Shoveling snow can increase your risk of heart attack, and you should take precautions to protect yourself, an expert says. "When the temperature outside drops, our blood vessels narrow to prevent our bodies from losing heat," Dr. Holly ...
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Winter can be a difficult time for people with allergies, but they can take steps to reduce their exposure to indoor triggers such as mold spores and dust mites, experts say. "During the winter, families spend more time indoors, exposing ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first device aimed at easing the pain of migraines preceded by aura -- sensory disturbances that occur just before an attack. About a third of migraine sufferers experience auras. ...
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A long-term exercise program may help ease depression in people with Parkinson's disease, according to a new, small study. Researchers looked at 31 Parkinson's patients who were randomly assigned to an "early start" group that did an ...
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Women fighting an aggressive form of breast cancer may benefit from adding certain drugs to their chemotherapy regimen, and taking them prior to surgery, new research finds. This pre-surgical drug therapy boosts the likelihood that no ...
It's not unusual for people to say they feel much better after dropping gluten from their diets, even though they don't have celiac disease, digestive experts report. What these people describe has come to be called "non-celiac gluten ...
Violence committed against women by men is vastly under-reported in many countries, a large new study finds. Researchers analyzed data from more than 93,600 women in 24 countries who survived sexual or physical violence, often called ...
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The first device to treat migraine pain when the headache is preceded by an often-visual disturbance called an aura has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Cerena Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator (TMS) is held to ...
High blood pressure is a preventable and treatable risk factor for heart attack and stroke, but about one-quarter of adults don't know they have it, according to a large new study. Among those who do know they have the condition, many are ...
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Black women in the United States are much more likely to have high blood pressure than black men or white women and men, according to a new study. The researchers also found that blacks are twice as likely as whites to have undiagnosed ...
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A common nutritional supplement called inosine safely boosts levels of an antioxidant thought to help people with Parkinson's disease, a small new study says. Inosine is a forerunner of the antioxidant known as urate. Inosine is naturally ...
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The flu vaccine is less effective for men than women, and researchers at Stanford University believe they've figured out why. The male hormone testosterone causes genes in the immune system to produce fewer antibodies, or defense ...
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Women who eat nuts during pregnancy -- and who aren't allergic themselves -- are less likely to have kids with nut allergies, a new study suggests. Dr. Michael Young, an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical ...
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Nine of 10 women do not need and should not receive genetic testing to see if they are at risk for breast or ovarian cancer, an influential panel of health experts announced Monday. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) ...
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Women bothered by hot flashes or other effects of menopause have a number of treatment options -- hormonal or not, according to updated guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. It's estimated that anywhere ...
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