My cough isn’t Covid but people think it is. How can I stop it? DR ELLIE CANNON answers your health queries I have had a…
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Connecticut Is Doling Out Vaccines Based Strictly on Age. It’s Simpler, but Is it Fair?
With covid vaccines expected to remain scarce into early spring, Connecticut has scrapped its complicated plans to prioritize immunizations for people under 65 with certain…
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COVID-19 vaccine can’t come too soon for nursing homes, but many questions remain
Lynne Katzmann, whose company runs 22 long-term care facilities in Colorado, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, knows what she will do as soon as a new…
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College-age kids are drinking less alcohol – but smoking more marijuana
Young adults aren’t drinking as much as they used to. In fact, more than a quarter don’t drink alcohol at all, recent surveys show. It’s…
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PTSD and alcohol abuse go hand-in-hand, but males and females exhibit symptoms differently
Through intricate experiments designed to account for sex-specific differences, scientists at Scripps Research have collaborated to zero in on certain changes in the brain that…
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Buying emergency contraception is legal but not always easy at small, mom-and-pop pharmacies
About 22 percent of women between the ages of 15 and 44 report having used emergency contraception. But even though the Food and Drug Administration…
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Obamacare Cut Out-of-Pocket Costs, But Many Families Still Struggle: Study
MONDAY, Sept. 28, 2020 — High out-of-pocket health care costs for low- and middle-income Americans with kids have fallen due to “Obamacare,” but more needs…
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Curve at tip of shoes eases movement but may lead to weaker muscles, problems: study
The toe of most shoes, especially sneakers, bends ever so slightly upward. While that curve, called a toe spring, can make stepping more comfortable and…
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For teens with severe obesity, bariatric surgery works, but is rarely used. Experts say that needs to change
Gavin Perrin has his work cut out for him this semester. The Susquehanna University sophomore is taking a hefty 22 credits in a demanding accounting…
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US coronavirus cases are falling but challenges persist
New daily cases of the coronavirus have been dropping sharply in the United States for weeks—but experts don’t know if Americans will have the discipline…
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