, 0 comments, 21 votes.
/t/healthcare 10 posts, 2 comments, 34 votes.
/t/disease 10 posts, 1 comments, 33 votes.
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