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  ‘Gig Economy’ Job Woes May Lead to Problem Drinking Later

  The “gig economy” could be setting up many young adults for drinking problems later in life, a new study warns. People who take poorly paid temp jobs as freelancers or independent contractors are 43% more likely to...

  • Posted April 10, 2024
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  EPA Cracks Down on Toxins Threatening Those Living Near Chemical Plants

  Are you one of the estimated 104,000 Americans who lives within six miles of factories that spew organic chemicals into the air? New rules issued Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency might make your life healthier, agency...

  • Posted April 9, 2024
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  Many Factors Stop U.S. Women From Getting Mammograms

  Health care cost and access are not the only barriers women face in getting lifesaving mammograms, a new government report finds. Food insecurity, lack of transportation, less hours at work and feelings of isolation also can keep...

  • Posted April 9, 2024
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  Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy Poses No Risk of Autism, ADHD in Kids

  There’s no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy increases the risk of childhood autism, ADHD or intellectual disability, the largest study to date on the subject has concluded. The analysis of more than 2.4 million children born...

  • Posted April 9, 2024
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  More Fruits, Veggies, Grains Will Get to Kids Under New WIC Rule

  Changes to the federal program that helps pay for groceries for low-income moms and their young children means that soon these families will have access to more fruits, vegetables and whole grains, U.S. health officials said Tuesday....

  • Posted April 9, 2024
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  Wegovy Helps Those With Both Diabetes, Heart Failure: Study

  For people struggling with both diabetes and a common type of heart failure, the weight-loss drug Wegovy may do more for their health than help them shed pounds, new research suggests. In the study, published Saturday in...

  • Posted April 9, 2024
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  Stopping Aspirin a Month After Stent Implant Helps Heart Patients

  People who’ve survived a heart attack and have been given a stent may be better off quitting low-dose aspirin a month after the procedure, a new study finds. The strategy is “beneficial by reducing major and minor...

  • Posted April 9, 2024
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  Can Older Patients With Low-Risk Leukemia Quit Seeing Specialists?

  Some slow-growing cases of leukemia don’t need constant surveillance by cancer specialists, a new study claims. Low-risk patients with slow-growing chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and no symptoms fared well even after they stopped seeing doctors for specialized...

  • Posted April 9, 2024
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  Can Pregnancy Accelerate Aging for Women? Study Says Yes

  Pregnancy transforms women’s bodies in many obvious ways, but new research suggests it may also accelerate aging. Women who had been pregnant appeared to be biologically older than women who had never carried a child, the genetic...

  • Posted April 9, 2024
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  Some Breast Cancer Patients Can Retain Lymph Nodes, Avoiding Lymphedema

  Removal of armpit lymph nodes can leave many breast cancer patients with lingering lymphedema, a painful and unsightly swelling of the arm. Now, new Swedish research may help narrow down which patients require extensive lymph removal, based...

  • Posted April 9, 2024
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