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Drink up that H2O on the daily, because keeping yourself hydrated can be extremely beneficial for your heart health. A new study recently published in the European Heart Journal reveals that not drinking enough water on the regular may put you at risk of developing chronic heart issues down the road. So, you may find yourself wondering if you're drinking enough water each day to support your heart health. Grab your favorite bottled water, drink up, and listen up, because we're going to dive into this below. Read on to learn more about how much water you should drink daily in order to prevent heart failure. And next, be sure to check out The 6 Best Exercises for Strong and Toned Arms in 2022, Trainer Says. ShutterstockWe know that the entire human bod...

A woman who noticed a “cool streak” under her thumbnail for 10 years discovered the brown stripe was actually cancer. Maria Sylvia, from the US, said she first noticed a pale line under her nail bed in 2012 - but she was told it was “likely a mole”. WATCH IN THE VIDEO ABOVE: How woman’s streak turned out to be cancer For more Health & Wellbeing related news and videos check out Health & Wellbeing >> But a decade later, the 25-year-old was given shock news after she was diagnosed with subungual melanoma, a rare form of skin cancer that occurs under nails. “Me: Having this for 10 years thinking it was a cool streak in my nail,” she said in a viral TikTok video. “It’s cancer.... I wish I were joking.” Maria Sylvia who noticed a “cool streak” under her thumbnail for 10 years (l...

Heart attack New technique, already available in US, could aid in development of cardiovascular drugs Scientists have developed a blood test that can predict whether someone is at high risk of a heart attack, stroke, heart failure or dying from one of these conditions within the next four years.The test, which relies of measurements of proteins in the blood, has roughly twice the accuracy of existing risk scores. It could enable doctors to determine whether patients’ existing medications are working or whether they need additional drugs to reduce their risk. “I think this is the new frontier of personalised medicine, to be able to answer the question, does this person need enhanced treatment? And when you’ve treated someone, did it actually work?” said Dr Stephen Williams at SomaLogic in...

Anyone who bought and ate deli meats and cheese from the 5301 W. 38th Avenue in Wheat Ridge could have been exposed. WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. — People who shopped at a King Soopers in Wheat Ridge may have been exposed to hepatitis A after a food handler who works there tested positive for the disease, according to the Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) department and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE).  The employee works at the King Soopers located at 5301 W. 38th Avenue, JCPH said. Hepatitis A could have been transmitted by eating food that was directly handled by the employee that tested positive. Anyone that bought...

Enlarge / Illustration of a Oestrus ovis, sheep botfly On Wednesday, doctors in France reported a rare case of tiny sheep bot fly larvae—aka maggots—infesting the outer surface of a man's eyeball. The small, spiky larvae were seen slithering around the man's peeper, which explained the redness and itchiness he was experiencing. Doctors counted more than a dozen of the disturbing grub-like critters outside the eyeball and surrounding tissue. Doctors had no choice but to pluck the bloodsuckers out, one by one, using forceps. The doctors also prescribed topical antibiotic treatments in case they missed any bugs. Sheep bot flies, or Oestrus ovis, are found worldwide in areas with sheep. They typically deliver their squirmy offspring to the nostril...

San Francisco County has the highest COVID-19 case rate of any other county in California with a seven-day average of 13 cases per 100,000 residents, state data showed on Tuesday. By comparison, Los Angeles is reporting 5 cases per 100,000 residents. And San Francisco isn't the only Bay Area spot sitting at the top of the list. All counties in the region except Solano have among the highest rates in the state. But multiple experts say this news isn't alarming, and does not warrant any policy changes. Despite the region's ranking, cases are extremely low compared to what they were amid the winter surge when the city's seven-day average soared above 250 cases per 100,000 at the peak. "No I’m not concerned," said Dr. George Rutherford, director of UCSF's Prevention and Public H...

Rural veterans who received tablets from the Department of Veterans Affairs had ore telehealth psychotherapy appointments and fewer suicide-related emergency department visits, according to a new study published Wednesday. Study authors from the VA Health Economics Resource Center located at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System in California tracked more than 13,000 veterans with a mental health history over the first year of the pandemic, after receiving a broadband- and video-enabled tablet from the VA. The tablets enabled veterans to receive more mental healthcare than they normally would have, and they had a lower likelihood of having an emergency department visit for any reason, according to the study. Researchers concluded that other health systems could undertake similar projects...

Dozens of geese have been found dead in New Hampshire after contracting avian flu.Just a few weeks ago, dozens of birds in Derry had to be euthanized after avian flu was detected at an animal sanctuary.On Wednesday, New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said at least 70 wild geese tested positive for avian flu.They were found dead in the area of the Bellamy River in Dover over the course of several weeks in late February and early March.Two months ago, Fish and Game said 46 mallards in Rockingham county and 3 other ducks in Grafton county also had this strain of the virus.The risk to humans is low, as Fish and Game Department officials said they mostly see bird flu among people who work closely with the animals.The threat is usually greater to domestic poultry.“If you can keep your ...

The cold always bothered him anyway. A UK teen is so deathly allergic to cold that he can’t be outside for more than 15 minutes — even in warm weather — without his skin breaking out into itchy red rashes. “He can’t be outside for long if it’s cold,” mom Tupney Courtney, 38, told Kennedy News & Media of her son Calum’s unfortunate affliction. “He goes out and has to keep coming back in.” The 14-year-old from Basildon, Essex, suffers from cold urticaria, a rare skin reaction to even mild cold in which patients develop hives, swelling and even anaphylactic shock. Calum erupts into hives when the mercury reads less than a balmy 75 degrees, or when his limbs aren’t covered by a blanket while he’s sleeping. “He breaks out on whatever part of the body i...

An additional 42 genes connected to the development of Alzheimer's disease have been uncovered in the largest study of genetic risk for Alzheimer's to date. (Yuichiro Chino/Moment RF, Getty Images) Estimated read time: 5-6 minutes ATLANTA — An additional 42 genes connected to the development of Alzheimer's disease have been uncovered in the largest study of genetic risk for Alzheimer's to date. "This is a landmark study in the field of Alzheimer's research and is the culmination of 30 years' work," study co-author Julie Williams, center director at the U.K. Dementia Research Institute at Cardiff University, said in a statement. "Lifestyle factors such a...