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- A Robot Finger Might Someday Take Your Pulse, Check for Tumors
- Six-Week Abortion Bans: More Than a Third of Women Don’t Know They Are Pregnant by 6 Weeks
- Loneliness Raises Odds for Dementia by 31%
- Could Lingering Infection Be Causing Long COVID?
- MS Might Raise a Person’s Odds for Cancer
- Seniors, You’re Never Too Old to Quit Smoking, Study Finds
- Crohn’s, Colitis Care Take Big Financial Toll on Patients
- Boys Treated With Gene Therapy for Rare Brain Disease Doing Well 6 Years Later
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Health Highlights: June 8, 2020
People Should Wear Masks if Unable to Social Distance: WHO Partnership Would Bypass Drug Industry to Sell Coronavirus Vaccine
- Posted June 8, 2020
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Unseen Factors Help Us Find Lost Objects Faster: Study
When you’re searching for a misplaced item, it’s helpful to think about its color, size and shape. But Johns Hopkins researchers say traits you can’t see also come into play. The researchers said that volunteers found everyday...
- Posted June 7, 2020
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For Tasty Tomatoes, Either the Fridge or the Counter Is OK: Study
How you store your tomatoes doesn’t affect the flavor — what really matters is the type of tomato you choose, researchers say. A team from the University of Göttingen in Germany investigated the differences in flavor of...
- Posted June 6, 2020
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Health Highlights: June 5, 2020
NIH Head Fears Some Will Bypass a COVID-19 Vaccine Two Studies Dispelling Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 Retracted by Researchers George Floyd Had Coronavirus, Autopsy Confirms
- Posted June 5, 2020
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Pets: Big Pandemic Stress Reducers
June is time for people to bond with their pets, the American Heart Association says. Throughout the month, the AHA encourages people to make pets part of their workday as routines shift during the coronavirus pandemic. Although...
- Posted June 5, 2020
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High Blood Pressure Might Raise COVID-19 Death Risk
Among patients in China with COVID-19, researchers found that those with high blood pressure had twice the risk of death from the coronavirus compared with patients who didn’t have high blood pressure. And patients with high blood...
- Posted June 5, 2020
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‘Psychological Distress’ Has Tripled in U.S. During Pandemic, Survey Shows
COVID-19 is taking a heavy toll on Americans’ mental health, a new nationwide survey shows. Overall, psychological distress more than tripled between 2018 and this spring — from 4% of U.S. adults in 2018 to 14% in...
- Posted June 5, 2020
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Pandemic-Battered U.S. Economy Makes Rebound, As Jobless Numbers Fall
Federal data released Friday offered signs of hope on the economic front, as jobless numbers actually fell — from 14.7 percent in April to 13.3 percent in May. The economy, hit hard by stay-at-home orders and shuttered...
- Posted June 5, 2020
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Could Heartburn Med Pepcid Ease COVID-19 Symptoms?
An over-the-counter heartburn remedy is showing some potential as a symptom reliever for COVID-19, a small study finds. Famotidine, sold under the brand name Pepcid, appeared to improve symptoms in a group of 10 patients diagnosed with...
- Posted June 5, 2020
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Health Highlights: June 4, 2020
Daily Aspirin Not A Good Choice for Healthy People Certain Genes Linked With Severe COVID-19 Fauci Says Any COVID-19 Vaccine Would Be in Plentiful Supply By 2021
- Posted June 4, 2020