• Biden Will Move to Have Medicare, Medicaid Cover GLP-1 Weight-Loss Meds
• 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

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  Grief Affects the Body, Not Just the Mind

  Of course grief can ravage your mind, but science shows it can also weaken your body, leaving you open to illness. “As humans, we are strongly motivated to seek out social bonds that are warm, dependable, friendly...

  • Posted February 26, 2024
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  Emergency Calls by Youth Rose After States Decriminalized ‘Magic Mushroom’ Drug

  U.S. poison center calls related to psilocybin “magic mushrooms” among youth skyrocketed after U.S. cities and states began decriminalizing the hallucinogen, a new study shows. Psilocybin-related calls among teens ages 13 to 19 more than tripled between...

  • Posted February 26, 2024
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  Amy Schumer Reveals Cushing’s Syndrome Diagnosis

  Comedian Amy Schumer has disclosed that she has been diagnosed with Cushing’s syndrome, a condition that arises when there is too much cortisol in the body. In an interview published Friday in the News Not Noise newsletter, Schumer...

  • Posted February 26, 2024
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  Asthma Drug Xolair Guards Against Severe Reactions in People With Food Allergies

  The asthma medication Xolair has proved its prowess against food allergies, with new research showing the medication substantially lowers the chances of severe reactions in patients. Data published Sunday in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented simultaneously...

  • Posted February 26, 2024
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  Women Over 60: Here’s How Many Daily Steps You Need to Avoid Heart Failure

  Women might need a lot fewer daily steps to lower their risk of heart failure than they think, a new study suggests. The usual recommendation is that people get 10,000 steps a day, but women ages 63...

  • Posted February 26, 2024
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  Earbuds, Headphones a Rising Threat to Kids Hearing

  Many younger children could be permanently damaging their hearing by blasting loud music on their earbuds and headphones, a new report finds. Two in three parents say that their child between the ages of 5 and 12...

  • Posted February 26, 2024
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  Hormone Replacement Therapy Could Ease Depression Around Menopause

  Hormone replacement therapy might help women avoid depression as they go through menopause, a new study finds. Women treated with hormone therapy at a menopause clinic in Ontario, Canada, experienced a reduction in their symptoms of depression,...

  • Posted February 26, 2024
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  Faulty Pulse Oximeters Could Worsen Heart Failure in Black Patients

  Pulse oximeters, devices that measure your blood’s oxygen levels, are known to work less accurately in Black patients. Now, new research suggests faulty readings might also be worsening the care of Black people who battle heart failure....

  • Posted February 26, 2024
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  Treating Crohn’s Sooner, More Aggressively Greatly Improves Outcomes: Study

  In a finding that suggests sooner is better than later, a new trial shows that giving advanced treatment early to Crohn’s patients can dramatically improve their gut health. About 80% of those who got therapy with an...

  • Posted February 26, 2024
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  New Drug Could Be Big Advance Against Rare Blood Cancer

  Polycythemia vera is a rare form of blood cancer with few good treatment options, but that may soon change based on the results of a new clinical trial. An injected experimental drug called rusfertide appears effective in...

  • Posted February 26, 2024
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