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04 Feb

Diabetes During Pregnancy Linked to Higher Epilepsy Risk in Children

A new study finds children exposed to type 1, type 2 or gestational diabetes in the womb have a slightly increased risk of developing epilepsy.

03 Feb

Study Raises Red Flags About Noise Machines, Apps and Healthy Sleep

A new study suggests pink noise, a common sleep aide, may interfere with deep, restorative sleep necessary for both body and brain health.

02 Feb

From Kitchen to Clinic: How Culinary Medicine Is Changing Health Care

HealthDay takes you on a tour of the Yale Teaching Kitchen, where patients with diabetes, heart disease, obesity and more learn to cook for life.

Slashed Foreign Aid May Cost 9.4 Million Lives by 2030, Study Says

Cuts to foreign aid are already shutting down soup kitchens, limiting medicine supplies and reducing food rations in some of the world’s poorest countries.

Now, new research suggests the damage could get much worse.

A study published Feb. 2 in The Lancet estimates that ongoing cuts in global aid could lead to 9.4...

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Ultra-Processed Foods Might Shorten The Lives Of Cancer Survivors

Beating cancer is no small feat, but a diet loaded with ultra-processed foods might undercut survivors’ future health, a new study says.

Cancer survivors with diets high in ultra-processed foods have a 59% higher rate of death from cancer, researchers reported today in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention<...

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Pink Noise Might Interfere With Healthy Sleep, Trial Finds

"Pink noise” has become a trendy sleep aid, but a new study says it actually might interfere with brain activity during sleep.
People listening to pink noise suffered a decrease in the amount of time they were in REM sleep, the stage of sleep in which dreams occur, researchers reported Feb. 2 in the journal Sleep.
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Pill Can Reduce Hot Flashes Among Prostate Cancer Patients

A pill used to treat an overactive bladder can also be used to reduce hot flashes among men taking hormone-deprivation therapy for prostate cancer.
Men taking oxybutynin had a dramatic decrease in the number and intensity of hot flashes that occurred as a result of their prostate cancer treatment, researchers reported Feb. 2 in the Jou...

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Most Teens With IBS Outgrow Symptoms by Adulthood, Study Finds

For many teenagers, the cramping and discomfort of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) can feel like a life sentence.
But a new long-term study offers good news: A majority of adolescents with the condition will likely enter adulthood symptom-free.
Researchers from the University of Gothenburg and Karolinska Institute in Sweden foll...

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From Injury to Inspiration: Teen’s Lego Project Brightens Hospital Recovery

When high school athlete Devin Brenner suffered a catastrophic knee injury during a long jump event, his competitive dreams were suddenly replaced by a grueling 10-month road to recovery.
Now, the 18-year-old is using the Lego toys that helped him heal to inspire others facing similar battles.
The Connecticut teen tore all four...

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