Joseline Peña-Melnyk, a Democrat in the Maryland House of Delegates, helped draft an amendment to the state’s constitution that would guarantee a right “to make and effectuate decisions to prevent, continue, or end one’s own pregnancy.” Marylanders will vote on the amendment in November. (Julio Cortez/AP) Voters in 10 states will consider whether or not …
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Good footwear keeps you comfortable when you’re strength training, but the best weightlifting shoes can actually improve your form and keep you safe while you work out. Just like running shoes, weightlifting shoes have specialized features (like a stiff, sturdy base and a snug fit) to help you maintain proper body alignment during your exercises. …
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In any case, your nighttime bathroom trips could really eat into how much shut-eye you’re clocking, especially if you struggle to drift off again—which gets more likely the closer it is to your wake-up time, Dr. Peters says, because your overall sleep drive (the pressure your body feels to doze) will be lower. If that …
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The Brothers Sun (Netflix) Michael Desmond / Netflix Brad Falchuk’s first showrunning venture away from the purview of Ryan Murphy is The Brothers Sun, a fun action/comedy/family show that features a captivating Michelle Yeoh at its very center. There are far worse—and far less fun—ways to spend a couple hours. The show unfortunately has already …
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Hearing loss was linked with higher Parkinson’s disease risk. Severity of hearing loss was tied to incident Parkinson’s in a dose-dependent way. Early interventions with hearing aids reduced Parkinson’s risk. Hearing loss was linked with a higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease later in life, medical records from 3.6 million U.S. military veterans showed. Over …
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A shorter regimen of three cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy was noninferior to a standard six-cycle regimen among patients with pathologically high-risk retinoblastoma, a Chinese randomized trial showed. For children treated with three cycles of carboplatin, etoposide, and vincristine (CEV), the 5-year disease-free survival (DFS) rate was 90.4% versus 89.2% with six cycles, which met the …
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When given the option, patients ages 45-49 completed colorectal cancer (CRC) screening via fecal immunochemical test (FIT) at about the same rate as 50-year-olds, according to a large retrospective cohort study. Among more than 267,000 patients who received a FIT kit in 2022, the proportion who completed it within 3 months was 39% in those …
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CHICAGO — An investigational dual-action inhibitor for geographic atrophy (GA) significantly slowed disease progression and improved visual acuity after 3 months of treatment, a small preliminary study showed. GA growth rate in treated eyes decreased by 48% from baseline versus untreated fellow eyes, and activity in the junctional zone of the retina was slowed or …
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Most adolescents who started gender-affirming medical care didn’t regret it, according to survey responses from participants in the Trans Youth Project. Out of 220 youths, only nine (4%) said they had some level of regret for having received puberty blockers and/or gender-affirming hormones, reported Kristina R. Olson, PhD, of Princeton University in New Jersey, and …
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