1-Minute Healthcare News Today---December 12, 2022

After feeling shortness of breath for months, a woman discovered she had breast cancer. The 61-year-old woman sought an evaluation after experiencing extreme shortness of breath for two months.??

Doctors discovered fluid accumulation around her lungs and a cancerous breast tumour.? According to the report, scans revealed that cancer had progressed to her bones, including her skull. In addition, she had wheezing chest pain when she inhaled and had lost over 28 pounds in just two months.?

On another note, while it is comforting to think that you can be safe from the flu outbreak inside your home, according to a news report, health authorities in Western Washington are advising everyone to use a high-quality, well-fitting mask whenever they are, among others in enclosed areas. This is in response to the "unprecedented" rise in viral respiratory infections, including RSV, the flu, and COVID-19, spreading throughout the state and nation.??

In fact, in a report, Dr. Matt Willis, the health officer for Marin County, said that the flu is "eclipsing COVID as the major threat," and for the first time since before 2020, he is equally as concerned about the impact of the flu as he is about the effect of COVID.??

Willis said that most people are more vulnerable to infection because they haven't experienced the flu in more than two years.?

Even more alarming is the rise in demand for medicines leading to a scarcity in the supply.?

Federal aid in the form of children's cold and flu medication is seeping into pharmacies on Vancouver Island. Still, the resupply needs to do something to alleviate shortages since the drug runs out almost as soon as it arrives. ?

Lindsay Dixon of the Heart Pharmacy Group on Vancouver Island asserts, "Demand exceeds supply by a significant margin." As the shortage of children's medicine persists into the height of cold and flu season, the pharmacy advises parents to visit a pharmacist and ask for alternative medicines.?

Meanwhile, the future is bright for patients who have type 1 diabetes, as needles may find their way into pills. WEHI researchers in Melbourne have answered a century-old dilemma in diabetes research.? The results provide crucial data for the future production of an oral insulin tablet.??

The team has envisioned how a non-insulin molecule can replicate the function of insulin, a crucial hormone required to regulate blood sugar levels.? It reveals new possibilities for developing medications that could replace type 1 diabetes patients' regular insulin injections.?

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