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Young Women Often Delay Looking Into Breast Symptoms
Young women who find a lump or other potential signs of breast cancer often delay for weeks before finally seeing a doctor, a new study shows. On average, young women waited two weeks before seeing a doctor...
- Posted April 12, 2024
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Blood Loss Drives Higher Death Rate for Women During Bypass Surgeries
It’s long been documented that women have a slimmer chance of surviving heart bypass surgery compared to men, and researchers believe that they now know why. Women tend to be more vulnerable to blood loss during surgery...
- Posted April 12, 2024
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New Treatment Could Be Advance Against Cervical Precancers
Women who undergo regular Pap smears are no doubt familiar with the possibility of “precancerous” cells being detected. These cells — called cervical intraepithelial neoplasias (CINs) — can progress to full-blown cervical cancers, but a new trial...
- Posted April 12, 2024
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Tips To Getting Your Rosacea Under Control
Rosacea is a common skin condition that causes redness on a person’s face. It commonly appears as a tendency to blush or flush more easily, but also can cause more serious symptoms like: Swollen skin. Skin that...
- Posted April 12, 2024
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Parents, You Can Ease a Teen’s Stress Around Standardized Tests
Standardized tests put a lot of pressure on teenagers who want to secure their future and make their parents and teachers proud. This stress can lead to symptoms like stomach aches, sleep problems, irritability and heightened emotionality,...
- Posted April 12, 2024
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Parents Tending Backyard Poultry Can Pass Along Dangerous Salmonella to Infants
A days-old newborn in Oregon was sickened with salmonella that may have been transmitted from parents who tended infected poultry located 150 miles away, a new report finds. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has...
- Posted April 11, 2024
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Household Radon Can Lead to Lung Cancer — Has Your Home Been Tested?
Kentucky resident Chasity Harney embraced a thoroughly healthy lifestyle — eating right, exercising and never touching tobacco. So, her 2018 diagnosis of advanced lung cancer, which came at the age of 40, was a complete shock to...
- Posted April 11, 2024
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Consumer Reports Warns of Concerning Levels of Lead, Sodium in Lunchables
Lunchables, those ubiquitous plastic packets of cheese, deli meats and crackers that many parents choose for convenience, contain concerning levels of lead and sodium, Consumer Reports warns. To arrive at that conclusion, the advocacy group tested Lunchables...
- Posted April 11, 2024
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Preventive Mastectomy Less Common for Black Women With Breast Cancer
Black women with cancer in one breast are less likely than white women to have the healthy breast removed as well, a new study has found. Women with cancer affecting one breast often elect to have the...
- Posted April 11, 2024
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Rare Fungal Infection Reported in Two Cats, Vet Tech
A rare fungal infection has been diagnosed in two cats and a vet tech who treated one of the animals, a new report warns. The three cases — discovered in Kansas in late 2022 and early 2023...
- Posted April 11, 2024