• Dancing Helps People With Parkinson’s In More Ways Than One
• Flu Cases Start to Surge as Americans Prepare for Holiday Gatherings
• GLP-1 Zepbound Is Approved As First Drug For Sleep Apnea
• Feeling Appreciated by Partner is Critical for Caregiver’s Mental Health
• Chatbot “Brains” May Slow with Age
• More of America’s Pets Are Overdosing on Stray Coke, Meth
• The Most Therapeutic Kind of Me-Time
• Coffee Can Boost the Brains of People with Certain Heart Conditions
• Tips for Spending Holiday Time With Family Members Who Live with Dementia
• Tainted Cucumbers Now Linked to 100 Salmonella Cases in 23 States

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  Weed Use During Pregnancy May Harm Kids’ Behavior, Thinking Skills

  Smoking marijuana during pregnancy may quell your morning sickness, but it could also harm your child’s development, a new study warns. Cannabis exposure in the womb is associated in early childhood with poorer thinking skills, researchers reported...

  • Posted October 28, 2024
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  Concussion Could Raise Depression, Burnout in Pro Hockey Players

  Repeated concussions dramatically increase a hockey player’s risk of depression and burnout, a new study warns. Hockey players who’d suffered three or more concussions had twice the risk of depression symptoms than whose who’d never had a...

  • Posted October 28, 2024
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  McDonald’s Quarter Pounder Beef Patties Not Source of E. Coli Contamination

  McDonald’s Quarter Pounder beef patties have tested negative for E. coli contamination as an outbreak that has sickened 75 people in 13 states continues, the company announced Sunday. Federal health officials had already identified slivered onions that...

  • Posted October 28, 2024
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  Ozempic Curbs Kidney Disease in Obese People Without Diabetes

  The weight-loss drug Ozempic can guard against kidney disease in obese people, a new study shows. Patients taking semaglutide — the active agent in Ozempic and Wegovy — had as much as a 52% reduction in kidney...

  • Posted October 28, 2024
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  1 in 5 Americans’ Drinking Water Tainted With PFAS Chemicals

  More than 20% of people in the continental United States might have drinking water contaminated with “forever chemicals,” a new study suggests. Between 75 and 95 million Americans rely on groundwater that contains detectible concentrations of these...

  • Posted October 28, 2024
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  New Hope Against a Rare, Aggressive Form of Thyroid Cancer

  Most thyroid cancers are slow-moving and, if caught early, curable. But some patients can present with what’s known as an anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) — a rare and very aggressive tumor with a very poor prognosis.  Now,...

  • Posted October 28, 2024
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  Skin Patch Uses ‘Imperceptible’ Electric Zaps to Heal Wounds Without Drugs

  An experimental electric bandage might help doctors stop bacterial infections without using any drugs, a new study suggests. Imperceptible low-level electric current applied through a skin patch caused a nearly 10 times reduction in amounts of Staphylococcus...

  • Posted October 28, 2024
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  Every Minute Counts: Speedy Defibrillator Delivery Saves Lives From Cardiac Arrest

  Every minute spent waiting for a first shock from a defibrillator cuts the odds of surviving cardiac arrest by 6%, a new Dutch study finds. “Our research shows that every minute of delay in giving the first...

  • Posted October 28, 2024
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  Hospice Care Saves Medicare Lots of Money, Study Finds

  Hospice care is a compassionate and heartfelt enterprise, involving a medical team dedicated to maintaining a person’s comfort and dignity as they face the final curtain. Now, new research shows hospice is also incredibly cost-effective as a...

  • Posted October 28, 2024
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  Halloween Can Be Extra Scary for Folks With Dementia. An Expert Offers Caregiver Tips

  Halloween is meant to be a spooky season, but it can be downright terrifying to someone suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. “Halloween is full of scary sights and frightful sounds that create additional challenges for someone...

  • Posted October 27, 2024
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