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Category: 4. Health
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'Are you married?' Why doctors ask invasive questions during treatment
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How one Florida program reduced preterm births, and how it could serve as a model for other communities
One in 10 babies in the U.S.—nearly 374,000 infants—were born preterm in 2023, meaning before 37 weeks of pregnancy. More than 15% were very preterm, meaning they were born before 32 weeks. A full-term pregnancy lasts 40 weeks.
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Indigenous infants are born with more diverse gut bacteria than urban-born babies, study finds
Despite facing some of the highest rates of chronic disease later in life, a new study has found remote First Nations Australians are born with a natural health advantage—a rich and diverse gut microbiome.
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5 Words That Taunted Me As I Grieved My Husband’s Death
Not long after my husband, Keith, died suddenly in April 2000, I overheard one of his family members tell someone that she didn’t feel sorry for me and my young children. “This will make them stronger,” she asserted.
Seventeen years later,…
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Why teenagers won't quit vaping, even when the risks are clear: A psychologist explains
Vaping among teenagers is a growing global health problem.
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Busting brain myths: The evolving story of menopause hormone therapy and cognitive health
In the early 2000s, a major women’s health study—Women’s Health Initiative (WHI)—made headlines. As an ongoing study launched in the ’90s, the WHI asked: could menopause hormone therapy (MHT), used to ease menopause symptoms, also protect…
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Stressed rats keep returning to cannabis and scientists know why
It isn’t just people — when given the chance rats may also use cannabis to cope with stress, according to a study by researchers at Washington State University.
Published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, the study set out to investigate…
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Sitting for long stretches raises heart and diabetes risks in older people
Spending too long sitting raises the risk of heart disease and diabetes in people over 60, warns a major global review.
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Insomnia and anxiety come with a weaker immune system — a new study starts to unravel why
Stress, anxiety and sleepless nights do more than erode peace of mind — they can also weaken the body’s defenses, making people more susceptible to infections, cancers and autoimmune disorders. Now, scientists have uncovered a potential…
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Mutated H3N2 flu virus is circulating
Michelle RobertsDigital health editor
Getty ImagesFlu has come early this winter, and experts predict it could be a particularly nasty season because of a new mutated version of the virus which is circulating.
The NHS has already sent out a “flu…
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