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Warning: Stifling sneezes can be health hazard in rare cases

LONDON – Tempted to stifle a loud or untimely sneeze? Let it out instead, doctors in England warned Monday based on the very unusual case of a man who ruptured the back of his throat when he...

DATE: Jan 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Usage remains low for pill that can prevent HIV infection

NEW YORK – From gritty neighborhoods in New York and Los Angeles to clinics in Kenya and Brazil, health workers are trying to popularize a pill that has proven highly effective in preventing...

DATE: Jan 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Fitness chain bans cable news networks as part of ‘healthy way of life’

With the start of the new year, scores of Americans are rushing to their local gyms, resolving to get a head start on a healthier routine. For some, particularly amid today’s high...

DATE: Jan 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. OKs 1st drug aimed at women with inherited breast cancer

U.S. regulators have approved the first drug aimed at women with advanced breast cancer caused by an inherited flawed gene. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Ast...

DATE: Jan 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Our shame over sexual health makes us avoid the doctor, but these apps might help

We’re taught to feel shame around our sexuality from a young age, as our bodies develop and start to function in ways we’re unfamiliar with, as we begin to realize our body’s potential for p...

DATE: Jan 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Robot duck’s aim: Helps kids with cancer via power of play

ATLANTA – A plush, robotic duck may soon become a fixture in the world of children who have cancer – a social robot that can be silly, happy, angry, scared or sick just like them, and help t...

DATE: Jan 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Breaking through a top weight-loss obstacle

Why is weight loss so difficult when it is exactly what is needed to improve overall health? One major obstacle with weight loss is that the brain subconsciously hears “loss,” an...

DATE: Jan 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

IV bag shortage has hospitals scrambling to treat flu

TRENTON, N.J. – An ongoing shortage of fluids used to deliver medicine and treat dehydrated patients has hospital workers scrambling in the midst of a nasty flu season and supplies from fact...

DATE: Jan 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Rowing, rebounders, boxing among 2018’s top fitness trends

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – If you skipped most of your workouts to be more “present” during the holiday festivities and aren’t looking forward to getting back on the treadmill, we feel you. We ...

DATE: Jan 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

I tried mindfulness to quit drinking. It actually worked.

I don’t know when I started drinking every day. But as I entered my mid-30s, I realized alcohol had moved from a weekend visitor to a roommate before I even noticed the shift. I’m not an alc...

DATE: Jan 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health