Our product picks are editor-tested, expert-approved. We may earn a commission through links on our site. Why Trust Us? SINQUA WALLS DIDN’T have to stretch too far from reality to portray Kamal, one half of the odd couple, hoops-hustling pairing of Hulu’s White Men Can’t Jump remake. The 38-year-old actor played college basketball, so he …
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Small physiological changes can result from wearing an N95 mask all day, including during light exercise, a small trial found. Whether this has practical implications for mask users is unclear, however, as exercise physiologists said they were not convinced by the data. Compared with unmasked controls, 15 young healthy volunteers randomized to wear an N95 …
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Note that some links may require subscriptions. Another two deaths tied to a Seattle hospital’s Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak were confirmed, bringing the total death count to nine. (USA Today) ChatGPT’s responses to questions on suicide, addiction, and other health topics were largely evidence-based, but the chatbot rarely referred patients for help, researchers found. (JAMA Network …
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Congress must act to rein in consolidation in the healthcare system while still encouraging competition, Shawn Martin of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) said Thursday during a Senate hearing. “A competitive healthcare marketplace benefits patients,” Martin, executive vice president and CEO of the AAFP, in Leawood, Kansas, said at a Senate Finance Committee …
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INDIANAPOLIS — Higher levels of neonatal hair cortisol, a measure of fetal cortisol production in the third trimester, may have a negative effect on sleep health among infants, according to a longitudinal study. Among 70 infants in the Care Project study, greater neonatal hair cortisol levels at birth predicted longer sleep onset latency at 7 …
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An FDA advisory committee on Thursday gave strong backing to a monoclonal antibody against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to prevent lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) in infants as well as in at-risk children up to 24 months of age. In a unanimous vote, all 21 members of the Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee agreed that the …
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By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — One of the signature symptoms of COVID-19 infection in the early months of the pandemic was a loss of the sense of smell. Now, new research finds that is no longer the case, thanks to the new variants that have been circulating more …
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By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Federal regulators have finalized new guidance on how much inorganic arsenic can be present in apple juice, in an effort to limit the exposure of infants and young children to this environmental contaminant. What is the new limit? 10 parts per billion, a …
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By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Radiation therapy might not be necessary in treating some forms of rectal cancer and lymphoma, sparing patients from the toxic treatment, a pair of new clinical trials shows. One trial found that rectal cancer patients whose tumors shrink in response to chemotherapy can …
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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Each year, about 200,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with a bulge in the lower part of the aorta, the main artery in the body, called an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). New research from the University of Cincinnati examines the role a particular metabolite plays in the development of …
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