
Maternal Mortality Risks: What You Can Do to Help
The maternal mortality rate for Black women in the U.S. is nearly three times higher than it is for white women. If you're a pregnant Black woman, what can you do to help protect yourself and your baby?
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Pregnancy Complication Ups Dementia Risk, Research Suggests
These disorders include gestational hypertension and preeclampsia. These pregnancy complications have been strongly linked to heart disease in later life, but, until now, few studies have connected these disorders with thinking and memory.
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Social Media Posts Criticize the New 988 Suicide Hotline
The July launch of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline was celebrated by many mental health providers and advocates, but it triggered concerns, too, from people who say using the service could lead to increased law enforcement involvement or forced hospitalization.
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Weight Loss Surgery Has a Big Effect on Marriage
People who have bariatric surgery double their chances of marriage or divorce. The study looked at data from 1,441 bariatric surgery patients and found that never-married patients were over 50% more likely to get married, and married patients were more than twice as likely to get divorced.
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Keeping Your Laundry Free From Monkeypox
Is your laundry a way to spread monkeypox? Keeping your laundry clean is good for your health and might be especially important if you or someone close to you has monkeypox. Read on for expert advice on how to keep your laundry monkeypox-free.
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Are You Getting Enough Vitamin D?
What you need to know about vitamin D, including how much you need, food sources of vitamin D, vitamin D blood tests, and vitamin D deficiency.
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Weight Loss Surgery for Fat Cats?
Americans are notorious for overfeeding their pets. In 2018, nearly 56 million cats and 50 million dogs were overweight or obese. But when you can't manage to cut down on the kibble and pare back the pâte, could weight loss surgery be the answer for your overstuffed companions?
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Haven't Had COVID Yet? Wanna Bet?
A mounting pile of scientific evidence suggests millions of Americans have been infected with the virus without ever even knowing it because they didn't have symptoms or had mild cases they mistook for a cold or allergies.
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'Love Hormone' No Help for Troubled Relationships: Study
Nasal sprays that contain the "love hormone" oxytocin have been marketed as a potential cure-all to improve emotional connection with others and even save troubled relationships. But a new study from the United Kingdom suggests otherwise, revealing that oxytocin spray does not make young healthy men more able to recognize emotions.
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More Evidence Fitness Trackers Can Boost Your Health
A large research review finds tracking your activity might inspire you to walk up to 40 minutes more a day, about 1,800 more steps, which could translate to the loss of more than two pounds over five months.
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How to Balance Low T
As men get older, their bodies make less testosterone. WebMD looks at the causes and treatments for this common condition.
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VA Foster Program Helps Older Vets Manage COVID Challenges
Medical foster homes are privately owned homes in which a licensed caregiver lives with and supervises residents around the clock. Caregivers help aging veterans with activities of daily living like bathing, cooking, making and getting to appointments, getting dressed, and taking daily medication.
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Go Bananas for Female Heart Health
The researchers found that as potassium consumption in women went up, blood pressure went down. And as potassium consumption rose, so did women's blood pressure.
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