• People With HIV Can Now Receive Livers, Kidneys From HIV-Positive Donors
• 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

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  Dr. Anthony Fauci to Publish Memoir ‘On Call’ in June

  Dr. Anthony Fauci, who helped Americans navigate the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic, will reflect on his career in a memoir set for release this summer. His publisher, Viking, announced that the book, titled “On Call:...

  • Posted February 8, 2024
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  CDC Investigating Illness Outbreak on Luxury Cruise Ship

  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness aboard a luxury cruise ship that sailed out of San Francisco on Wednesday. More than 150 people on the Queen Victoria, operated...

  • Posted February 8, 2024
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  Survey Shows Transgender, Nonbinary People Suffer Financial Strife, Stigma

  Preliminary data from the largest survey examining the quality of life for transgender and nonbinary Americans show they suffer high levels of unemployment and harassment. In the early findings, released Wednesday, the National Center for Transgender Equality...

  • Posted February 8, 2024
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  Journal Publisher Retracts Two Studies Cited in Abortion Pill Access Case

  Two studies that warned of the harms of the abortion pill have been retracted by the journals’ publisher over flaws in the data and conflicts of interest among the researchers. Complicating matters even further, the papers were...

  • Posted February 8, 2024
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  Cutting U.S. Homelessness by 25% Could Prevent 2,000 Opioid Deaths Each Year

  Reducing homelessness by 25% could save nearly 2,000 lives lost each year to opioid overdoses, a new study estimates. It also could save 850 lives from alcohol poisoning and 540 from cocaine overdoses, researchers from the University...

  • Posted February 8, 2024
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  CPR’s Lifesaving Powers Decline as Minutes Pass

  CPR can save lives, but its ability to restore heart function goes from slim to none in a shockingly short time, a new study finds. How short? A person’s chance of surviving cardiac arrest while receiving CPR...

  • Posted February 8, 2024
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  Your Brain Finds Ways to Compensate Against Age-Related Decline

  No one’s brain is as sharp at 60 as it was at 20. However, new research supports the notion that folk’s brains can make subtle adjustments with age to compensate for that decline. A team of British...

  • Posted February 8, 2024
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  Americans Have One Trusted Source for Info on COVID Vaccines

  A doctor or nurse might be the only person capable of convincing a vaccine-hesitant person to get the COVID jab, a new study shows. Those who trust the medical profession are most likely to get vaccinated against...

  • Posted February 8, 2024
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  Head Position May Be Key to Better Clot Removal After Stroke

  The position in bed of stroke victims’ heads could influence how well they’ll fare in upcoming surgery to remove a blood clot from their brain, a new study finds. Hospital beds for stroke patients are typically set...

  • Posted February 8, 2024
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  Adding Blood Thinners to Clot-Busting Meds Won’t Improve Stroke Outcomes: Study

  Adding blood thinners to clot-busting drugs does not improve outcomes for stroke patients, a new study claims. Doctors had hoped that combining the two types of medications would improve treatment of stroke, as a similar combination has...

  • Posted February 8, 2024
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