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SATURDAY, March 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Clearing away snow can be hazardous to your health, experts warn.
Shoveling snow causes 100 deaths a year in the ...
FRIDAY, March 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Giving homeless COVID-19 patients a free hotel room for their quarantine and recovery pays huge health dividends for the e...
FRIDAY, March 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Americans love to have choices, and now there are three COVID-19 vaccines approved for use in the United States.
But...
FRIDAY, March 5, 2021 (Healthday News) -- Coronavirus restrictions should not be lifted until the daily toll of new U.S. cases falls below 10,000, "and maybe even c...
FRIDAY, March 5, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- With each beat of your heart, the muscle squeezes, feeding blood to the rest of your body. The squeeze is...
Anti-Parasite Drug Won't Help Against Mild COVID-19: Study
A drug called ivermectin that's typically used to tre...
FRIDAY, March 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Readers pay attention when social media sites label an article as "unverified" or "suspicious," a new study suggests.
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FRIDAY, March 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Seizures of illegal drugs fell sharply in the United States during early COVID-19 lockdowns, but spiked once stay-at-home ...
FRIDAY, March 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- You might decide your frizzy locks aren't so bad after all, given a new warning from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
FRIDAY, March 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Can money buy you happiness? Maybe not, but a new study suggests it's linked to greater feelings of confidence and pride.<...
FRIDAY, March 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Opioids and arthritic knees are a costly mix, new research claims.
"These data offer new evidence of the magnitude o...
FRIDAY, March 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many women suffer through countless urinary tract infections (UTIs), but a new study in mice offers hope that a vaccine co...
FRIDAY, March 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Toddlers whose mothers took certain epilepsy drugs during pregnancy are unlikely to have development delays, researchers s...
THURSDAY, March 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- There's new evidence that fast-spreading variants of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 are more resistant to antibod...
THURSDAY, March 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Some people given the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine may develop a reaction at the injection site that can first appear more t...
THURSDAY, March 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Fireworks, skateboards and button batteries are among the products associated with increased trips to the emergency room...
THURSDAY, March 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- While strokes strike many Americans, a new study shows the risk is particularly high among American I...
THURSDAY, March 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In some reassuring news for professional athletes, a new study finds very few develop inflammatory he...
THURSDAY, March 4, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Because of the lack of oxygen at such lofty altitudes, Dr. Akil Taherbhai needed four hours to climb th...
THURSDAY, March 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Even after suffering a stroke, many Hispanic Americans still have uncontrolled diabetes, high blood p...
THURSDAY, March 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A common herb that makes your favorite feline high may hold the key to a mosquito-free summer in your backyard.
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THURSDAY, March 4, 2021 (Healthday News) -- In a finding that suggests overweight people should be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccines, a new report released Thursday...
Emptier Roads, But Sharp Rise in U.S. Traffic Deaths in 2020
Even though Americans drove less last year due to t...
THURSDAY, March 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Like many people this past year, teenager Tyona Montgomery began experiencing a sore throat and a los...
THURSDAY, March 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Concussions can increase the long-term risk of a wide range of sleep disorders, a new study indicates.
Researchers...
THURSDAY, March 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Who is more likely to relapse after opioid addiction treatment — women or men?
A new study that followed 1,100 rec...
THURSDAY, March 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- If your teen seems disinterested in school, new research suggests there's a good chance that things will get better over...
THURSDAY, March 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Women with type 1 diabetes may have a shorter length of time to conceive and bear children compared to those without the...
WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For helping Parkinson's patients improve their balance and mobility, golf may beat the martial art e...
WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Teenagers who vape pot are more likely to wheeze and cough than those who smoke or vape nicotine, new survey data revea...