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09 Dec

The Underground Exchange of Diabetes Medications

Drug costs and lack of access are forcing more people to use underground drug exchanges.

06 Dec

Once-A-Month Birth Control Pill Now Being Developed

Researchers in Boston are working on an ingestible alternative to daily oral contraceptive pills.

05 Dec

Will Taking Aspirin Reduce Your Risk Of Cancer?

Older adults who use aspirin this many times per week may lower their risk of dying of cancer.

Pot Is Bad News for Baby During Pregnancy

MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking pot regularly during pregnancy won't do your baby any favors, researchers warn.

They studied sonograms from nearly 450 pregnant women who said they used marijuana daily. The researchers concluded that daily use of the drug is associated with delayed fetal growth, which may increase the r...

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December 9, 2019
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Dangers of 'Superbug' Germs Greater Than Believed

MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of new superbugs that pose a threat to human health and food crops is much higher than previously thought, new genetic research shows.

There's been an uptick in the number of laboratory studies showing how just one mutation could create highly infectious or "hypervirulent" strains of di...

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December 9, 2019
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Could Obesity Alter a Child's Brain Structure?

MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Childhood obesity may be linked to changes in brain structure that might result in impulsive kids who struggle with problem-solving, a new study reports.

Overweight and obese children tend to have a thinner prefrontal cortex, a part of the brain associated with decision-making and problem-solvin...

Dennis Thompson
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December 9, 2019
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What Is Your Cat Trying to Tell You? 'Cat Whisperers' Know

MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Only a few people seem able to decipher what most people consider unreadable expressions on cats' faces, researchers find.

These "cat whisperers" can discern subtle differences on feline faces that reveal their mood. Women and people in the veterinary field, but not necessarily cat lovers, are m...

Robert Preidt
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December 9, 2019
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Many Kids Traveling Overseas Aren't Vaccinated Against Measles

MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Many American kids aren't vaccinated against measles before they travel overseas to areas where the disease is endemic, a new study finds.

Nearly 60% of these children hadn't received the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination before going abroad. This year, the more than 1,200 cases of me...

Steven Reinberg
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December 9, 2019
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Additives to E-Cigarettes May Be Upping Health Dangers

MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Natural compounds added to marijuana-derived vaping liquid produce toxic chemicals in the vapor that users inhale, a new lab study reports.

The compounds, known as terpenes, are added into pure THC distillations to dilute the product and provide the vapor with aroma and taste, said senior resear...