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NEW YORK – Health officials investigating a nationwide outbreak of vaping illnesses have listed, for the first time, the vape brands most commonly linked to hospitalizations. Most of the nearly...
DATE: Dec. 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
WASHINGTON – The government launched a new program on Tuesday to provide an HIV prevention drug for free to people who need the protection but have no insurance to pay for it. Taking certain...
DATE: Dec. 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
NEW YORK – Go ahead and rinse your cranberries, potatoes and green beans. But food experts say don’t – repeat don’t – wash the turkey before popping it in the oven on Thanksgiving Day. They say...
DATE: Nov. 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
Mailing free home HIV tests to high-risk men offers a potentially better strategy for detecting infections than usual care. That’s according to a U.S. government study that resulted in many more...
DATE: Nov. 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
PHILADELPHIA – Novel drugs may offer fresh ways to reduce heart risks beyond the usual medicines to lower cholesterol and blood pressure. One new study found that heart attack survivors benefited...
DATE: Nov. 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
The American Medical Association on Tuesday called for an immediate ban on all electronic cigarettes and vaping devices. The group adopted the sweeping stance at a policy-making meeting in San...
DATE: Nov. 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
Many older American adults may inaccurately estimate their chances for developing dementia and do useless things to prevent it, new research suggests. Almost half of adults surveyed believed they...
DATE: Nov. 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
NEW YORK – Drug-resistant “superbug” infections have been called a developing nightmare that could set medicine back a century, making conquered germs once again untreatable. So there’s some...
DATE: Nov. 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
NEW YORK – U.S. health officials announced a breakthrough Friday into the cause of a mysterious outbreak of vaping illnesses, reporting they have a “very strong culprit.” The same chemical compound...
DATE: Nov. 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
NEW YORK – U.S. health officials estimate that millions of cases of heart disease and other illnesses are linked to abuse and other physical and psychological harm suffered early in life. In a...
DATE: Nov. 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
CHICAGO – Two centuries after its invention, the stethoscope – the very symbol of the medical profession – is facing an uncertain prognosis. It is threatened by hand-held devices that are also...
DATE: Nov. 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
An experimental vaccine proved 50% effective at preventing latent tuberculosis infection from turning into active disease in a three-year study of adults in Africa. Doctors were encouraged because...
DATE: Oct. 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
