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By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A child in California has tested positive for bird flu, despite having no known contact with infected animals, state officials reported Tuesday.“California has identified a possible bird flu case in a child in Alameda County who was tested for mild upper respiratory symptoms. The child, who has been treated, is …

Prevalence of suicide 40.0 per 100,000 person-years among those with epilepsy

By Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — If Congress lets health care tax credits established during the pandemic expire, 4 million Americans will become uninsured, a new analysis warns.The tax credits, which have significantly lowered out-of-pocket costs for millions of Americans, are set to expire …

By Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Although the United States has made significant headway in curbing cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke exposure, a new report finds deep divisions remain and they run along predictable fault lines.Disparities in tobacco use continue to persist by income …

Prevalence of low HDL-C was 13.8 percent and was higher in men than women and decreased with age

For people with a moderate/high polygenic risk score, high CRF attenuates all dementia risk

Women with high versus low life stress, anxiety, depression, PTSD had differently abundant microbes

Meta-analysis reveals benefits for pain intensity for both conventional and novel spinal cord stimulation

Significantly lower incidence of major cardiovascular events seen with intensive- versus standard-treatment strategy

TeleTeam detected 11 of 13 skin cancers with clinical photos, dermoscopy alone, with accuracy of 91 percent