Adult Health

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How to identify and help someone with an eating disorder

These tiny mites are mating on your face while you sleep

face mites

Dog lovers, a study suggests your affection might be in your DNA

dog ownership genetic code

What causes dandruff – and how to deal with it

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How traumatic injury has become a health care crisis

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Joint pain supplement may actually benefit your heart

Heart Scan Health 05152019

Americans are OK with adults using Adderall at work – but not athletes or students

Does Adderall help with tests?

Just 16 minutes of sleep loss can harm work concentration the next day

Man Yawn 04302019

Five ways to stop snoring

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The oldest millennials are less healthy than Gen Xers were at the same age

Millennial health compared to Generation X

Adults who skip breakfast have increased risk of cardiovascular-related death, study finds

skipping breakfast death

As syphilis invades rural America, a fraying health safety net is failing to stop it

Syphilis 04222019

The keys to getting in shape for men in their 30s and 40s

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Symptoms of the most common STDs

Gonorrhea bacteria NAIAD 04192019

When is the best time to exercise? Researchers identify ideal hours

Carroll - Running in Philadelphia

Hoping to sleep better? Researchers debunk common myths

How to get better sleep

This dairy-free drink was created to promote healthy aging

perennial drink aging wellness

FDA releases list of nitrosamine-free blood pressure medications amid shortage

Doctor takes a patient's blood pressure

Eating an unhealthy diet might be more deadly than smoking, study finds

poor diet death

As seasonal allergies return, more people finding relief under the tongue

Tongue Woman 04022019

Gardeners, beware: there's dangerous bacteria lurking in potting soil

potting soil bacteria disease

Pairing painkillers with music may enhance relief, new study finds

pain pills music

FYI, you're never too old to get measles (or the vaccine)

measles vaccine mumps rubella MMR 03192019

Global study of pancreatic cancer offers possible insights into treatment, early detection

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Heart attacks can happen to young and fit women – as South Jersey mother learned

Heart Attack SCAD

Mazzoni Center program announces a more inclusive name-change

Carroll - Mazzoni Center

Your lungs are really amazing. An anatomy professor explains why

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This is the most commonly missed type of cancer affecting younger adults

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Documentary linking root canals to cancer drilled by dentists, yanked by Netflix

Root_Cause_Documentary

Turns out, you can't actually catch up on sleep, according to this study

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Can sitting less decrease your risk of heart disease?

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Days before heading to ER, patients Google symptoms, illnesses

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Paid family leave is an investment in public health, not a handout

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Are you a caregiver in need of respite? There is help available

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Update: 'Young blood' transfusions are risky treatment, FDA cautions

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb

Study links hormone therapy to increased risk of heart disease

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The biology behind night owls' struggle in the 9-to-5 lifestyle

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Cancer death rate dropping faster in black Americans, narrowing racial gap

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