• Twice-Yearly Injection 96% Effective in Preventing HIV Infection
• Some HRT Pills May Pose Special Risk for Blood Clots
• Your Old Pacemaker Could Be Recycled to Save a Life
• Scientists Develop Whole New Form of Effective Asthma Treatment
• U.S. Abortion Numbers Dipped Slightly in 2022
• Ultraprocessed Foods Might Help Trigger Psoriasis
• Trump Picks Vaccine Mandate Critic Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to Head National Institutes of Health
• Irregular Sleep Might Raise Odds for Heart Attack, Stroke
• Scientists Find Way to Deliver Medicines Across Brain’s Protective Barrier
• Soccer ‘Headers’ Could Pose Danger to Brains

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  1 in 5 U.S. Adults Now Has Arthritis

  Arthritis is becoming a disease of the masses, striking 21% of U.S. adults, or over 53 million people, a new report shows. “It’s important first to point out that arthritis is a general term that includes over...

  • Posted October 17, 2023
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  FDA Moves Closer to Banning Menthol Cigarettes, Flavored Cigars

  TUESDAY, Oct. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) – A proposed rule from federal regulators that would ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars has been sent to the White House Office of Management and Budget for final review. The...

  • Posted October 17, 2023
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  Women Face Higher Odds of Depression After Head Injury Than Men

  Women are more likely to develop depression after suffering a traumatic brain injury (TBI), a new study shows. The analysis of nine published studies included nearly 700,000 people and found that the risk for depression among women...

  • Posted October 17, 2023
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  Non-White Kids With Recurrent Ear Infections Less Likely to Get Specialist Care

  Which U.S. kids see specialists for ear infections and have tubes placed to drain fluid and improve air flow differs significantly by race. Asian, Hispanic and Black children are much less likely than white kids to see...

  • Posted October 17, 2023
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  Americans Can Expect to Spend Half Their Lives Taking a Prescription Drug

  Americans born in recent years can likely count on taking prescription drugs for about half their life, according to new research. For males born in 2019, it’s about 48% of their lives. For women, it’s 60% of...

  • Posted October 17, 2023
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  Hearts & Arteries: What Happens to Them As You Age

  As a consumer, you probably see “heart healthy” labels on food items all the time. But do you really know what heart health means and why it’s important? Experts from Tufts University in Boston offer some details...

  • Posted October 17, 2023
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  Biden Administration Moves to Boost Health Care to the Homeless

  A new rule allows health care providers to be reimbursed for treating homeless people wherever they are, rather than just in hospitals or clinics. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began allowing this change...

  • Posted October 16, 2023
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  Donor’s Immune Cells Could Help Transplant Recipients Avoid Organ Rejection

  A liver transplant can give people a new lease on life, but at the cost of lifelong immune-suppressing medication and its risks. Now an innovative approach to reduce, or possibly eliminate, certain patients’ reliance on those drugs...

  • Posted October 16, 2023
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  Rite Aid Pharmacy Chain Files for Bankruptcy

  The drugstore chain Rite Aid has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, due largely to competition and thousands of lawsuits for its role in allegedly filling unlawful opioid prescriptions. The company filed a notice Thursday with the U.S....

  • Posted October 16, 2023
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  Black Patients 42% More Likely to Die After High-Risk Surgery Than White Patients

  High-risk surgeries are more deadly for Black and Hispanic Americans than for their white counterparts, new research reveals. The study, of more than 1 million procedures performed in U.S. hospitals between 2000 and 2020, found that Black...

  • Posted October 16, 2023
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