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SATURDAY, Jan. 18, 2020 — Want to know how to avoid blood clots and varicose veins? One physician offers some tips on how to keep your blood vessels healthy. Arteries and veins are collectively known as the vascular system. Arteries transport oxygen and nutrient-rich blood throughout the body, while veins carry de-oxygenated, waste-filled blood back […]

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2020 — Naloxone can prevent opioid overdose deaths, but only a tiny percentage of Americans at risk are prescribed the lifesaving drug. That’s the key finding from an analysis of nationwide data on adults with private health insurance. The researchers found that while naloxone (Evzio, Narcan) prescriptions in this group rose between […]

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2020 — Minority women with breast cancer are less likely to have insurance, which could lower their odds of survival, researchers say. “Having adequate health insurance for all could reduce the persistent racial outcome disparities in breast cancer,” said study lead author Dr. Naomi Ko, assistant professor of medicine at Boston University […]

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2020 — Travelers from China will now have to undergo enhanced screening at three major U.S. airports for symptoms of a new coronavirus that has caused an outbreak of pneumonia in China, federal health officials said Friday. The three airports — San Francisco (SFO), New York (JFK) and Los Angeles (LAX) — […]

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2020 — Couples struggling to get pregnant might want to add a little more fish in their diet, a new study says. Young men who take fish oil supplements appear to have better sperm quality and higher testosterone levels than those who don’t, as well as larger testicles, researchers report. Although it […]

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2020 — Hearing that your unborn baby has congenital heart disease can be traumatic, but now new research suggests that if you experience stress, anxiety or depression afterward it could affect your baby’s brain development. Congenital heart disease (structural problems with the heart) is the one of the most common birth defects. […]

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2020 — There’s more evidence that the canine-human bond is a tight one: New research finds that stray dogs pick up on human commands, even though they haven’t been trained. Of the untrained dogs in the study, 80% went to the place a person pointed to. This suggests dogs understand complex gestures […]

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2020 — Patients taking the blood thinner warfarin have been told that it should be taken at night, but a new study found the time of day doesn’t matter. “Whether warfarin is taken in the morning, or the evening, its therapeutic effect is the same,” said lead researcher Dr. Scott Garrison, an […]

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2020 (American Heart Association News) — Grapefruit looks sweet and friendly, but you might have heard it possesses powers far beyond those of ordinary produce. Some of that reputation is fact, and some is myth. Facts first: According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, half a medium grapefruit has only 41 calories […]

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2020 — Are college students choosing marijuana instead of booze when both are legal? New research suggests they are: In states where pot is legal, college kids use it more, but binge-drink less. In states with legal marijuana, college students were 18% more likely to use it in the past month than […]