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Climate Change May Translate Into More Fatal Injuries

Climate Change May Translate Into More Fatal Injuries

Latest Prevention & Wellness News By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Jan. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) — If climate change continues unabated, the United States should prepare for an increase in deaths from injuries, a new study claims. Looking at data on injury deaths and temperature over 38 years, researchers found a correlation between unusually high […]

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Good News for People With Persistent Anxiety

Good News for People With Persistent Anxiety

Latest Mental Health News By Rich HolmesHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder need not be a life sentence, a large Canadian study suggests. “It’s so exciting,” said lead author Esme Fuller-Thomson, director of the Institute for Life Course and Aging at the University of Toronto. People […]

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Sports Coaches Recruited to Help Stop Dating Violence

Sports Coaches Recruited to Help Stop Dating Violence

Latest Healthy Kids News By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Jan. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) — So-called “locker-room talk” among boys can actually be used to promote respect toward girls, a new study reports. Teenage boys are less likely to be abusive or sexually violent in a relationship after they’ve taken part in Coaching Boys Into […]

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‘Burnout’ Could Raise Your Odds for A-fib

‘Burnout’ Could Raise Your Odds for A-fib

Latest Heart News TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Feeling exhausted, with too few hours in the day to do what needs to be done? Be careful of burnout — especially after a new study finds it can raise your risk for the dangerous irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation. “A-fib” — long tied […]

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Heart Transplants From Donors With Hepatitis C May Be Safe: Study

Heart Transplants From Donors With Hepatitis C May Be Safe: Study

Latest Heart News MONDAY, Jan. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) — One-year survival rates are similar for transplant patients who receive a heart from a donor with hepatitis C or one without the infectious virus, a new study finds. The researchers suggest that using hearts from donors with hepatitis C, a viral infection of the liver, […]

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More Studies Link Vaping to Asthma, COPD

More Studies Link Vaping to Asthma, COPD

Latest Asthma News By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Lung illnesses and deaths from vaping have been grabbing headlines for months, and now two new studies offer fresh evidence pointing to long-term respiratory concerns. The studies link the use of electronic cigarettes to asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). […]

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Certain Diabetes Meds May Lower Gout Risk, Too

Latest Arthritis News By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Jan. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Medications called SGLT2 inhibitors lower blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. And new research suggests these drugs may have an added benefit — lowering the risk of gout. Compared with people taking another class of diabetes drugs (GLP1 receptor […]