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Many Taking Antibiotics Without a Prescription
Yet a new study review suggests that's exactly what many Americans are doing: misusing "under-the-counter" or old leftover antibiotics to self-medicate without seeing a doctor or getting a prescription.
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Just How Effective Are ADHD Meds?
In addition to helping kids calm down and concentrate in school, the review also found that the drugs help children avoid a lot of long-term negative consequences associated with ADHD, including...
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Guns in Home, Greater Odds of Family Homicide
For each 10% jump in home ownership of guns, the risk of someone in the household being killed rises by 13%. The risk of a nonfamily member getting murdered is increased only 2% with gun ownership,...
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Extreme Eating Could Be an Early Clue to Autism
A new study finds atypical eating behaviors -- such as hypersensitivity to food textures or pocketing food without swallowing -- in 70% of kids with autism. That's 15 times the rate typically found in...
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Pro Baseball Players Live Longer, Healthier Lives
Athletes in Major League Baseball (MLB) tend to live about 24% longer than the average American guy, according to a century's worth of mortality rates among nearly 10,500 pro baseball players.
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Residents, Leaders 'Shocked' by Toxic Air Report
On Friday, WebMD and Georgia Health News revealed that Georgia had three census tracts the EPA identified as having elevated cancer risks because of a toxic gas called ethylene oxide.
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Recall: Baby Neck Supports for Suffocation Risk
Three customers have complained to Boppy that the product caused their child’s head to be pushed forward, chin to chest, but no injuries were reported.
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Climate Change Blamed for Deadly Fungus Risk
More than 30% of people with invasive C. auris infections die, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There have been 685 confirmed cases and 30 probable cases in the United...
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Waist Size Key to Health, Even Without Obesity
His study found that a large waist size  -- about 35 inches or more -- significantly increased the risk of an early death for women over 49, even when they had a  normal BMI.
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New Cholesterol Drugs' Cost Put Patients at Risk
Patients are 16% more likely to have a heart-related health crisis if their PCSK9 prescription is rejected than if it is covered and filled for a year, according to researchers.
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Textured Breast Implants Recalled for Cancer Risk
The FDA says the textured surface, unique to Allergan’s implants, are tied to 481 cases of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), a type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
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'Good Death': Choosing How to Live and How to Die
Between 2009 and 2017, the most recent year for which statistics are available, 1,364 people in Washington had used the law to end their lives. Last year, in California, 337 people chose to die under...
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Dirty Air Kills 30,000 Americans Each Year
For the year 2015, Â the researchers extrapolated that air pollution still caused nearly 16,000 deaths in women and 15,000 in men in the United States.
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Plant-Based Diet Helps Keep Diabetes at Bay
People who ate a mostly plant-based diet reduced their risk of diabetes by 23%, the study found.
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BPA Replacement Chemical May Not Be Safer for Kids
In recent years companies have turned to substitutes and tout their products as "BPA-free."
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Warm Bath Can Send You Off to a Sound Slumber
A properly heated bath or shower taken at the right time for as little as 10 minutes can have a positive impact on sleep.
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Veterans of Toxic Air Fight Vow to Help Others
Two activists from Illinois, who fought to close a medical sterilization plant in their hometown, gathered with Georgia residents this week to discuss ways to fight a similar plant in their backyards.
View ArticleAbout Hairline Tooth Fractures (cracks)
You bite down on something and feel a sharp pain that quickly disappears. If this sounds familiar, you might have a hairline tooth fracture or cracked tooth. Learn more about how hairline tooth...
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CRISPR to be Used to Fight a Type of Blindness
Even though they have normal eyes, patients with this type of blindness lack a gene that turns light into signals to the brain that enable sight, the Associated Press reported.
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But most teens have never sent or received a sex text, the new study found....
But most teens have never sent or received a sex text, the new study found. It focused on about 5,600 students in American middle and high schools, ages 12 to 17.
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