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U.S. flu season arrives early, driven by an unexpected virus

NEW YORK – The U.S. winter flu season is off to its earliest start in more than 15 years. An early barrage of illness in the South has begun to spread more broadly, and there’s a ...

DATE: Dec 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Officials list pot vape brands reported in U.S. outbreak

NEW YORK – Health officials investigating a nationwide outbreak of vaping illnesses have listed, for the first time, the vape brands most commonly linked to hospitalizations. Most...

DATE: Dec 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Health program offers free HIV prevention drug to uninsured

WASHINGTON – The government launched a new program on Tuesday to provide an HIV prevention drug for free to people who need the protection but have no insurance to pay for it. Tak...

DATE: Dec 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Stop! Washing your Thanksgiving turkey could spread germs

NEW YORK – Go ahead and rinse your cranberries, potatoes and green beans. But food experts say don’t – repeat don’t – wash the turkey before popping it in the oven on Thanksgiving Day. ...

DATE: Nov 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Mailing free home HIV tests helps detect more infections

Mailing free home HIV tests to high-risk men offers a potentially better strategy for detecting infections than usual care. That’s according to a U.S. government study that result...

DATE: Nov 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

New, old drugs may offer fresh ways to fight heart disease

PHILADELPHIA – Novel drugs may offer fresh ways to reduce heart risks beyond the usual medicines to lower cholesterol and blood pressure. One new study found that heart attack sur...

DATE: Nov 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

AMA calls for total ban on all e-cigarette, vaping products

The American Medical Association on Tuesday called for an immediate ban on all electronic cigarettes and vaping devices. The group adopted the sweeping stance at a policy-making m...

DATE: Nov 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Will you get dementia? Many may not understand their risk

Many older American adults may inaccurately estimate their chances for developing dementia and do useless things to prevent it, new research suggests. Almost half of adults survey...

DATE: Nov 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. superbug infections rising, but deaths are falling

NEW YORK – Drug-resistant “superbug” infections have been called a developing nightmare that could set medicine back a century, making conquered germs once again untreatable. So t...

DATE: Nov 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. officials identify ‘strong culprit’ in vaping illnesses

NEW YORK – U.S. health officials announced a breakthrough Friday into the cause of a mysterious outbreak of vaping illnesses, reporting they have a “very strong culprit.” The same...

DATE: Nov 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. health officials link childhood trauma to adult illness

NEW YORK – U.S. health officials estimate that millions of cases of heart disease and other illnesses are linked to abuse and other physical and psychological harm suffered early in life. ...

DATE: Nov 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Is the stethoscope dying? High-tech rivals pose a threat

CHICAGO – Two centuries after its invention, the stethoscope – the very symbol of the medical profession – is facing an uncertain prognosis. It is threatened by hand-held devices ...

DATE: Nov 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

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