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Sweetened Drinks Still Top Sellers to Kids
None of 34 sweetened drinks aimed at the youth market meet nutrition recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), according to University of Connecticut researchers.
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City: Shutter Plant Until Toxic Air Addressed
The city of Covington, has called for a company to shut down its local medical sterilization plant until it can reduce its emissions of a cancer-causing gas.
View ArticleThe Dropout Who Turned It Around
In the fall of 2001, I went back to college after dropping out of both high school and college. I was 28 years old and had never experienced sustained academic success, but this time things would be...
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View ArticleWhy ADD To-Do Lists Backfire or Languish
ADHD brains are busy — and chaotic. Thoughts, desires, and aspirations swirl around like a hurricane until released. We try to give these ideas structure by codifying them as a list of goals or...
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Aging Population, Unhealthy Habits Underlie Expected Cancer Surge
Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable cancer death, according to the atlas. In 2017, smoking claimed 2.3 million lives worldwide, 24% of all cancer deaths.
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Your Noisy Knees May Be Trying to Tell You Something
This study is the first to assess this technique in a large number of people with knee osteoarthritis. It was found to distinguish between healthy knees and those afflicted by this "wear-and-tear"...
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Is That Statin Doing You Any Good?
Changes in clinical guidelines have increased the number of people eligible to take statins. In many countries, the majority of people taking the drugs do so for primary prevention.
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Why Maintaining a Healthy Weight Is Important in Adulthood
Those who gained weight as adults had a higher risk of premature death than those who maintained a normal weight. Weight loss in young to middle adulthood was not significantly related with death risk.
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Certain Blood Pressure Meds Tied to Suicide Risk in Study
People taking angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) appear to be more likely to die by suicide, compared to those who take another type of blood pressure drug called ACE inhibitors, researchers found.
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Irregular Periods, Shorter Life Span?
The study found that women who had irregular periods or extra-long menstrual cycles had as much as a one-third higher risk of death during the two-decade study compared to women who usually had a...
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Your Personality as a Teen May Predict Your Risk of Dementia: Study
Being calm and mature as teen were each associated with roughly a 10% reduction in adult dementia risk.
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Study: 95% of Baby Foods Contain Heavy Metals
Nearly all foods made for babies contain at least one toxic heavy metal that can harm brain development, according to a large new study that tested 13 different types of baby foods, including puffs,...
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Next-Gen Artificial Pancreas Boosts Blood Sugar Control
The device combines an insulin pump, a continuous glucose monitor and a computer algorithm.
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Deaths Due to Suicide, Homicide on the Rise Among U.S. Youth
More teens and young adults are coming to a violent end in recent years, either at their own hand or another's, new federal data show.
View ArticleQ: I Caught My ADHD Son Watching Porn!
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View Article3 Digital Therapies That Treat ADHD Without Medication
There is a new category in the crowded ADHD treatments market that is growing and capturing attention. Inc. magazine coined it “digital therapeutics:” technologies that have measurable effects on, in...
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Mercury, Feces Found in Cheap, Bogus Cosmetics
Fortunately, most incidents of cosmetic counterfeiting or product tampering aren't as serious. But if you don't buy from reputable retailers, it's hard to know exactly what's in the products you're...
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Juul Halts Sale of Fruit, Dessert Vape Flavors
The flavors dropped by Juul will be mango, creme, fruit and cucumber, which account for 10% of its sales. The company will continue to sell its most popular flavors: mint and menthol, the AP reported.
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Recall: FDA Sees Trace Asbestos in J&J Baby Powder
Johnson & Johnson said FDA testing as recently as last month found no trace of asbestos. The company says the FDA's most recent test found "sub-trace levels" of asbestos in samples from a single...
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