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  Depression Around Pregnancy Could Take Toll on Women’s Hearts

  Depression during or after a pregnancy could be tied to a heightened risk for heart trouble in women decades later, new research warns. This so-called “perinatal” depression was linked to a 36% higher odds of developing heart...

  • Posted June 19, 2024
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  Scientists Uncover Links Between MS and Epstein-Barr Virus

  The discovery that the Epstein-Barr virus might be a major driver of multiple sclerosis has re-energized research into the autoimmune disease. Now, investigators in the U.K. and Sweden believe they might be closer to understanding how the...

  • Posted June 19, 2024
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  Rates of Problem Marijuana Use Are Rising Among Seniors

  As marijuana use becomes legal and more accepted across America, more seniors are developing unhealthy relationships with the drug, a new report suggests. A look at data on almost 56 million Medicare beneficiaries finds “rates of health...

  • Posted June 18, 2024
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  Could a Blood Test Predict Parkinson’s Years Before Symptoms?

  A new blood test might be able to predict Parkinson’s disease up to seven years before symptoms of the movement disorder surface, researchers said. The test correctly predicted a high risk of Parkinson’s in 16 patients who...

  • Posted June 18, 2024
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  Using Diabetes Drug Metformin Around Pregnancy Won’t Raise Birth Defect Risk

  Two new studies offer reassurance that using the diabetes drug metformin before and during pregnancy is not linked to birth defects. The latest findings, which apply to men planning to conceive with their partners or women in...

  • Posted June 18, 2024
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  Average American’s Diet Improved Only Slightly Over Past 20 Years

   The average American diet has only improved modestly over the past two decades, despite tons of research tying unhealthy food to obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease, a new study finds. The percentage of U.S. adults...

  • Posted June 18, 2024
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  High Out-of-Pocket Costs Keep Some From Lifesaving Opioid Antidote

  Patients are less likely to fill prescriptions for the overdose-reversing drug naloxone when they have to shell out more at the pharmacy, a new study finds. Naloxone (also known by the brand name Narcan) is a critical...

  • Posted June 18, 2024
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  Pandemic-Era Tax Credits Made Healthcare More Affordable, But They’re Set to Expire

  In a success story for Americans seeking affordable healthcare coverage, tax credits put in place during the pandemic helped millions gain health insurance, a new report found. Trouble is, the credits are set to expire at the...

  • Posted June 18, 2024
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  Another Study Finds CRISPR Gene Therapy Fights Sickle Cell

  There’s more good news in the battle against sickle cell disease, with another trial finding CRISPR gene-editing therapy delivering impressive results for patients. “It’s encouraging that this gene-editing treatment continues to show promising efficacy for sickle cell...

  • Posted June 18, 2024
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  Most Americans Believe Pandemic Policies Were Good Idea: Poll

  Despite all the grumbling at the time, most Americans now look back upon pandemic-era policies as a good idea, a new poll shows. A majority of Americans see four key pandemic policies as “generally a good idea”...

  • Posted June 18, 2024
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