Researchers determine more effective ways to awaken children and their families during a house fire

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When residential fires happen at night while families are sleeping, deaths are more likely to occur. Smoke alarms are important for preventing these deaths, yet research has shown that many pre-teenage children don’t wake up to traditional high-frequency tone alarms. Researchers from the Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Sleep Disorders Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital conducted a […]

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Cure found for rare form of inflammatory bowel disease

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A rare genetic condition which causes inflammatory bowel disease can be successfully treated by bone marrow transplant, according to University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust researchers. The disease, called G6PC3 deficiency, affects around one in a million people and causes inflammation of the bowel, as well as lung infections. The team also showed that in affected patients, […]

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Levi’s Popular Reusable Face Masks Are on Sale for Amazon Prime Day — Plus 10 More Mask Deals

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While you’re busy filling up your Prime Day cart with that new smart home gadget or kitchen appliance (the Instant Pot is only $50 today!), don’t forget to stock up on another discounted everyday essential: face masks. Amazon has marked down tons of face masks for Prime Day for both adults and kids, including reusable and disposable options. Tons of […]

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From Back Pain to Coughing, Life with Long-Haul COVID-19

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More than 9 months since the COVID-19 pandemic started in the United States, some people still have symptoms long after they’ve “recovered.” Experts are learning more about these “long-haul” COVID-19 cases. Symptoms are wide-ranging, and there’s little experts can do to treat them. In April, Dr. Scott Krakower, a child psychiatrist at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, New York, […]

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Report: Government spending on testing and tracing pays for itself more than 30 times over

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COVID testing in Rome. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images Government spending on testing and contact tracing pays for itself more than 30 times over, according to a new paper published by the American Medical Association. What they found: Harvard economists David Cutler and Lawrence Summers (yes, that Larry Summers) calculated the total cost of the coronavirus pandemic at more […]

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4 long-acting birth control options to consider if the Supreme Court limits contraception and abortion access

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There are concerns that Roe v. Wade, a Supreme Court decision that protected the right to abortion access, could be overturned depending on who replaces the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Pro-choice advocates also fear challenges that could make birth control more expensive or difficult to access. As such, contraceptive users may consider seeking more long-acting and cost-effective options. IUDs, […]

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What it really means when you dream about drowning

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If you’ve ever dreamed about drowning, you’re familiar with the terrifying, crushing feeling of being hopelessly below the water’s surface, unable to take a breath. Waking up from this type of dream can at once be an immense relief and incredibly startling; one moment you’re flailing for your life in the depths of a watery abyss, and the next, you’re […]

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Factors associated with suicide in leukemia identified

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(HealthDay)—Male sex, older age at diagnosis, White race, and having acute myeloid leukemia are risk factors associated with suicide among patients with leukemia, according to a study published online Oct. 6 in Cancer Medicine. Haohui Yu, from the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University in China, and colleagues analyzed data from 142,386 patients with leukemia from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and […]

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