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Half of people would reveal STD to new sex partner
Fear prevents many people from revealing their STD to a new sex partner, according to the combined results of 32 previous studies. Photo by Fariz Hermawan/Pexels Only…
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Weekly workouts may lower risk of dementia for people with high blood pressure
People who engaged each week in vigorous physical activity had lower rates of mild cognitive impairment and dementia despite their high blood pressure, according to a new study.…
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Kids younger than their peers more likely to be misdiagnosed with ADHD, autism
Children who are younger relative to their peers within the same school year are 38% more likely to receive an ADHD diagnosis and 28% more likely to be prescribed ADHD medications,…
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Anthrax case in Texas linked to butchering lamb that died unexpectedly
A Texas rancher caught the anthrax germ after butchering and consuming meat from a lamb that had died unexpectedly on his ranch. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News…
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FDA panel recommends new COVID-19 vaccine formula for fall
Dr. Peter Marks, who oversees the FDA's vaccine division, urged the committee to consider encouraging the mRNA vaccine makers to focus on the latest versions of the virus, and not…
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Statins, metformin associated with lower risk of brain aneurysms
Four common drugs -- lisinopril, simvastatin, metformin and tamsulosin -- appeared to lower the risk of a brain aneurysm, after accounting for other risk factors. Photo by Adobe…
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More calls to U.S. poison control centers end in disability or death
Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System reviewed more than 33.7 million poison exposures reported to the 55 poison centers in the United States between 2007 and the…
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Report details widespread, complicated effects of long COVID
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, a nongovernmental group that advises federal agencies on science and medicine, detailed the damage that long COVID has…
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Many Americans cite health reasons for using marijuana
The researchers found that about 30,000 (17%) of almost 176,000 patients enrolled in the UCLA Health system said they had used marijuana at least once over the prior three months.…
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Ultrasound device implanted in skull may help target brain tumors
New research shows that ultrasound waves emitted from a device implanted in a cancer patient's skull could be the key to getting chemotherapy and immunotherapy drugs into the brain.…
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