• Cold Plunge or Hot Bath? What’s Best for Ailing Muscles?
• Concussions Slow Brain Activity in High School Football Players
• Study Finds GLP-1 Meds Can Also Help the Kidneys
• Long COVID Brain Fog: Could the Lungs Hold Clues?
• Scientists Spot Gene That Could Help Cause Miscarriages
• Preschoolers’ Tantrums Can Be Early Sign of ADHD
• Mom’s Healthy Diet in Pregnancy Pays Big Dividends for Baby
• There’s a Best Option for Patients With Head-and-Neck Cancer Who Can’t Take Cisplatin
• Program Tripled Number of Completed At-Home Colon Cancer Tests
• Supreme Court Won’t Hear Big Tobacco’s Challenge to Cigarette Warning Labels

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  Steady Rise in U.S. Suicides Among Adolescents, Teens

  U.S. rates of suicide by all methods rose steadily for adolescents between 1999 and 2020, a new analysis shows. During those two decades, over 47,000 Americans between the ages 10 and 19 lost their lives to suicide,...

  • Posted March 29, 2024
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  Mutation Helps Even Carriers of ‘Alzheimer’s Gene’ Avoid Alzheimer’s

  A genetic mutation that boosts cell function could protect people against Alzheimer’s disease, even if they carry another gene mutation known to boost dementia risk. The newly discovered mutation appears to protect people who carry the APOE4...

  • Posted March 29, 2024
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  Another Study Warns of Surgery Risks for Folks Taking Ozempic, Wegovy

  People taking weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy need to drop them in the days or weeks prior to surgery, a new study warns. Folks on one of these drugs — known as GLP-1 receptor agonists —...

  • Posted March 29, 2024
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  CDC Warns of Spike in Bacterial Illness That Can Cause Meningitis

  There has been a troubling rise in cases of a rare bacterial illness that can cause meningitis, U.S. health officials warned Thursday. In an alert issued to doctors, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said...

  • Posted March 29, 2024
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  U.S. TB Cases Reach Highest Level in a Decade

  Tuberculosis cases are on the rise in the United States, with the number of reported infections in 2023 the highest seen in a decade. Forty states logged an increase in tuberculosis (TB) cases, and rates were up among...

  • Posted March 29, 2024
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  Chat GPT Can Produce Medical Records Ten Times Faster Than Doctors

  Artificial intelligence programs could be an effective way to relieve the paperwork burden that keeps doctors from seeing more patients, a new study finds. The AI program Chat GPT can write administrative medical notes up to ten...

  • Posted March 29, 2024
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  Obesity in Childhood Doubles Odds for MS in Young Adulthood

  Children who are obese face double the odds of developing multiple sclerosis later in life, a new study warns. The overall odds for any one child to develop the neurodegenerative illness remains very low. However, the Swedish...

  • Posted March 29, 2024
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  Eye’s ‘Microbiome’ Could Give Clues to Better Dry Eye Treatments

  Folks suffering from dry eyes might have a problem with the naturally occurring bacteria found on the surface of their eyes, a new study suggests. There are key differences in the microbes found on dye eye patients...

  • Posted March 29, 2024
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  High-Strength Lidocaine Skin Creams Can Cause Seizures, Heart Trouble, FDA Warns

  Some pain-relieving skin products contain potentially harmful doses of the numbing agent lidocaine and should be avoided, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns. These creams, gels, sprays and soaps are marketed for topical use to relieve...

  • Posted March 29, 2024
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  What Is ‘Mindful Reading’ and Can It Help Your Brain?

  Ever immersed yourself in a book and lost all sense of the time and place you’re currently in? That’s how reading can meld with mindfulness, one neuropsychologist explains. The experience can bring real mental health benefits, said...

  • Posted March 29, 2024
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