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HHS announces new tool to help residents deal with extreme heat
1 of 2 | The Department of Health and Human Services on Friday introduced a new tool to help…
LGBTQ+ Americans face stress, discrimination along with higher cancer risk factors
LGBTQ+ people are at higher risk for cancer, yet experience multiple barriers to healthcare access like…
Metabolic syndrome a scary epidemic that few can define
Will the new class of weight-loss drugs battle this cluster of conditions that affect lifespan?…
Gene therapy offers huge potential for combating disease, doctors say
1 of 3 | Dr. Krystof Bankiewicz collaborates with his team in the lab at The Ohio State University…
Study: Newer epilepsy drugs during pregnancy won’t affect child’s creativity
Researchers found no difference in creativity scores at age 4 between kids of mothers with epilepsy and those…
Study supports watch-and-wait approach to slow-growing prostate cancer
Almost half or prostate cancer patients in a recent study never needed to resort to active treatment, and only…
Second Michigan human bird flu case also blamed on dairy cows
A second human H5N1 bird flu case has been found in Michigan, according to a Thursday statement from the state…
Doctors use transparent skull replacement to monitor brain health
The window has allowed doctors to both monitor his progress and test new and better scanning methods for…
PTSD, acute stress disorder rising on American college campuses
Rates of PTSD rose by 4.1 percentage points between 2017 and 2022, and stress disorder diagnoses rose by 0.5…
Hundreds test robotic extra thumb at science exhibit
Photo by Dani Clode Design/The Plasticity Lab A "Third Thumb" -- a robotic, prosthetic extra thumb…