Tick bite allergy to red meat spreads with warming climate
Public health advisory explains that lone star tick bites can trigger alpha gal allergy to pork beef and lamb. Symptoms appear hours after eating meat and can be severe or fatal though no deaths yet reported in the region. Guidance covers prevention from tick bites and careful removal.
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United States
Ronald Saff
Tallahassee
Fla
Saff
U.S
Kansas State
Kansas
College of Veterinary Medicine
Missouri
Iowa
Phil Needham
Missouri Department of Conservation
Cass County
Ginger Brown
Wichita
Kan
Wichita Eagle
James Stanford
Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill
Ellen Dorshow-Gordon
Jackson County
Dorshon- Gordon
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Lone Star
Lava
Iowa State University
iPhone mood tracker BiAffect aims to predict mood episodes
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers developed BiAffect to monitor typing metrics such as speed key presses and backspace use to flag manic or depressive episodes. The app, created by Alex Leon and Peter Nelson, won a $200000 Mood Challenge prize and will launch in the App Store later this year with privacy safeguards and crowdsourced mood data.
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University of Illinois At Chicago
Alex Leon
Peter Nelson
Nelson
Leon and
University of Illinois College of Engineering
Leon
Usc
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Biaffect.com
Menopause Weight Gain and Belly Fat Risks
The article explains menopause related weight gain is not inevitable and highlights belly fat as a health risk. Aging genetics and lifestyle influence fat distribution with loss of muscle mass reducing calories burned. Poor sleep and inactivity worsen weight gain and visceral fat links to heart disease diabetes high blood pressure and early mortality.
Fireworks injuries highlight risks of legal shells
A study led by Dr. Monica Vavilala shows shell and mortar fireworks, though legal in Washington, cause severe injuries similar to illegal devices, often more damaging than homemade ones. Of 294 patients, 78 percent burned, 67 hand injuries involved at least one finger amputation, and 21 percent eye injuries with 70 percent losing vision. One patient, Spencer, endured 11 surgeries and keeps a hopeful outlook, urging the public to leave fireworks to professionals this Fourth of July.
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Monica Vavilala
Harborview
Vavilala
Washington State
Brinkley Sandvall
Sandvall
Spencer
Bowling Green
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