Category: Health

When Paula Chestnut needed hip replacement surgery last year, a pre-operative X-ray found irregularities in her chest. As a smoker for 40 years, Chestnut was at high risk for lung cancer. A specialist in Los Angeles recommended the 67-year-old undergo

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March 13, 2023March 13, 2023

When Sandeep Swami received a $1,339 bill for a quick and uneventful emergency room visit for his 11-year-old daughter, he pushed back.  The charge was a “facility fee” for the hospital, though the treatment entailed only a six- to seven-minute

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March 13, 2023March 13, 2023

Pfizer will spend $43 billion to buy Seagen and deepen its reach into treating cancer

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March 13, 2023March 13, 2023

Hardly anything changed when Japan dropped its request for people to wear masks after three years

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March 13, 2023March 13, 2023

Adds mental health exemptions to ban on some health care for transgender youth.

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March 13, 2023March 13, 2023

U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown and J

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March 12, 2023March 12, 2023

A Florida man has been sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison for stealing more than $2.6 million in COVID-19 relief funds

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March 12, 2023March 12, 2023

The U.S. Army will continue to use the antiquated “tape test” to measure soldiers’ body composition in spite of a study that shows the test to be flawed.

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March 12, 2023March 12, 2023

The governor of Illinois says the state will fight a mental health crisis among children

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March 12, 2023March 12, 2023

Authorities are investigating reports of a powder in the air and on some cars in West Virginia, northern Virginia and Maryland

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March 12, 2023March 12, 2023

The union for Major League Soccer players criticized FIFA, its rules-making body and the league for failing to allow trials of temporary substitutes to replace players suspected of sustaining concussions

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March 12, 2023March 12, 2023

Speculation about North Korea’s food insecurity has flared as its top leaders prepare to discuss the “very important and urgent task” of formulating a correct agricultural policy

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March 12, 2023March 12, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first combination test for flu and COVID-19 that can be used at home, giving consumers an easy way to determine if a runny nose is caused by either disease

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March 12, 2023March 12, 2023

Biden moves to require in-person doctor visits for patients seeking addictive painkillers, attention deficit drugs

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March 12, 2023March 12, 2023

A large LSTM-led trial confirms new antimalarial, dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, is more effective at preventing malaria than current WHO recommended treatment but does not improve adverse birth outcomes.

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March 12, 2023March 12, 2023

Diagnostic imaging offers physicians and scientists critical visual representations of internal body structures, greatly enhancing clinical analysis and medical intervention.

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March 12, 2023March 12, 2023

A study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2009 to 2017 determined that approximately 1 in 44 children ages 3-17 are diagnosed with some form of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

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March 12, 2023March 12, 2023

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’ve struggled with obesity for many years and have tried to lose weight through a healthy diet and exercise. My doctor recently told me that I could be a good candidate for bariatric surgery. What is bariatric surgery?

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March 12, 2023March 12, 2023