Health
Smoking rates continue to drop in many states: CDC
(HealthDay)—Cigarette smoking continues to decline in about half of American states, according to the latest U.S. government estimates.
May 21, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mississippi, West Virginia toughest on school immunizations
With rampant diabetes and obesity, Mississippi and West Virginia have struggled with health crises. Yet when it comes to getting children vaccinated, these states don't mess around.
Feb 10, 2015
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Health
Up in smoke or bottoms up: How policy could affect substance abuse
Half of young drivers who died in car crashes in American states such as California, Hawaii and West Virginia were under the influence of either alcohol or marijuana, or both. This is the story told by the statistics recording ...
Jan 12, 2015
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Medications
Fatal ODs from narcotic painkillers have tripled in US
(HealthDay)—The epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse continues to take a deadly toll in the United States, with fatal overdoses involving drugs such as Oxycontin and Vicodin tripling over a decade, a new report shows.
Dec 2, 2014
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Medications
Nitroglycerin shortage has medical community worried
(HealthDay)—An ongoing shortage of the drug nitroglycerin is causing problems and concerns for doctors and hospitals in the United States. The drug is often the first therapy used by emergency room doctors when treating ...
Mar 27, 2014
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Hawaii is least stressed state with highest enjoyment levels
(HealthDay)—Hawaii remains the least stressed state, and also reports the highest level of enjoyment, according to a report from Gallup-Healthways.
Apr 29, 2013
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Addiction
As xylazine surges, some lawmakers want jail time for dealers and people who use the drug
Legislators in a handful of states are offering bills to address the rise in the misuse of xylazine, a cheap animal sedative not intended for human consumption.
Mar 7, 2024
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Most state abortion bans have limited exceptions, but it's hard to understand what they mean
More than a year after the Supreme Court found there is no fundamental right to get an abortion, 21 states have laws in effect that ban abortion well before fetal viability, generally allowing it only in the first trimester.
Jan 26, 2024
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Transgender adults in rural US had disproportionately higher cardiovascular disease risk
Transgender adults living in the rural Appalachian area of the U.S., were more likely to have cardiovascular disease risk factors, like tobacco use, obesity and high blood pressure, thank their cisgender peers, according ...
Nov 6, 2023
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Health
Tennessee House OKs narrow abortion exemption bill
Tennessee's GOP-dominant House on Monday advanced legislation that would add a narrow exemption to the state's strict abortion ban, despite concerns raised by Democrats and medical experts that the bill does not go far enough ...
Mar 21, 2023
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