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Health news • May 23

3 Supplements to Consider for Lower Colon Cancer Risk

Some supplements may lower colon cancer risk. Experts share their picks, plus screening and lifestyle habits that matter most for lowering risk.

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Health news • May 23

How the perimenopause movement is hurting women

Below is a lightly edited, AI-generated transcript of the “First Opinion Podcast” interview with Patricia Bencivenga and Adriane Fugh-Berman.

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Health news • May 23

Here’s What Happens To Your Body If You Drink Soda Every Day

Find out how it affects health in the short-term and the long-term.

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Health news • May 23

‘Menorexia’ Is The Midlife Crisis We Don’t Talk About Enough

Midlife adults are prone to this disorder, especially women.

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Health news • May 23

I dropped three dress sizes in less than a year without exercising

When motivation wavers, I reach for a faded photograph taken at a friend's wedding in 1997. In it, I am 27, wearing a fitted white dress and a...

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Health news • May 23

7 magnesium deficiency symptoms that could be warning signs from your heart

Magnesium is essential for your cardiovascular system, nerves, muscles, and bones. The Journal of the American Heart Association published research showing...

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Health news • May 23

Why travel restrictions may have unintended consequences as US bars some visitors amid Ebola outbreak

As the U.S. restricts some travelers from entering amid an Ebola outbreak, experts warn that broader bans can have unintended consequences.

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Health news • May 23

New cholesterol guidelines include earlier screenings, targeted intervention

New guidelines by the American Heart Association urge people to check their cholesterol earlier in life — in some cases, as young as toddlers — to stave off...

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Health news • May 23

Celebs and Influencers Tout N.A.D.+. But Is the Supplement Effective?

Gwyneth Paltrow has tried it. So have Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber. And lest you think this product is just for women, know that influencers such as...

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Health news • May 23

Doctors warn against ‘overwhelming’ surge of online disinformation on menopause

An abundance of information and ads, but also misinformation and scams, have popped up across social media in recent years, especially when it comes to how...

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Health news • May 23

Ugandans rue link to Bundibugyo, the Ebola virus type named after a district of cocoa farmers

Bundibugyo is the somewhat easy-to-mispronounce name of a species of Ebola. But firstly it's a mountainous district in western Uganda that even some locals...

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Health news • May 23

Warning for all Brits taking Sertraline, Citalopram and Fluoxetine this weekend

As urgent health warnings are issued ahead of what looks set to be a record-breaking scorcher of a Bank Holiday weekend, Brits who take common forms of...

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Health news • May 23

A deadly bacteria is creeping up the Atlantic Coast. How worried should you be?

Warming ocean waters are priming beaches and raw shellfish for Vibrio. Scientists are trying to stay one step ahead.

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Health news • May 23

Apollo 12 was struck by lightning twice less than a minute after launch, and the mission kept going only because a flight controller recognised an obscure telemetry failure pattern and told the crew to flip a switch almost nobody else in the room understood

The core of this story holds up. On 14 November 1969, the Saturn V carrying Apollo 12 was struck by lightning twice in its first minute of flight,...

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Health news • May 23

U.S. bans green-card holders from returning from Ebola-stricken countries

Health officials cite public health and "resource constraints" as they expand travel restrictions.

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Health news • May 23

Flesh-Eating Bug Could Kill Your Beach Plans—Should You Worry?

A nasty bacteria is on the rise, just in time for summer. Here's what to know, when to worry and whether you should call off that beach trip.

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Health news • May 23

‘Every health facility said they were full’: fear that spread of Ebola in DRC is gathering pace

New strain of virus, aid cuts and cultural norms around burials and touch add to difficulties in stemming outbreak.

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Health news • May 23

IAH is one of three airports where certain passengers will receive Ebola health screenings, CBP says

Bush Intercontinental Airport will be one of three U.S. entry points for passengers from countries affected by an Ebola outbreak.

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Health news • May 23

Chinese scientists grow heart’s ‘master conductor’ that could replace pacemaker

Shanghai researchers engineer biological pacemaker that could offer a new way to control abnormal heart rhythms.

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Health news • May 23

Passengers exposed to hantavirus get Nebraska food, Tai Chi and tornado warning during quarantine

Cruise ship passengers quarantined in Omaha after a hantavirus outbreak are getting a crash course in "Nebraska Nice" — complete with Runzas,...

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