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It Pays to Prepare Oct. 28, 2020
The world wasn't ready for the COVID-19 pandemic. A study by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Boar... Read More
Caregiving's Health Toll Oct. 21, 2020
A new Blue Cross Blue Shield report on the state of caregiving in the United States paints an unsett... Read More
How Do You Stay Hydrated? Oct. 14, 2020
Water remains the drink of choice for most people, according to new data from the Centers for Diseas... Read More
(Grand)father Knows Best Sep. 30, 2020
A survey by the Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health finds that nearly half of par... Read More
Portrait of a Heavy Drinker Sep. 09, 2020
Two-thirds of U.S. adults reported consuming alcohol in 2018. Five percent were defined as "heavy dr... Read More
Opioid Deaths Up but Prescriptions Down Aug. 26, 2020
Fatal opioid overdoses were up in 2019, reaching a record high of 70,980 deaths. That's worrisome be... Read More
The Year Just Flu By Aug. 12, 2020
Parents of kids under age 5 often schedule their child's annual checkup for around their birthday. T... Read More
Monkey See, Humans Do Jul. 29, 2020
Humans and monkeys share about 93 percent of their DNA. We think a lot alike as well. In experiments... Read More
The State of Caregiving Jul. 22, 2020
Nearly 1 in 5 adults in the United States is an unpaid caregiver for an adult with health or other f... Read More
Broccoli Be Gone Jul. 08, 2020
A study published in Pediatrics says parental demands that kids eat all their vegetables or parents'... Read More
Vaccinations Plummet During Pandemic Jun. 24, 2020
Routine vaccinations for children plummeted earlier this year, say researchers. Compared with the fi... Read More
Changing E-Cig Tastes Jun. 03, 2020
In November 2018, under pressure from the Food and Drug Administration, e-cigarette maker Juul annou... Read More
Palliative Care Helps Parkinson's Patients Apr. 22, 2020
A small study has found that adding palliative care — treatment focused on providing relief fr... Read More
The Pulmonary Perils of Vaping Apr. 15, 2020
Vaping poses multiple health risks, not least among them addiction to nicotine. But e-cigarettes al... Read More
Snakes on a Petri Dish Mar. 25, 2020
Organoids are all the rage in biological science these days. They are essentially mini versions of t... Read More
Caring About the Caregivers Mar. 18, 2020
Most family members and unpaid caregivers looking after older adults say they feel listened to when ... Read More
Cold Comfort Feb. 26, 2020
New data culled from 677,000 temperatures taken and recorded from 1860 to the early 2000s suggests h... Read More
After Unplanned Hospital Visit, Another Unpleasant Surprise Jan. 15, 2020
A Canadian study has found that among older adults, an unexpected hospital admission was associated ... Read More
Stemming the Tide Aug. 14, 2019
Judging from the ubiquity of advertising by clinics touting stem cell-based treatments for everythin... Read More
Deaths of Despair Aug. 07, 2019
Ah, to be a millennial! Or not. New data from the Trust for America's Health, a nonpartisan health p... Read More
