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Four ways you are sabotaging your health without realizing it

A lot of roads lead to back pain, say experts, including binge-watching your favourite shows

The Independent UK

There will be over 150,000 new colorectal cancer diagnoses this year - and it’s impacting more young people

Colorectal cancer rates in Americans younger than 50 have increased by 2.9 percent per year from 2013 to 2022, according to experts

The Independent UK

Beloved 90 Day Fiancé Star Chuck Potthast Dies at 64 After Brave Fight with Brain Cancer

90 Day Fiancé star Chuck Potthast has died at 64 after battling glioblastoma, his family confirmed. Fans and relatives pay tribute to the beloved TV personality.

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‘Runner’s face is no joke’: New York doctor reveals the real reason you might want to stop running. Here’s why the exercise may not be worth it

A board-certified plastic surgeon’s viral video telling people to stop running has racked up millions of views—and raised serious concerns among medical professionals.

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These 50 Funny Posts Accurately Voice The Thoughts And Feelings Of All Women

Ladies, how accurate are these posts?

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These foods can help maintain a healthy blood pressure

Nearly half of American adults live with high blood pressure

The Independent UK

German woman has no signs of cancer after undergoing a new double-lung transplant surgery

The surgery method could offer new hope for some late-stage cancer patients who are out of other options.

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Pregnant Woman And Baby Saved After Doctors Identify Her Bad Cough, Breathlessness Was Rare Tumor In Chest

The 26-year-old had a large tumor in her chest from stage 3 melanoma, blocking the artery to her right lung.

Medical Daily

US man gets kidney transplant while awake

Being able to transplant kidneys using only local anesthetic could shorten patients' hospital stays and make the procedure accessible to more people, doctors say.

LiveScience

New Study Uncovers How Alzheimer’s Butchers Brain Cells

Alzheimer’s results in a substantial loss of brain cells known as neurons.

Zenger

He lived without lungs for a day. How a remarkable transplant operation saved him

The flu almost killed a 34-year-old man who was addicted to vaping. But an innovative doctor – and some DD-sized breast implants – made him eligible for a transplant.

WEKU

First heart transplant through VA-Northwestern Medicine collaboration goes to Navy vet

Dwayne Patterson served aboard the USS Carl Vinson. His heart transplant was at Northwestern Medicine, which operates a clinic at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago to treat advanced heart failure.

Chicago Sun-Times

Breast implants saved a man's life during a lung transplant. Here's how.

Doctors at Northwestern Medicine used breast implants and an artificial lung to keep a patient stabilized until his double-lung transplant.

LiveScience

Trumpeter marvels at making music again after double lung transplant: ‘It was a pretty special moment’

Dan Spees, 64, picked up his horn for the first time in months and played “Joy to the World” in his Northwestern Memorial Hospital room days after his operation.

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Northwestern Medicine surgeons perform rare ‘flipped organ’ double-lung transplants for 2, including county commissioner

Situs inversus is found in just one in 10,000 people, and it’s even rarer for those with it to need lung transplants. Northwestern Medicine doctors performed the surgery twice in a month.

The Independent UK

Skin bleaching rife among Black, Asian and minority ethnic people despite risks, study finds

Previous studies show these products contain ingredients such as steroids and mercury that could be harmful to the skin

Chicago Sun-Times

Another long COVID impact studied, activists prep for DNC and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

The ‘pandemic within the pandemic’

Northwestern Medicine study finds key difference in how coronavirus affected brains of hospitalized pneumonia patients vs. nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients.

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Pregnancy Care: Dim lights before bedtime can reduce risk of gestational diabetes, says study

Pregnant women should dim the lights in their home and turn off or at least dim their screens a few hours before bedtime to reduce the risk of gestational diabetes. Must read further on Dynamite News:

Daily Mirror

Woman cured of deadly cancer after groundbreaking double lung transplant

Tannaz Ameli had a double lung transplant and is now cancer free - a year after the first patient Albert Khoury, received the novel surgery after all other treatments failed

Chicago Tribune

Northwestern unveils program to perform more double lung transplants for terminal cancer patients, after successful surgeries

CHICAGO -- When traditional treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation fail, lung cancer can be a death sentence for many patients.

Chicago Tribune

Northwestern University unveils program to perform more double lung transplants for terminal cancer patients, after successful surgeries

When traditional treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation fail, lung cancer can be a death sentence for many patients.

Chicago Sun-Times

Northwestern begins transplant trial for stage 4 lung cancer patients who have run out of traditional treatment options

The trial is called DREAM, for double lung replacement and multidisciplinary care, and is aimed at some of the most “hopeless patients,” the hospital says.

Dynamite News

Dim lights before bedtime to reduce gestational diabetes risk: Research

According to a recent Northwestern Medicine study, pregnant women should dim their home's lights and switch off or at least dim their screens (computer monitors and smartphones) a few hours before bedtime to lower their risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. Read further on Dynamite News:

Tribune News Service

A baby spent 36 days in an in-network NICU. Why did the hospital next door send a bill?

Brenna Kearney was seven months pregnant in December 2019 when she experienced what she thought were bad flu symptoms.

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