Health and Fitness
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Do your family a favor and organize your important infoMar 20, 2025 8:32 pm - If you’ve been putting off the task of creating and organizing important information and documents you will eventually need, consider doing it now. You will have greater peace of mind and have given your loved ones a wonderful gift.
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As AI nurses reshape hospital care, human nurses are pushing back
Mar 19, 2025 9:15 am - The next time you get a call about an upcoming medical appointment you may not be talking to a human. Hospitals are increasingly using AI assistants to handle scheduling, preparation and patient questions about surgeries and other medical procedures. It's the latest of example of AI's rapid inroads into health care. Now nursing unions are pushing back against the trend.
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‘Very unusual’: Experts say carbon monoxide deaths in vehicles outside are rareMar 18, 2025 8:37 pm - The recent deaths of two teens from carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in a parked car are very unusual, experts say. Possible factors investigators are considering: a potential exhaust leak, wind conditions and after-market exhaust work.
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How to protect your children during a measles outbreakMar 16, 2025 9:32 am - Measles outbreaks are occurring due to unvaccinated individuals, putting infants and those with compromised immune systems at risk. A pediatrician details what parents can do to protect their children.
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‘A sprint and a marathon at the same time’: Public health care workers describe early pandemic challengesMar 15, 2025 12:30 pm - Though trained to deal with a variety of situations, it quickly became apparent the snowballing coronavirus was unlike anything Patti Corn, emergency response coordinator, or Sara Zamor, associate director of prevention, or their colleagues at the Lake County Health Department had faced.
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RFK Jr. is targeting ultraprocessed foods. What are they, and are they bad for you?
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Government study aims to understand health effects of ultraprocessed foods
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More steps, less sitting may lower risk of death in older female cancer survivors
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Health care 5 years after COVIDMar 14, 2025 1:11 am - Today, COVID-19 is better understood and most of us have resumed our normal routines. Five years later, though, we are still living with its legacies, both positive and negative, as it pertains to health care.
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Urban fire particulates in air can cause health issuesMar 13, 2025 4:29 pm - Particulates released in urban fires differ from those generated by forest fires. In urban fires, particulates come from the vast array of manmade materials found in the built environment. People returning to burn areas are advised to take precautions for several months.