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TUESDAY, April 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Here’s some good news for aging athletes: If you played high school football, you’re no more likely than others to have problems with concentration, memory or depression in middle age, according to a new study. “Men who played high school football did notContinue Reading

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MONDAY, April 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Users with small children and pets should stop using Peloton Tread+ exercise machines immediately, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The warning comes after one child died and dozens of others have been sucked underneath the home treadmill. One familyContinue Reading

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MONDAY, April 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Most people know obesity can lead to diabetes or heart disease, but excess weight can play a role in cancer, too, researchers say. A new study found that breast cancer survivors who are overweight have a statistically significant increased risk of developing aContinue Reading

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SATURDAY, April 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Young baseball players are at risk for overuse injuries, but there are ways to play it safe and prevent such problems, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) says. “Overhead athletes, such as baseball players, place significant repetitive stress on the shoulder andContinue Reading

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FRIDAY, April 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Dialysis is time-consuming, making it hard for kidney failure patients to keep fit. But cycling during treatment sessions could boost patients’ heart health and cut medical costs, new research shows. Dialysis can lead to long-term scarring of the heart, which can eventually leadContinue Reading

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WEDNESDAY, April 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Exercise guards against a host of chronic diseases that can plague people as they age, but can it also protect against severe cases of COVID-19? New research suggests that’s so: Being physically active reduced COVID-19 patients’ risk of hospitalization, intensive care unit (ICU)Continue Reading

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WEDNESDAY, April 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A long-banned pesticide may be having health effects that ripple across generations, a new study suggests. At issue is DDT, a once widely used pesticide that was banned in the United States in 1972. That ban, however, was not the end of theContinue Reading

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TUESDAY, April 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Though playing youth sports comes with new pandemic-era precautions and some experts are linking these activities to community spread of COVID-19, many kids are still participating, according to a parent survey. In the survey, about three-quarters of parents said their child’s teams mostlyContinue Reading

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MONDAY, April 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A nutritious diet, regular exercise and other components of a healthy lifestyle may reduce the odds of lethal prostate cancer in men with a high genetic risk for it, researchers report. “The excess genetic risk of lethal prostate cancer could be offset byContinue Reading