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Exercise may stop colon cancer from returning — and more
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Exercise may help prevent colon cancer from returning, according to results from a late-phase trial published Sunday, June 1 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The study looked at people who followed an exercise program after undergoing surgery and chemotherapy for Stage 3, or high-risk Stage 2 colon cancer.
It found exercise could reduce the risk of the cancer returning, a new cancer diagnosis, or death by 28 percent.
The study participants who reduced their risk had a coach assist them in exercising over the eight-year study period.
The CDC is urging Americans to cancel their upcoming flights if they're not vaccinated against measles.
The agency upgraded its health travel warning after discovering the virus is spreading on US airplanes.
Measles infections have been detected at the country's biggest airports in recent months during a resurgence of the virus linked to low vaccination rates.
It's estimated that around 10 percent of adults may lack immunity, either because they never received a measles vaccine or because their immunity has diminished over time.
Moderna has won FDA approval for a new version of the COVID-19 vaccine.
It will be made available during the upcoming respiratory virus season to people aged 65 and older, and those aged 12 to 64 with at least one underlying health condition that puts them at severe risk.
It's the first big approval by the FDA since it required drug companies to expand their testing.
The new vaccine is called MNEXSPIKE.
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