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A New Way to Test for COVID

A New Way to Test for COVID

Children with mental health challenges may benefit from animal therapy with horses or other animals as a way to open up and begin the healing process...
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Lowering the Risk for Kidney Stones Through Diet Changes

Lowering the Risk for Kidney Stones Through Diet Changes

The right diet can help you lower the risk of developing kidney stones, according to researchers. The wrong diet can certainly increase your risk for kidney stones. The goal is to eat high water content foods and stay away from an abundance of animal protein...
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3D Heart Model Helps with Life-Saving Surgery

3D Heart Model Helps with Life-Saving Surgery

3D Models of internal organs can help surgeons have more successful operations and patients get a better outcome...
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The Dangers of a “Dad Bod”

The Dangers of a “Dad Bod”

When a man says he has a “Dad Bod”, it generally means he has developed some extra fat around his mid-section. But this research shows this “Dad Bod” fat could increase the risk for very serious conditions. Doctors say a “Dad Bod” should be a warning sign to a man, or his loved ones, that…...
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Animal Therapy & Children

Animal Therapy & Children

Children with mental health challenges may benefit from animal therapy with horses or other animals as a way to open up and begin the healing process...
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The Youth Mental Health Crisis in Underserved Communities

The Youth Mental Health Crisis in Underserved Communities

In a study released last fall, researchers discovered that nearly 170 thousand children lost parents or caretakers to COVID-19. The study found that in underserved communities the death rate for parents and caretakers was nearly twice as high as the rate in white communities...
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Younger Women at Higher Risk for Stroke

Younger Women at Higher Risk for Stroke

Statistics show women under 35 have a much higher risk for stroke than men in the same age group. Researchers aren’t sure about what’s causing the higher risk, but they believe it may have something to do with pregnancy and other hormonal factors. After age 35 men have a higher stroke risk than women for at least…...
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Benefits When Pregnant Moms Are Vaccinated

Benefits When Pregnant Moms Are Vaccinated

New research shows that COVID vaccines can not only help protect pregnant women from a severe illness from the virus, they can also protect their babies up to six months after birth...
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