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Apple Will Sell Air Pods With Hearing Aids Built In
The latest AirPods from Apple will come with built-in hearing aids, the company announced Monday. Designed as an over-the-counter hearing aid feature for those with mild to moderate hearing loss, users take hearing tests on iPhones or...
- Posted September 10, 2024
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Exercising Can Help You Have Healthier Belly Fat
Annoyed that you still have a bit of tummy even though you work out all the time? Exercise actually is helping you develop healthier belly fat tissue, a new study says. That means that even if you...
- Posted September 10, 2024
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Chronic Steroid Use Could Raise Diabetes Risk
Taking steroids more than doubles a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study warns. Patients taking steroid pills, injections or infusions are 2.6 times more likely to develop diabetes than those not on steroids,...
- Posted September 10, 2024
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Asthma Risk Doubles in People With Diabetes
People with type 2 diabetes are nearly twice as likely to develop asthma, a new review has concluded. Type 2 diabetics are 83% more likely to develop asthma, compared to those without diabetes, researchers found. The relationship...
- Posted September 10, 2024
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Voice Changes Warn of COPD Flare-Ups
A flare-up in COPD can be predicted through changes in a person’s voice, a new study claims. Patients’ voices become higher-pitched, more breathy or hoarse when a flare-up is imminent, researchers found. Using those cues, researchers are...
- Posted September 10, 2024
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Falling for Financial Scams Could Be Early Alzheimer’s Sign
Brain changes that signal Alzheimer’s disease even before symptoms appear are linked to an increased vulnerability to financial scams, new research shows. “Assessing financial vulnerability in older adults could help identify those who are in the early...
- Posted September 10, 2024
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Libido Can Drop After Menopause, But This Therapy Can Help
A form of psychotherapy can help women whose libidos have suffered as they go through menopause, a new study finds. Cognitive behavioral therapy significantly improved sexual desire and satisfaction in a small group of middle-aged and older...
- Posted September 10, 2024
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Princess Kate Says She Has Completed Chemo, Resuming ‘Light’ Duties
MONDAY, Sept. 9 , 2024Catherine, Princess of Wales, has announced that she has completed chemotherapy for an unnamed form of cancer. The princess, 42, made the announcement in a video message posted by Kensington Palace on Monday....
- Posted September 9, 2024
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Biden Administration Issues Rules Making Mental Health Care More Accessible
Beginning Jan. 1, Americans with private health insurance coverage should gain better access to mental health care, as well as care to help ease substance abuse, federal officials announced Monday. “Like medical care, mental health care is...
- Posted September 9, 2024
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He’s Doing Great a Year After World’s First Eye and Partial Face Transplant
Key Takeaways A man who received the world’s first combined whole-eye and partial face transplant is doing well His body has not rejected either his new face of his new left eye However, vision has not returned...
- Posted September 9, 2024