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Families who eat together report less stress: survey
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 9:32 pm
Story at a glance Ninety-one percent of parents said their families stress levels are lower when they regularly connect over ...
thehill.com

Column: In threat to public health, Florida publishes flawed and unscientific anti-vaccine `study
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 8:52 pm
The spread of anti-vaccine misinformation and disinformation has become one of the defining public health challenges of our time so ...
latimes.com

Critics Fire Back at Florida's COVID Vax Analysis
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 8:32 pm
Florida's Surgeon General recommended against COVID-19 mRNA vaccines for men ages 18 to 39 late last week, based on an analysis of ...
medpagetoday.com

NeNe Leakes son, 23, is struggling to speak after stroke and heart failure
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 8:11 pm
NeNe Leakes, former Real Housewives of Atlanta star, shared on her Instagram stories on Monday that her son Brentt suffered ...
nbcnews.com

Researchers are developing monoclonal antibodies to fight chronic pain
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 8:07 pm
Story at a glance Chronic pain affects about 20 percent of adults in the U.S. Painkillers can be addictive, and ...
thehill.com

Senior living: What Medicare plan is best for you?
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 8:00 pm
But Medicare coverage can be complex, and its not always clear which plan is best for which which person. So, ...
ocregister.com

Mass. health department to lead regional effort to improve outbreak response
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 7:42 pm
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has received a $25 million federal grant intended to help health officials address infectious disease ...
bostonglobe.com

Long COVID Persists in People With Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 7:32 pm
Long COVID -- defined as one or more clusters of symptoms lasting 3 months or longer -- occurred in about 6% of ...
medpagetoday.com

Texas Medical Centers future 500-acre BioPort campus a 'game changer,' TMC CEO says
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 7:28 pm
The Texas Medical Center's future 500-acre BioPort campus is expected to meet some of the biggest remaining needs of the ...
bizjournals.com

This won't hurt a bit: The anesthesiologist who is putting you under may work for a private-equity firm
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 7:06 pm
A few months after a private-equity-owned firm took over one Nevada hospital's anesthesia services, it became obvious they were understaffing, ...
nbcnews.com

Nexus loses generic drug approval thanks to contactless FedEx delivery
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 6:55 pm
Drugmaker Nexus Pharmaceuticals Inc has lost approval to sell a generic version of Melinta Therapeutics LLC's injectable antibiotic minocin, after ...
reuters.com

Health-Insurance Price Hikes Loom With ACA Open Enrollment
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 6:50 pm
If you're in the market for health insurance. prepare for sticker shock as Affordable Care Act open-enrollment season starts.
thestreet.com

If you misled others about your COVID status, getting vaccinated or prevention measures, you're not alone
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 6:46 pm
Study found that about 42% of adults admitted they had engaged in some form of misrepresentation related to having COVID-19, vaccination ...
stltoday.com

If you misled others about your COVID status, getting vaccinated or prevention measures, youre not alone
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 6:46 pm
Study found that about 42% of adults admitted they had engaged in some form of misrepresentation related to having COVID-19, vaccination ...
stltoday.com

These are the real benefits of running, according to the science
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 6:11 pm
The benefits of running dont just stop at improved fitness, lots of advantages can be gained from putting one foot ...
livescience.com

The 'Ice Bucket Challenge' funded a new ALS drug, but experts have varying opinions about its approval
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 5:49 pm
If you did the "Ice Bucket Challenge" in 2014, you may have helped fund a new drug for ALS. Some experts ...
cnbc.com

More than 40% of Americans lied about COVID-19 risk during pandemic, study shows
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 5:45 pm
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 40% of Americans were untruthful about whether they had the virus or ...
upi.com

Children battling cancer get boost from Virginia boy who lost his own mom to the disease
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 5:41 pm
A 12-year-old Virginia boy is honoring his late mother by filling thousands of "Joy Jars" with toys and games for ...
foxnews.com

Study links type of fracture, underlying health to poor outcomes in older people
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 5:17 pm
Specific pre-existing health conditions, and their combinations, in older people make it likelier they could die after breaking a bone ...
upi.com

I Tried to Keep My Pregnancy Secret
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 4:58 pm
I did everything I could think of to prevent advertisers and apps from knowing I was expecting. They somehow still ...
theatlantic.com