• Bladder Trouble Worsens With Age for Women, Study Confirms

    FRIDAY, Dec. 17 2021A new study confirms what many older women already know: Bladder problems in women worsen with age. The researchers found that postmenopausal women between 45 and 54 years of age are more likely to...

    • Posted December 17, 2021
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  • In Global Study, Tougher Mask Laws Linked to Fewer COVID Deaths

    Mask mandates work, according to a large international study that linked the laws with a reduction in COVID-19 deaths. The study included 44 countries with a combined population of nearly 1 billion. Over time, researchers found, the...

    • Posted December 17, 2021
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  • U.S. Army COVID-19 Vaccination Rate Nears 98%

    Nearly 98% of the U.S. Army’s active duty force had received at least one coronavirus vaccine dose as of Wednesday’s deadline for mandatory vaccination, officials said Thursday. However, more than 3,800 soldiers have refused to get a...

    • Posted December 16, 2021
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  • Deadly ‘Black Fungus’ Disease Spotted in Americans With COVID-19

    It’s a phenomenon first identified in India earlier this year: Patients who have or are recovering from COVID-19 who then contract a sometimes deadly fungal infection known as mucormycosis — also known as “black fungus.” Now, the...

    • Posted December 16, 2021
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  • Weed May Mess With Your Medicines, Causing Harm

    Many people turn to marijuana or cannabidiol to ease their achy joints and help them sleep, but a new study suggests that could wreak havoc with any other medications they’re taking. Why? Because the body uses the...

    • Posted December 16, 2021
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  • NFL Players Face 4 Times the Odds of ALS

    NFL players are four times more likely to die of Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS) than other people, new research finds, adding to known links between football-related head injuries and brain diseases, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and chronic traumatic...

    • Posted December 16, 2021
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  • AHA News: An Undetected Heart Attack Led to an Urgent Triple Bypass

    THURSDAY, Dec. 16, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — For more than three years, Gary Saunders struggled with heartburn. Antacids helped – if he took a handful of them. He figured it was stress or the “12...

    • Posted December 16, 2021
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  • Unsung Heroes of the Pandemic: Dogs

    Coping with the isolation, fear and sadness of the pandemic may have been a little easier if you had a trusting and loving dog by your side. But you don’t need to tell that to Francois Martin,...

    • Posted December 16, 2021
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  • Pandemic Saw Big Declines in Kids’ Use of Drugs, Alcohol, Vaping

    There may be a silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic, with U.S. health officials reporting an “unprecedented” decline in teens’ use of alcohol, marijuana, other illegal drugs and vaping. “We have never seen such dramatic decreases in...

    • Posted December 16, 2021
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  • Early CDC COVID Tests Were Not Only Contaminated, But Flawed: Report

    Along with being contaminated, there was also a basic design flaw in COVID-19 testing kits created by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention early in the pandemic, a new agency review shows. It was already...

    • Posted December 16, 2021
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