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  Forget Grandma: Today’s Parents Turn to Social Media for Advice, Poll Finds

  MONDAY, Nov. 20, 2023 (Healthday News) — Expert advice and self-help books are officially passé: Social media is where nearly all new parents now go for guidance on potty training, sleep issues and toddler tantrums, a new...

  • Posted November 20, 2023
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  ‘Tis the Season to Be Stressed, New Poll Finds

  The song says ‘tis the season to be jolly, but many Americans find it to be more the season of stress and worry, a new survey reports. The strain of inflation and world affairs this year are...

  • Posted November 20, 2023
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  Scientists May Have Solved Mystery of How Shock Therapy Works

  It’s been around for a century, and electroconvulsive therapy — formerly known as electroshock therapy — has helped countless people with psychiatric conditions feel better. But even the physicians who’ve used it have had little clue as...

  • Posted November 20, 2023
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  Lab-Grown Brain Blood Vessels Show New Ways to Prevent Stroke, Dementia

  Lab-grown blood vessels are providing new insight into how damage to the tiny vessels in the brain can cause them to leak, contributing to dementia and stroke. Even better, this research has identified a drug target that...

  • Posted November 20, 2023
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  Pill-sized Device Tracks Breathing, Heart Rate From Inside the Body

  A new ‘technopill’ can safely monitor a person’s vital signs from inside their bodies, researchers report. The vitals-monitoring (VM) Pill works by tracking the small vibrations in the body associated with lungs breathing and the heart beating....

  • Posted November 20, 2023
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  Fat Hiding Around Organs Could Raise Odds for Alzheimer’s

  Middle-aged folks with lots of belly fat surrounding their internal organs appear to be at higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease later in life, a new study suggests. This hidden abdominal fat — known as visceral fat —...

  • Posted November 20, 2023
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  Heart Trouble & Traveling Over the Holidays? Experts Offer Tips

  It’s not simple traveling if you have heart disease, but a chronic condition needn’t keep someone from seeing friends and family during the holidays, the American Heart Association (AHA) says. Most people only need to toss a...

  • Posted November 20, 2023
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  Procedure Might Restore Sense of Smell to Folks With Long COVID

  A minimally invasive procedure that’s long been used to ease headaches and irregular heartbeats might also restore a sense of smell to people who lost it after COVID, new research shows. The 10-minute procedure is called a...

  • Posted November 20, 2023
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  First Asthma-Linked Death Highlights Hazards at Marijuana-Processing Plants

  A young woman working at a Massachusetts cannabis-processing facility who developed new-onset asthma and later died of a fatal asthma attack is the first such fatality in the burgeoning industry, a new report finds. Researchers believe large...

  • Posted November 17, 2023
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  FDA Looking at Cinnamon as Source of Lead in Fruit Puree Products

  FRIDAY, Nov. 17 (Healthday News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday it has found early evidence that cinnamon may be the source of high levels of lead in fruit puree pouches that have now...

  • Posted November 17, 2023
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