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Cooking at Home Once a Week Slashes Dementia Risk
A new study suggests that cooking at home - even just once a week - may significantly lower the risk of dementia. Researchers in Japan found that adults who cooked regularly had up to a 67% lower risk of developing dementia compared to those who rarely prepared meals at...
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Experimental Pill Improves Pancreatic Cancer Survival
Revolution Medicines' experimental oral drug helped patients with pancreatic cancer live longer and showed an improvement in survival without worsening of the disease in a keenly anticipated late-stage trial. Shares of the company surged 40% to $134 in premarket...
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This Vitamin May Protect Against Alzheimer's
Here's another reason to check your vitamin D levels. A new study has found that people with higher levels of Vitamin D in midlife have fewer toxic tangles of tau protein in their brain, a factor linked to Alzheimer's disease. A team of international researchers found that...
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Losing Teeth May Lead to Weight Gain
Losing teeth might cause you to gain weight, a new study says. Weight gain is significantly associated with having fewer teeth or losing the bone and gums that support teeth, researchers recently reported in the Journal of Periodontology. The loss of teeth affects a person's...
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Study Determines Best Test for Tracking Cholesterol
Doctors might be using the wrong blood test to assess a person's risk for clogged arteries, a new study argues.A routine blood test called apolipoprotein B, or apoB, is better at guiding cholesterol-lowering treatment than other tests that health care professionals use more...
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Study: Radon Gas Increases Risk of Ovarian Cancer
An invisible radioactive gas could be increasing women's risk for ovarian cancer, a new study says. Women living in homes with elevated radon levels have higher odds of developing ovarian cancer, researchers reported April 10 in JAMA Network Open. "The risks of ovarian...
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Dr. Crandall: Marriage May Lower Cancer Risk
A new study suggests that being married may be linked to a lower risk of developing certain cancers. Researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine's Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center analyzed more than 4 million cancer cases across 12 states and found...
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Demand Surge Leads to Shortages of Estrogen Patches
Growing demand for estrogen patches to relieve menopause symptoms has led to shortages, leaving women searching multiple pharmacies or switching medications. Experts say the shortages could last as long as three years. More than 1 million women in the U.S. enter menopause...
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Your Neighborhood May Be Aging You
Your neighborhood might be causing you to grow old before your time, a new study says. Factors like green spaces, clean air, good schools, well-paying jobs and affordable housing contribute to slower biological aging, researchers report in the June issue of the journal...
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Early Diagnosis Key to Academic Success With ADHD
Children with ADHD are more apt to have a bright future if they're diagnosed in their early elementary years rather than as high schoolers, a new study says. Kids diagnosed with ADHD at an earlier age are more likely to have better grades and go on to college, researchers...
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Genetics Tied to GLP-1 Weight Loss, Side Effects
Weight-loss responses to GLP-1 obesity drugs, and risks of side effects, may be linked to genetic variants, according to a study conducted by DNA-testing service 23AndMe.The study of nearly 28,000 23AndMe users who reported taking the weight-loss drugs found that a mutation...
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NASA to Study Health Effects on Artemis Astronauts
While the Artemis II astronauts have been protected from the icy vacuum of space on their journey, their bodies have nonetheless been left exposed to possibly high levels of radiation -- a danger of space travel that NASA is anxiously waiting to study.
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Autism Drug Push Stumbles as GSK Pulls Application
Federal health officials last fall touted a new treatment for autism: leucovorin, a derivative of Vitamin B9 commonly used during cancer treatment. But the drugmaker, GSK, this week asked the Food and Drug Administration to pull its application.
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Amazon to Stock Lilly Diet Pill; Same-Day Delivery
Amazon.com said Thursday its pharmacy unit will stock Eli Lilly's new weight-loss pill at kiosks located at some of the company's primary care clinics and offer same-day delivery of the drug.
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US Fertility Rates Drop to Record Low as Births Fall
The U.S. fertility rate hit a record low last year, extending a nearly two-decade decline as fewer women had children and many delayed starting families, provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed on Thursday. Fertility has been trending...
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Fecal Transplant Improves C. Diff Infection Survival
Prompt treatment with a fecal transplant can improve survival odds of people with a life-threatening C. difficile infection, a new study says. But doctors need to act fast, highlighting the need for hospitals to maintain a bank for fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT),...
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Why You Stay in the Car After a Long Day
Have you ever pulled into the driveway of your home or a parking lot spot and just ... stayed there Maybe it's a few minutes, or half an hour. You might be scrolling on your phone, belting out a favorite song or just staring into the distance. Scroll through TikTok and...
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Flu Shot Lowers Heart Risks, Even if You Get the Flu
The influenza vaccine can significantly reduce the risk of a flu-related heart attack or stroke, even among folks who become infected after vaccination, a new study reports. The systemic inflammation caused by a flu infection is known to increase short-term risk of heart...
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Alzheimer's Tests May Miss Risks for Women
The tools doctors use to diagnose Alzheimer's disease may miss telltale changes in women, new research shows. Women account for nearly two-thirds of Alzheimer's cases in the United States. But standard screening tools rely on a one-size-fits-all approach that doesn't account...
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Rasmussen Poll: Support for Doctor-Assisted Suicide Declines
Fewer American adults support laws that legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients, according to a Rasmussen Reports survey.
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Kennedy Podcast Aims to Expose 'Corruption,' 'Lies'
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is launching a podcast that he says will begin "a new era of radical transparency in government," according to a teaser video first obtained by The Associated Press.
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CDC Warns of Rising Health Threats of Herb Kava
Poison center calls about the herbal drug kava have surged in the United States in recent years, a new study says. Calls rose 383% between 2011 and 2025 as kava became more widely known and available in the U.S., researchers reported in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
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FDA Approves At-Home Cervical Cancer Screening Kit
Lab equipment maker Waters said on Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared its at-home cervical cancer screening kit for use with an approved HPV test, potentially improving early detection and reducing deaths from the cancer.
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Gary Woodland Manages PTSD at the Masters
When Gary Woodland last played the Masters in 2024, he was months removed from surgery to remove a brain tumor. At that point, it may have appeared to outsiders that he'd finished his fight. Woodland, though, said he "didn't know what the future held. "Woodland, now 41,...
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New Cooking Method Cuts Fat in French Fries
Love french fries but not the extra fat Scientists say they may have found a way to make them healthier without losing their crunch. Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign say combining traditional frying with microwave heating could reduce how much oil...