- Tips for Spending Holiday Time With Family Members Who Live with Dementia
- Tainted Cucumbers Now Linked to 100 Salmonella Cases in 23 States
- Check Your Pantry, Lay’s Classic Potato Chips Recalled Due to Milk Allergy Risk
- Norovirus Sickens Hundreds on Three Cruise Ships: CDC
- Not Just Blabber: What Baby’s First Vocalizations and Coos Can Tell Us
- What’s the Link Between Memory Problems and Sexism?
- Supreme Court to Decide on South Carolina’s Bid to Cut Funding for Planned Parenthood
- Antibiotics Do Not Increase Risks for Cognitive Decline, Dementia in Older Adults, New Data Says
- A New Way to Treat Sjögren’s Disease? Researchers Are Hopeful
- Some Abortion Pill Users Surprised By Pain, Study Says
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Too Much Sitting May Be Bad for Your Mental Health
Call it the great pandemic sit-down. As COVID-19 turned daily commutes into shuffles between rooms at home, and Netflix replaced time spent at the gym or playing sports, Americans have been sitting a lot more. Now a...
- Posted November 11, 2021
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Sexism May Play Role in Who Performs Your Surgery
Male doctors are much more likely to refer patients to male surgeons, rather than send them to female surgeons with equal qualifications and experience, a new study finds. “During my 20 years in practice, I always had...
- Posted November 11, 2021
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‘Enriched’ Baby Formula Won’t Boost School Grades Later: Study
Sorry, parents, but giving your babies enriched formula won’t improve their chances of doing well in school when they’re in their teens, a new study shows. The research was prompted by claims that enriched formula promotes brain...
- Posted November 11, 2021
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Nearly 900,000 U.S. Kids Under 12 Have Gotten Their First COVID Shot
About 900,000 U.S. children aged 5 to 11 received their initial dose of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine during the first week of eligibility for that age group, the Biden administration said Wednesday. Not only that, nearly 700,000 more...
- Posted November 10, 2021
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In Canada, Ban on Menthol Cigarettes Had More Smokers Quitting
If the U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants to know whether it should follow through on its proposed menthol cigarette ban, it need only look to Canada for an answer. A new study finds that Canada’s ban...
- Posted November 10, 2021
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U.S. Sees Decline in Sepsis Deaths, But Some Americans More Vulnerable
While deaths from sepsis have dropped in the United States since 2000, older Americans remain particularly susceptible to the life-threatening bacterial infection, new government data shows. Sepsis strikes roughly 2 million people each year and is the...
- Posted November 10, 2021
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Placebo Effect Plays Big Role in Antidepressant’s Impact on Anxiety: Study
Illustrating the power of the mind to heal itself, new research suggests that the placebo effect could help drive antidepressants’ effects against anxiety disorders. The placebo effect refers to an increase in the success of a treatment...
- Posted November 10, 2021
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AHA News: Exposure to Some Airborne Chemicals Found Indoors May Increase Blood Pressure
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 10, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Acrolein, crotonaldehyde and styrene, compounds found in everything from cigarette smoke to plastics, were associated with higher blood pressure measurements for both the top, systolic, and bottom, diastolic,...
- Posted November 10, 2021
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AHA News: Researchers Start to Uncover the Pandemic’s Impact on Mental Health
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 10, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Depression remained common during the pandemic and worsened for some people, according to a new study aiming to cast light on links between the pandemic and mental health....
- Posted November 10, 2021
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Pfizer Asks FDA to Approve Booster Shots for All U.S. Adults
As concerns mount that holiday travel and indoor gatherings will foster the spread of COVID-19, Pfizer on Tuesday asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve booster shots of its coronavirus vaccine for any American aged...
- Posted November 10, 2021