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Confronting Racial Bias in Maternal Deaths
The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any developed country, and African American women like Kira are overly affected
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Could Your Fitbit Help Detect the Flu?
Research has shown that young men with fevers had increases in their resting heart rate of about 8.5 beats per minute (bpm) for about every 2-degree Fahrenheit increase in body temperature.
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The winter season and its many indoor celebrations can mean you’ll find plenty of tasty snacks around every corner. While those cookies, cakes, and pies look good and taste delicious, they’re not the...
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Pet Apps From First Aid to Fitness
Whether you have one pet or a menagerie, keeping track of their current medications, vaccination due dates, and other health information is, well, no walk in the park.
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Baby Microbiome: Nurturing Your Baby's Healthy Bacteria
The trillions of bacteria that inhabit your gut and other bodily regions can have a critical impact on your overall health. The same holds true for babies, new research shows.
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How Artificial Intelligence Helps Diagnose Skin Cancer
Artificial intelligence (AI) is ramping up how dermatologists diagnose skin conditions, even serious cancers like melanoma.
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4 New Advances for Treating Skin and Body Issues
In dermatology, advances in technology have the potential to simplify some of the most complicated treatments.
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Low-Dose Aspirin Might Help Prevent Preterm Births
The trial, which was run in six lower-income countries, found that giving first-time mothers a daily low-dose aspirin reduced their risk of preterm birth by 11%.
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Many Critical Workers in U.S. Short on Sleep
Their analysis of data from more than 150,000 employed adults between 2010 and 2018 also found that the rate of inadequate sleep (7 hours or less) rose from about 31% to nearly 36% during that time.
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Faulty Immune System May Lead to Lung Cancer
An immune system that's not functioning normally may lead to lung cancer in patients who don't smoke, a new study suggests.
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Washington Monitors Coronavirus Patient’s Contacts
The CDC confirmed the Washington state resident's diagnosis Tuesday. By Wednesday, state public health officials had identified 16 close contacts. By late Thursday, the total was 43, said Kathy Lofy,...
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CDC Confirms Second U.S. Coronavirus Case
The patient is a woman in her 60s. She had symptoms a few days after returning to the U.S. from a trip to Wuhan, China, on Jan. 13. She was not sick while traveling.
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Even Female Bosses Face Sexual Harrassment: Study
Researchers examined workplace sexual harassment in the United States, Japan and Sweden. They found that female supervisors experienced between 30% and 100% more sexual harassment than other women...
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Kobe Bryant Dies in Helicopter Crash
The helicopter crashed just before 10 a.m. into a hillside near Calabasas, Calif., about 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
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Poverty Could Drive Up Youth Suicide Risk
Children and teens in U.S. counties where 20% or more of the population lives below the federal poverty level were 37% more likely to die by suicide than those in counties with the lowest poverty...
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Genes May Show Players at Risk for Brain Trouble
Among soccer players who headed the ball the most, those with the gene mutation called the apolipoprotein E epsilon4 (APOE e4) allele did four times worse on memory tests than those who head the ball...
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Americans Toss Out Nearly a Third of Food at Home
Nationwide, the cost of wasted food could total $240 billion a year. Divided by the nearly 128.6 million households in the United States, that works out to about $1,866 for the average household.
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Scientists Hope New Tech Aids Coronavirus Vaccine
Early trials in people suggest that such a vaccine can stimulate an immune response very well. But it has never been tried during an outbreak.
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Schizophrenia Meds Safe Long-Term, Study Finds
The average life expectancy of people with schizophrenia is 10 to 20 years less than in the general population. There has long been concern that one reason is long-term use of antipsychotic drugs to...
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Psychedelic Drug Eases Cancer Patients' Distress Long Term
Researchers found that of 15 patients who'd received a one-time treatment with psilocybin, most were still showing "clinically significant" improvements in anxiety and depression four years later.
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