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Deaths from window blinds show need for cord ban, study says

CHICAGO – Children’s injuries and deaths from window blinds have not stalled despite decades of safety concerns, according to a new U.S. study that recommends a complete ban on blinds with c...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Blood test may help predict which breast cancers will recur

A blood test five years after breast cancer treatment helped identify some women who were more likely to relapse, long before a lump or other signs appeared, a preliminary study found. ...

DATE: Dec 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

New studies show that even light activity is healthier than previously thought

As if you needed another reason to make fitness your New Year’s resolution: Two recent mortality studies have produced evidence that exercise – even light activity such as vacuuming or walki...

DATE: Dec 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Are 3-D mammograms really better? U.S. puts scans to the test

WASHINGTON – A better mammogram? Increasingly women are asked if they want a 3-D mammogram instead of the regular X-ray – and now U.S. health officials are starting a huge study to tell if t...

DATE: Dec 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Mercy hospital opens hub for sports medicine

7,000-square-foot space to offer physical therapy, athletic training and exercise classes

DATE: Dec 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

IUD program leads to decline in teen pregnancies, abortions in Colorado

DENVER – Colorado teen pregnancies and abortions have dropped sharply since 2009, and state health officials attribute much of the trend to the increased availability of free and low-cost ac...

DATE: Dec 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Gene therapy shows promise against blood-clotting disease

Gene therapy has freed 10 men from nearly all symptoms of hemophilia for a year so far, in a study that fuels hopes that a one-time treatment can give long-lasting help and perhaps even cure...

DATE: Dec 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. flu season off to an early start; widespread in 7 states

NEW YORK – This year’s flu season is off to a quick start and so far it seems to be dominated by a nasty bug. Health officials say the flu vaccine seems well matched to the viruse...

DATE: Dec 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Small risk of breast cancer seen with hormone contraceptives

CHICAGO – Modern birth control pills that are lower in estrogen have fewer side effects than past oral contraceptives. But a large Danish study suggests that, like older pills, they still mo...

DATE: Dec 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

‘Take all their excuses away’: Hard cases in heroin fight

More than 64,000 died of drug overdoses last year in the U.S., most from opioids

DATE: Dec 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Doctors: Over a year to see if uterus transplant successful

DALLAS – It took well over a year to determine if a woman who received a womb transplant would become the first in the U.S. to give birth, transplant surgeons in Dallas said Monday. ...

DATE: Dec 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Replacing lymph nodes to ease painful legacy of cancer care

WASHINGTON – Breast cancer treatment left Susan Wolfe-Tank with an arm too painfully swollen to lift anything heavy or even fit into her usual clothing – a debilitating condition that gets l...

DATE: Dec 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

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