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(HealthDay News) — An influential U.S. panel of experts says there’s just not enough data to decide whether or not e-cigarettes can help smokers quit. ...
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Many Young Football Players Get Concussions at Practice
(HealthDay News) — Most concussions among high school and college football players occur during practice, a new study finds. Data on more than 20,000 young ...
Read More »High-Intensity Exercise Most Effective for Breast Cancer
(HealthDay News) — For women undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer, a high-intensity physical activity program is most effective, while a low-intensity program offers a ...
Read More »New Colon Cancer Screening Options Save Lives
By Trpko Dimovski, MD As a physician, one of the most difficult aspects of my job is battling a patient’s advanced, and sometimes fatal, disease ...
Read More »Exercise May Lower Odds for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
(HealthDay News) — A lifetime of vigorous exercise may lower the risk of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma — a form of cancer that affects the lymph nodes, ...
Read More »Kids’ Eye Injuries From Paintball, Air Guns on the Rise
(HealthDay News) — Eye injuries in children from certain types of guns — such as air guns, BB guns and paintball guns — increased dramatically ...
Read More »Student With Rare Autoimmune Disease Pursues His Dreams (VIDEO)
TJ Henderson lives with a rare autoimmune disease called dermatomyositis, which causes skin and muscle inflammation. The disease affects fewer than 20,000 people worldwide and ...
Read More »Pregnant Women Think E-Cigarettes ‘Safer’ Than Regular Cigarettes
(HealthDay News) — More than 40 percent of pregnant women surveyed think electronic cigarettes are less harmful than tobacco cigarettes, according to a new study. ...
Read More »Two-Minute Walk Every Hour May Offset Effects of Sitting
(HealthDay News) — Getting up and walking for two minutes every hour could help reverse the negative health effects from prolonged sitting, new research suggests. ...
Read More »Do Wearable Devices in Hospitals Pose Security Threats?
Wearable tech has painted itself as the future of innovation for many different industries, but perhaps most notably for healthcare. Even now, wearable devices are ...
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