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Health news • Mar 30

Waking Up in Pain? Your Sleep Position May Need Adjusting.

Ever wake up with a crick in your neck or a pain in your lower back? Are you roused from sleep by heartburn, or a partner complaining that you snore?

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Health news • Mar 30

How much protein do you need? Here's how to personalize your optimal intake

The Dietary Guidelines released this year recommend higher levels of this essential nutrient. But protein needs are personal. Here's how to assess yours.

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Health news • Mar 30

How Art Is Making People Healthier

Artistic expression is proving to be such an effective remedy that hospitals are writing it into patients' charts and putting in-house artists on the...

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Health news • Mar 30

'I caught a Victorian disease that made people avoid me - and fell pregnant'

A woman who was covered 'head-to-toe' in a rash after falling ill had to remove her contraceptive patch due to the outbreak - and fell pregnant.

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Health news • Mar 30

Exercise that puts you out of breath for few minutes daily lowers disease risk by 60%

People who engage in just a few minutes of vigorous physical activity daily have a lower risk of developing eight major diseases, including arthritis,...

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Health news • Mar 30

Dozing dormouse found in popped helium balloon in Essex

The tiny creature chooses to hibernate in a deflated balloon in a tree.

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Health news • Mar 30

Health Ministry: 2,600 exposed to tuberculosis in Sheba Medical Center

Health Ministry, Sheba Medical Center, warn tuberculosis patient exposed 750 patients, including 300 infants, along with thousands of staff and visitors.

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Health news • Mar 30

'My husband got early dementia, now I'm a full-time carer'

A woman from Blackburn says she is caring full-time for her husband who developed dementia at 61.

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Health news • Mar 30

Just a few minutes of effort could lower your risk of 8 major diseases

Just a few minutes of getting out of breath each day could dramatically cut your risk of major diseases—including heart disease, dementia, and diabetes.

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Health news • Mar 30

The #1 Morning Habit to Help You Poop, According to Gastroenterologists

This expert-recommended morning habit is often overlooked as a key player in helping you stay regular. (It's not a high-fiber breakfast or coffee!)

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Health news • Mar 30

Dr. Dolinger Speaks for Crown Heights Crohn’s and Colitis Support

Watch: The Crown Heights Crohn's and Colitis Support group hosted Dr. Michael Dolinger for an evening dedicated to patients and caregivers living with the...

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Health news • Mar 30

3 Simple Daily Changes Could Lower Your Risk of Heart Attack And Stroke

Many different factors play into your risk of a heart attack, stroke, and heart failure, and a lot of them involve lifestyle choices most people can do...

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Health news • Mar 30

Psychology says the reason some people become wiser as they age while others become more rigid has nothing to do with intelligence. It depends on whether they ever learned to sit with discomfort

One has this quiet depth to them. They've softened around the edges. They hold space for complexity, for other people's contradictions, for the fact that...

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Health news • Mar 30

A formerly low-profile COVID variant is spreading fast. Here’s what to know

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. A variant of COVID-19 called BA.3.2,...

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Health news • Mar 29

Brief, intense daily activities linked to lower dementia and diabetes risk

A study has revealed that just running to catch a departing bus or quickly climbing stairs can reduce the risk of dementia by up to 63%.

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Health news • Mar 29

Cheap Daily Supplement Appears to Boost Brain Functions in Older People

What's good for your aging gut may also be good for your aging brain. A first-of-its-kind study in twins found that taking daily protein and prebiotic...

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Health news • Mar 29

Can Man-Made Eggs Be the Future of Fertility?

When a baby girl is the size of a sweet potato—about 10 inches from head to toe in her mother's womb—she has the most eggs she will ever have in her entire...

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Health news • Mar 29

The psychological difference between playing video games to relax and playing to win

Video games offer adults a popular way to unwind, but new research shows that playing to win is linked to higher anxiety. The findings reveal how gaming...

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Health news • Mar 29

Heartbreak as husband battles terminal brain tumor while wife has second cancer fight

A California husband and wife, Zak and Cori Salazar, with three children are still battling cancer together more than two years later.

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Health news • Mar 29

Deadly virus first detected in Bay Area park found in Central California

A strain of the deadly avian flu detected in Ano Nuevo State Park last month, with cases confirmed in California marine mammals for the first time ever,...

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