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Many patients stop taking statins because of muscle pain, but statins aren’t causing it, new study says | CNN

[ad_1] CNN  —  Statins are an important tool to prevent major cardiovascular problems, but many patients stop taking them because of side effects, including muscle pain. However, for more than 90% of patients on statins who experience muscle pain, the statin is not the cause of the pain, according to a study published Monday in […]

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Monkeypox vaccine strategy shift yields more supply for some, hurdles for others

[ad_1] Some say the shift has stretched their vaccine supply, helping them meet a growing demand for the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine. Others report a hurdle — while the new method should allow for five small doses of vaccine to be extracted from a single vial, they have only been able to extract about four. The

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Meet the ‘change agent’ responsible for revamping the CDC

[ad_1] CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky has tapped Mary Wakefield — an Obama administration veteran and former nurse — to helm a major revamp of the sprawling agency and its multibillion-dollar budget. Making the changes will require winning over wary career CDC scientists, combative members of Congress, and a general public that in many cases

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More little children are eating the button batteries that power our devices, report finds

[ad_1] Despite public information campaigns warning parents about the dangers, visits to emergency rooms as a result of battery poisonings were twice as high from 2010 to 2019 compared with 1990 to 2009, according to the study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. That’s an average of one battery-related emergency visit every 1.25 hours among

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White mulberry leaf linked to congressman’s wife’s 2021 death

[ad_1] The 61-year-old died in December. Her husband, US Rep. Tom McClintock, a conservative Republican representing Northern California, found her unresponsive inside their locked home. The paperwork from the coroners’ office dated March 10 lists dehydration due to gastroenteritis and “adverse effects of white mulberry leaf ingestion” as her cause of death. It’s unclear why

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Combination ‘polypill’ lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events, study finds

[ad_1] Study authors led by Dr. Valentin Fuster, director of Mount Sinai Heart in New York City and general director of the Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research, looked at 2,499 patients in seven European countries who had a history of type 1 myocardial infarction in the past six months and were either over the

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Health officials urge New Yorkers to get vaccinated after poliovirus detected in wastewater in another county

[ad_1] The four wastewater samples were collected in July and August in Sullivan County, northwest of Orange County. CNN previously reported that polio was identified in wastewater samples from Rockland County, Orange County and New York City. The state Department of Health announced Friday that the Sullivan County samples were genetically linked to the previously

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Doggie dementia risk rises each year after age 10, study finds. Here’s what to look for | CNN

[ad_1] CNN  —  Just like people, dogs can get dementia as they age. The spry speedster that used to zoom out the door may one day amble unsteadily to the closet to be let out. It’s an unfortunate reality many dog owners might have to face, especially if their dog’s breed lives 10 years or

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