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A New Mom Shape-Up: Stroller Walking

A New Mom Shape-Up: Stroller Walking

By Len CanterHealthDay Reporter Latest Women’s Health News MONDAY, Dec. 24, 2018 (HealthDay News) — The exhaustion of a new baby can have negative fitness consequences as you lose the motivation to exercise and feel there’s no time to get to the gym. But not exercising actually worsens fatigue, makes it harder to lose your […]

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Health Tip: Kegel Exercise Tips

Health Tip: Kegel Exercise Tips

(HealthDay News) — Pelvic floor muscle exercises, also called Kegel exercises, are a great way to improve and maintain bladder control, the National Association for Continence says. Latest Sexual Health News The exercises help strengthen the pelvic floor and may improve bladder leakage. The association offers these Kegel suggestions: Identify the muscles by trying to […]

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#MeToo Sparked Surge in Awareness About Sexual Harassment: Study

#MeToo Sparked Surge in Awareness About Sexual Harassment: Study

By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter Latest Mental Health News FRIDAY, Dec. 21, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Hundreds of thousands of women have used the #MeToo hashtag to speak out about sexual harassment and assault during the past year. Now there’s evidence that the #MeToo movement sparked more than mere conversation about sexual abuse in the United […]

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Mad Cow Disease Diagnosed in Tennessee Man

Mad Cow Disease Diagnosed in Tennessee Man

A 32-year-old Tennessee man has been diagnosed with the rare human form of mad cow disease. Latest Infectious Disease News Tony Gibson began having symptoms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) about a year ago. He became very forgetful and would get lost in grocery stores and even his own home, according to his wife, Danielle Gibson, […]

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Certain Antibiotics Tied to Deadly Heart Vessel Tears: FDA

Certain Antibiotics Tied to Deadly Heart Vessel Tears: FDA

By E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporter Latest Heart News FRIDAY, Dec. 21, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Patients should avoid a class of antibiotics called fluoroquinolone due to an increased risk of heart vessel tears associated with their use, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned. “These tears, called aortic dissections, or ruptures of an aortic aneurysm can […]

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Hepatitis C Cases Cluster in States Hit Hard by Opioids

Hepatitis C Cases Cluster in States Hit Hard by Opioids

By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter Latest Digestion News FRIDAY, Dec. 21, 2018 (HealthDay News) — More than half of Americans with hepatitis C are living in just nine U.S. states — five of those in a region hit hard by the opioid epidemic, a new study shows. The findings offer the latest look at the fallout […]

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Some Diabetes Drugs Linked to Higher Heart Risks

Some Diabetes Drugs Linked to Higher Heart Risks

By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter Latest Diabetes News FRIDAY, Dec. 21, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Two common classes of type 2 diabetes drugs may lower blood sugar levels, but new research suggests those same drugs might boost the risk of heart attack, stroke and heart failure. The drug classes in question are sulfonylureas and basal insulin. […]

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Flu Has Arrived for the Holidays, CDC Head Says

Flu Has Arrived for the Holidays, CDC Head Says

By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter Latest Cold and Flu News FRIDAY, Dec. 21, 2018 (HealthDay News) — The flu has ramped up in time for Christmas, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. Just last week, the CDC said the flu season was off to a slow start, but all […]

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Lung Cancer Surgery

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Lung Cancer Surgery

Latest Cancer News FRIDAY, Dec. 21, 2018 (HealthDay News) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent surgery for lung cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City on Friday. “Two nodules in the lower lobe of her left lung were discovered incidentally during tests performed at George Washington University Hospital […]

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Heart Risks High in Older Cancer Patients <i>Before</i> Diagnosis

Heart Risks High in Older Cancer Patients Before Diagnosis

Latest Cancer News FRIDAY, Dec. 21, 2018 (HealthDay News) — There’s a significant rise in the risk of heart attack and stroke in older people in the months before they’re diagnosed with cancer, a new study finds. “Our data show there is an associated risk of ischemic stroke and heart attack that begins to increase […]