It’s not high blood pressure, hemorrhage or sepsis that is more likely to kill pregnant women — it’s their husbands and boyfriends. Homicide is a…
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A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee on Wednesday voted to recommend that a controversial drug meant to prevent premature births be pulled from…
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Taking that often-cited 10,000 steps a day — or even slightly fewer — may indeed be enough to improve your health, a new study suggests.…
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After COVID-19, resuming regular exercise may be harder, and new research suggests this may be one more symptom of long COVID. For the study, the…
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Pregnancy can be a big motivator for women to stop smoking. Now a new study suggests that at least some pregnant smokers start cutting back…
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That e-bike might make hilly rides a lot more fun, but it’s not improving your fitness the way a good old-fashioned bicycle would, a new…
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Over time, men and women under chronic stress face a significantly higher risk that they will die as a result of cancer, a new study…
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Playing sports can benefit children in many ways, but all sports are not equal when it comes to their bones. New research suggests children will…
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Tackling drills are typically a staple of high school football practices, but new research suggests dropping them from training might cut the risk of head…
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Millions of women routinely check Instagram after giving birth, only to see posts by other new moms showing off how fast they got back into…
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Yoga, meditation and other mindfulness practices may help people with type 2 diabetes lower their blood sugar — nearly to the degree that standard medications…
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Over 1 million U.S. children and teens — many of them male — have broken bones and fractured their skulls in bicycle injuries over the…
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