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26 May
Tactics to Change a Child's Picky Eating Habits Can Backfire
The study also found that picky eaters tend to have a lower body mass index.
22 May
How to Protect Yourself from the Sun's UV Rays This Summer
Tips on how to reduce your risk of skin cancer, the most common cancer in the United States.
21 May
Yoga Helps Fight Depression, New Study Finds.
Researchers say movement-based yoga helps improve symptoms of anxiety, stress and depression.
Banishing Pandemic Worries for a Good Night's Sleep
If anxiety and fear about COVID-19 are keeping you awake, rest assured: Adopting a few easy-to-follow habits will help you get a good night's sleep.
"Now more than ever, we need to get good sleep," said Dr. Amy Guralnick, a pulmonologist at Loyola Medicine in Chicago. "Sleep can help our immune system function at its best. Getting a go...
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- May 26, 2020
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'Kangaroo Care' Has Big Health Benefits For Preemies
Skin-to-skin contact between parents and babies -- often called "kangaroo care" -- provides major benefits to preemies' hearts and brains, Australian researchers say.
They assessed 40 babies born about 10 weeks early with an average weight of 2.9 pounds. Normal birth weight is 6.6 pounds.
One hour a day of kangaroo care signi...
- Robert Preidt
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- May 25, 2020
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Physical Jobs Tied to More Sick Leave, Earlier Retirement
People with physically demanding jobs take more sick leave. They also have higher unemployment rates and shorter work lives, a new Danish study finds.
"This study showed that high physical work demands are a marked risk factor for a shortened expected working life and increased years of sickness absence and unemployment," study co-auth...
- Robert Preidt
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- May 25, 2020
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Child's Cancer Doesn't Raise Parents' Divorce Risk, Curb Plans for More Kids: Study
Having a child with cancer doesn't appear to affect parents' risk of splitting up or their plans to have more kids.
That's the conclusion of a Danish study that compared more than 12,400 parents of children diagnosed with cancer between 1982 and 2014 to nearly 70,000 parents whose kids were cancer-free.
Parents were followed ...
- Robert Preidt
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- May 25, 2020
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As Summer Starts, Sun Safety Slashes Skin Cancer Risk
With many beaches and parks opening in time for Memorial Day, the American Cancer Society is reminding people to practice sun safety.
Overexposing yourself to the sun increases your risk for skin cancer, which is the most common cancer in the United States, with almost 5.5 million cases each year. That's more than breast, colon, lung a...
- Steven Reinberg
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- May 25, 2020
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Remdesivir Will Not Be Enough to Curb COVID-19, Study Finds
SATURDAY, May 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- There have been high hopes that the antiviral drug remdesivir might be an answer to the pandemic of COVID-19. But a major, new study finds the drug on its own won't be enough to significantly curb cases and deaths.
The study, published May 22 in the New England Journal of Medicine, fo...
- Robin Foster and E.J. Mundell
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- May 23, 2020
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