- EPA Finalizes Rule to Require Removal of Lead Pipes in U.S. Water System
- CDC Will Test Travelers From Rwanda for Ebola-Like Marburg Virus
- Scientists Discover the Brain’s Waste-Disposal System, With Clues to Alzheimer’s Disease
- Were FDA’s ‘Black Box’ Warnings on Antidepressants a Mistake? Youth Suicides Rose Afterwards
- Breast Cancer Treatments Might Speed Aging, Study Finds
- Damage to Brainstem Could Be Driving Long COVID
- Could Music Lessons Help Clear the ‘Brain Fog’ of Chemotherapy?
- New Hope Against Breast Cancers That Spread to the Brain
- AI May Not Be Ready to Run Emergency Rooms
- Epinephrine: Tips to the ‘EpiPen’ Ingredient and How It Treats Anaphylaxis
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Health Highlights: Oct. 2, 2019
Juul Halts Funding For San Francisco Vaping Ballot Initiative
- Posted October 2, 2019
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Health Tip: Pushing a Wheelchair Safely
People with limited mobility may not be able to push themselves in a wheelchair. If you are assisting someone in a wheelchair, it is important that you follow safety precautions, says the Loddon Mallee Regional Palliative Care...
- Posted October 2, 2019
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Health Tip: Electric or Manual Toothbrushes
Both manual and electric toothbrushes can be effective for brushing your teeth, says Mayo Clinic. For people with arthritis or other conditions that make brushing difficult, an electric toothbrush may be the better option. The bristle movement...
- Posted October 2, 2019
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Antidepressants Might Raise Odds for Serious Pregnancy Complication
TUESDAY, Oct. 1, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Treating depression during pregnancy can be vital to the health of both mother and child, but new research suggests that taking antidepressants may make a woman more vulnerable to gestational...
- Posted October 2, 2019
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Why Maintaining Weight Loss Demands More Than Willpower
Scientists are learning more about why keeping off lost weight is so hard — and a pair of studies suggest it’s more than a question of sheer willpower. A Dartmouth University study published in Cognitive Neuroscience used...
- Posted October 1, 2019
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How to Wait Out a Blue Mood
Feel bad about feeling bad? Don’t. Studies done at the University of California, Berkeley, have found that acknowledging a blue mood — and not berating yourself for it — can help you work through it more easily....
- Posted October 1, 2019
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‘Alarming’ Number of Lupus Patients Use Opioids for Pain: Study
One in three people with lupus uses opioid painkillers even though there is little evidence that they reduce the pain of rheumatic diseases, a new study finds. “Rheumatic diseases, such as lupus, are a leading cause of...
- Posted October 1, 2019
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Overweight Dog, Overweight Owner?
Most dogs and owners share an unbreakable emotional bond. But can they also share expanding waistlines? Yes, said Danish researchers, who found that Fido is twice as likely to be heavy or obese if his owner is...
- Posted October 1, 2019
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Childhood TB Shot May Offer Long-Term Protection from Lung Cancer
A tuberculosis vaccine commonly used in other parts of the world might reduce a person’s risk of developing lung cancer if given early in childhood, a six-decade-long study reports. The Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine is the only...
- Posted October 1, 2019
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Health Highlights: Oct. 1, 2019
Nebraska Sees First Vaping-Related Death, Bringing U.S. Total to 15 Juul Halts Funding For San Francisco Vaping Ballot Initiative North Carolina Legionnaires' Case Count Climbs to 79
- Posted October 1, 2019