Category: Health
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Experts release 2025 dietary recommendations: less red meat, and avoidance of salty and sugary foods Experts release 2025 dietary recommendations: less red meat, and avoidance of salty and sugary foods
Health December 12, 2024

Experts release 2025 dietary recommendations: less red meat, and avoidance of salty and sugary foods

The fresh recommendations build on existing evidence that foods like red meat, ... more

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Latino Health & Cancer: Understanding Risks, Myths, and Solutions Latino Health & Cancer: Understanding Risks, Myths, and Solutions
Health February 28, 2025

Latino Health & Cancer: Understanding Risks, Myths, and Solutions

The proverb "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the ... more

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Screwworm Crisis: Mexico Battles a Parasite—and U.S. Pressure Screwworm Crisis: Mexico Battles a Parasite—and U.S. Pressure
Health April 27, 2025

Screwworm Crisis: Mexico Battles a Parasite—and U.S. Pressure

As human cases emerge and trade threats loom, officials scramble to defend ... more

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Dr. Jennifer Menjivar-Lopez Cares for Other People’s Children as if They Were Her Own Dr. Jennifer Menjivar-Lopez Cares for Other People’s Children as if They Were Her Own
Health June 30, 2025

Dr. Jennifer Menjivar-Lopez Cares for Other People’s Children as if They Were Her Own

Growing up in the Bay Area, Dr. Jennifer Menjivar-Lopez remembers her Salvadoran-born ... more

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Men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer shouldn’t panic Men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer shouldn’t panic
cancer March 14, 2023

Men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer shouldn’t panic

Researchers have found long-term evidence that actively monitoring localized prostate cancer is ... more

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Be careful with these signs of affection from dogs, they can make you sick Be careful with these signs of affection from dogs, they can make you sick
Health October 19, 2023

Be careful with these signs of affection from dogs, they can make you sick

Dogs can enrich our lives in many ways. They may ease anxiety, ... more

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Public health officials are increasingly alarmed by older Americans’ drinking Public health officials are increasingly alarmed by older Americans’ drinking
Health April 1, 2024

Public health officials are increasingly alarmed by older Americans’ drinking

The annual number of alcohol-related deaths from 2020 through 2021 exceeded 178,000, ... more

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CA Birth Center Closures Deepen an Existing Maternity Care Crisis CA Birth Center Closures Deepen an Existing Maternity Care Crisis
Health September 17, 2024

CA Birth Center Closures Deepen an Existing Maternity Care Crisis

Californians have continued to lose access to labor and delivery services. This ... more

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Don’t Let Candy Destroy Your Tooth Health This Holiday Season Don’t Let Candy Destroy Your Tooth Health This Holiday Season
Health December 31, 2024

Don’t Let Candy Destroy Your Tooth Health This Holiday Season

It’s obvious why so many children love the holidays. After all, who ... more

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10 Common Food Safety Mistakes You’re Probably Making Daily 10 Common Food Safety Mistakes You’re Probably Making Daily
Health March 21, 2025

10 Common Food Safety Mistakes You’re Probably Making Daily

Proper Food Handling and Ingredient Quality: Keys to Food Safety and Freshness Ensuring ... more

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Trump Vows to Slash Drug Prices by 80%—But Will Latino Families Really Benefit? Trump Vows to Slash Drug Prices by 80%—But Will Latino Families Really Benefit?
Health May 12, 2025

Trump Vows to Slash Drug Prices by 80%—But Will Latino Families Really Benefit?

A bold promise to cut prescription costs may sound good, but advocates ... more

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MexiCoke: Sweet Nostalgia or Bitter Health Risk? MexiCoke: Sweet Nostalgia or Bitter Health Risk?
Health July 21, 2025

MexiCoke: Sweet Nostalgia or Bitter Health Risk?

Coca-Cola has given millions of Mexicans the "spark of life." Coca-Cola began selling ... more

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Combating Stress to Improve the Heart Health of the Latino Community Combating Stress to Improve the Heart Health of the Latino Community
Health June 20, 2023

Combating Stress to Improve the Heart Health of the Latino Community

Constant or chronic stress can affect overall well-being and may even impact ... more

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January and February, the worst for the flu, RSV and Covid-19 January and February, the worst for the flu, RSV and Covid-19
Health January 8, 2024

January and February, the worst for the flu, RSV and Covid-19

January and February are expected to be the worst for flu, RSV ... more

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Latinas would benefit from good nutrition to combat high blood pressure Latinas would benefit from good nutrition to combat high blood pressure
Health April 25, 2024

Latinas would benefit from good nutrition to combat high blood pressure

For pregnant Latinas, food choices could reduce the risk of preeclampsia, a ... more

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Keeping you and your baby healthy before and after birth Keeping you and your baby healthy before and after birth
Health October 29, 2024

Keeping you and your baby healthy before and after birth

According to the CDC, babies of mothers who do not get prenatal ... more

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Up to 4 in 10 People Could Develop Dementia After 55. Up to 4 in 10 People Could Develop Dementia After 55.
Health January 22, 2025

Up to 4 in 10 People Could Develop Dementia After 55.

About a million Americans a year are expected to develop dementia by ... more

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Why Zero-Calorie Sweeteners Might Be Making You Hungrier, Not Thinner Why Zero-Calorie Sweeteners Might Be Making You Hungrier, Not Thinner
Health April 7, 2025

Why Zero-Calorie Sweeteners Might Be Making You Hungrier, Not Thinner

A new study reveals how sucralose tricks your brain and disrupts hunger ... more

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Exercising affects people who had long-term Covid Exercising affects people who had long-term Covid
COVID December 5, 2022

Exercising affects people who had long-term Covid

As one of the many Americans suffering from long Covid, a condition ... more