Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Exercise, Weight, Food, Medicine and Health, Vaccination and Immunization,…
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Massachusetts Hospitals to Cut Back on Elective Procedures
Health officials cited pandemic staffing shortages and longer hospital stays for those who earlier delayed treatment; Covid cases are far from the state’s peak.Health officials…
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South Dakota Supreme Court Rules Against Pot Legalization
The court overruled a voter-passed amendment to the state constitution that would have legalized recreational marijuana use.The court overruled a voter-passed amendment to the state…
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Jury Holds Pharmacies Responsible For Role In Opioid Crisis
A federal jury says CVS, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacies didn’t do enough to stop the flow of opioid pills into two Ohio counties.A federal jury…
View More Jury Holds Pharmacies Responsible For Role In Opioid CrisisHow Exercise Affects Your Appetite
For most of us, exercise impacts our hunger and weight in unexpected and sometimes contradictory ways.For most of us, exercise impacts our hunger and weight…
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‘General Hospital’ Fires Second Cast Member Over Refusal To Get Vaccinated
Actor Steve Burton, who first joined the soap in 1991, said it was “about personal freedom to me.”Actor Steve Burton, who first joined the soap…
View More ‘General Hospital’ Fires Second Cast Member Over Refusal To Get VaccinatedZena Stein, 99, Dies; Researcher Championed Women’s Health
She studied the impact of AIDS on women and explored the effects of famine and poverty on health with an “unwavering commitment to social justice.”She…
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Doctors Misdiagnosed Both My Friend And Me. I Lived. She Didn’t.
“I sat through appointment after appointment, having my pain dismissed, being told I was ‘depressed,’ being told I had ‘IBS,’ just as they had told…
View More Doctors Misdiagnosed Both My Friend And Me. I Lived. She Didn’t.The Loss of a Child Takes a Physical Toll on the Heart
Grieving parents were at high risk of a heart attack in the days following the death of a child, and an increased risk may persist…
View More The Loss of a Child Takes a Physical Toll on the HeartCovid Cases in Children Are Rising, Pediatricians Say
Cases in children in the United States have risen by 32 percent from about two weeks ago, amid a rush to inoculate children ahead of…
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