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Self-Employment Linked to Better Heart Health
Being your own boss might seem potentially stressful, but self-employed women appear to have better heart health than those toiling for a company, a new study says. Women working for themselves had lower rates of obesity, physical inactivity, poor diet and sleeplessness,...
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Wegovy Use Up 50 Percent Among US Teens
American teens are increasingly turning to the weight-loss drug Wegovy as more families and their doctors gain confidence in its use for young people with obesity, new data shared with Reuters shows. The average rate of teens beginning treatment with the highly effective...
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Improving Diet in Middle Age Lowers Dementia Risk
It's never too late to start eating right as a means of protecting your brain health, a new study says. People who improved their healthy eating in middle-age had a 25% lower risk of lower risk of dementia, compared to those whose diets got worse, according to findings...
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Study: Vegan Diet Reduces Menopause Symptoms
Hot flashes, night sweat and other symptoms making menopause hellish for you? You might consider going vegan, a new study suggests. Severe hot flashes decreased by 92% among a group of menopausal women assigned to eat a low-fat vegan diet for three months, researchers reported...
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Regeneron Weight-Loss Drug Preserves Muscle Mass
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals said on Monday its experimental weight-loss drug combination helped preserve muscle mass in a mid-stage study. The drug candidate, trevogrumab, in combination with Novo Nordisk's popular obesity drug Wegovy, chemically known as semaglutide, helped...
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How Caffeine Affects Your Brain During Sleep
Your morning cup of coffee might help you power through the day - but could it be keeping your brain too alert at night, even while you sleep? A new study suggests that caffeine doesn't just affect your energy levels. It may also change how your brain functions during sleep,...
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How to Reduce Blood Pressure Naturally
A simple combination of tea, apples, berries, grapes and chocolate can reduce high blood pressure as well as popular medications. These foods are rich in compounds that can improve blood vessel function, according to Study Finds. A large, international study published in the...
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Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Cucumbers Expands
Nearly four dozen people in 18 states have been sickened in an expanding outbreak of salmonella food poisoning tied to recalled cucumbers sent to restaurants, hospitals, cruise ships and grocery stores, including Target stores, federal health officials said Friday. At least...
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Hormel Recalls 256,000 Pounds of Canned Beef Stew
Hormel Foods is recalling more than 256,000 pounds of its Dinty Moore Beef Stew amid reports that wood fragments were found in some cans, according to U.S. health officials. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued the nationwide...
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Why Heartburn Gets Worse With Age
Heartburn, a common condition characterized by a burning sensation in the chest or throat due to acid reflux, affects millions of people globally. As the population ages, it becomes increasingly common, with certain age-related factors contributing to its...
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Belly Fat Increases Risk for Psoriasis
Belly flab appears to be a stronger warning sign for psoriasis than fat located elsewhere on the body, a new study says. Fat around the abdomen is more strongly linked to psoriasis risk that total body fat, particularly in women. "Our research shows that where fat is stored...
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Middle Age Weight Loss Could Add Years to Your Life
Losing just 6.5% of body weight in midlife may lower later risk of disease and premature death, new research shows. Researchers found that people who lost about 6.5% of their body weight - without using weight loss drugs or surgery - reaped big health benefits later in life,...
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Preschool BMI Can Predict Childhood Obesity Risk
Preschoolers who don't naturally lose weight are more likely to develop full-fledged childhood obesity by age 9, a new study says. Most kids tend to see their body-mass index (BMI) decline between ages 1 and 6, before starting to slowly gain weight as they grow, researchers...
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6 Fruits Packed With Calcium
We know the importance of calcium to help keep bones and teeth strong. Yet research reveals that 42% of Americans don't get enough of this mineral, according to TODAY. That could be especially true if you follow a plant-based diet or eschew milk and dairy products that are...
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Exercise Lowers Cancer Patients' Risk for Death
The last thing a cancer patient might like to do is hit the treadmill or hop on an exercise bike, given how much the disease and its treatments drain a person's energy. But toughing through regular workouts can boost their odds of beating cancer, a new study says. Getting...
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This Vitamin Might Slow Biological Aging
Vitamin D supplements might be a veritable Fountain of Youth, capable of slowing down a person's biological aging, a new study says. People taking daily vitamin D3 experienced less wear-and-tear on their telomeres, the protective caps of DNA code at the ends of chromosomes,...
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Dr. Crandall: How to Lower Your Cancer Risk
With President Joe Biden's diagnosis this week of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, cancer prevention is on the minds of many Americans. Many lifestyle changes that help ward off cardiovascular disease are also important for preventing cancer. The simplest and...
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How to Stay Safe This Memorial Day Weekend
The long Memorial Day weekend is finally here. Observed on the last Monday of May, Memorial Day is a day of remembrance to honor and mourn those who have died while serving in the U.S. military, both in peace and during times of war. But it is also a day when families and...
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FDA Halts Sale of Off-Brand Ozempic, Other GLP-1s
A federal deadline ending sale of off-brand weight-loss and diabetes medications is now in effect, cutting off access to drugs many patients count on. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) already declared that shortages of popular GLP-1 medications have ended, CNN...
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Alcohol-Related Cancer Deaths Doubled in US
Alcohol-fueled cancer deaths nearly doubled in the United States during the past three decades, with cases among men driving this surge, a new study says. Between 1990 and 2021, deaths from alcohol-related cancers leaped from just under 12,000 deaths per year to just over...
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How Work Requirement Would Affect Medicaid, Food Aid
The U.S. social safety net would be jolted if the budget bill backed by President Donald Trump and passed Thursday by the House of Representatives becomes law. It would require many low-income adults to work to receive Medicaid health insurance coverage and more to work to...
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WH Targets Food, Chemicals in Child Diseases Report
A commission led by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday issued a report that said processed food, chemicals, stress and overprescription of medications and vaccines may be factors behind chronic illness in American children. Kennedy said the commission's...
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Florida-Grown Cucumbers Behind Salmonella Outbreak
Health officials are investigating a salmonella outbreak tied to cucumbers grown in Florida. At least 26 people across 15 states have gotten sick, and nine people have been hospitalized, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said May 19, The Associated Press...
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Bodybuilding Linked To Sudden Cardiac Deaths
Bodybuilders spend countless hours in the gym to create a heart-stopping physique. But their efforts place their own hearts at risk of stopping, a new study says. Sudden cardiac death is responsible for an unusually high proportion of deaths in male bodybuilders, researchers...
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Blood, Urine Reveal Ultraprocessed Food Intake
Molecules in blood and urine may reveal how much energy a person consumes from ultraprocessed foods, a key step to understanding the impact of the products that make up nearly 60% of the American diet, a new study finds. It's the first time that scientists have identified...