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News Articles: Health

Gymnast Rebeca Andrade (center) of Brazil wins her first gold medal in Paris. Paying homage are silver medalist Simone Biles (left) and bronze medalist Jordan Chiles of the United States.

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  • Global Health

How 'Grey's Anatomy' and recipes psyched Rebeca Andrade up to best Simone Biles

You might be surprised to learn that "Grey's Anatomy" and recipes were on the Brazilian gymnast's mind on the eve of her gold medal winning routine in the Olympics floor event.

August 06, 2024
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  • Maria Isabel Barros Guinle
"Everything that we are as human beings is in our brain," Dr. Theodore Schwartz says.

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  • Health Care

For this brain surgeon, the operating room is 'the ultimate in mindful meditation'

Dr. Theodore Schwartz has been treating neurological illnesses for nearly 30 years. He says being a brain surgeon requires steady hands — and a strong bladder. His new book is Gray Matters.

August 05, 2024
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  • Terry Gross
Magnesium is important for many processes in the body, including regulating muscle and nerve function, blood sugar levels and making protein and bone.

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  • Health

Americans don't get enough sleep. Can magnesium supplements help?

A lot of people are sleep deprived, according to the CDC. Some take supplements like melatonin to help. Now there’s growing interest in magnesium as a sleep aid. But is there any evidence it works?

August 05, 2024
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  • Maria Godoy
 The abortion pill regimen, including mifepristone, pictured, and misoprostol is how most of the study respondents reported handling their self-managed abortions.

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  • Health

Abortion with no medical help? It nearly doubled in 2023, study shows

A study looks at the rate of self-managed abortion since Roe v. Wade fell. The study found that the use of mifepristone to self-manage abortion has nearly doubled from 6.6% in 2021 to 11.0% in 2023.

August 05, 2024
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  • Sarah Varney
Hot weather adds to the challenge of competing at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. The Olympics advised athletes to acclimatize before the games with a technique called heat training that can help the body adapt.

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  • Health

Heat training can help athletes -- and the rest of us -- adapt to hotter weather

Some Olympic athletes prepared for Paris with a technique for acclimatizing to hot weather. Healthy people can take a cue from them, medical experts say, to build up tolerance for heat.

August 04, 2024
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  • Pien Huang
Members of advocacy group Parents for Safe Online Space rally after a hearing on Capitol Hill in January. The group supports proposed legislation that will hold tech companies accountable for limiting children's exposure to harmful online content.

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  • Technology

A historic new law would protect kids online and hold tech companies accountable

The new law would require tech companies to limit children's exposure to dangerous online content. The last time Congress legislated on kids online safety was before social media and smartphones.

August 03, 2024
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  • Windsor Johnston
New blood tests that help detect Alzheimer's disease are opening up a new era in diagnosis and treatment, doctors say.

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  • Research News

New blood tests can help diagnose Alzheimer's. Are doctors ready for what's next?

A new generation of blood tests can help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. But many doctors don’t yet know how to use them.

August 02, 2024
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  • Jon Hamilton
Two health workers see a patient.  “Cataract cut my main income source," the patient said before she had surgery. "I cannot sell anything, I cannot write anything. It’s difficult to continue with my job.”

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  • Global Health

Prize for the eyes: WHO honors film on Indonesia's pioneering women eye docs

The short documentary is called The Visionary Women of Indonesia. It profiles women ophthalmologists who are addressing the high rate of blindness in their country — and fighting sexism as well.

August 02, 2024
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  • Vicky Hallett
Brazil's Rebeca Andrade competes in the floor exercise event of the artistic gymnastics women's team final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on July 30.

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  • Global Health

How a bunk bed acrobat from a favela in Brazil became the #2 female gymnast in the world

Rebeca Andrade grew up one of 8 kids raised by a single mom. At age 4, she showed off at a gym tryout. After her silver medal in the Paris Olympics, Brazil is hailing her as a "national treasure."

August 01, 2024
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  • Maria Isabel Barros Guinle
Controversy has clouded efforts to get MDMA, or ecstasy, approved as a treatment for PTSD. But supporters haven't given up and are lobbying for FDA approval.

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  • Health

Can a lobbying push led by veterans help MDMA get approved for PTSD treatment?

Advocates are still fighting to get the psychedelic drug approved as a mental health treatment, despite its rejection by the FDA's advisory committee in June. They face an uphill battle.

August 01, 2024
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  • Will Stone
In 1994, young people wearing "True Love Waits" T-shirts hammer pledge cards stating they'll abstain from sex until marriage into the lawn of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

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  • National

30 years later, the evangelical purity movement still impacts sex education

In 1994 on the National Mall, thousands of American teens pledged abstinence until marriage. The movement it created has influenced sex education in schools to this day.

August 01, 2024
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  • Magnolia McKay
Bird flu continues to spread among dairy cattle. And new research shows there may be more cases among farm workers than health officials have confirmed to date.

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  • Health

Bird flu cases among farm workers may be going undetected, a study suggests

Dairy workers in Texas show signs of prior, uncounted bird flu infections in a new study. Without better surveillance, researchers warn that health officials could be caught off guard if the virus gets more contagious.

July 31, 2024
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By:
  • Amy Maxmen
Stick and ground cinnamon is displayed for a photograph in Concord, N.H., on March 2, 2008.

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  • Health

The FDA adds more brands to a new alert for lead-contaminated cinnamon

No illnesses have been reported in connection to the alerts. The FDA has recommended that manufacturers voluntarily recall their products.

July 31, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
This 2002 electron microscope image from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a Listeria monocytogenes bacterium. Health officials have announced a recall of liverwurst and deli meat products in connection with a national listeria outbreak that has sickened nearly three dozen people in 13 states.

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  • Health

Boar's Head recalls 7 million more pounds of deli meats tied to listeria outbreak

The new recall includes 71 products made between May 10 and July 29 under the Boar's Head and Old Country brand names, following an earlier recall of 200,000 pounds of sliced deli poultry and meat.

July 31, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
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  • Health

Medicare negotiations for lower drug prices near the finish line

Medicare's new authority to negotiate lower prescription drug prices represents a signature accomplishment of the Biden-Harris administration. Here's what to know as the first set of talks wraps up.

July 30, 2024
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  • Sydney Lupkin
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