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Getting physical activity every day can help maintain health throughout your life. (Ronnie Kaufman/Larry Hirshowitz/Getty Images/Blend Images)
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New physical activity guidelines urge Americans: Move more, sit less

7 years ago

Protestors holding pictures of people who died from use of paint removers, including Drew Wynne, protest outside a Portland, Maine, Lowe's store on May 10, 2018. They were trying to persuade the retailer to stop selling paint strippers containing methylene chloride. (Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)
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Retailers plan to clear deadly paint removers from shelves, as EPA delays ban

Today, it's still legal to sell products containing both chemicals. Health and safety experts caution consumers to avoid using them — especially indoors.

7 years ago

Collectible trade cards were part of the advertising that catapulted Hires root beer to national prominence. (Boston Public Library)
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Root beer’s Philadelphia roots

The concoction of sarsaparilla, sassafras, wild cherry, wintergreen, and ginger has been saluted as one of the country's first convenience foods.

7 years ago

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Army veteran Chuck Schretzman was diagnosed with ALS in April 2015, six months after her retired from his 26-year military career. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philly veteran’s battle with ALS highlights troubling trend

Studies suggest that military veterans have a higher risk of developing ALS, though it's unclear why that's the case.

7 years ago

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Taking fish oil supplements to prevent cardiovascular disease and cancer may not be effective. (Cathy Scola/Getty Images)
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Vitamin D and fish oil supplements disappoint in long-awaited study results

Taking fish oil supplements to prevent cardiovascular disease and cancer may not be effective.

7 years ago

Researchers followed a group of kids from childhood into adulthood to track the link between trauma in early life and adult mental health.
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Should childhood trauma be treated as a public health crisis?

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests the answer should be yes

7 years ago

The Andromeda Galaxy, a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Andromeda Messier 31 M31.
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Going in Circles

This week, astronomers are studying a pair of stars that rotate around their common point once every 3 hours. The stars are buried ...

Air Date: November 10, 2018

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Carol Erzen (right) of Merakey Allegheny Valley School in Pittsburgh trains special-needs caregivers in how to identify signs of Alzheimer’s and dementia and adjust a patient’s surroundings accordingly. (Merakey Allegheny Valley School)
Health

Special-needs caregivers learn how to spot, treat dementia

Those with special needs are living longer, but that means they are more susceptible to age-related diseases such as Alzheimer's

7 years ago

Sister Bertha Lopez Chaves applies anti-inflammatory eyedrops to a migrant at a stadium in Mexico City where the caravan is resting. Her order is one of roughly 50 groups giving aid to the migrants in the Mexican capital.
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Health care for the migrant caravan: Flu, blisters but definitely not smallpox

Stomach problems mostly originate from lack of sanitation available to the migrants as they travel.

7 years ago

A man cleans the carpet in his car with vacuum cleaner. (Bigstock Image)
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Why put carpets in cars, when they’re so hard to clean?

Leaves, paper, crumbs and other bits of trash cling to auto carpets — don’t even mention the liquid stains and smells.

7 years ago

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A pediatrician holds up a measles
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Officials: 2 more cases reported in Ocean County measles outbreak

New Jersey health officials have confirmed two more cases of measles in a central New Jersey community, with another seven people also suspected of having the virus.

7 years ago

An emu and a donkey graze together in a neighborhood pasture in Healdsburg, Calif. A duo of the same species has reportedly
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Love knows no species: Emu and donkey have fallen for each other, caretakers say

A male donkey and a female emu have reportedly "fallen in love," creating an unexpected roadblock for a North Carolina animal shelter in rehousing them.

7 years ago

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Astronaut Scott Kelly’s view from space

SCOTT KELLY spent 340 days in space, setting the record for the longest space ...

7 years ago

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Astronaut Scott Kelly’s view from space; Jeff Sessions’ firing

Guests: Mark Mazzetti, Scott Kelly SCOTT KELLY spent 3 ...

Air Date: November 8, 2018 10:00 am

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A change in hospital culture can help prevent serious complications and death during delivery, according to clinicians who work in the field. (Ian Hoot/Science Photo Library/Getty Images)
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How hospitals can tackle the maternal mortality crisis

7 years ago

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