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  New Report Calls for More Research on Women’s Health Issues

  A new report finds research is sorely lacking on how chronic illnesses affect women, and it urged government agencies to do more to investigate how these diseases strike women differently. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and...

  • Posted July 12, 2024
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  Nearly 1 in 10 Pregnant Women Who Get COVID Develop Long COVID

  Almost 10% of women who get COVID during pregnancy develop long-lasting symptoms, and a new study suggests doctors may be overlooking them. “I doubt most obstetric clinicians are as aware of Long COVID as perhaps we should...

  • Posted July 12, 2024
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  Gun Laws Help Lower Suicides, not Murders, Among Children

  Restrictive gun laws can decrease suicide rates among children and teenagers, but they don’t seem to lower their risk of being murdered, a new study says. States with laws requiring safe storage of firearms and mandatory waiting...

  • Posted July 12, 2024
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  Study Measures Mental Harms of Terrorism on Children With Autism

  The Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel has left children and parents with significant psychological scars, a new study shows. But families with a child who has autism have been especially hard hit, according to researchers from...

  • Posted July 12, 2024
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  Black Patients Diagnosed With Huntington’s Later Than Whites

  Black patients with Huntington’s disease receive their diagnoses an average of one year later than white people with the incurable genetic disorder, a new study shows. Early diagnosis is essential to help patients get proper care and...

  • Posted July 12, 2024
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  Heart Surgery for Older Women Is Often Risky Business, Study Finds

  Older women are more likely than older men to die following heart bypass surgery, possibly due to the quality of the hospitals where they undergo the procedure, a new study says. Women older than 65 are 26%...

  • Posted July 12, 2024
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  Having Diabetes Raises Risk of Failure With Spinal Fusion Surgery

  Diabetes can make lumbar spinal fusion surgery much more likely to fail, a new study says. People with diabetes are nearly three times more likely to have their vertebrae fail to properly heal and fuse together, what...

  • Posted July 12, 2024
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  Cigarettes Worse Than Vaping for Secondhand Smoke Exposure

  Secondhand smoke from cigarettes is much worse than that from vaping, in terms of exposing children to nicotine, a new study finds. Children exposed to vaping indoors absorb less than one-seventh the amount of nicotine as kids...

  • Posted July 12, 2024
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  Four in 10 Cancer Cases, Nearly Half of Cancer Deaths Linked to Lifestyle

  Nearly half of cancer deaths and 4 of 10 cases of cancer are linked to a person’s lifestyle, a new study says. Cigarette smoking remains the biggest cancer risk, contributing to 30% of cancer deaths and 20%...

  • Posted July 12, 2024
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  Older Adults More Stressed About Inflation, Hold Off on Health Care

  Financial stress persists even though rising inflation rates have eased, and the group feeling the pinch most acutely is in its peak earning years, a new poll shows. “Our biggest surprise from this poll is that the...

  • Posted July 12, 2024
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