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  U.S. Teen Birth Rate Hits Another Historic Low

  Births to teen moms in the United States reached a historic low in 2022, dropping 3% from the previous year, a new government report shows. Teenage births fell among both younger teens, ages 15 to 17, and...

  • Posted June 1, 2023
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  Nova Scotia Wildfires Sending Unhealthy ‘Smoke Plume’ to U.S. Northeast

  Large, uncontrolled wildfires in Nova Scotia are creating unhealthy air in the Northeast region of the United States, including parts of Connecticut. This significant smoke plume is likely to cause elevated levels of fine particulate matter, the...

  • Posted June 1, 2023
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  Most Injection Drug Users Are Not Seeking Out Fentanyl: Study

  Many Americans who inject illicit drugs are unknowingly getting fentanyl mixed in with their heroin, which can increase their risk for overdose and perhaps their tolerance for the drug. About 80% of injection drug users in New...

  • Posted June 1, 2023
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  Cancer Survivors Who Keep Smoking Have Double the Risk for Heart-Related Death

  Quitting smoking after a cancer diagnosis can deliver a big payoff for another major health concern: the risk of heart attack or stroke. Cancer patients who kept smoking had a nearly doubled risk of either of those...

  • Posted June 1, 2023
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  Heart Attacks Could Leave Legacy of Brain Decline in Survivors

  Having a heart attack is bad news for your brain, raising your odds for mental decline in the years to come, new research finds. Looking at studies conducted over five decades, researchers found that a heart attack...

  • Posted June 1, 2023
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  Sickle Cell Gene Therapy Can Cure, But Costs Almost $3 Million. Who Will Pay?

  An exceptionally pricey gene therapy cure for sickle cell disease could soon be available, but it’s not clear whether insurance companies will balk at the cost and deny coverage. On the surface, the gene therapy does not...

  • Posted May 31, 2023
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  Mind-Body Effects of Qigong Might Help Ease Cancer-Related Fatigue

  When the late Brown University researcher Catherine Kerr had cancer, she benefited from an ancient Chinese practice known as qigong and began looking into its impact on others. Now, her colleagues are building on Kerr’s work, studying...

  • Posted May 31, 2023
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  AHA News: 38-Year-Old Has Had 3 Hearts: ‘It’s a Third Chance’

  WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Melanie Wickersheim has no memory of the first time her heart gave her trouble. She was an infant, and her pediatric myocarditis – an inflammation of the muscular...

  • Posted May 31, 2023
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  Baby Boys ‘Talk’ More During First Year Compared to Girls

  Girls have long been thought to have a language advantage over boys as infants. But new research finds that boys make more vocalization sounds than girls do in the early months of life. These squeals, growls and...

  • Posted May 31, 2023
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  Low-Dose Colchicine Might Prevent or Delay Knee, Hip Replacements

  An anti-inflammatory drug that has been around for over 2,000 years might help delay a very modern problem: hip and knee replacements. That’s the suggestion of a new study finding that older adults who used the drug...

  • Posted May 31, 2023
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