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Explore a curated roundup of this week's articles, offering deep insights into the latest medical and healthcare advancements.
General
WHO adds LC16m8 mpox vaccine to Emergency Use Listing
The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted Emergency Use Listing (EUL) for the LC16m8 mpox vaccine, making it the second mpox vaccine to be supported by WHO following the Director-General’s declaration of an mpox public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 14 August 2024.
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GPs supported to help patients with depression through new specialist clinics
GPs will be able to support patients with difficult to treat depression through 7 new specialist clinics across the UK, widening access to clinical assessments and new treatments.
The NIHR and Office for Life Sciences (OLS) have invested £18 million into these clinics, delivered by the NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Mood Disorders workstream as part of the Mental Health Goals programme.
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2023 CDC data suggest the STI epidemic may be slowing
The number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remains high in the United States, with more than 2.4 million reported in 2023. However, the latest data from CDC show signs the epidemic could be slowing. In 2023:
- Gonorrhea cases dropped for a second year—declining 7% from 2022 and falling below pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels (2019).
- Overall, syphilis cases increased by 1% after years of double-digit increases.
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Cardiology
Sitting more than 10 hours a day may increase heart failure, death risk
- Living a sedentary lifestyle can harm your overall health, and sitting too much each day can particularly be harmful to your heart.
- A new study suggests that sitting for 10.6 hours or more a day is significantly linked to future heart failure and cardiovascular death risk.
- This risk is still heightened in people who meet the recommended 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise per week.
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Neurology
- Cholesterol is an essential fatty substance produced by the liver, and consumed in food.
- However, high levels of cholesterol can cause health problems, including coronary heart disease.
- A new study suggests that, in older people, fluctuating cholesterol levels may increase dementia risk.
- The researchers suggest that annual cholesterol tracking could be used to assess risk of dementia and cognitive decline in older adults.
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Psychiatry
Snoring linked to behavioral problems in adolescents without declines in cognition
Adolescents who snore frequently were more likely to exhibit behavior problems such as inattention, rule-breaking, and aggression, but they do not have any decline in their cognitive abilities, according to a new study. This is the largest study to date tracking snoring in children from elementary school through their mid-teen years and it provides an important update to parents struggling with what medical measures to take to help manage snoring in their children.
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Dermatology
Study uncovers potential new target for treatment of chronic, debilitating skin disease
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is an immune disease that affects up to 4% of the global population and causes painful, recurring skin lesions and inflammation, primarily in the folds of the skin. It commonly affects women of African American descent.
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