By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, April 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New mothers who gave birth early in the pandemic filled far more opioid prescriptions than American women did previously, raising concerns about the potential for narcotic misuse. About 38% of more than 460,000 women who gave birth from July 2018 through December 2020 …
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By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, April 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new study shows that money, or lack of it, can stand in the way of follow-up testing after an abnormal mammogram result. Just over one-fifth of U.S. women surveyed by researchers said they would skip additional testing if they had to pay …
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Have you been told that your child needs glasses or contacts? Health experts estimate that almost half the U.S. population — 42% — has myopia (nearsighted ness), a figure that has almost doubled over the past 3 decades and continues to grow. But being nearsighted is more than just an inconvenience: It can pose long-term …
April 5, 2023 — Barbara Rosebrock was heading to the doctor’s office to learn how to use her 8-year-old daughter’s new insulin pump when health care as she knew it forever changed. It was March 11, 2020. With a mysterious new virus entering the U.S., vulnerable patients like Aubrey — recently diagnosed with type 1 …
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FOR WEEKS, RUMORS have circulated that Matthew McConaughey was poised to enter the Yellowstone universe, and now at last we have official confirmation. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount Media Networks head Chris McCarthy confirmed that McConaughey is indeed lined up for a spin-off, though he kept mum on most additional details. One …
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I’M NOT A total stranger to fitness. I used to run and mountain bike for fun, but I was always exhausted after long sessions. Exhaustion was a theme for me: I was always tired, mentally and physically, especially after work and into the evenings. Weekends were the same; I felt like I ran out of …
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BUILDING A SET of eye-catching (and massively strong) arms isn’t as easy as simply going into the gym and doing dumbbell curls until everything hurts. If it were that simple, everyone would have Captain America-level biceps popping out of their t-shirts. If you really want to truly grow big arms, it’s about focusing on the …
The annual search for the next Men’s Health Ultimate Guy has begun. We’re looking for guys who don’t just embody a high level of physical fitness, but also take care of their mental and emotional health, and provide an inspiring example to others in their personal and professional lives. Past winners have included firefighter Tim …
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if you communicate with people throughout the day—basically, if you’re human—then you, like me, sometimes find yourself “following up,” “circling back,” and generally coming to terms with being ignored, especially considering all the other instances in your life in which you might go unheard. (No response to a “let’s reconnect” DM to an old friend; …
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April 4, 2023 – Lisa McCorkell had a mild bout of COVID-19 in March 2020. Young and healthy, she assumed that she would bounce back quickly. But when her fatigue, shortness of breath, and brain fog persisted, she realized that she most likely had long COVID. “Back then, we as patients basically coined the term,” …
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