- Bird Flu Virus in Canadian Teen Shows Mutations That Could Help It Spread Among Humans
- Flu, COVID Vaccination Rates Remain Low as Winter Nears
- ’10 Americas:’ Health Disparities Mean Life Expectancy Varies Across U.S.
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- Could a Vitamin Be Effective Treatment for COPD?
- Woman Receives World’s First Robotic Double-Lung Transplant
- Flavored Vapes Behind Big Surge in U.S. E-Cigarette Sales
- Reading Beyond Headline Rare For Most on Social Media, Study Finds
- Meds Like Ozempic Are Causing Folks to Waste More Food
- Fibroids, Endometriosis Linked to Shorter Life Spans
Health Highlights: March 30, 2022
Avocados do a heart good. People who ate half an avocado twice a week had a 16% lower risk of cardiovascular disease and a 21% lower risk of heart disease, compared with people who never or rarely ate the fruit, researchers found. Read more
New clues to autism’s origins in the brain. Overgrowth of a part of the brain that’s associated with the disorder occurs during infancy, possibly paving the way to earlier diagnosis. Read more
COVID vaccine appears safe for kids who’ve had MIS-C. The new study was small — just 15 patients — but saw no evidence that vaccination could trigger a re-emergence of the potentially deadly COVID complication. Read more
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