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Healthy Habits Can Slide After Starting Heart Medications

Healthy Habits Can Slide After Starting Heart Medications

Latest Heart News By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Some people let healthy habits fall by the wayside after they start medications for high cholesterol or high blood pressure, a new study finds. Of more than 41,000 middle-aged Finnish adults researchers followed, those who started on cholesterol or blood pressure […]

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Why Some High-Fiber Diets Cause Gas — And What to Do About It

Why Some High-Fiber Diets Cause Gas — And What to Do About It

Latest Digestion News WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) — If you want to reduce bloating when eating a high-fiber diet, try making it carbohydrate-rich rather than protein-rich, new study findings suggest. Bloating is a common side effect that discourages many people from adopting a high-fiber diet. For the study, researchers analyzed data from a […]

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Health Risks Persist for Young Cancer Survivors

Health Risks Persist for Young Cancer Survivors

Latest Cancer News WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Teen and young adult cancer survivors are nearly twice as likely to be hospitalized as those who haven’t had cancer, a new study finds. “Few studies have investigated health risk in adolescents and young adults after cancer treatment,” said study author Chelsea Anderson, a postdoctoral […]

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New Gene Study Unravels Cancer’s Secrets

New Gene Study Unravels Cancer’s Secrets

Latest Cancer News By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Cancer is a genetically driven disease, and a mother lode of new genetic data on dozens of different cancers is promising to break open fresh avenues of prevention and treatment. Nineteen out of 20 cancers now can be tracked back to […]

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Vitamin D in Pregnancy Doesn’t Curb Kids’ Asthma

Vitamin D in Pregnancy Doesn’t Curb Kids’ Asthma

Latest Asthma News By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Taking higher doses of vitamin D during pregnancy doesn’t appear to offer any protection against asthma in children, a new study finds. The study, a follow-up to one done three years ago, looked at 6-year-old children whose mothers had taken extra […]

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Gene Variation May Protect Against Alzheimer’s: Study

Gene Variation May Protect Against Alzheimer’s: Study

Latest Alzheimer’s News THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A breakthrough study has identified a class of natural gene variants that may protect against Alzheimer’s disease. For the study, researchers at University College London analyzed DNA from more than 10,000 people — half with Alzheimer’s and half without. The investigators found that these gene […]

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As Health Experts Fear Possible Coronavirus Pandemic, U.S. Evacuates More Americans

As Health Experts Fear Possible Coronavirus Pandemic, U.S. Evacuates More Americans

Latest Infectious Disease News WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) –While health experts worry that the coronavirus outbreak in China could become a pandemic as infections surpassed 24,500 worldwide, U.S. officials said Tuesday night that another round of evacuations of Americans from China was underway. The U.S. State Department said that two planes with Americans […]

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Texting While Walking Is Risky Business

Texting While Walking Is Risky Business

Latest Prevention & Wellness News By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The dangers of “distracted driving” are well-known, but texting while walking may also be a road hazard, a new research review finds. Pedestrians who are busy texting are less likely to look both ways before crossing the street and […]

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Lab Discovery Offers Promise for Treating Multiple Sclerosis

Lab Discovery Offers Promise for Treating Multiple Sclerosis

Latest Neurology News WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A new discovery could lead to better treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS) and other autoimmune diseases, such as psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis, researchers report. MS occurs when immune cells get into the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord), causing nerve damage that results […]