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Doctors should ask heart patients if they take supplements to manage heart failure
Chris Rogers/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Doctors should ask patients with heart failure if they’re using any supplements, specific diets, or other types of complementary and alternative medicines ...
Dec 08, 2022
Walgreens launches free Paxlovid delivery service with DoorDash and Uber
patty_c/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Walgreens has launched a new delivery service for the COVID-19 oral antiviral therapy Paxlovid in partnership with DoorDash and Uber to get the treatment "directly to...
Dec 08, 2022
What to know about Pfizer's RSV vaccine for older adults as FDA prepares to review
ER Productions Limited/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, vaccine for older adults could be on the horizon after Pfizer announced Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis...
Dec 08, 2022
Kirstie Alley's death at 71 puts spotlight on colon cancer: What women need to know
KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Kirstie Alley's unexpected death at age 71 has put a spotlight on colon cancer, the disease that took her life. Alley had been recently dia...
Dec 07, 2022
Experts share advice on making New Year's resolutions that last
Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For a New Year's resolution that lasts, start now, start simple and be specific. Almost half of all Americans make a New Year's resolution each year, r...
Dec 07, 2022
Women not getting equal medical advice when it comes to heart health, study finds
The Good Brigade/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States for both men and women, but women may not be receiving the same treatment, according to a ne...
Dec 06, 2022
Some schools close to stem flu outbreaks -- but is it a good long-term solution?
ljubaphoto/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Some schools across the United States have been closing early in an attempt to stem influenza outbreaks. In Maine, students at Casco Bay High School in Portland we...
Dec 06, 2022
Firearm deaths among Black men at 28-year high, doctors are taking steps to reframe gun violence as one of America's major health crisis
DBenitostock/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- There's been a substantial increase in firearm-related deaths in the United States over the past three decades and Black men are the most affected, according to ...
Dec 06, 2022
Pediatrician and mom shares the protections she's taking amid 'tripledemic' of flu, RSV and COVID-19
Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez/Instagram(NEW YORK) -- Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez says she knows firsthand the worry that comes with being a parent amid what some health experts are calling a "tripledemic," wi...
Dec 06, 2022
Health officials make urgent push for flu and COVID shots as hospitals feel the strain
Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Health officials are making another urgent push to encourage flu and COVID vaccinations, as multiple respiratory v...
Dec 05, 2022
