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  With Abortion Access Under Threat, Doctors Focus on ‘Contraceptive Counseling’

  Women are more apt to use birth control when doctors treat it like a routine preventive health service, a new research review shows. The analysis of 38 past studies found that women were more likely to use...

  • Posted May 24, 2022
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  Cancer Patients Have Even Greater Need for COVID Boosters: Study

  Cancer patients continue to face more risk from COVID-19, even if they’ve been vaccinated. Although vaccination is effective for most people who have cancer (even though they’re immunocompromised by the disease and their cancer treatments), its effectiveness...

  • Posted May 24, 2022
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  Your Daily Vitamin D From Tomatoes? Gene Tweak Could Make It Happen

  A genetically engineered tomato could one day rival salmon as a dietary source of vitamin D, if early research pans out. British scientists used gene “editing” to produce the tomato, which is chock full of provitamin D3,...

  • Posted May 24, 2022
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  AHA News: Family’s Heart Disease History Inspired Her Fitness – and Got Her to the Base of Mount Everest

  TUESDAY, May 24, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Lisa Abbott scrolled through the online auction offerings of the American Alpine Club’s fundraiser. As a rock climber, ice climber, scuba diver and marathon runner, she enjoyed daydreaming...

  • Posted May 24, 2022
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  Mixed Martial Arts Fighters Show Signs of Brain Changes

  The football gridiron and the boxing ring have come to be understood as danger zones for the brain, with repetitive hits to the head causing long-term damage to some athletes. The same might be true of the...

  • Posted May 24, 2022
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  Pandemic Has U.S. Hospitals Overwhelmed With Teens in Mental Crisis

  The COVID-19 pandemic and the isolation it imposed took a dramatic toll on kids’ mental health, increasing the demand for services in an already overburdened system. As a result, many kids found themselves being “boarded” in emergency...

  • Posted May 24, 2022
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  U.S. Births Rose in 2021 for First Time in 7 Years

  (HealthDay News) – It may not qualify as a baby boom, but U.S. births were up in 2021 for the first time in years. New federal government data show a 1% increase in births from 2020, with...

  • Posted May 24, 2022
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  A Child’s Pet Dog May Shield Them From Crohn’s Disease

  Add a lower risk of Crohn’s disease to the many benefits of having a dog during childhood, a new study suggests. Sorry, cat lovers, researchers didn’t find a similar benefit for you. “We did not see the...

  • Posted May 24, 2022
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  Can Mindfulness Really Change Your Brain?

  Meditation and other mindfulness practices may improve your attention, but they won’t lead to structural changes in your brain in the short-term, according to a new study. Previous studies have shown that learning new skills, aerobic exercise...

  • Posted May 24, 2022
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  Annual Health Care Costs Rise by $2,000 for Americans Who Vape

  Think vaping is cheap? A study from the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing reports that annual health care costs for users of electronic cigarettes were $2,024 more per person than for those who use...

  • Posted May 24, 2022
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