Month: June 2021

Eating less red meat is standard medical advice for preventing colorectal cancer, but the way it causes cells to mutate has remained unclear, and not all experts were convinced there was a strong link. A new paper in the journal Cancer Discovery has now identified specific patterns of DNA damage triggered by diets rich in red meat -- further implicating the food as a carcinogen while heralding the possibility of detecting the cancer early and designing new treatments. Prior research establishing the connection was mainly epidemiologic, meaning that people who developed the condition were surveyed on their eating habits, and researchers spotted associations with colorectal cancer incidence. But a lack of clarity around the biology meant that the case wasn't quite slam dunk, and in 2019, o...

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Health leaders from Mercy Hospital addressed their response to an influx of COVID-19 and other emergent patients in southwest Missouri. Craig McCoy, president of Mercy Springfield Communities, spoke on the hospital’s plans, following an announcement earlier in the day that CoxHealth might divert COVID-19 patients to other facilities throughout Missouri if hospitalizations continue to surge. FRIDAY NEWS CONFERENCE: “We are experiencing a high number of COVID admissions,” said McCoy. “We’re feeling the same pressure of the COVID admissions... We will remain open, we will utilize all of our resources and continue to take care of patients in our community.” McCoy says Mercy Springfield is currently treating 74 COVID-19 patients and nine more pending admissions a...

The California Department of Public Health rolled out the state’s vaccine digital verification system Friday. Now, anyone with a smartphone can get access to a digital version of their COVID-19 vaccination card if they need to show it to a business or other venue. Accessing your digital vaccination record takes a few steps. My mom and I tried it out Friday morning, and we had very different results. How to get started To access your digital vaccine record, you first go to myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov, where you enter your first and last name, date of birth and an email or cell phone number associated with your vaccine record. The user interface is easy to navigate on a cell phone or a desktop. My first problem...

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