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CHICAGO — Good news: Sex is safe for most heart patients. If you’re healthy enough to walk up two flights of stairs without chest pain or gasping for breath, you can have a love life.
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That advice from a leading doctors’ group on Thursday addresses one of the most pressing, least discussed issues facing survivors of heart attacks
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George Washington University women’s board presents woman to woman, mind, body, and spirit Health Symposium.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Check-ups during pregnancy tend to focus around the waist. But there’s growing debate about which mothers-to-be should have a gland in their neck tested, too.
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Numerous studies since 1999 have found that an underactive thyroid can raise a woman’s risk of miscarriage, premature birth, or a lower IQ for her baby – even if it’s so mildly sluggish that she feels no
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Twelve members of the committee voted in favor of a recommendation that 11- and 12-year-old boys be vaccinated; one member abstained.
HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the United States. At least half of sexually active people will get it at some point in their lives.
Why vaccinate middle schoolers?
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WASHINGTON (AP) — No major medical group recommends routine PSA blood tests to check men for prostate cancer, and now a government panel is saying they do more harm than good and healthy men should no longer receive the tests as part of routine cancer screening.
The panel’s guidelines had long advised men over 75 to forgo the tests and the new recommendation extends that do-not-screen advice to healthy men of all
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According to TIME magazine, A new study suggests that oil from the seeds of coriander — the green herb that’s more commonly known as cilantro — may be able to wipe out a broad range of harmful bacteria, including drug-resistant bugs and those that commonly cause food poisoning.
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New research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers another reminder for tattoo parlor patrons to take precautions against potential risks before getting inked….
Severe skin infections are increasing among children and becoming one of the most common reasons for hospitalization, a new study finds.
A ten-year-old Black chef is spreading healthy eating to his peers. After watching his friends not eating right at school, Chazz Darby decided to do something about it.
Darby, with the help of his mom Dorette Darby, created ”My Own Food” interactive cooking for children of all ages with adult supervision.
With meals like heavenly banana wrap and island cucumber punch, Darby designed meals that kids can tackle on their own.
The Grio reports:
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Despite African-Americans being one of the highest groups in the United States at risk of contracting HIV, Black physicians still find it hard to recommend HIV tests to their patients, a new study reports.
According to the study, Black physicians are embarrassed to address the social stigmas that Blacks bring into the office of the disease, so they often refrain from addressing the realities and the impact that HIV and
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The skyrocketing unemployment rate in the African-American community (16.2 percent) is compelling Black Americans to sacrifice healthy eating, for cheap, caloric foods.
Nearly 4.5 million Americans are eating less-healthy foods due to a diminished spending power, and desire to conserve money. For African-Americans, who suffer from the greatest economic strains, the numbers could be catastrophic.
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A recent study shows that when suffering from stroke- like symptoms, African Americans are more likely to call a friend instead of 911.
Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington D.C. interviewed 100 acute stroke patients or those who accompanied them to the hospital and found that 75 percent said they called someone else first instead of 911 when they realized something was wrong. Even more reported
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