• 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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  Serena Williams Has Large Benign Cyst Removed From Neck

  Retired tennis legend Serena Williams has had a cyst on her neck “the size of a grapefruit” surgically removed and is in recovery, she announced Wednesday on social media. In May, “I found this big mass on my...

  • Posted October 16, 2024
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  When Complications Strike After Heart Surgery, Women More Likely to Die Than Men

  Women and men experience similar rates of dangerous complications after a major heart surgery. So why are women dying at higher rates than men when these complications strike? That’s the main question raised by a new study...

  • Posted October 16, 2024
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  Most Older Americans Don’t Trust AI-Generated Health Info, Survey Finds

  Most Americans 50 and older don’t place much trust in health advice generated by artificial intelligence, a new survey finds. About 74% of middle-aged and senior Americans would have very little to no trust in health info...

  • Posted October 16, 2024
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  Biden Administration Uses Wartime Powers to Help Restart IV Fluid Plant in North Carolina

  Following hurricane damage that shuttered a North Carolina plant that makes 60% of the country’s IV fluids, U.S. health officials have invoked the Defense Production Act to hasten rebuilding of the factory. A nationwide shortage of IV...

  • Posted October 16, 2024
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  More Kids Having Seizures After Swallowing Rx Painkillers, Synthetic Pot

  The number of U.S. children who suffer seizures after swallowing prescription medications or illicit drugs has doubled in recent years, a new study finds. Drug poisonings among kids resulting in seizures increased from 1,418 in 2009 to...

  • Posted October 16, 2024
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  Poll Finds Public Fears Over RSV Have Eased, Although It Remains a Threat

  Public concerns about contracting RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) have significantly declined during the past year, a new survey shows. About 1 in 4 people (26%) are now worried that they or a family member will get RSV...

  • Posted October 16, 2024
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  Obesity Could Cause 40% of Hormone-Positive Breast Cancers in Older Women

  Obesity is a more powerful driver of breast cancer than previously thought, a new study suggests. About 40% of hormone-positive breast cancers in postmenopausal women might be linked to excess body fat, researchers reported Oct. 15 in...

  • Posted October 16, 2024
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  Planes’ Air Ventilation Can’t Spread Nut Allergens to Passengers: Study

  Folks with peanut allergies don’t have to worry that someone might be munching on the nuts during an airline flight, researchers report. It turns out there’s no evidence to the commonly held belief that nut allergens can...

  • Posted October 16, 2024
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  ERs See More Trauma Patients on Smog-Filled Days

  Accident victims tend to flood emergency rooms on days with heavy air pollution, a new study shows. The number of patients treated at ERs increase by 10% to 15% on days with increased particle pollution in the...

  • Posted October 16, 2024
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  3 Years of Med School Might Be Enough to Produce Quality Doctors

  It’s typically thought that medical school requires four years of study after graduating college. But doctors might be able to shave a year off their medical education and still do a great job treating patients, a new...

  • Posted October 15, 2024
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