
Seniors With Few Years Left Often Advised to Get Colonoscopy
Some polyps, if allowed to grow, have the potential to develop into cancer, a transformation that can take 10 to 15 years. This long timeline highlights the importance of considering life expectancy in deciding which patients should have a repeat colonoscopy.
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Can Laws Be Medicines?
How the field of legal epidemiology uses rigorous scientific methods to investigate the link between policy and public health.
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NOVIDS: Do Some Have the Genes to Dodge COVID?
NOVIDS is the term some use to describe those who haven't gotten COVID. But researchers are not overly fond of the word. They're looking for the possible genetic underpinnings to a group of people they prefer to call "resisters."
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Training Options for Dogs and Cats
Learn about the choices for training your pet, including group classes, one-on-one training, agility lessons, training for behavior problems, and cat training options.
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Have IBD and Insomnia? You're Not Alone
More than one-third of people with inflammatory bowel disease report trouble sleeping, with moderate or worse insomnia. And the more severe their insomnia, the worse the disability related to their IBD, a new study finds.
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Emergency Contraception
Almost 3 million unintended pregnancies happen each year in the United States. Read here to find out about emergency contraception.
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Q&A: The Future of COVID-19
With the third anniversary of COVID upon us, various experts give us their takes on the future of COVID-19 and how their perspectives have changed over 3 years.
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3 Years On, Why Don't We Know the Extent of Long COVID?
More than 3 years into the pandemic, finding out how many Americans have long COVID - and what to about it - has proved to be far harder than identifying those infected with the virus who have recovered or died from it.
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COVID at 3 Years: Where Are We Headed?
Three years after COVID-19 rocked the world, the pandemic has evolved into a steady state of commonplace infections, less frequent hospitalization and death, and continued anxiety and isolation for older people and those with weakened immune systems.
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Is Your Birth Control as Safe as You Think?
Since NuvaRing hit the market, more than 700 women have filed lawsuits, claiming it has caused potentially life-threatening blood clots. The battle may change the way millions of women prevent pregnancy.
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Treatments: Failure's Not an Option
You and your care team have a number of different options when it comes to treating heart failure. It all starts with a change in lifestyle.
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The Future of GA Treatment
Scientists are closer than ever to new therapies for geographic atrophy, an advanced form of the eye disease called dry age-related macular degeneration.
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Tips for Navigating Metastatic Breast Cancer
Nurse navigators and social workers can help you bridge the gap when it comes to paying for treatment and getting the mental health support you need. Learn more about what they do.
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Tips to Fit Your Sleep Style
Are you a night owl or an early bird? Or do you burn the candle at both ends? See what your sleep style is and what you can do to sleep better.
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Could the Mediterranean Diet Help People With MS?
New research finds that a diet rich in veggies, fruit, fish and healthy fat reduced their risk of developing memory loss as well as losing the ability to concentrate, learn new things or make decisions.
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What Excites Me in MS Research
There are many multiple sclerosis therapies in development right now. Bruce Bebo, PhD, shares what's coming down the pipeline.
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Irregular Sleep Tied to Increased Heart Disease Risk
Irregular sleep, such as sleeping for an inconsistent number of hours each night or falling asleep at different times, may increase the risk of developing atherosclerosis, or the hardening of the arteries, among adults over age 45, a new study suggests.
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Q&A: Maybe Kids Don't Need to Lose Weight
New guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatricians on childhood obesity have been well received by many. But some experts question whether the recommendations might have unexpected consequences.
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Even Mild COVID Might Change Your Brain
A new report says people who are experiencing anxiety and depression months after a mild case of COVID may have changes affecting the structure and function of their brains.
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