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Baby in Your Room? Yes. Baby in Your Bed? No.
To decrease the risk of SUID, or sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that parents share their room with their baby until at least 6 months, and ideally...
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How Does Social Media Shape Your Food Choices?
Those participants who believed their social media buddies ate the recommended five daily portions of fruits and vegetables in turn ate one extra serving.
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Puberty in Girls Starting Earlier and Earlier
The age of breast development -- which represents the first clinical sign of female puberty -- has declined an average three months per decade between 1977 and 2013, according to analysis of data...
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Meds May Not Prevent Migraines in Kids
A number of drugs are used to prevent migraines, but treatment of youngsters has largely been based on the results of adult studies, the international team of researchers pointed out.
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General Anesthesia Ups Postpartum Depression Risk
Compared with local anesthesia, general anesthesia was associated with a 54% increased odds of postpartum depression, and a 91% higher risk of suicidal thoughts or self-inflicted injury.
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Budding Altruists? Tots Give Up Food for Others
Researchers tested nearly 100 19-month-olds and found that even when they were hungry, many retrieved a piece of fruit dropped by someone they didn't know and offered it to them.
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Marijuana Use May Increase Risk of False Memories
A false memory is one that didn't actually occur or one that differs from the way an event actually happened, often influenced by suggestions from other people.
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Few Teen Boys at Risk for HIV Get Tested
Close to 15% of HIV infections in the United States are undiagnosed, but the undiagnosed rate is more than 3.5 times higher (51%) among 13- to 24-year-olds, according to the study authors.
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U.S. Heroin Use Nearly Doubled Over Two Decades
Deaths from heroin overdoses also jumped, from just under 2,100 deaths in 2002 to more than 15,000 deaths in 2018, according to background information in the study.
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Family Members Are Swiping Hospice Patients' Painkillers: Study
In a survey of 371 hospices, 31% reported at least one case in which drugs were taken from a patient in the past 90 days. The thieves were most often relatives.
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Chemicals in Mom-to-Be's Makeup Impact Kid's Weight
Parabens are chemicals that have long been used as a preservative in cosmetics and body care products. A number of studies have suggested that parabens mimic estrogens in the body and may disrupt the...
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3 Brothers Have the Same Rare Cancer
The Rush brothers, ages 5 years, 4 years, and 7 months, share something that most brothers don’t: bilateral retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer. See how their mother, who was also born with the disease,...
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Antibody Found That May Help Autoimmune Disorders
The investigators identified the myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody in their study of 535 children with central nervous system demyelinating disorders and encephalitis.
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Were You Born in an H1N1 Flu Year or an H3N2? It Matters
Knowing who is at a higher risk each year could help tailor pandemic and epidemic planning, the researchers say.
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Golf May Be a Recipe for Longevity
Researchers followed nearly 5,900 adults, 65 and older, for 10 years and found that those who were regular golf players (at least once a month) were more than 8% less likely to die from any cause than...
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Shingles Vaccine Bonus: Reduced Risk of Stroke?
Overall stroke risk dropped 20% among patients under age 80 who got the shingles vaccine. In patients 80 and older, risk was cut by about 10%, said researchers.
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Consumers Waste Twice as Much Food as Experts Thought
New research shows the level of waste to be twice as high as previously believed.
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Fewer American Families Weighed Down by Medical Bills
The percentage of families who had problems paying medical expenses in the previous year declined from about 20% in 2011 to 14% in 2018, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease...
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Quarantined for Coronavirus: What It's Like
Yanjun Wei describes what it's like living in quarantine at Travis Air Force Base in California with her two small children.
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As Liquor Stores Close, Murder Rates Decline
Previous research has found that 50% of violent crime is associated with access to alcohol, the authors noted.
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