Stop anxiety before it starts with these new strategies
By Jessica DuLong, CNN In recent years, public figures openly sharing their mental health struggles have helped lift fellow sufferers out of silent…
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Redmond Senior Center to host Healthy Living Fair next week
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Redmond Senior Center will host its first annual ‘Healthy Living Fair’ on Tuesday, April 12 from 1-4 p.m. The…
Continue ReadingStudies show lasting effects of gun violence, possible interventions
By Virginia Langmaid, CNN Two new pieces of research highlight the broader effects of gun violence on health and examine how early intervention on…
Continue ReadingCDC director announces sweeping review of agency
By John Bonifield, CNN US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky announced a sweeping review of the nation’s…
Continue ReadingThere is no ‘magic moment’ to lift Covid-19 restrictions, researchers say
By Tasnim Ahmed, CNN Pandemic hospitalization rates are at new lows, the vast majority of US counties have low community levels of the coronavirus,…
Continue ReadingWastewater monitoring for Covid-19 is picking up steam across the US
CNN, ABC NEWS By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Interest in using wastewater surveillance to monitor Covid-19 continues to grow in the United States, as the…
Continue ReadingWastewater monitoring for Covid-19 is picking up steam across the US
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Interest in using wastewater surveillance to monitor Covid-19 continues to grow in the United States, as the values of the…
Continue ReadingWhy does coffee make you poop? Experts explain
By Kristen Rogers, CNN For some people, coffee jump-starts their bowel movements in addition to their energy. Despite the drink’s popularity,…
Continue ReadingTHC and CBD exposure in womb linked to childhood obesity, higher blood sugar, study says
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Pregnant women who were exposed to cannabis products that contained THC and CBD were more likely to have children with…
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Mixed results — so far — for Oregon’s pioneering drug decriminalization
Oregon voters approved a ballot measure in 2020 to decriminalize hard drugs after being told it was a way to establish and fund addiction recovery…
Continue ReadingHow to make skating a good workout
By Stephanie Mansour, CNN Many of us have walked to take breaks from work, burn calories and be more active outside during the pandemic. As we gear…
Continue ReadingSleeping pill dangers and how to avoid them
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN The stories of sleeping pills gone wrong are legendary. Ask any flight attendant, and you’ll hear amusing tales of…
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Oregon Psilocybin Services opens public comment period, sets hearings on proposed rules
The Oregon Psilocybin Services Section at the Oregon Health Authority released a new set of proposed rules Friday related to psilocybin products,…
Continue ReadingNew heart failure guidelines add another type of meds to treatment recommendations
By Tasnim Ahmed, CNN The American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the Heart Failure Society of America released new…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 hospitalizations hit a pandemic low in the US, but strain on hospitals persists
WMBF, TIDELANDS HEALTH, CNN By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Fewer people are hospitalized with Covid-19 in the United States now than at any other point in…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 hospitalizations hit a pandemic low in the US, but strain on hospitals persists
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Fewer people are hospitalized with Covid-19 in the United States now than at any other point in the pandemic, but hospitals…
Continue ReadingHow the next coronavirus variant could emerge
By Michael Nedelman, CNN Stopping the next major coronavirus variant involves knowing where it might come from. With Omicron, those answers are still…
Continue ReadingAfter vaccinating thousands against Covid-19, this CNN Hero is fighting inequity in the medical system
CNN By Kathleen Toner, CNN As Covid-19 infection rates and restrictions are waning in some places and a variant is surging in others, it’s…
Continue ReadingAfter vaccinating thousands against Covid-19, this CNN Hero is fighting inequity in the medical system
By Kathleen Toner, CNN As Covid-19 infection rates and restrictions are waning in some places and a variant is surging in others, it’s…
Continue ReadingFirst human challenge study of Covid-19 yields valuable insights about how we get sick
By Brenda Goodman, CNN It takes just a tiny virus-laden droplet — about the width of a human blood cell — to infect someone with…
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