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  AHA News: Intensive Blood Pressure Control May Lower Risk For Cognitive Problems in More People

  MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Several years ago, researchers published in JAMA a promising discovery: intensively lowering blood pressure appeared to reduce the risk for cognitive decline in people 50 and older with...

  • Posted January 23, 2023
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  Home Drug Infusions Can Be Dangerous, But Many Home Care Staff Aren’t Trained

  Intravenous (IV) lines are generally associated with medical centers — picture a patient in a hospital bed, an IV drip-dropping needed fluids, nutrients and medicines into their arm. But millions now are receiving IV treatments at home,...

  • Posted January 23, 2023
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  Is Rest Really Best After a Child Has a Concussion?

  When kids suffer a concussion, an extended period of rest at home is always the best course, right? Perhaps not. In fact, a new study suggests that — despite what many people may presume — getting kids...

  • Posted January 23, 2023
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  Abbott Labs Confirms Justice Department Probe Following Infant Formula Crisis

  MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Trouble continues for Abbott Laboratories, which shut down an infant formula plant last year amid reported illnesses. The U.S. Department of Justice is now investigating the company, though Abbott did...

  • Posted January 23, 2023
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  Omicron Silver Lining: Fewer, Milder Cases of MIS-C in Kids

  The COVID-19 Omicron variant caused fewer cases of a rare but sometimes deadly complication for children than the earlier Delta variant did, new research shows. “Our study is one of the first to show that during the...

  • Posted January 23, 2023
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  ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli In Trouble Again for Forming New Drug Company

  MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) – “Pharma bro” Martin Shkreli may have violated a judge’s order banning him from being involved in the pharmaceutical industry, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Friday. Shkreli, who was convicted...

  • Posted January 23, 2023
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  In States Where Recreational Marijuana Legalized, Less Demand for Prescription Codeine

  New research suggests that there’s one potential way to reduce demand for prescription codeine: legalizing recreational cannabis. Exactly what brought scientists to that conclusion? States that legalized cannabis use saw a significant reduction in pharmacy-based distribution of...

  • Posted January 23, 2023
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  Want to Lose Weight? Here Are the Best Exercises to Shed Pounds

  When it comes to picking the best exercise to lose weight, there is no one right answer. That’s because the right answer is variety, mixing and matching types of exercise to keep the body guessing and improving....

  • Posted January 23, 2023
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  ‘Climate Trauma’: Brain Changes Seen in Survivors of California’s Deadliest Wildfire

  When the deadly Camp Fire swept through Northern California in 2018, it may have damaged more than the landscape. University of California, San Diego researchers studying survivors’ mental functioning in the wake of the deadliest and most...

  • Posted January 23, 2023
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  Health Highlights: Jan.23, 2023

  Home drug infusions can be hazardous, but many home care staff aren’t trained. There are no standard protocols for training home care nurses, caregivers or patients themselves how to watch out for and report signs of infections...

  • Posted January 22, 2023
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