Dementia tied to hormone-blocking prostate cancer treatment
CHICAGO (AP) — Alzheimer's disease may be a risk for older prostate cancer patients given hormone-blocking treatment, a large, U.S. government-funded analysis found. Previous evidence...
Marijuana use doubles in US pregnant women to 1 in 14
CHICAGO (AP) — Pot use in pregnancy has doubled among U.S. women and is most common during the first trimester, government research shows. Overall, 7%...
U.S. preschoolers less pudgy in latest sign of falling obesity
CHICAGO — Preschoolers on government food aid have grown a little less pudgy, a U.S. study found, offering fresh evidence that previous signs of declining...
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Sleeping with the TV on may make you gain weight
A new study adds to the evidence that too much exposure to light at night could pose health risks.
Deaths from falls among older Americans are on the rise
Two new studies emphasize prevention, particularly strength exercises, saying that falls contribute to some 25,000 deaths each year.
Litany of mass shootings has changed Americans VIEW
The unending litany of mass shootings in recent years — the latest, on Friday, leaving 12 dead in Virginia Beach, Virginia — has built an...