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A new long-term study has found that women who have hot flashes at the start of menopause but not later seem to have a lower risk of heart attack or death compared to women who never experience hot flashes or whose flashes persist long after the start of menopause. Researchers also found that the few [...]
When I heard the announcement that Paula Deen had type 2 diabetes, I was anything but surprised After all, she was playing Russian roulette with her health all these years I tend to gravitate more to healthy cooking than to greasy, fat-laden gastronomic atrocities—hence my basic naiveté concerning what Deen was all about I first [...]
On December 22, HEALTH received a report from a Barrington pediatrician that a student had been diagnosed with pertussis. As of today, there have been 21 cases of pertussis confirmed in Barrington. The number of confirmed cases in Rhode Island is consistent with outbreaks occurring nationally and regionally in Connecticut, Maine, and Massachusetts. Due to [...]
Researchers at West Virginia University School of Medicine have found that perfluorocarbons (PFCs)–which are man-made chemicals found in such household products as non-stick skillets, food containers, carpets, and paints–may be linked to early menopause. In a study of more than 25,000 women ages 18-65, investigators found that women who had the highest concentrations of PFCs [...]