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23/07/2025

About 1 million Americans are living with Parkinson’s, and10 million people worldwide, the Parkinson’s Foundation. estimates. It usually appears after age 60, although sometimes it can develop before age 50.

Heavy metal rocker Ozzy Osbourne died this week at 76, about five years after announcing he had Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s is a neurologic disease that robs people of control over their movements.

18/07/2025

After almost 15 years, he found a solution. Michael Auerbach, a hematologist and an oncologist who is the co-director of the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders in Baltimore, suggested that Sergott receive iron intravenously instead of orally.

Gary Sergott felt weary all the time. “I’d get tired, short of breath, a sort of malaise,” he said. He was cold even on warm days and looked...

17/07/2025

While prevention efforts focus on the young, men 75 and older are most at risk.

The people most at risk from su***de aren’t adolescents in angst or those experiencing a midlife lull, but men age 75 and older.

17/07/2025

HEALWA users have access to the full text of this article: "As a tool for school nurses, this article reviews the results of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute study on the use of symptom-based corticosteroid therapy for students with mild, persistent asthma and includes the NASN Implementation Guidance for School Nurses."

School nurses support students living with asthma through care coordination activities that reflect current asthma guidelines. Staying abreast of new and benefi...

16/07/2025

It’s been a while, but time to kick off some free health care in our community again! This time at our new warehouse in Fircrest! We will provide healthy food for those in need at the same time, as long as we have it. This effort is such an important one to protect so many pets without access to vaccinations and we are excited to bring our work to a new part of Pierce County. Please please share, the more we serve the better. And if interested in volunteering, please reach out to us via email at packcares@gmail.com, we’d love the help!

***Anyone wanting to help but not sure how best to do that? Our vet med team appreciates coffee/donuts in the am (this location is right by Pao’s! 🙃) and/or pizza for lunch. Just show up! 🙂

15/07/2025

Cannabis use has been increasing among kids, and it has been associated with lower academic success in teens and young adults. Use of medical cannabinoids has also been linked with increased risk of adverse events in kids, and the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) dose of edible cannabis was tied to the degree of toxicity in children under 6 years.

Rates highest in states with recreational cannabis

14/07/2025

A new study published, in JAMA Network Open, estimates that 15.6 million U.S. adults — or 5% — have taken at least one herbal supplement in the last 30 days that might be damaging to their liver, or hepatotoxic.

A new study has revealed that about 5% of U.S. adults have taken supplements, such as turmeric, green tea, and ashwagandha, that have the potential to harm the liver.

10/07/2025

Dollmaker Mattel worked with Breakthrough T1D, formerly known the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, to design the doll, which aims to represent the roughly 304,000 kids and teens living with type 1 diabetes in the United States.

The latest Barbie slays in a chic blue polka-dot crop top, ruffled miniskirt, chunky high-top heels and an insulin pump. She is the brand’s first doll with type 1 diabetes.

09/07/2025

(HEALWA users have access to JAMA Psychiatry). Research has yielded conflicting findings on how often and how severely people experience withdrawal symptoms when they stop taking antidepressants. A systematic review of almost 50 randomized clinical trials, published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry, brings some clarity to this concern.

A systematic review of almost 50 randomized clinical trials brings some clarity to concerns about antidepressant withdrawal.

08/07/2025

While many factors may be at play, researchers are zeroing in on two where the biological differences between women and men are clear: chromosomes and menopause.

A neglected piece of the Alzheimer's puzzle has been getting increased scientific attention: why women are twice as likely as men to develop the disease.

07/07/2025

Many nutrition and health researchers say that while seed oils might not be as good for you as olive oil, claims that they're harmful to health have been stretched too far.

Health Secretary RFK Jr. has said vegetable oils, like canola and soybean, are "poisoning Americans." But many researchers say the evidence isn't there. So, what does the science say about seed oils?