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  FDA Updates Guidance on ‘Morning After’ Pill, Making Clear It Does Not Cause Abortions

  For many years, Plan B One-Step and its generic equivalents — collectively known as “morning after” pills to prevent a pregnancy — included information in packaging that suggested that the pill might work by interrupting the implantation...

  • Posted December 23, 2022
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  More Steps Per Day, Lowered Odds for Diabetes in Women

  FRIDAY, Dec. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Move your body every day to guard against type 2 diabetes. That’s the upshot of a new study that analyzed Fitbit data and type 2 diabetes rates from participants in...

  • Posted December 23, 2022
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  When Rural Hospitals Close, Nearby Hospitals Suffer

  When rural hospitals shut down people need to go elsewhere, and a new study finds that nearby hospitals bear the strain of that patient overflow. “Previous studies have shown that rural hospital closures can have negative health...

  • Posted December 23, 2022
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  Women’s Depression Symptoms May  Differ by Race: Study

  Depression can be tricky to detect in some people, and Black women may exhibit different symptoms, leading to missed care, researchers say. Black women report sleep disturbances, self-criticism and irritability more often than the stereotypical low mood,...

  • Posted December 23, 2022
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  Avoiding Opioids, Many Patients in Pain Get Gabapentin Instead. Does It Work?

  As doctors have tried to steer their chronic pain patients away from highly addictive opioids, many have turned to two antiseizure drugs, but a new review finds they are only “modestly effective” at treating pain. Gabapentin and...

  • Posted December 22, 2022
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  In Some U.S. Urban Areas, Men Face Higher Gun Death Rate Than in Wartime

  In some parts of the United States, young men face a higher risk of dying from gun violence than if they’d gone to war in Afghanistan and Iraq, a new study reports. Young men living in certain...

  • Posted December 22, 2022
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  Hints That Deep Brain Stimulation Might Ease Alzheimer’s Symptoms

  Researchers are studying whether deep brain stimulation could help people with Alzheimer’s hold on to their memory longer, and now a new finding may help refine the approach. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an established treatment for...

  • Posted December 22, 2022
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  Flu, RSV, COVID: Shield Yourself From the ‘Tripledemic’ This Holiday

  Public health experts have been warning of a “tripledemic” of respiratory viruses this fall and winter, so the American Lung Association has some tips for breathing easier this holiday season. Flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID-19...

  • Posted December 22, 2022
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  AHA News: Days Before Christmas, New Mom Had a Stroke

  THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Two weeks after giving birth and a week before Christmas 2016, Ashley Hammontree was enjoying a snowy day at home in Greenwood, Missouri. Wearing pajamas, she nursed her...

  • Posted December 22, 2022
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  Another Big Drop in U.S. Life Expectancy in 2021

  The average American’s expected life span at birth took another big hit in 2021, according to final data on death rates for that pandemic year. Whereas in 2019 the average American could have expected to live an...

  • Posted December 22, 2022
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