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  Washington State’s New Payroll Tax Helps Fund Long-Term Care. Could It Be a Model for the Nation?

  Vicki Bickford is a professional caregiver, but lately she’s been worried more and more about her own aging. Bickford, 66, has aggressive arthritis that has required hip replacements and has now spread to her knees, as well...

  • Posted July 14, 2023
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  Don’t Sweat It: Any Kind of Weightlifting Helps Build Muscle

  Lifting weights regularly builds strength and muscle — and it doesn’t matter if those weights are heavy or light. It’s the act itself, and being consistent, that pays off, according to a new study. All forms of...

  • Posted July 14, 2023
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  Could the Bacteria in Your Gut Play a Part in How Clogged Your Arteries Are?

  Your gut bacteria could affect your risk for the fatty deposits in heart arteries — and future heart attacks, researchers say. A new study finds a link between the levels of certain microbes in the gut and...

  • Posted July 14, 2023
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  Racial Discrimination Raises Risk for Childhood Obesity

  Racial discrimination may drive health inequities from an early age, according to researchers who found that it puts kids at risk for obesity. “Exposure to racial discrimination must be acknowledged as both a social determinant of obesity...

  • Posted July 14, 2023
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  Ticks May Be Spreading ‘Wasting Disease’ Among Wisconsin Deer

  Ticks may be responsible for the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Wisconsin’s deer population, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that ticks can harbor transmissible amounts of the...

  • Posted July 14, 2023
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  Glaucoma: Spotting It Early Is Crucial

  Treatment can control the symptoms of the most common type of glaucoma and save someone’s vision. The catch is that a person can’t feel the changes in eye pressure that can damage vision, so they often won’t...

  • Posted July 14, 2023
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  Could Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Fuel Heart Failure Risk?

  Call it a hand signal of sorts. New research from Germany shows that the common nerve disorder carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), may be a harbinger for heart failure among older folks. In a study of 164,000 people,...

  • Posted July 13, 2023
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  Nearly 1 in 10 U.S. Children Has a Developmental Disability: CDC

  More kids in the United States are getting a developmental disability diagnosis, with prevalence close to 9% in 2021, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. Among 3- to 17-year-olds, 8.56% have ever been diagnosed...

  • Posted July 13, 2023
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  Higher Maternal Death Rates Among Black Women Tied to Racism, Sexism, UN Says

  Black women are more likely to die during or soon after childbirth due to systemic racism and sexism in the medical system, not genetics or lifestyle, according to the United Nations. A U.N. agency, the United Nations...

  • Posted July 13, 2023
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  Low-Dose Eyedrops No Better Than Placebo for Nearsightedness Among Kids

  Low doses of the eyedrops ophthalmologists use to dilate your pupils during an eye exam are not able to slow the progression of nearsightedness (myopia) in children, a new clinical trial has found. Atropine eyedrops at a...

  • Posted July 13, 2023
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