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Prescription drug use may increase risk of depression, study says
More than a third of American adults at potential risk
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Fewer U.S. teens smoking, doing drugs – and drinking milk
Nearly 20 years ago, about nearly half of high school students said they drank at least one glass of milk a day. But now it’s down to less than a…
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Research comes to surprising conclusion about marathon runners and arthritis
A new study comes to the somewhat counterintuitive conclusion that marathon runners have less arthritis than non-runners.Associated Press file The study Most people would assume that serious runners face a…
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Frustrated AMA adopts sweeping policies to cut gun violence
Crosses representing victims of gun violence stand outside Collins Academy High School in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood. With frustration mounting over lawmakers’ inaction on gun control, the American Medical Association…
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Flu season was one of the deadliest for U.S. children
A nurse prepares a flu shot in Atlanta. On Friday, health officials said the flu killed more children in the past year that during any other regular flu season in…
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Celebrity suicides highlight troubling trend in midlife
This combination of 2004 and 2016 file photos shows fashion designer Kate Spade and chef Anthony Bourdain in New York. A U.S. report released in June 2018 found an uptick…
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Smoke may be here for a while. Is it dangerous?
Residents advised to limit activity, close windows to avoid exposure
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Licking cancer: U.S. postal stamp helped fund key breast study
Rep. Stephanie Stuckey Benfield, D-Decatur, promotes the breast cancer prevention stamp from the well on the floor of the House in Atlanta. Countless breast cancer patients in the future will…
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Study finds rare gain for tough-to-treat pancreatic cancer
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center via AP<br><br>Pancreatic cancer cells, nuclei in blue, grow as a sphere encased in membranes, red. In a rare triumph for tough-to-beat pancreatic cancer, patients who…
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U.S. blocks UN health panel from backing taxes on sugar drinks
An independent World Health Organization panel is backing away from the UN health agency’s own call two years ago for taxing sugary drinks, in a new report on diseases like…
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5 dead, nearly 200 sickened in romaine lettuce outbreak
On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said four more deaths have been linked to a national romaine lettuce food poisoning outbreak, bringing the total to 5.Associated…
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Cancer group says colon screening should start at 45, not 50
Equipment that administers chemotherapy drugs at the North Carolina Cancer Hospital in Chapel Hill, N.C. New guidelines released Wednesday recommend U.S. adults start colon cancer screening earlier, at age 45…
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Rap video, social campaign targets teen pot smokers
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health via AP<br><br>This undated photo from video provided by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health shows a scene from one of the…
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Health officials ‘cautiously optimistic’ on Ebola response
There have been 35 confirmed cases, including 12 deaths. The U.N. health agency and partners have vaccinated more than 400 people with an experimental Ebola vaccine, the first time it…
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A surprising bullying battleground: Senior centers
It became clear this place had a bullying problem on its hands. What many found surprising was that the perpetrators and victims alike were all senior citizens. Nursing homes, senior…
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Surgery causes cognitive losses in some seniors
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald file<br><br>Postoperative cognitive dysfunction is a little-known condition that affects a substantial number of older adults after surgerydu1-i-syn “He forgets things and will ask you the same thing…
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Teens with health challenges learn to support each other through peer mentorship
Similar groups offered for parents of kids with chronic health conditions
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Gut check: Swallowed capsule could spot trouble, send alert
A capsule packed with electronics and genetically engineered living cells in Cambridge, Mass. Researchers at MIT, who tested the swallowable device in pigs, say it correctly detected signs of bleeding.…
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Many cancer patients juggle care along with financial pain
Josephine Rizo sits in her home with her stack of bills from her ongoing battle with cancer in Phoenix. As treatment costs soar and insurance coverage shrinks, hospitals and patient…
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With death rate up, U.S. life expectancy is likely down again
Workers dig a new grave at a church cemetery in New Vienna, Iowa. Preliminary data released on Wednesday shows U.S. death rates rose again last year, indicating that 2017 likely…
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FDA approves 1st nonopioid drug to ease withdrawal symptoms
Federal regulators have approved the first nonopioid treatment to ease withdrawal symptoms from quitting opioids.US WorldMeds via AP The U.S. Food and Drug Administration expedited approval of Lucemyra to help…
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UN health agency aims to wipe out trans fats worldwide
A Milky-Way candy bar is deep-fried in oil free of trans fats at a food booth at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis. Indiana was the first state to require…
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U.S. approves 1st drug developed to prevent chronic migraines
An artist’s rendering of the packaging for the drug Aimovig, the first in a new class of long-acting drugs designed to prevent chronic migraines. On Thursday, the Food and Drug…
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U.S. births hit a 30-year low, despite good economy
According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released on Thursday saw the lowest number of U.S. births in 30 years, with birth rates declining not only for…
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Dolores moves forward with school-based health clinic
School board approves contractor; sheriff clears district in investigation
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Southwest Health faces operational, cash challenges
CEO reports expansion is on track, but cash on hand is 2 months short
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Young adults feel stress of long-term care, poll says
A son, at right, holds his mother’s hand at her nursing home in Michigan. Most young adults haven’t given much thought to their own needs as they get older, but…
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Dolores moves forward with school-based health clinic
School board approves contractor; sheriff clears district in investigation
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Southwest Health faces operational, cash challenges
CEO reports expansion is on track, but cash on hand is 2 months short
Health
Cancer docs feel unprepared, but recommend marijuana anyway
A survey of U.S. cancer doctors released Thursday finds nearly half say they’ve recently recommended medical marijuana to patients, although most say they don’t know enough about medicinal use.Associated Press…