• Program Tripled Number of Completed At-Home Colon Cancer Tests

    People are three times more likely to undergo at-home colon cancer screening if they’re provided a free test, a new study says. About 30% of patients mailed a free stool test kit completed their screening within six...

    • Posted November 26, 2024
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  • Supreme Court Won’t Hear Big Tobacco’s Challenge to Cigarette Warning Labels

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a major tobacco company’s challenge to a federal law that would mandate graphic images on cigarette packs. Some of the proposed images include a woman with a large...

    • Posted November 25, 2024
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  • Wildfire Smoke Exposure Linked to Dementia Risk

    People in Southern California with relatively high exposures to wildfire smoke over a decade also had significantly higher risks for dementia, a new study warns. In fact, the fine-particle pollution created by these fires seems more closely...

    • Posted November 25, 2024
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  • T-Day Dinner, Post-Election: Experts Offer Tips to Keep Things Calm

    Politics, especially the 2024 elections, can quickly turn the family Thanksgiving table into a battleground. Steering clear of hot-button topics will not only help a big meal go down easier, it has health benefits as well. Keeping...

    • Posted November 25, 2024
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  • Stroke Guidelines Updated, With Focus on Women and GLP-1s

    Women, especially those who had high blood pressure during pregnancy or entered menopause before age 45, are among those with a greater risk for stroke. They and other high-risk groups are the focus of new stroke prevention...

    • Posted November 25, 2024
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  • Vaping Immediately Changes Your Blood Flow

    Even when e-cigarettes are nicotine-free, they have an immediate effect on blood vessels, a new imaging study shows. “E-cigarettes have long been marketed as a safer alternative to regular tobacco smoking,” said Dr. Marianne Nabbout, a resident...

    • Posted November 25, 2024
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  • Yoga Helps Women Deal With the Mental Stress of Cancer

    A cancer diagnosis can bring overwhelming stress and depression to women, but new research suggests yoga can help ease that emotional toll. “A wellness intervention that integrates yoga and psychological tools may strengthen the connections among the...

    • Posted November 25, 2024
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  • Illinois Study Finds Steep Rise in Serious Complications of Pregnancy

    Chronic health problems like high blood pressure, gestational diabetes and obesity have fueled a troubling rise in maternal health issues and birth complications in Illinois, a new study finds.  “These birth outcomes are worsening for all ages,...

    • Posted November 25, 2024
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  • Reaching Age at Which a Parent Died by Suicide Raises Risk in Adult Child

    When people whose parents died by suicide reach that same age, their own risk often spikes, Danish researchers warn. Reporting in the journal Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviors, the researchers looked at data on more than 470,000 Danes...

    • Posted November 25, 2024
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  • Could a Common Thyroid Medicine Weaken Bones?

    New research suggests that a thyroid medication often prescribed to older Americans may be linked to a common problem in old age — bone loss. Levothyroxine is a synthetic hormone often prescribed to treat hypothyroidism. People with...

    • Posted November 25, 2024
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