Sleeping Too Much Might Raise Stroke Risk
Disturbed sleep was also tied to a 29% increase in the risk for stroke, compared with people whose sleep quality was good. WebMD Health
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U.S. House Passes Drug Pricing Bill
However, the bill has no chance of being passed by the Republican-controlled Senate and the White House has threatened to veto it, the Associated Press reported. WebMD Health
A Gift You Can’t Repay
A woman resigned to dialysis treatments three times a week gets a rare gift when a friend shows up at the hospital and asks, “Will you be my kidney sista?” WebMD Health
Labels Showing Exercise Needed to Offset Food Helps
For example, such labeling would show that a person would need to walk 42 minutes or run 22 minutes to burn off the 229 calories in a small bar of milk chocolate, said British researchers. WebMD Health
Frozen Embryo Transfer Tied to Cancer Risk in Kids
There wasn’t an increased cancer risk among children born to parents who used other types of assisted reproductive technology such as fertility drugs, IVF or intracytoplasmic sperm injection. WebMD Health
Hep A Outbreak in Six States tied to Blackberries
The illnesses have occurred in Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin. WebMD Health
Kids and Concussions: Data Show Growing Threat
CDC data published in March 2019 found that from 2010 to 2016, an estimated 283,000 children came to emergency rooms each year for sports- or recreation-related traumatic brain injuries WebMD Health
Black Patients May Not Benefit On Low-Dose Aspirin
Researchers analyzed 11 years of data from more than 65,000 people, ages 40-79, living in the American Southeast. More than two-thirds of the participants were black, and about two-thirds were at high risk for heart attack or stroke at the start of the study period. WebMD Health
RECALL: Frozen Burritos for Plastic Pieces
Ruiz Food Products of Florence, SC, recalled 55,013 pounds of egg, sausage, and cheese burritos, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says. WebMD Health
An ‘Epidemic of Loneliness’ in America? Maybe Not
Yes, people tend to feel more lonely after age 75 or so. But today’s older adults are no more likely to feel isolated or lacking in companionship than previous generations. WebMD Health