Sometimes new moms receive opioid prescriptions for pain, particularly after a cesarean delivery. They needn’t worry, researchers say. Their newborns are at no greater risk…
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Your eyes close and your mind shuts down the second your head hits the pillow, but you wake up 10 hours later still feeling tired.…
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It’s extremely rare, but the number of women suffering cardiac arrest during childbirth is rising in the United States as older, less healthy women have…
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Even modest weight gain above the average puts kids at risk for high blood pressure, new research shows. “Hypertension during youth tracks into adulthood and…
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Don’t rely on TikTok for accurate health information about mpox, the virus once known as monkeypox, a new study says. An international group of researchers…
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Practicing yoga might help older adults become a little surer on their feet, a new research review suggests. The review, of 33 small clinical trials,…
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Genital herpes. It’s an embarrassing sexually transmitted disease that no one ever wants to be diagnosed with, but millions are. According to the U.S. Centers…
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During the first year of the pandemic, the United States saw a spike in the number of Black infants who died suddenly — worsening a…
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Kids and teens are struggling with their mental health in America, and one new report suggests the overinvolvement of parents may be partly to blame.…
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You may have heard of postpartum depression and “the baby blues,” but did you know that there’s another widely studied mental health condition called postpartum…
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(HealthDay News) – For some children, it can be hard when mom or dad leave them at daycare, school or even just with the other…
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Planning for a safe summer camp experience requires some extra steps if your child has asthma or allergies. An allergy expert noted that it’s a…
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