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AMA: Pot use in pregnancy may pose risks

CHICAGO – Warning: Marijuana use during pregnancy and breast-feeding poses potential harms. That message would be written on medical and recreational marijuana products and poste...

DATE: Nov 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Big study suggests steep drop in needless heart procedures

CHICAGO – Fewer heart patients are getting inappropriate angioplasties, a new study suggests. The analysis showed overuse of the common procedure to open clogged heart arteries ha...

DATE: Nov 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Help for doctors’ suicidal thoughts

CHICAGO – Doctors-in-training face long, stressful hours, sleepless nights and a high risk of depression and suicidal thoughts, but often are too stoic and time-starved to seek help. A study...

DATE: Nov 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Cancer group’s mammogram advice: Start later and get fewer

CHICAGO – The American Cancer Society now says women should start mammograms later in life and get fewer of them, a stance that puts the trusted group closer to an influential government tas...

DATE: Oct 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Zip line popularity soars along with injuries, study finds

CHICAGO – Injuries from zip line accidents have soared along with the popularity of an activity that hurtles riders through the air, sometimes at dizzying heights above ground, a study of U....

DATE: Oct 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Don’t get drunk: Advice college kids may not get from doctors

CHICAGO – Government researchers say “deplorably” few college students are warned by doctors about the danger from alcohol and drugs or encouraged to reduce drinking or substance use. ...

DATE: Sep 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Txt msgs may lead to broad heart-linked benefits, study says

That’s the message in a study that suggests just four monthly text messages might spur health improvements for heart patients. The simple, heart-related advice led to substantial...

DATE: Sep 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Half of U.S. adults have diabetes or pre-diabetes

CHICAGO – New research suggests that half of all U.S. adults have diabetes or pre-diabetes. The study of government health surveys echoes previous research and shows numbers inc...

DATE: Sep 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Doctors recommend early exposure to prevent peanut allergies

CHICAGO – A pediatricians’ group is recommending that infants at high risk of peanut allergies be given foods containing peanuts before they turn 1. The interim guidance is in res...

DATE: Aug 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Doctors recommend early exposure to prevent peanut allergies

The interim guidance is in response to a major allergy study published earlier this year that found that exposure to peanuts in infancy seemed to help build tolerance – contrary to conventio...

DATE: Aug 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Teen e-cigarette use is tied to later smoking

CHICAGO – Teens who use e-cigarettes are more likely than others to later smoke conventional cigarettes and other tobacco products, a study at 10 Los Angeles high schools suggests. ...

DATE: Aug 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Kids with cancer get futuristic chance at saving fertility

CHICAGO – Barely 2 years old, Talia Pisano is getting tough treatment for kidney cancer that spread to her brain. She’s also getting a chance at having babies of her own someday. ...

DATE: Aug 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

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