• Recognizing the Signs of Hypothyroidism
• 10 Strategies to Overcome Insomnia
• Could Artificial Sweeteners Be Aging the Brain Faster?
• Techniques for Soothing Your Nervous System
• Does the Water in Your House Smell Funny? Here’s Why
• Can a Daily Dose of Apple Cider Vinegar Actually Aid Weight Loss?
• 6 Health Beverages That Can Actually Spike Your Blood Sugar
• Treatment Options for Social Anxiety Disorder
• Understanding the Connection Between Anxiety and Depression
• How Daily Prunes Can Influence Cholesterol and Inflammation

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  Opioid Use (and Overuse) for Knee Arthritis Takes Big Financial Toll

  Opioids and arthritic knees are a costly mix, new research claims. “These data offer new evidence of the magnitude of the societal burden generated by opioid use and misuse, and could be used to educate health care...

  • Posted March 5, 2021
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  A Vaccine Against UTIs? New Mouse Study Brings Shot Closer

  Many women suffer through countless urinary tract infections (UTIs), but a new study in mice offers hope that a vaccine could one day bring their nightmares to an end. “Although several vaccines against UTIs have been investigated...

  • Posted March 5, 2021
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  Reassuring News for Women Taking Epilepsy Meds While Pregnant

  Toddlers whose mothers took certain epilepsy drugs during pregnancy are unlikely to have development delays, researchers say. The study may help clear up lingering doubts about use of the drugs by moms-to-be. Controlling seizures is crucial, of...

  • Posted March 5, 2021
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  More Data Suggests New Coronavirus Variants Weaken Vaccines, Treatments

  There’s new evidence that fast-spreading variants of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 are more resistant to antibody treatments and vaccines. Researchers assessed variants first identified in South Africa, the United Kingdom and Brazil and found that they...

  • Posted March 4, 2021
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  Moderna COVID Vaccine Can Sometimes Trigger Delayed Skin Reactions

  Some people given the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine may develop a reaction at the injection site that can first appear more than a week after they get the shot, research shows. A minority of patients may experience a...

  • Posted March 4, 2021
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  Perils of the Pandemic: Scooters, Cleansers and Button Batteries

  Fireworks, skateboards and button batteries are among the products associated with increased trips to the emergency room during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). While ER treatment...

  • Posted March 4, 2021
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  American Indians Face the Highest Odds for Stroke

  While strokes strike many Americans, a new study shows the risk is particularly high among American Indians. Researchers already knew that American Indians had the highest risk of atrial fibrillation, which is an irregular heartbeat (“arrhythmia”) that...

  • Posted March 4, 2021
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  COVID Leaves Most Pro Athletes With No Lasting Heart Damage: Study

  In some reassuring news for professional athletes, a new study finds very few develop inflammatory heart disease after being infected with COVID-19, and most can safely return to play. In fact, of nearly 800 professional athletes who...

  • Posted March 4, 2021
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  AHA News: Bypass Surgery Turned Doctor From Couch Potato Into Mountain Climber

  THURSDAY, March 4, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Because of the lack of oxygen at such lofty altitudes, Dr. Akil Taherbhai needed four hours to climb the last mile to the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, the...

  • Posted March 4, 2021
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  U.S. Hispanics at High Heart Disease Risk and Many Go Untreated: Report

  Even after suffering a stroke, many Hispanic Americans still have uncontrolled diabetes, high blood pressure or other conditions that raise their risk of a repeat one, a new study finds. The study involved 404 Hispanic adults with...

  • Posted March 4, 2021
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