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  Health Highlights: Dec. 16, 2022​

  Light therapy may ease MS-related fatigue. Scientists don’t understand how it helps, but participants in a small study reported having more energy after just two weeks of treatment. Read now Snow shoveling can be a heart hazard....

  • Posted December 16, 2022
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  Youngest Kids in Class More Likely to Get Prescribed ADHD Meds

  Kids who are the youngest in their grade may be overmedicated for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a Norwegian researcher who studied prescribing data. Those who were also born preterm were at particular risk of...

  • Posted December 16, 2022
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  Americans’ Odds for Parkinson’s May Be Higher Than Thought

  Parkinson’s disease is a much bigger problem than previously thought, particularly for aging Americans, a new study finds. There are about 50% more new cases of the degenerative disorder diagnosed each year in North America than currently...

  • Posted December 15, 2022
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  Train Wheels Send Unhealthy, ‘Ultrafine’ Metals Into Subway Air

  Air pollution is plaguing the world’s oldest subway system, a new study warns, with high levels of tiny metal particles found in dust samples throughout the London Underground. Whether these particles actually pose a risk to human...

  • Posted December 15, 2022
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  Biden Administration Calls for Crackdown on Misleading Medicare Ads

  Medicare Advantage ads that are confusing or misleading could be banned under a new rule that was proposed Wednesday by the Biden administration to protect seniors. Nearly half of all seniors or people with disabilities who are...

  • Posted December 15, 2022
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  AHA News: Soccer Helps These Doctors Stay on Top of Their Game

  THURSDAY, Dec. 15, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — When Dr. Arianna Heyer left medical school in Philadelphia for an internal medicine residency in Miami, she found herself working constantly, with little time or opportunity to take...

  • Posted December 15, 2022
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  Caring for Kids and Aging Parents: The ‘Sandwich’ Generation Is Under Strain

  Nearly one-quarter of all American adults who care for an elderly parent also care for a child at the same time, a new study reveals. And when compared with those who only have a parent under their...

  • Posted December 15, 2022
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  U.S. Deaths Drop in 2022, But Still Higher Than Pre-Pandemic Levels

  THURSDAY, Dec. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) – More than two years after the pandemic began, there is a bit of good news on death rates in the United States: They should be lower this year than during...

  • Posted December 15, 2022
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  White House ‘Winter Preparedness Plan’ Revives Free At-Home COVID Test Program

  With cases of the flu, RSV and COVID-19 rising and hospitals filling up nationwide, the Biden Administration on Wednesday announced a “winter preparedness plan” for what could be a tough season ahead. One step towards protecting Americans...

  • Posted December 15, 2022
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  Gene Therapy Gel Offers New Hope Against Rare Blistering Disease

  An experimental gene therapy that’s applied as a skin gel appears to heal wounds caused by a rare and severe genetic skin disease. Experts called the findings “remarkable,” and said they bring hope of a better quality...

  • Posted December 15, 2022
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