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Sleep Position Unlikely to Harm Baby in Pregnancy
At the end of pregnancy, a woman's uterus and the baby take up a large portion of the body.
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Fitter Bodies Make for Healthier Brains, Study Finds
If you're looking for incentives to hit the gym, new research suggests that staying in good shape may help preserve brain structure, boost memory, and improve the ability to think clearly and quickly.
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What Is Your Risk for Prostate Cancer?
The American Cancer Society estimates there will be nearly 175,000 new prostate cancer cases in the United States this year and over 31,000 deaths. One in nine men will be diagnosed with prostate...
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Dementia Caregivers Often Face Sleepless Nights
Investigators at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, found caregivers lost between 2.5 to 3.5 hours of sleep a week due to difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep.
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White House Moves to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes
The news came amid growing concern over the six deaths and 450 possible cases of lung illness linked with the use of e-cigarette products. But many of those cases appear to be linked to THC...
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Groupons For Medical Treatment? Welcome To Today’s U.S. Health Care
Groupon and other deal sites are the latest marketing tactic in medicine, offering bargain prices but potentially unnecessary, duplicative services.
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Stricter Arsenic Standard Made Public Drinking Water Safer: Study
The new standard was introduced in 2001. Since then, the percentage of public water systems in violation fell from 1.3% in 2008 to 0.55% in 2017, researchers found. A few counties in California and...
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Is Your Pelvic Pain a Sign of Endometriosis?
Women are most likely to develop endometriosis between the ages of 25 and 50, and it may contribute to reduced fertility. Left untreated for years, endometriosis can result in debilitating nerve pain.
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Zantac Heartburn Drug May Contain Carcinogen: FDA
While preliminary tests found low levels of the nitrosamine impurity N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in some ranitidine products, the FDA said this does not mean patients taking the drugs should stop...
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CDC Revises Number of Vaping-Linked Lung Illnesses
U.S. health officials have revised downward the number of cases of a severe lung injury linked to vaping, from more than 450 cases cited last week to the total of 380 cases announced late Thursday.
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Study: More U.S. Teen Girls Are Victims of Suicide
Suicide death rates among 10- to 19-year-old girls have been systematically underestimated, while rates among boys have been overestimated, according to the report published Sept. 13 in JAMA Network...
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Is Your State One of the 'Most Obese' in America?
In 2018, the nine states with adult obesity rates above 35% were: Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota and West Virginia.
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Scientists Use CRISPR Tool in Attempt to Cure HIV
Chinese researchers used the tool to give a patient blood cells that were altered to resist the AIDS-causing virus, the Associated Press reported.
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'Off-Label' Drugs for Kids Raises Concerns
The study found that doctors prescribed one or more off-label drugs for children in almost 1 out of every 5 office visits.
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FDA to Assess First Peanut Allergy Drug
In one clinical trial, kids who took Palforzia for a year were eventually able to tolerate the equivalent of two peanuts, the Washington Post reported.
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Carcinogen Found in Menthol E-Cigarettes
As doctors race to determine what is causing sudden and severe lung illnesses among some vapers, new research discovers dangerously high levels of a known carcinogen in menthol-flavored electronic...
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First Sexual Experience Forced for 1 in 16 Women
Changes wrought by the #MeToo movement can't come soon enough, say researchers who found that for 1 in 16 U.S. women, their first sexual experience was forced.
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Cervical Cancer Outcomes Worse Where Clinics Close
As government funding dried up and many women's health clinics across America closed, cervical cancer screening rates fell and deaths from the disease rose, a new report shows.
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Daily Low-Dose Aspirin May Help Some People
Some people with good heart health still might benefit from taking daily low-dose aspirin, a new study from New Zealand says.
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Alabama Man Free of Sickle Cell After Gene Therapy
An Alabama man is free of sickle cell disease after receiving gene therapy for two years as part of a clinical trial.
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