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Health Tip: Help Your Child Safely Lose Weight

Health Tip: Help Your Child Safely Lose Weight

Latest Healthy Kids News (HealthDay News) — Obesity can increase your child’s risk of cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and prediabetes, says Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. With minor changes, you can help your child maintain a healthy weight. To help your child safely shed pounds, the hospital encourages parents to: Reduce or eliminate […]

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PANDAS Disease

PANDAS Disease

Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS) facts Picture of PANDAS – Streptococcal Infections PANDAS is an acronym for “pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections.” It is a fairly recently described disorder (1990s). An autoimmune response to a streptococcal infection is the leading theory as to the cause of PANDAS. It […]

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Patients Often Bring Undetected ‘Superbug’ to the Hospital: Study

Patients Often Bring Undetected ‘Superbug’ to the Hospital: Study

Latest Infectious Disease News TUESDAY, Dec. 31, 2019 (HealthDay News) — One in 10 hospital patients who develop Clostridioides difficile infections may already have the dangerous germ when admitted, but no diarrhea symptoms, a new study finds. The new report suggests that such infections originate outside hospitals more often than believed, and that patients could […]

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Clots in Space: Astronaut’s Blocked Vein Brings Medical Insight

Clots in Space: Astronaut’s Blocked Vein Brings Medical Insight

Latest Heart News By E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Jan. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — “Space medicine” took another small step forward after an astronaut who developed a blood clot in a neck vein was diagnosed and treated while onboard the International Space Station (ISS), physicians at NASA and elsewhere report. The research team didn’t reveal […]

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One Way to Help Ease A-Fib: Give Up Drinking

One Way to Help Ease A-Fib: Give Up Drinking

Latest Heart News By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Jan. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — If you have atrial fibrillation (a-fib) — a potentially dangerous irregular heart rhythm — giving up alcohol could ease your symptoms. That’s what happened when researchers asked people with a-fib who normally have roughly two drinks a day to stop drinking. […]

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Yoga May Bring a Brain Boost, Review Shows

Yoga May Bring a Brain Boost, Review Shows

Latest Exercise & Fitness News By Alan MozesHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Dec. 31, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Looking for a way to improve your memory, gain control over your emotions, and boost your ability to multitask? A new brain scan study may be just the incentive you need to put yoga at the top of your […]

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3 Easy Deskside Stretches to Keep Muscle Pain at Bay

3 Easy Deskside Stretches to Keep Muscle Pain at Bay

Latest Chronic Pain News By Len CanterHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Jan. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — If you’re not taking regular breaks to move around during your workday, your muscles may rebel after being scrunched in your desk chair hour after hour. The rebellion might be felt in your neck, shoulders, back, hips and legs when […]

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FDA Approves Drug for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

FDA Approves Drug for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

Latest Cancer News By Zosia ChusteckaWebMD Health News Dec. 30, 2019 — There’s a new treatment option for some patients with pancreatic cancer — those who carry a specific genetic mutation can now be treated with the drug olaparib (Lynparza). The FDA approved olaparib for use as a first-line treatment of cancer that has grown […]

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Stomach Cancer Appears Different in Younger Patients

Stomach Cancer Appears Different in Younger Patients

Latest Cancer News TUESDAY, Dec. 31, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Stomach cancer among many people under 60 appears more deadly than when it occurs to older people, a new study finds. This new form of cancer is genetically different from other stomach cancer and grows and spreads faster. It is also resistant to the usual […]

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Experimental Drug Could Be New Option Against Arthritis

Latest Arthritis News By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Dec. 31, 2019 (HealthDay News) — A new drug might be able to save a person’s knees from the ravages of osteoarthritis, researchers report. People taking the drug, code named MIV-711, had less bone and cartilage loss than others given a placebo. “We know that bone slowly […]