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Maternal Mortality Risks: What You Can Do to Help
The maternal mortality rate for Black women in the U.S. is nearly three times higher than it is for white women. If you’re a pregnant Black woman, what can you do to help protect yourself and your baby?
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Aug 17 2022
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No Need to Rip It Off Like a Bandage With This Wound Cover
A new band-aid is being designed to stick twice as well to skin, but hurt half as much to pull off. Scientists are tapping into the main ingredient in school glue to make this possible.
WebMD Health
Aug 17 2022
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Blood-Sucking Leeches: Quack Medicine or Medical Miracle?
Leeching was once quackery of the worst sort. But the leech has been quietly making a comeback in the field of reconstructive microsurgery
WebMD Health
Aug 17 2022
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How Weather Apps Could Predict Your COVID Risk
The same technology used to forecast the weather could estimate your likelihood of COVID infection. The motive? Obliterating lockdowns for good.
WebMD Health
Aug 17 2022
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Removal of Other, Small Kidney Stones May Reduce Relapse
If you’re having surgery to remove a kidney stone and doctors discover other, smaller stones nearby, it’s safer to go ahead and have them all removed at once, a new study suggests.
WebMD Health
Aug 17 2022
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Dermatologists Skeptical of Calamine Lotion TikTok Trend
The #calamine lotion tag has millions of views on TikTok, with hundreds of videos hailing the cream for its matte effect when used as a makeup primer.
WebMD Health
Aug 16 2022
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Lead Poisoning, Systemic Racism Are Harming Black Kids' Test Scores
A new study suggests that racial segregation may be compounding detrimental effects of lead on Black children.
WebMD Health
Aug 16 2022
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Pregnancy Complication Ups Dementia Risk, Research Suggests
These disorders include gestational hypertension and preeclampsia. These pregnancy complications have been strongly linked to heart disease in later life, but, until now, few studies have connected these disorders with thinking and memory.
WebMD Health
Aug 16 2022
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Hearing Aids Available in October Without a Prescription
The White House announced today that the FDA will move forward with plans to make hearing aids available over the counter in pharmacies, other retail locations, and online.
WebMD Health
Aug 16 2022
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How Worried Should You Be About New Reports on Polio?
Poliovirus detected in NYC wastewater put public health officials on high alert, but infectious disease experts say there's no need for families of fully vaccinated children to panic.
WebMD Health
Aug 15 2022
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One Back-to-School Worry for Parents: Traffic Dangers
Many parents surveyed said drivers who don't follow the rules should be banned from school parking areas.
WebMD Health
Aug 15 2022
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Diagnosing Kids with Long COVID Can Be Tricky: Experts
Experts discuss how difficult diagnosing kids with long COVID can prove to be.
WebMD Health
Aug 15 2022
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Monkeypox May Get New Name to Curb Stigma
The WHO plans to rename the condition to eliminate any derogatory or racist connotations, a decision in alignment with current best practices for naming diseases.
WebMD Health
Aug 15 2022
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Four Cruise Lines to Drop COVID Vaccination Requirements
Four major cruise lines are dropping their COVID-19 vaccination requirements for some sailings next month, according to USA Today.
WebMD Health
Aug 14 2022
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How New Federal Legislation Might Cut Your Drug Costs
Under the law, Medicare will now be allowed to negotiate the cost of some drugs which should reduce out-of-pocket costs for seniors with Medicare Part D prescription drug plans.
WebMD Health
Aug 13 2022
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CDC's New COVID Rules Mark Change in the Pandemic, How We Live
The CDC's recent move to ease COVID guidelines marks a significant shift in the pandemic and how we've lived during it. Here's how experts are reacting to the change.
WebMD Health
Aug 12 2022
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Metaverse Medicine and the Doctor, Patient Avatars Ahead
The metaverse is being pitched as a place where healthcare could be offered bridging the digital and physical world in a computer-generated space where people interact. But will they take that leap?
WebMD Health
Aug 12 2022
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Young Adults Who Learn How to Cook Eat More Veggies
Greater consumption of fruits and vegetables seen in college students who set goals related to eating.
WebMD Health
Aug 12 2022
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Sexual Dysfunction, Hair Loss Linked With Long COVID
Hair loss, reduced sex drive, and erectile dysfunction have joined a list of better-known symptoms linked to long COVID in patients who were not hospitalized, according to findings of a large study.
WebMD Health
Aug 12 2022
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Large Study Confirms COVID Vaccines Safe for Pregnant Women
This analysis is one of the first to compare adverse events in pregnant and nonpregnant and vaccinated and nonvaccinated women.
WebMD Health
Aug 11 2022
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CDC Ends Some COVID Safety Rules, Emphasizes Personal Risk
CDC recommendations on social distancing, quarantining and testing children for COVID-19 while allowing them to stay in school may no longer be necessary for most Americans.
WebMD Health
Aug 11 2022
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Social Media Posts Criticize the New 988 Suicide Hotline
The July launch of the 988 Suicide
WebMD Health
Aug 11 2022
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FDA Expands Home Testing Guidelines for COVID Exposures
While the agency still recommends repeat testing after a negative result, it also recommends that people who have no symptoms but think they have been exposed take three tests instead of two.
WebMD Health
Aug 11 2022
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Blood Test for Cancer Now Available, But Is It Ready for Prime Time?
A new blood test that can detect up to 50 cancers from a single blood sample is gaining traction in the United States.
WebMD Health
Aug 11 2022
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Bounce Houses Bring Delight, But Injuries and Deaths Are Risks
A new study cataloged at least 28 deaths and 479 injuries from more than 130 weather-related bounce house incidents worldwide – figures the researchers say likely underestimate the problem.
WebMD Health
Aug 11 2022
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U.S. Opioid Prescriptions Are Declining
A new study found the downward trend in prescribing opioids also applied to cancer patients and people with other chronic pain.
WebMD Health
Aug 11 2022
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What Are Growing Pains? Turns Out No One Really Knows
When scientists tried find out what growing pains actually are, they found out that no one really knows. The definitions were as random and all over the place as the very pains that kids complain about.
WebMD Health
Aug 11 2022
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Regular Fasting Linked to Less Severe COVID: Study
Intermittent fasting was not linked with a smaller chance of getting COVID-19, but it was linked with getting a less severe infection, according to the findings of a new study.
WebMD Health
Aug 10 2022
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Long COVID’s Grip Will Likely Tighten as Infections Continue
Experts are worried about a second wave of illnesses from long COVID, a condition that already has affected between 7.7 million and 23 million Americans, according to U.S. government estimates.
WebMD Health
Aug 10 2022
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PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Are Linked With Liver Cancer
A new study indicates the chemical perfluooctane sulfate (PFOS), which is used in numerous consumer and industrial products, has been linked to the most common type of liver cancer.
WebMD Health
Aug 10 2022
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Monkeypox Vaccine Supply Stretched by Giving Smaller Doses
The FDA said that instead of a standard subcutaneous injection, the new regimen will be given just under the skin (intradermally) at one-fifth the usual dose.
WebMD Health
Aug 10 2022
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Weight Loss Surgery Has a Big Effect on Marriage
People who have bariatric surgery double their chances of marriage or divorce. The study looked at data from 1,441 bariatric surgery patients and found that never-married patients were over 50% more likely to get married, and married patients were more than twice as likely to get divorced.
WebMD Health
Aug 09 2022
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Meet a Champion Climber with Type 1 Diabetes
Managing type 1 diabetes is never easy. But if you ask 16-year-old climbing star Katie Bone, she’ll tell you that she will never let this disease get in the way of her goals.
WebMD Health
Aug 09 2022
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Noses Might Be Kids' Secret Weapon Against COVID
Researchers have found that the linings of kids' noses are better able than those of adults to guard against SARS-CoV-2 infection.
WebMD Health
Aug 09 2022
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Grease Star Olivia Newton-John Dies at 73
The “Xanadu” star was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992, but the cancer returned in 2013.
WebMD Health
Aug 08 2022
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Keeping Your Laundry Free From Monkeypox
Is your laundry a way to spread monkeypox? Keeping your laundry clean is good for your health and might be especially important if you or someone close to you has monkeypox. Read on for expert advice on how to keep your laundry monkeypox-free.
WebMD Health
Aug 08 2022
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How Well Do Vaccines Protect Against Long COVID?
There is little consensus about how much vaccines can lower the risk of long-term COVID symptoms, but several studies suggest that number lies anywhere from 15% to more than 80%.
WebMD Health
Aug 08 2022
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Self-Employed Women Are Often Healthier
A new study suggests women who are their own bosses might have healthier hearts.
WebMD Health
Aug 08 2022
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When Pain and Insomnia Collide: How to Manage ‘Painsomnia’
A report based off a recent online survey of 1,250 U.S. adults found that “painsomnia” (insomnia from chronic pain) keeps many people counting sheep at all hours of the night.
WebMD Health
Aug 08 2022
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Loneliness Can Be a Real Heartbreaker
The American Heart Association (AHA) warns social isolation and loneliness put people at a 30% higher risk of heart attack, stroke or death.
WebMD Health
Aug 05 2022
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The New War on Science: 4 Reasons People Reject Good Data
Scientific skepticism is a global phenomenon. Social psychology researchers sought to find out why and what we can do about it.
WebMD Health
Aug 05 2022
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