CDC: Missouri Bird Flu case is a ‘one off’ — and more headlines

Medical Watch Digest for Sept 16

CDC: Missouri Bird Flu Case is a ‘One Off’

There are new details about the first case of bird flu not tied to known animal exposure.

Health officials believe it may be a rare one-off incident, and a stand alone illness.

Health officials have *not* determined how the Missouri resident with no known exposure to bird flu contracted the virus, but there is no evidence of human to human transmission.

This is the 14th confirmed human case in the U.S. this year.

The others were farm workers, connected to bird flu outbreaks on either poultry or dairy farms.

The patient in Missouri has underlying medical conditions. They were hospitalized last month after testing positive, and have since recovered.

Study finds microplastics in nose tissue at base of brain

Tiny plastic fibers and shards were found in the olfactory bulbs of human cadavers.

That’s the nose tissue that sits at the base of the brain.

The study, published in the Journal JAMA Network Open, found microplastics in the olfactory bulbs of eight of 15 cadavers

The study was not able to identify the source of exposure or why some of the deceased had plastic particles in their noses while others did not, numerous recent studies have discovered micro-plastics and nano-plastics in human brain tissue, reproductive organs, blood, lung and liver tissues, as well as mother’s milk and the placenta.

Study: AFIB is more widespread than experts previously thought

Irregular heart rhythm is more common than experts previously thought. A new study out of the University of California San Francisco suggests 10.5 millions people in the u-s are living with atrial fibrillation. That’s five percent of the population.

Previous studies dating back more than two decades had put the estimate at 3 million cases.

While AFIB is considered a condition impacting older adults, researchers discovered increased diagnoses in younger people.

Patients were also more likely to have high blood pressure and diabetes.

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