When someone says “I need a drink,” it’s usually because they’ve had a rough day. Now, new research suggests that stress is more likely to…
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Coping with the isolation, fear and sadness of the pandemic may have been a little easier if you had a trusting and loving dog by…
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An experimental drug, added to chemotherapy, may benefit women with an aggressive form of breast cancer, suggests an early study offering much-needed good news. The…
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Couples struggling to conceive a child through in vitro fertilization (IVF) sometimes are offered an often-painful procedure known as “scratching the womb” as a desperate…
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FRIDAY, Dec. 17 2021A new study confirms what many older women already know: Bladder problems in women worsen with age. The researchers found that postmenopausal…
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When a woman’s periods begin to slow down and finally stop, digestive problems often pick up — and new research suggests race and ethnicity play…
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New research on hysterectomies among women who don’t have cancer determined there is an age at which it is safer to also remove the ovaries…
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Regular physical activity has all sorts of benefits, and now researchers say it may help ward off serious pneumonia. Until now, it wasn’t clear how…
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Dirty air could cancel out some of the brain benefits of exercise, a new study suggests. “Physical activity is associated with improved markers of brain…
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This time of year can be hard on the heart. The United States has more heart attack deaths between Christmas and New Year’s Day than…
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Older adults have a higher risk of delirium after hip and knee surgery if they’re taking anxiety, depression or insomnia drugs, researchers say. “Our findings…
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Stress about the COVID-19 pandemic may be eclipsing holiday joy for many older Americans, a new poll reveals. About half (47%) of 50- to 80-year-olds…
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