The flu can be a big deal for children. Here’s why
By Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez Laura Tejeda had been up watching her 7-month-old daughter Zoelis’ breathing all night this past November. She had…
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More than 180,000 people overdosed on opioids and survived in the past year, new White House dashboard shows
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN There were about 181,806 nonfatal opioid overdoses recorded in the United States in the past year, and it’s taken…
Continue ReadingHome delivery of medications can help improve access, especially when time is tight
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 hospitalizations are on the rise in the United States, with more than 34,000 new admissions last week, but…
Continue ReadingStatins lower risk of deadliest kind of stroke, study finds
By Jen Christensen, CNN Doctors know that drugs called statins lower a person’s risk of a stroke due to a blood clot. But a new study shows…
Continue ReadingHow you sleep can cause neck and back pain
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Neck pain may have many causes: Stress, poor posture, texting, injuries from sports, car or other accidents and chronic…
Continue ReadingA family death during the holidays prompts questions and reflection
By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News It wasn’t the Thanksgiving holiday any of us had expected. Two weeks before, my 94-year-old father-in-law,…
Continue ReadingKirstie Alley died of colon cancer. Here’s how to lower your risk
CNN By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Colon cancer has claimed another life. Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Kirstie Alley, best known for her roles in the…
Continue ReadingIn wake of baby formula crisis, highly critical report recommends major food safety changes at FDA
By Jen Christensen, CNN To help prevent outbreaks of food-related illness and problems like the formula shortage that left many parents in the US…
Continue ReadingMeasles outbreak in central Ohio grows to more than 50 children, driven by ‘lack of vaccination’
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN A measles outbreak in central Ohio is growing, sickening more than 50 children, with many of them needing hospitalization,…
Continue ReadingKirstie Alley died of colon cancer. Here’s how to lower your risk
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Colon cancer has claimed another life. Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Kirstie Alley, best known for her roles in the…
Continue ReadingDrug overdose deaths during pregnancy and postpartum rose sharply in recent years, study shows
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN More than 1,200 pregnant and postpartum women died of a drug overdose in the US in 2020, with overdoses involved in more…
Continue Reading6 everyday ways to keep back pain at bay
By Dana Santas, CNN For many people, back pain can make it difficult to function in everyday life. It affects how you move, feel and think, leaving…
Continue Reading6 everyday ways to keep back pain at bay
CNN By Dana Santas, CNN For many people, back pain can make it difficult to function in everyday life. It affects how you move, feel and think,…
Continue ReadingScientists finally know why people get more colds and flu in winter
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN A chill is in the air, and you all know what that means — it’s time for cold and flu season, when it seems everyone…
Continue ReadingFlu vaccine appears to be a very good match to circulating strains, CDC says
By Brenda Goodman, CNN This year’s flu shot appears to be “a very good match” to the circulating strains, US Centers for Disease…
Continue ReadingHow are hearing aids and dementia related? A new study explains
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Hearing aids might be an important tool in the effort to prevent cognitive decline and dementia, according to a new study.…
Continue ReadingHow are hearing aids and dementia related? A new study explains
CNN By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Hearing aids might be an important tool in the effort to prevent cognitive decline and dementia, according to a new…
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Pelé’s daughters say he was hospitalized last week with a lung infection following bout of Covid-19
In an interview aired Sunday night on TV Globo, Pelé’s daughters said the Brazilian soccer great was hospitalized last week in Sao Paulo after…
Continue ReadingDementia risk may increase if you’re eating these foods, study says
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN We all eat them — ultraprocessed foods such as frozen pizza and ready-to-eat meals make our busy lives much easier. Besides,…
Continue ReadingPfizer/BioNTech seek FDA authorization of updated Covid-19 vaccine for children under 5
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Pfizer and BioNTech have submitted an application to the US Food and Drug Administration for their updated Covid-19 vaccine…
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