Health

CPAP needs to be used at least four hours a night, and preferably six hours, to effectively prevent second strokes or heart attacks, experts say. Photo courtesy of Penn Medicine…
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New studies suggest that drinking dark tea daily may help balance blood sugar levels and stave off type 2 diabetes, the form of the disease most closely linked to obesity. That kind…
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UTV riders had triple the number of mutilating hand injuries compared to ATV riders (64% compared to 22%), and nearly 10 times the number of amputations (30% versus 3%), according…
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A draft recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could advise doctors to prescribe the antibiotic doxycycline, after unprotected sex, to prevent sexually…
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More than half of those with opioid use disorder who are covered by Medicaid did not receive medication in 10 states, which included significant populations in Texas and New York.…
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Undated photo of World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised the announcement of a new vaccine for malaria on Monday. File Photo by World Health…
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1 of 5 | A new study suggests that loneliness may be associated with a significant increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease, the second most common…
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Massachusetts researchers linked SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to about 1 in 6 sepsis cases at five Boston hospitals during the pandemic's first 2-1/2 years. Photo by…
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The poll found that 62% of people aged 50 to 80 thought that national guidelines for stopping cancer screenings in individual patients should not be based on how long that person…
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Photo by Artem Podrez/Pexels Type 1 diabetes has long been viewed as a childhood disease, but a new study suggests it might be time to revise that thinking.…
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