• Tea and Coffee May Help Protect You From Some Cancers
• Too Much Acetaminophen Could Harm Seniors’ Health
• Last Year’s Platinum-Based Drugs Shortage Didn’t Raise Cancer Deaths, Study Found
• Autism Tops List of Worldwide Youth Health Issues
• 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

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  Love Bread & Pasta? Humans’ Hunger for Carbs Has Ancient Roots

  Folks who struggle to reduce their carb intake might be able to blame ancient DNA still lurking in humans, a new study suggests. Humans carry multiple copies of the salivary amylase gene (AMY1), which helps begin breaking...

  • Posted October 18, 2024
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  Real-World Study Confirms RSV Vaccine’s Protective Power for Seniors

  A global real-world study of the vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) finds it offers folks aged 60 and over 80% protection against severe illness and/or hospitalization. With U.S. vaccination rates falling, “I encourage older adults to...

  • Posted October 18, 2024
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  Fitness, Activity Boosts Kids’ Mental Health, Too

  Kids with good physical fitness are more likely to grow into teens with better mental health and brain function, a new study has found. Children who performed better at shuttle sprints scored better on cognitive tests as...

  • Posted October 18, 2024
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  Global Study Finds PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Common in Tap, Bottled Water

  PFAS “forever chemicals” can be found in drinking water around the world, whether it comes from a tap or a bottle, a new study warns. Ten specific PFAS chemicals were found in samples of bottled and tap...

  • Posted October 18, 2024
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  Sports Concussion Outcomes Can Be Made Worse By Depression

  Depression can make it tougher for athletes to recover from a concussion, and vice versa, a new study finds. Student athletes who have both concussion and depression have significantly worse symptoms for both conditions, researchers reported recently...

  • Posted October 18, 2024
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  An Ill Kitten in Nebraska Sparked Efforts to Stamp Out Rabies’ Spread

  The 2023 illness and death in Nebraska of a stray kitten infected with rabies set off a large-scale effort to discover how the feline became infected in the first place. That’s because the strain of rabies the...

  • Posted October 18, 2024
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  Vaping Rates Hit Record Lows for U.S. High School Students

  Is vaping finally losing its coolness for American teens? The latest tally of federal data finds that 550,000 school kids, mostly high schoolers, quit using e-cigarettes in 2024. Vaping rates fell from 10% of high school students...

  • Posted October 17, 2024
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  New Drug Regimen Extends Survival for Cervical Cancer Patients

  In some good news for women battling locally advanced cervical cancer, new research shows that adding six weeks of chemotherapy to standard treatment cuts the risk of death by 40 percent. “This is the biggest improvement in...

  • Posted October 17, 2024
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  Listeria Recall Expands to Include Nearly 12 Million Pounds of Meat, Poultry

  A national recall of meat and poultry has been expanded to include close to 12 million pounds of products that may have been contaminated with listeria, U.S. health officials announced. In addition, the updated recall noted that...

  • Posted October 17, 2024
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  Weight-Loss Meds Like Wegovy Could Battle Alcoholism

  Weight-loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro or Zepbound appear to help people battle alcoholism and opioid addiction, a new study finds. People taking this class of drugs, called glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1), have a...

  • Posted October 17, 2024
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