• Tips for Spending Holiday Time With Family Members Who Live with Dementia
• 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
• A New Way to Treat Sjögren’s Disease? Researchers Are Hopeful
• Some Abortion Pill Users Surprised By Pain, Study Says

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  Yoga Helps Women Deal With the Mental Stress of Cancer

  A cancer diagnosis can bring overwhelming stress and depression to women, but new research suggests yoga can help ease that emotional toll. “A wellness intervention that integrates yoga and psychological tools may strengthen the connections among the...

  • Posted November 25, 2024
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  Illinois Study Finds Steep Rise in Serious Complications of Pregnancy

  Chronic health problems like high blood pressure, gestational diabetes and obesity have fueled a troubling rise in maternal health issues and birth complications in Illinois, a new study finds.  “These birth outcomes are worsening for all ages,...

  • Posted November 25, 2024
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  Reaching Age at Which a Parent Died by Suicide Raises Risk in Adult Child

  When people whose parents died by suicide reach that same age, their own risk often spikes, Danish researchers warn. Reporting in the journal Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviors, the researchers looked at data on more than 470,000 Danes...

  • Posted November 25, 2024
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  Could a Common Thyroid Medicine Weaken Bones?

  New research suggests that a thyroid medication often prescribed to older Americans may be linked to a common problem in old age — bone loss. Levothyroxine is a synthetic hormone often prescribed to treat hypothyroidism. People with...

  • Posted November 25, 2024
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  Long COVID Hits the Young Harder Than the Old, Study Finds

  It might sound counterintuitive, but new research shows that when Long COVID strikes, younger patients appear more prone to severe symptoms than older folks. That’s tough on society as a whole, the study’s lead author said. “The...

  • Posted November 25, 2024
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  For Some, ‘Tis the Season for Loneliness. Experts Offer Tips to Stay Connected

  For many, the holidays are a time when you connect with others and share time with loved ones. But for some, the holidays are a painful exercise in loneliness. While a Northwestern Medicine study published last spring found...

  • Posted November 24, 2024
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  Taking a GLP-1 Medication? Here’s Tips to Holiday Eating

  So, you have managed to shed 30 pounds with the help of one of the new blockbuster GLP-1 drugs, but as the holidays near you worry about how to handle gatherings where decadent food will be served...

  • Posted November 23, 2024
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  Bird Flu Virus in Canadian Teen Shows Mutations That Could Help It Spread Among Humans

  In a development that health experts have warned might come, Canadian officials report that the bird flu virus isolated from a sick teen in Vancouver shows mutations that could help it spread more easily among humans. At...

  • Posted November 22, 2024
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  Flu, COVID Vaccination Rates Remain Low as Winter Nears

  Worn down by pandemic-era vaccine overload, many Americans are ignoring pleas by health officials to get immunized against the flu and COVID-19, new data shows. According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data for immunizations...

  • Posted November 22, 2024
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  ’10 Americas:’ Health Disparities Mean Life Expectancy Varies Across U.S.

  How long Americans can expect to live varies dramatically — and the gap continues to widen. A new report says health inequalities have, in essence, created 10 Americas. These mutually exclusive populations are divided along familiar fault...

  • Posted November 22, 2024
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