9/11 hero’s daughter wants to raise awareness for linked cancer deaths
- Headlines & Highlights, Health & Healing
- September 10, 2018
“We thought we were so lucky because nobody died. Now we have to wait until they’re picked off by cancer.”
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More than 200,000 teens had plastic surgery last year, and social media had a lot to do with it
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 31, 2018
“As the saying goes, ‘Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should,’ — this reflects the current dilemma presented to plastic surgeons. The demand for plastic surgery in adolescents has increased dramatically, despite the controversy over performing plastic surgery procedures in this population.”
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An 80-Year Harvard Study Says This 1 Thing Will Make You Happier and Healthier
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 27, 2018
What does it take to be healthy & happy? Harvard University began a comprehensive study on emotional well-being back in 1938 that included John F. Kennedy, who went on to become President of the United States, and 723 other men.
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Nearly 10K people have gotten cancer from toxic 9/11 dust
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 23, 2018
“9/11 is still killing. Sadly this fragile community of heroes & survivors is shrinking by the day.” John Feal, advocate for World Trade Center (WTC) responders.
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Weed-killing chemical linked to cancer found in some children’s breakfast foods
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 15, 2018
“I was shocked. We don’t know a lot about the effect of glyphosate on children. And essentially we’re just throwing it at them.”
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Surgery centers don’t have to report deaths in 17 states
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 14, 2018
“A Kaiser Health News & USA Today investigation found that surgery centers operate under such an uneven mix of rules across U.S. states that fatalities & serious injuries can result in no warning to gov’t officials, much less to potential patients.”
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Don’t pressure your picky eater — it doesn’t work
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 14, 2018
“When parents are too focused on every bite and pressure their children to eat, it usually backfires as toddlers then refuse, similar to potty training.”
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Appeals court orders EPA to ban sales of widely-used farm pesticide chlorpyrifos
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 13, 2018
“The panel held that there was no justification for the EPA’s decision in its 2017 order to maintain a tolerance for chlorpyrifos in the face of scientific evidence that its residue on food causes neurodevelopmental damage to children.”
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Expert tips on how nursing mothers can help protect their babies from food allergies
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 8, 2018
“Even for women who aren’t going to be able to breastfeed on a regular basis, really try to do so right after birth. It’s different from the milk produced even a few days later, because it’s packed with a lot of factors that get the baby’s immune system off to a good start.”
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Limit screen time to protect your child’s heart, American Heart Association says
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 8, 2018
“Screen time is associated with being overweight and obese which is associated with high cholesterol and high blood pressure. Once those risk factors, such as obesity, are in play in childhood, they tend to continue into adulthood.”
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Maternal mortality: An American crisis
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 7, 2018
“If you have a C-section in 2018, you have a 90 percent chance of having a C-section the second time. But the second time it’s a more complicated surgery. And the third time, it can be like operating on a melted box of crayons. And in those cases, women can bleed to death.”
READ MOREUCI awarded $9 million grant to determine the long-term effects of cannabis on adolescents
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 6, 2018
“Studies suggest that adolescents who are exposed to cannabis are at risk for development of various neuropsychiatric disorders later in life, but there is much research still needed.”
READ MOREWhy ‘beauty sleep’ is real, according to doctors
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 2, 2018
“Sleep is incredibly important for physical appearance. Sleep is a regenerative process where we heal and where our neurons build strong connections. It’s like a fountain of youth that we dive in to every night.”
READ MORE3 in 5 babies not breastfed in the first hour of life
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 2, 2018
“Breastfeeding gives children the best possible start in life. We must urgently scale up support to mothers – be it from family members, health care workers, employers and governments, so they can give their children the start they deserve.”
READ MOREThat Girl
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 2, 2018
No Twitter, Facebook or Instagram accounts for actress Jennifer Aniston. That’s what she told Molly McNearney during an InStyle interview:
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