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• Tainted Cucumbers Now Linked to 100 Salmonella Cases in 23 States
• Check Your Pantry, Lay’s Classic Potato Chips Recalled Due to Milk Allergy Risk
• Norovirus Sickens Hundreds on Three Cruise Ships: CDC
• Not Just Blabber: What Baby’s First Vocalizations and Coos Can Tell Us
• What’s the Link Between Memory Problems and Sexism?
• Supreme Court to Decide on South Carolina’s Bid to Cut Funding for Planned Parenthood
• Antibiotics Do Not Increase Risks for Cognitive Decline, Dementia in Older Adults, New Data Says
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• Some Abortion Pill Users Surprised By Pain, Study Says

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  America’s Rural Hospitals Are Shutting Down Maternity Wards

  Hospitals across America are shuttering their obstetric units, and the issue is most acute for women served by rural hospitals, a new study finds. By 2022, a majority (52%) of rural U.S. hospitals no longer had any...

  • Posted December 5, 2024
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  Most Young People With Long COVID Recover Within 2 Years

  Most children and teenagers can shake long COVID within a couple of a years, a new, reassuring study finds. About 70% of children and teens diagnosed with long COVID recover from the disorder within 24 months of...

  • Posted December 5, 2024
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  ‘Broken’ Sleep Could Be Hallmark of Obesity-Linked Liver Disease

  Fatty liver disease may contribute to fragmented sleep patterns, robbing already sick people of good rest, a new study finds. These folks woke up more often in the night, and then lay awake longer waiting for slumber...

  • Posted December 5, 2024
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  Could High-Fructose Corn Syrup in Foods Help Speed Cancer?

  The sugar known as fructose could be a kind of rocket fuel for cancer cells, and lowering fructose intake could be one way to fight the disease, new research suggests. Fructose is already ubiquitous in American diets,...

  • Posted December 4, 2024
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  As ‘Teletherapy’ Takes Hold, Nearly 12% of Young Adults Now Undergo Psychotherapy

  Access to psychotherapy has increased substantially among Americans, particularly young adults, a new study has found. About 12% of young adults received psychotherapy in 2021, followed by 8% of the middle-aged and 5% of seniors, researchers found....

  • Posted December 4, 2024
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  Zepbound Bests Wegovy for Weight Loss in New Trial

  Zepbound, the new GLP-1 weight-loss drug from Eli Lilly & Co., has outperformed its main competitor, Wegovy, in a clinical trial funded by Lilly. “Given the increased interest around obesity medications, we conducted this study to help...

  • Posted December 4, 2024
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  E. Coli Outbreak Linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders Declared Over

  WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024 (Healtday News) — An investigation into an E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has officially been closed, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday. In total, 104 people from 14...

  • Posted December 4, 2024
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  Almost a Third of U.S. Retail Pharmacies Have Closed Since 2010

  About a third of America’s pharmacies have closed since 2010, amounting to an “unprecedented decline” in neighborhood drug stores, a new study finds. The drop began in 2018, primarily driven by store closures among chain pharmacies during...

  • Posted December 4, 2024
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  20th Century Lead Exposures Took Grim Toll on Americans’ Health

  Decades of lead exposure from car exhaust altered the mental health of millions of Americans, making them more prone to depression, anxiety and ADHD, a new study claims. Lead was first added to gasoline in 1923 to...

  • Posted December 4, 2024
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  American Seniors Struggle to Pay Medical Bills More Than Peers in Other Wealthy Countries

  American seniors still pay more for health care than their counterparts in most other wealthy countries do, despite coverage by Medicare, a new study finds. They are also more likely to postpone or skip needed care because...

  • Posted December 4, 2024
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