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Health news • Jul 07

What to know about the safety of this popular supplement for arthritis

Glucosamine is a popular supplement that millions of American adults — an estimated 3.5 percent — use regularly for osteoarthritis and joint pain.

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Health news • Jul 07

I’m a doctor — the 4 ‘embarrassing’ symptoms I wish men would stop hiding

Man up and start sharing these symptoms with your doctor, guys. Between 2015 and 2022, men were more likely to be diagnosed with 16 different late-stage...

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Health news • Jul 07

Tattoo ink doesn’t just stay in the skin — a PNAS mouse study found pigments can reach nearby lymph nodes soon after contact, damage macrophages, and keep inflammation active for at least two months

A group of researchers at the Università della Svizzera italiana gave mice small foot tattoos in black, red or green, then watched under the microscope...

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Health news • Jul 07

Case of deadly 'kissing bug' found in California -- and sufferers may not even know they have it

The deadly blood-sucking “kissing bug” has spread to Southern California. San Diego County reported its first locally acquired case of Chagas disease on...

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Health news • Jul 07

The Hectic Modern World Is Shredding Your Little Cave Man Brain, Scientists Confirm

Our feeble simian brains simply aren't built for the “polycrisis” of modern life, a new review of existing scholarship suggests.

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Health news • Jul 07

What to know about cyclospora, the gut-churning parasite causing illness in several states, and how to avoid it

Got a nasty stomach bug that won't go away? It could be cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection that causes weeks of debilitating diarrhea,...

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Health news • Jul 07

Are You Getting The Wrong Cholesterol Test? Study Says Your Standard Test May Miss Heart Attack Risks

A recent study has found that a blood test, called the apolipoprotein B (apoB) test, may be better at identifying people who are truly at risk of heart...

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Health news • Jul 07

Ebola continues to spread in DRC as death toll passes 500, WHO warns

The outbreak of the deadly Bundibugyo species of Ebola in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is expanding, while the push to accelerate...

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Health news • Jul 07

Ebola outbreak in Congo still spreading, WHO says

The Ebola ‌outbreak in Congo has not yet stabilised and is still expanding as population movement fuels transmission, a World Health Organization official...

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Health news • Jul 07

Dear Doctor: Are drug companies suppressing peptide use because it’s a better, cheaper cure?

DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm curious about peptides. I read that they're incredible health cures and effective at lowering weight and high cholesterol.

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Health news • Jul 07

Bellevue teen builds app to monitor Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and ALS

Ilina Rao, 16, of Bellevue has spent the past year building NeuroSpeak, an app which uses AI to help users screen for Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's and...

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Health news • Jul 07

There's no treatment designed for the Ebola strain ravaging DRC. But now there's hope

It's been over 50 days since the Ebola outbreak was declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Clinicians on the ground are working to save...

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Health news • Jul 07

Legionnaires' cluster grows to 23 cases on Upper East Side

A growing cluster of Legionnaires' disease cases on Manhattan's Upper East Side has reached 23 confirmed infections, including 17 hospitalizations,...

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Health news • Jul 07

How strength training can help women keep a healthy heart

Mobility coach Dana Santas shows how integrating resistance training into a weekly fitness regimen can benefit women's heart health.

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Health news • Jul 07

Different forms of intelligence show unique genetic links to psychiatric conditions

A massive new study reveals that different types of intelligence share distinct genetic links with various psychiatric conditions.

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Health news • Jul 07

Common gym supplement could help fight depression, new research suggests

Creatine, the common muscle-building supplement, may help improve depression symptoms, new research suggests. A systematic review, published in Genomic...

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Health news • Jul 07

This Mindless Habit Is Linked With An Increase In Cancer Risk — And You Are Likely Guilty Of It

The increasingly common habit is bad for multiple systems in our body.

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Health news • Jul 07

Man Notices Small Lump on Knee, Then Faces Life-Saving Decision

A small lump that developed on a man's knee when he was a teenager may have seemed unconcerning at first, but he never could have predicted just how much it...

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Health news • Jul 07

Medicine can treat obesity, but can’t agree on what obesity is

IN THE SPACE of less than a decade, medicine acquired a means of doing what millennia of diets and exhortation could not. A new class of drugs,...

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Health news • Jul 07

What if this Ebola outbreak can’t be stopped?

If the Ebola outbreak isn't extinguished, it could burn for decades, posing an ongoing threat to global health.

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