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Health news • Apr 21

First measles case confirmed in Ottawa County since 1991

Ottawa County's first case of measles in 35 years has been confirmed, according to the department of public health.

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Health news • Apr 21

Napping may be warning sign of health issues in older adults, study finds

For older adults, naps may be a warning sign of underlying conditions or declining health, according to a new study. In the study, published in JAMA Network...

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Health news • Apr 21

Blood Test Could Predict Alzheimer’s Risk Long Before Symptoms Surface, Paving the Way for Early Detection

A new study shows how a blood test measuring pTau217 could predict Alzheimer's disease years before symptoms manifest, offering a new frontier in early...

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Health news • Apr 21

More than 7 million have Alzheimer's. Can your brain health improve?

People have no control over Alzheimer's risk factors such as age, genes and family history. Diet, exercise and adequate sleep improve brain health.

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Health news • Apr 21

Are cancer-screening blood tests close to prime time?

The vision of a single blood test that could screen for dozens of different cancers has tantalized oncologists for more than a decade.

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Health news • Apr 21

Where are pollen levels the highest? Iowa's capital city ranks among the worst

This won't shock anyone who has sneezed and wheezed their way through the spring, but one Iowa city ranks among the worst places for allergies in the...

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Health news • Apr 21

“Iʼm a cardiologist and I stopped eating this popular breakfast item that every American household has in their fridge”

I'm a practicing cardiologist, and breakfast used to be my most careless meal. I told myself I'd “earn it” with a long clinic day and an afternoon workout.

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Health news • Apr 21

What does it take to protect brain health? 10 habits to start now

Brain health is of paramount importance to nearly all Americans, yet few are aware of the latest science on how to nurture it.

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Health news • Apr 21

New Drugs for Pancreatic Cancer Show Remarkable Promise for Deadly Disease

Results from two early-stage trials offer new hope for a cancer that kills around seven in eight patients within five years.

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Health news • Apr 21

Health Officials Warn of ‘Hyper-Mutated’ COVID Strain That First Appeared In US Last June

While the numbers and health risks are still low, the new “Cicada” strain of COVID-19 has been slowly — but heavily — mutating since it arrived at SFO last...

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Health news • Apr 21

8 Subtle Stressors You Don’t Notice—but Your Body Does

These eight subtle environmental stressors may be quietly draining your energy and increasing tension—here's how to spot them.

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Health news • Apr 21

US states took divergent actions in absence of federal COVID vaccine guidance last respiratory virus season

The lack of updated federal vaccine recommendations early in the 2025-26 US respiratory virus season—and a statement in May 2025 by the Health and Human...

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Health news • Apr 21

A common weed killer left a hidden epigenetic footprint in early-onset colon cancer

A study led by José A. Seoane, Head of the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology's (VHIO) Computational Biology Group identifies for the first time the...

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Health news • Apr 21

How does imagination really work in the brain? New theory upends what we knew

There's a lot going on in your brain all the time. To power your imagination, the neurons need some silence.

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Health news • Apr 21

New Study Links Coffee Intake to Microbiome Changes and Improved Mental Well-Being

New research led by University College Cork scientists suggests that both caffeinated and decaf coffee reshape the gut microbiome in ways tied to lower...

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Health news • Apr 21

Smoking weed as a teen might change your life for the worse — UC San Diego study

"Wait at least until you're an adult, wait till later in life" to consume cannabis, a researcher told NBC 7.

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Health news • Apr 21

If you feel cranky and tired, you may have spring allergy fatigue

People might not associate brain fog and fatigue with spring allergies, but these symptoms can make life just as miserable — or sometimes more — than the...

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Health news • Apr 21

Nasal spray reverses brain aging

New findings could reshape the future of neurodegenerative therapies and may even change how scientists think about brain aging itself.

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Health news • Apr 21

For older adults, excessive daytime napping may be a sign of underlying health issues

For older adults, excessive daytime napping is linked to a higher risk of death — particularly when its done in the morning, a 19-year-long study suggests.

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Health news • Apr 21

More naps, higher risk? Research links daytime sleep to health warnings in aging adults

Excessive daytime napping is associated with higher mortality risk in older adults, according to a Mass General Brigham study that tracked nap patterns for...

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