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• Flavored Vapes Behind Big Surge in U.S. E-Cigarette Sales
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• Fibroids, Endometriosis Linked to Shorter Life Spans

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  Answers Company Recalls Raw Dog Food Due to Salmonella, Listeria Threat

  A raw diet pet food company is recalling cartons of frozen beef and chicken dog food that could be tainted with salmonella or listeria germs. Answers Pet Food announced the recall this week after the U.S. Food...

  • Posted September 25, 2024
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  Experimental Nasal Spray Might Ward Off Multiple Viruses

  A non-drug nasal spray could theoretically help stop the spread of respiratory viruses like the flu and COVID-19 better than wearing a mask, a new study suggests. The spray uses ingredients that are medically inactive to trap...

  • Posted September 25, 2024
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  Space Travel May Not Be Healthy for Heart Muscle

  Long-term space travel to Mars could be bad for astronauts’ hearts, a new zero-gravity study shows. After a month at the International Space Station, a set of 48 bioengineered human heart tissue samples beat about half as...

  • Posted September 25, 2024
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  NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre Has Parkinson’s Disease

  Green Bay Packers legend and NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre announced Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Favre, 54, made the announcement while testifying to Congress on his potential misuse of taxpayer funds....

  • Posted September 24, 2024
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  Prediabetes in Teens Could Raise Odds for Complicated Pregnancies Later

  If a woman is already in a “prediabetic” state in her teen or college years, her odds for a serious complication of pregnancy later in life rises, new research shows. Ignoring prediabetes in teenagers “may represent a...

  • Posted September 24, 2024
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  Inmates in Many U.S. Jails Have No Access to Meds That Fight Opioid Addiction

  Opioid use disorder can be a contributing factor to Americans landing in the nation’s prisons and jails, but those inmates typically have no access to medications that could help wean them off the drugs. So finds a...

  • Posted September 24, 2024
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  Four in Every 10 U.S. Adults Is Now Obese; Severe Obesity Rising

  Over 40 percent of U.S. adults are now obese, with rates roughly the same for men and women, new government data shows. Obesity rates fluctuated with age and fell as levels of education increased, said the report...

  • Posted September 24, 2024
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  Almost 200 Chemicals Linked to Breast Cancer Are Found in Food Packaging

  Food sold in shrink wrap, on cardboard trays or in paper containers might contain any of nearly 200 chemicals linked to breast cancer, a new study warns. Commonly used food packaging materials contain 189 chemicals that can...

  • Posted September 24, 2024
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  Black, Hispanic Doctors See Much Larger Proportion of Medicaid Patients

  Latino and Black family doctors are more likely to hang their shingle in their old neighborhood and care for the less fortunate, researchers report. The new findings, which also showed these doctors were more likely to take...

  • Posted September 24, 2024
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  Federal Assault Weapons Ban Could Have Stopped 38 Mass Shootings Since 2005

  The Federal Assault Weapons Ban (FAWB) would have prevented as many as 38 mass shootings that have taken place since the law lapsed in 2005, a new study estimates. Enacted by Congress in 1994, the ban prohibited...

  • Posted September 24, 2024
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