• Wildfire Smoke Exposure Linked to Dementia Risk
• T-Day Dinner, Post-Election: Experts Offer Tips to Keep Things Calm
• Stroke Guidelines Updated, With Focus on Women and GLP-1s
• Vaping Immediately Changes Your Blood Flow
• Yoga Helps Women Deal With the Mental Stress of Cancer
• Illinois Study Finds Steep Rise in Serious Complications of Pregnancy
• Reaching Age at Which a Parent Died by Suicide Raises Risk in Adult Child
• Could a Common Thyroid Medicine Weaken Bones?
• Long COVID Hits the Young Harder Than the Old, Study Finds
• For Some, ‘Tis the Season for Loneliness. Experts Offer Tips to Stay Connected

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  Gene Therapy Improves Vision in People With Inherited Blindness

  An injectable gene therapy caused measurable improvements in vision among a small group of people with inherited blindness, an early-stage clinical trial says. Researchers recruited 14 people with Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), a rare genetic condition that...

  • Posted May 6, 2024
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  Parental Deaths to Guns, Drugs Harmed Nearly 100,000 U.S. Kids in 2020

  Nearly 100,000 U.S. children lost a parent in 2020 to gun violence or drug overdose, a three-fold rise since 1999, according to a new study. Overall, these two causes made up nearly a quarter (23%) of parental...

  • Posted May 6, 2024
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  Money Worries Top Seniors’ List of Health-Related Concerns: Poll

  Worries over health-related costs are plaguing the minds of older Americans of all backgrounds, a new poll suggests. Five of the six health-related issues that most people found very concerning had to do with health care costs,...

  • Posted May 6, 2024
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  Scientists Developing Vaccine Against Present and Future COVID Viruses

  Scientists are busy working on a vaccine that might fight strains of the COVID virus SARS-CoV-2 that haven’t even emerged yet. The effort from a British team at the University of Cambridge is already showing promise in...

  • Posted May 6, 2024
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  ERs Often Missing Epilepsy in Kids With ‘Non-Motor’ Seizures

  Two-thirds of kids who suffer a subtle type of epileptic seizure go undiagnosed when they seek emergency room treatment, new research shows. “We do not know how many people are walking around with seizures that they are...

  • Posted May 6, 2024
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  Parents of Infants With Cystic Fibrosis Often Feel Confused, Unsupported: Survey

  Parents of newborns diagnosed with cystic fibrosis often are confused about both the disease and their next steps, a new national survey has found. In fact, about half of new parents don’t even know that newborns are...

  • Posted May 6, 2024
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  Avoid Some ‘Project Watson’ Dog Eye Wipes Due to Infection Danger

  Pets and pet owners who come into contact with Bausch & Lomb’s “Project Watson” dog eye wipes could be at risk for infection if the products come from certain lots. The wipes are used to clean a...

  • Posted May 6, 2024
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  New Test Might Alert Pregnant Women to Preeclampsia Danger

  A potentially dangerous spike in blood pressure known as preeclampsia can occur in 1 in every 25 pregnancies, but an accurate test to spot those women at highest risk has remained elusive. Now, Canadian researchers at Université...

  • Posted May 6, 2024
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  Combo Therapy May Be Advance Against Liver Cancer

  A new combination therapy appears to boost the response rate for liver cancer patients receiving immunotherapy, according to results from a phase 2 clinical trial. The combo therapy involves bavituximab, a drug that neutralizes a fatty substance...

  • Posted May 6, 2024
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  How ‘Unruly’ Sports Parents Harm Their Kids’ Mental Health

  Everyone knows that specific type of sports parent – the over-the-top dad or mom who curses, shouts and even becomes physically aggressive during their kid’s match. While they might think they’re cheering their kid to victory, such...

  • Posted May 6, 2024
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