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Roundup: More Stroke Patients Now Eligible For...
Advances in brain imaging are helping doctors identify additional stroke patients who can receive therapy later than previously believed, according to a new study that...
January 26, 2018 / 5 min read
Airborne Threat: Flu May Be Spread By...
Until now, most experts dealing with infectious diseases have said the flu virus spreads mainly by droplets formed when people with the flu cough, sneeze...
January 24, 2018 / 3 min read
Answers to Top 5 Most Googled Health...
Nearly everyone has Googled questions related to health issues at one point, or at least semi-regularly. Meanwhile, the Internet search giant keeps tabs on the...
January 17, 2018 / 4 min read
Relieving Sciatica’s Radiating Pain
Sciatica is a term you may have heard associated with leg pain emanating from the back. It’s also a reason why more office workers temporarily...
January 16, 2018 / 3 min read
Intermittent Fasting: Is It a Healthy Trend?
Diet plans that incorporate intermittent fasting are popular, but are they healthy? The verdict is mostly still out on the long-term effectiveness of adding periods...
January 15, 2018 / 3 min read
(Roundup) FDA Warns Against Giving Kids Cough,...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it is requiring safety-labeling changes to keep children and adolescents from being prescribed cough and cold medicines that...
January 12, 2018 / 4 min read
Too Many Babies Still Placed in Unsafe...
There are still too many preventable, sleep-related deaths among U.S. babies, according to a new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
January 11, 2018 / 2 min read
Is Dr. Google Making You Anxious? You...
About 1 percent of all searches on Google — representing tens of millions of inquiries a day — are symptom-related. But even the search giant...
January 10, 2018 / 2 min read
U.S. Cancer Death Rate Continues to Slide,...
Advances in early detection and treatments, along with many more people quitting smoking, has helped drop the death rate from cancer by 26 percent from...
January 8, 2018 / 2 min read
Roundup: DASH, Mediterranean Plans Top ‘Best Diets’...
Nutrition and medical experts have again placed two diets that focus on the health benefits of fruits and vegetables at the top of their list...
January 5, 2018 / 3 min read