- Think Your Opinion Must Be Right? Science Reveals Why You May Be Wrong
- 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
- Florida Hospitals Brace for Hurricane Milton’s Arrival
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Health Highlights: March 9, 2020
Americans Face Price Gouging for Hand Sanitizers, Other Virus Protection Products Ted Cruz in Self-Quarantine After Contact With Coronavirus Patient Facebook Bans Face Mask Ads
- Posted March 9, 2020
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Post-Game Snacks May Undo Calorie-Burning Benefit of Kids’ Sports
Kids get more calories from the snacks they eat after sports than they burn while playing, which could add up to thousands of extra calories a year, a new study warns. “So many kids are at games...
- Posted March 8, 2020
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An Allergist Offers His Expert Advice for a Sneeze-Free Spring
While many Americans are ready to celebrate the end of winter, those with seasonal allergies are already dreading the sneezing, wheezing, itchy eyes and runny nose that spring brings. “Spring allergies can be tricky to treat because...
- Posted March 7, 2020
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Skipping Sleep to Watch Sports is The Real March Madness
No matter whether your favorite team wins or loses, March Madness will likely put a slam dunk on your sleep habits. For many Americans, staying up late to watch NCAA basketball tournament games is a much-anticipated annual...
- Posted March 6, 2020
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Maria Shriver Sounds the Alarm on Women and Alzheimer’s
Why are two out of three people struck by Alzheimer’s disease women? That’s the question that drove journalist and author Maria Shriver to start the Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement (WAM). The group is dedicated to raising awareness that...
- Posted March 6, 2020
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Brain Cancer Research Could Help Dogs — and the Humans Who Love Them
Few heartbreaks are as devastating as when a beloved family dog falls ill with cancer. But a new research paper could spur development of more and better treatments for a canine companion who has a brain tumor...
- Posted March 6, 2020
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California Cruise Ship Passengers Await Coronavirus Test Results; U.S. Cases Pass 220
(HealthDay News) — Thousands of passengers stranded on a cruise ship linked to the California’s first coronavirus death anxiously waited COVID-19 test results Friday, as the total number of U.S. cases passed 220 and the death count...
- Posted March 6, 2020
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Health Highlights: March 8, 2020
Ikea Recalls 820,000 Chests Due to Tipping Hazard Pet Dogs and Cats Can't Pass New Coronavirus to People: Experts
- Posted March 6, 2020
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How an Ebola Drug Might Fight COVID-19
An Ebola drug that’s proven effective against some coronaviruses may also work against the new COVID-19 coronavirus, scientists say. Remdesivir was developed by Gilead Sciences in response to the 2014 West African Ebola virus epidemic. “We know...
- Posted March 5, 2020
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California Declares State of Emergency as Cruise Ship Held Offshore for Coronavirus Testing
California declared a state of emergency Wednesday as health officials kept a cruise ship linked to the state’s first coronavirus death from docking in San Francisco. The U.S. Coast Guard was to deliver testing kits Thursday to...
- Posted March 5, 2020