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  CDC Director Says Agency Needs Major Overhaul

  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention failed to respond quickly enough during the COVID-19 pandemic and needs an major overhaul, Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Wednesday. With her rebuke, she sketched out a plan to...

  • Posted August 17, 2022
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  Need Advice on Medical Pot for Cancer Care? Don’t Ask Local Dispensary

  Cancer patients who use cannabis to relieve pain and improve appetite may be getting bad advice from dispensary staff, a new study suggests. Doctors usually offer only spotty advice about pot to their patients and, although well-intentioned,...

  • Posted August 17, 2022
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  Too Few Psychiatric Beds: Psychiatrists’ Group Takes Aim at Ongoing Crisis

  Amid a stark shortage of psychiatric beds that only worsened for millions suffering from mental illnesses during the pandemic, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) is rolling out a new model that can help communities determine exactly how...

  • Posted August 17, 2022
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  More Athletes Are Getting Their Nutrition Through an IV. This Should Stop, Experts Say

  Pro athletes appear to be regularly turning to intravenous (IV) nutritional drips to alleviate fatigue and speed recovery, despite the potential risks and without solid proof of any real benefit. Normally, such needle-inserted drips are supposed to...

  • Posted August 17, 2022
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  The More Words Your Preschooler Knows, the Better They Do in Class

  Kids who enter preschool with good vocabulary and attention skills have a head start on academic success. That’s the takeaway from a new study of nearly 900 4-year-olds and their ability to engage with teachers and peers,...

  • Posted August 17, 2022
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  Bedsores Can Cause Serious Harm — Are U.S. Nursing Homes Hiding Cases?

  People might want to think twice before relying on federal quality ratings to help choose a nursing home for an elderly or frail relative, a new study warns. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...

  • Posted August 17, 2022
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  Half of People Infected With Omicron May Not Have Known It: Study

  Are you one of those folks who thinks they have somehow miraculously managed to avoid COVID-19 infection more than two years into the pandemic? You might be mistaken, claims new research that discovered most people hit by...

  • Posted August 17, 2022
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  AHA News: Having Ideal Heart Health May Lessen the Risk for Brain Vessel Disease

  WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Maintaining excellent cardiovascular health may lower the risk for abnormalities in the small vessels of the brain, a new study suggests. Scientists aren’t sure what causes the condition,...

  • Posted August 17, 2022
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  Biden Administration May Stop Buying COVID Vaccines, Treatments by Fall

  The Biden Administration plans to stop buying COVID tests, vaccines and treatments as early as the fall, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said Tuesday. Under that plan, those products would be provided through the...

  • Posted August 17, 2022
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  Here’s How the Inflation Reduction Act Will Lower the Cost of Health Care

  President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, making it the most significant health care legislation enacted in more than a decade. How will it affect health care? Millions of Americans covered by...

  • Posted August 17, 2022
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