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  What Is That Ice Cream-Induced ‘Brain Freeze,’ Anyway?

  Anyone who has quickly slurped up a milkshake or chomped on a snow cone knows the sharp, brief pain of “brain freeze.” Its cause is a mystery, but it’s not harmful, according to experts at University of...

  • Posted August 24, 2023
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  Dogs Can Tell When You’re Talking to Them, and Might Prefer Female Voices

  Mothers use sing-song language to talk to their infants. Their dogs respond to it, too, according to a new study. Researchers in Hungary also found that dogs have greater brain sensitivity to the speech directed at them...

  • Posted August 24, 2023
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  COVID Vaccine Boosters Crucial for Some Cancer Patients: Study

  Cancer patients with immune systems weakened by treatment are among the groups most concerned about the continued spread of COVID-19 and the chance of the infection becoming severe. New research suggests more guidance on how often these...

  • Posted August 24, 2023
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  Millions More Americans May Have Long COVID Than Thought

  Millions of Americans swear they’re suffering the symptoms of long-haul COVID, but are greeted with eye rolls because they never were formally diagnosed with COVID-19. Their claims need to be taken more seriously by physicians, a new...

  • Posted August 23, 2023
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  Climate Change Is Stressing Out the Young, But Inspiring Some to Action

  Young people have high levels of distress about climate change, and a new study argues that their anguish could be key to fighting it. “People of all ages are being affected by the climate crisis. Young people...

  • Posted August 23, 2023
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  Weight-Loss Surgery Could Lower Women’s Cancer Risk

  It’s long been known that obesity is tied to increased cancer risk, but can weight loss after bariatric surgery help lower a person’s odds for the disease? The surgeries have now been around long enough for researchers...

  • Posted August 23, 2023
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  U.S. Gender-Affirming Surgeries Nearly Tripled in 3 Years

  The number of Americans undergoing gender-affirming surgery is on the rise, new research reveals, almost tripling between 2016 and 2019 alone. During that period, more than 48,000 patients — about half of them between 19 and 30...

  • Posted August 23, 2023
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  AHA News: A Lifetime of Challenges – Including a Spinal Stroke – Leads Dancer to Infinite Possibilities

  WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — As a Japanese American girl growing up in Irvine, California, Marisa Hamamoto felt like an outsider in her predominantly white community. Her schoolmates picked on her because she...

  • Posted August 23, 2023
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  AHA News: Promotores Create a Bridge Between Healthier Living and a Growing Hispanic Population

  WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Patricia Guevara enjoys doing things with her 5-year-old daughter, Miranda, especially painting and drawing and taking an occasional walk in the park. After a promotora, or community health...

  • Posted August 23, 2023
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  ALS Robbed Her of Speech, But Technology Is Changing That

  Many people with Lou Gehrig’s disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), first start to lose the ability to move their arms and legs. That’s not Pat Bennett. She can move just fine. She can still dress...

  • Posted August 23, 2023
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