• What You Need to Know After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis
• Hospital Drug Tests Far More Likely for Minority Teens
• Water Fluoridation May Be Less Beneficial Than in Past, Review Finds
• California Reports Two Cases of Bird Flu in Dairy Workers, a First for the State
• Colonoscopies Among the Young Are on the Rise
• Trauma at Life’s Beginning Can Mar Its End, Study Finds
• Mpox Vaccine’s Protection Wanes Within 1 Year; Boosters Needed
• Folks With Chronic Pain & Their Doctors Often Differ on Medical Marijuana
• Hearing Loss Can Raise Risks for Cognitive Decline
• Food Allergies Spur Serious Anxiety in Most of Those Affected, Survey Finds

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  Being Socially Active Helps Older Folk Age Well

  Interacting with lots of different people may help you live longer and healthier, a new study suggests. Older people who spend more time with family members, close friends, acquaintances, casual friends and even strangers were more likely...

  • Posted February 20, 2019
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  Gut Microbes May Help Drive Lupus, Study Finds

  An imbalance in the gut “microbiome” of people with lupus may be driving the chronic autoimmune disease as well as its flare-ups, new research suggests. The microbiome is the trillions of helpful bacteria that coexist in the...

  • Posted February 20, 2019
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  Health Highlights: Feb. 20, 2019

  New Test Quickly Diagnoses Sepsis New Kaiser Permanente Medical School to Waive Tuition for First Five Classes of Students Cereals Recalled Due to Undeclared Gluten Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Raw Turkey Products Now at 279 Cases: CDC

  • Posted February 20, 2019
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  Health Tip: 10 Ways to Encourage Kids to Eat Healthier

  There are plenty of ways to encourage kids to eat more fruits and vegetables, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says. Here are the agency’s suggestions: Create smoothies with fat-free or low-fat yogurt with fruit pieces and crushed...

  • Posted February 20, 2019
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  Health Tip: Eat Less Salt

  Everyone needs some salt to help maintain the body’s balance of fluids. But too much salt may cause you to retain fluids and raise your blood pressure, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns. About 75 percent...

  • Posted February 20, 2019
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  Exercises to Build Your Upper Body Strength

  Upper body strength is important at every age, but you don’t need to be a bodybuilder to benefit from working your pectoral, or chest, muscles. For a study sponsored by the American Council on Exercise, scientists from...

  • Posted February 19, 2019
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  Codeine: An Opioid Threat to Kids

  Codeine is one of the drugs at the center of the opioid epidemic affecting adults and teens across the United States. There are also concerns about its effects on very young children — not addiction, but life-threatening...

  • Posted February 19, 2019
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  Primary Care Doctors Help Boost Life Spans, But More Are Needed

  More primary care doctors mean longer life for patients, but a shortage of these physicians is looming, a new study finds. Why? Fewer medical students are choosing primary care as a career, mostly because of money, the...

  • Posted February 19, 2019
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  Don’t Open Medical Pot Dispensaries Near Schools: Poll

  While the vast majority of American parents support legal medical marijuana, they want pot dispensaries banned near schools or day care centers, according to a new national survey. The C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital poll was conducted by...

  • Posted February 19, 2019
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  Possible Parkinson’s ‘Pandemic’ Looms: Report

  The number of people living with Parkinson’s disease worldwide could double in the next two decades, experts project. In a report warning of a possible Parkinson’s “pandemic,” researchers say the stage is set for cases to surge...

  • Posted February 19, 2019
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