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Don’t Let Allergies Get Out of Hand During Pregnancy
Pregnancy should be a special time, but allergies can make you miserable. It is estimated that up to 20% of pregnant women suffer with allergies. In some cases, women may notice that their allergy symptoms become even...
- Posted March 28, 2023
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New Clues to Early Miscarriage and How to Predict Them
Miscarriages are devastating and often seem to happen out of nowhere, but researchers may have found a new high-tech way to predict which pregnancies are likely to end in miscarriage and which ones are not. The use...
- Posted March 27, 2023
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Could Melatonin Ease Self-Harm in Kids?
For depressed or anxious children, taking melatonin may afford a good night’s sleep and, as a result, lower the odds they will harm themselves, new research suggests. The risk of self-harm increased before melatonin was prescribed and...
- Posted March 27, 2023
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Does Exercise Really Help Your Brain? Jury Still Out
It’s long been thought that working out helps a person stay sharp, but a new review argues there’s little solid scientific evidence for the mental benefits of physical exercise. Individual clinical trial results have tended to support...
- Posted March 27, 2023
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Sen. Mitch McConnell Leaves Rehab, Heads Home After Concussion
Sen. Mitch McConnell is back home more than two weeks after he fell at a private dinner and was hospitalized with a concussion and broken rib. The Senate Minority Leader spent five days in the hospital and...
- Posted March 27, 2023
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AHA News: A Decade After Her Baby’s Heart Surgery, a Surgeon Fixed the Same Problem in Her Heart
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Cynthia Felix Jeffers was a baby when her 12-day-old sister died from a congenital heart defect. She was 22 when her brother, a week shy of 20, died...
- Posted March 27, 2023
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COVID in Pregnancy Might Raise Odds for Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Sons: Study
Boys born to women who had COVID-19 during pregnancy may be at risk for developmental delays, a new study suggests. Delays in speech and motor function were the most commonly diagnosed conditions in these children at 12...
- Posted March 27, 2023
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Black Americans Would Reap Biggest Health Boon From Cleaner Air
While all Americans could benefit from proposed new limits on what’s called PM2.5 air pollution, new research indicates the change has the potential to benefit Black and low-income Americans the most. The limits being considered by the...
- Posted March 27, 2023
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Sleep Apnea in Childhood Could Affect Developing Brain
Teenagers with the nighttime breathing disorder sleep apnea may have brains that look a little different from their peers’, a new study suggests. Researchers found that among nearly 100 teens who underwent brain scans, those with obstructive...
- Posted March 27, 2023
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Tick Bites Can Trigger Meat Allergy: What You Need to Know
If you are experiencing mysterious recurrent vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain, you may want to consider that a tick could be responsible. When the lone star tick bites a person, it can transmit something called “alpha gal,”...
- Posted March 27, 2023