Read This If You've Recently Bought Cottonelle Wipes
If you've purchased any disposable wipes, particularly the flushable kind, you'll want to check your cabinets right away.
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How Restrictive Reproductive Health Policies Can Impact Babies' Health
A study showed that women receive better health care in states classified as 'less restrictive' regarding reproductive healthcare access, and that those women gave birth to healthier babies who were likely to be at a lower risk of complications such as breathing difficulties and infection.
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Why Your Blood Type Might Be A Major Factor For COVID-19 Infection
One of the factors that medical science is taking into account for coronavirus infection is blood type, and they may have discovered a connection, or at least a correlation, between your blood type and your likelihood of becoming infected with COVID.
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A Surprising Benefit Of Having Acupuncture Before Surgery
Even if you're not fond of needles, trying acupuncture before surgery can significantly reduce your pain afterward, according to a new study presented before the American Society of Anesthesiologists in Chicago, Illinois.
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The Real Reason Your Allergies Are So Much Worse This Fall
We can point a finger at the coronavirus for a lot of changes in our daily lives. But if your eyes have felt inflamed for weeks and you're more congested than usual this fall, climate change is the real culprit, allergy specialists say.
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This Is How Much More Alcohol Americans Are Drinking During The Pandemic
American adults are drinking more during the coronavirus pandemic, with women and people ages 30 to 59, in particular, consuming more alcoholic beverages.
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The Actual Number Of Global COVID Cases May Be Far Higher Than Thought
The actual number of global COVID-19 cases and fatalities may be far higher than thought, says the World Health Organization (WHO), which said Monday that the virus may have infected about 10 percent of the world's population, or roughly 760 million people.
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Why Women Are More Likely To Die In The Hospital After A Heart Attack
Dying because of a heart attack is much less common than it used to be in the 1970s and 1980s. ut according to a recent report, of the people who do die from this condition, a disproportionate number are women.
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The Unexpected Workout Everyone's Trying During Quarantine
If you want to exercise outdoors but still maintain a socially safe distance because of COVID-19, get ready to roll. More people are strapping on in-line skates and roller skates long thought to be a tired fad of decades past.
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What You Need To Know About The Thyroid Medication Recall
If you are taking a type of thyroid medication called NP Thyroid, made by Acella Pharmaceutical, you need to be aware that the manufacturer is recalling one lot each of both the 15 mg and 120 mg versions of this drug.
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This Vitamin May Lower Your Risk Of COVID-19 Infection
With the end of summer and the gradual loss of daylight, you may be tempted to stock up on vitamin D. Known as the "sunshine vitamin" because our bodies produce it in response to sunlight, ensuring you have adequate levels of this vitamin could also be the key to staving off COVID-19 this fall.
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The Unexpected Effect Poor Sleeping Habits Can Have On Your Health
If your bed has morphed into your part-time office as a result of the pandemic, it may be time to relocate to a quiet corner — turns out, good sleep hygiene is a must for keeping our weight in check.
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Certain 'Quit Smoking' Apps Work Better Than Others. Here's Why
There are apps that can address a number of issues, including helping you with your mental health or your weight loss goals — and even assisting you to kick the smoking habit. Some of these, though, work better than others. Why is that?
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What A COVID-19 Infection Could Mean For Pregnant Women
While it seems that no one group of people is entirely safe from the COVID-19 virus, there are certain groups who are more at risk, not just of infection, but of complications resulting from the illness. One such group is women who are, or may become, pregnant during the pandemic.
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More People Are Having Cracked Teeth Right Now: Here's Why
Now we bring you joyous news: you can add to the already lengthy list of things you never thought to worry about before this year the fact that, according to one New York dentist, the pandemic has been seriously detrimental to our teeth.
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There Are Mental Health Benefits To Kids Keeping Cameras Off In Zoom Classes
Back to school, this year, was an easier trip for some kids, since all they had to do was shuffle a few steps to their computer. As classes resume via Zoom, there are numerous benefits. There are, however, certain concerns students are now having to deal with that may impact their mental health.
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Why You Might Want To Avoid This TikTok Trick For Acne
TikTok is all about offering advice as well as entertainment, but some of the advice isn't always the greatest. Now there's a new TikTok video that has over a million views and nearly 90,000 likes to date that shows a young woman using a mask made of crushed aspirin to clean her face.
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Study Reveals Promising News About Teens And Vaping
Once marketed as a way to stop smoking cigarettes, vaping has come under increasing scrutiny from the CDC and FDA over the last couple of years. There has been some promising news, though, about teens and their vaping habits.
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Pine-Sol Is A Surprising Weapon Against COVID-19
According to a press release from the Clorox company, the latest popular household cleaning product to be proven effective at killing the SARS-CoV-2 virus on contact is Pine-Sol.
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Why Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure Is Especially Risky Right Now
We're doing a worse job now at controlling hypertension than we have in years, according to findings presented at an American Heart Association virtual conference. Considering that we're now in a pandemic, this is especially troubling.
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How To Stay Safe While Working Out Indoors
With fall fast approaching and fitness centers re-opening across the country, many of us may be thinking of heading back to the gym. But is it safe?
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Why A New Tick In NJ Could Be Part Of A Bigger Problem
New Jersey already had ticks, as numerous pets and unhappy campers can attest. But you can never have too many tick species — or rather, you can, since one species is more than enough, thank you very much. And yet, here it comes, the Carios kelleyi, aka bat tick.
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The Unexpected Effects Virtual School Is Having On Kids' Sleep
Now that many kids' new version of "back to school" means back in their bedrooms, a teacher droning on over Zoom, they're missing out recess and lunch with school pals. For some kids, this is having an unexpected benefit — they may be getting more sleep these days.
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Why People Are Talking About Kaley Cuoco Wearing A Mask During A Workout
A famous mask advocate is Kaley Cuoco, who, when posting a video of her workout routine to Instagram, was seen to be wearing one throughout the 1 minute 20-second clip that showed her jumping rope. This drew a lot of negative comments, though.
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The Surprising Way Pets Can Help You Feel Better During The Pandemic
While the quarantine period was hard on all of us, leaving us holed up at home right when spring was springing and we all wanted to be out and about, it did have one surprising upside. We're talking about all of the quality time you got to spend with your pets.
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What You Need To Know About Face Masks And Sex During Quarantine
Canada's Chief Public Health Officer has plenty to say on the hot topic of whether, when, and how you should be doing the deed during this period of pandemic.
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Why Experts Are Calling 'Coronasomnia' An Epidemic Of Its Own
After several months of adjusting to disrupted routines, so many of us have resigned ourselves to sleepless nights that there's now a name for the phenomenon: coronasomnia.
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