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A national outpouring of sadness greeted the news when former first lady Barbara Bush died this month. Her decision to refuse aggressive life-prolonging medical treatment in favor of comfort care...
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As he got older, Pinellas County resident William Nelms had to wake up at night more and more frequently to urinate. Often, he would be up five or six times a night.
Like many older men, Nelms was...
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Salt-and-vinegar smashed potatoes with miso ketchup is the perfect summer side for cookouts, weeknight dinners, or easy entertaining.
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2 lbs. new or baby Yukon Gold potatoes
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So you’re still just trying to get used to the idea of school starting on a Friday and you have no idea what to pack in your kid’s lunch.
That’s okay…because we’re back with our third annual list of...
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When fewer and fewer people die from a certain disease each year, that’s called progress.
So why, after decades of declines, are death rates from prostate cancer suddenly no longer falling? Why did...
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Maybe it’s a little awkward, but it’s an important conversation between physicians and parents of middle-schoolers:
It concerns the most common sexually transmitted infection, the human...
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Arie Malone knew something was wrong when she tried to stand.
“I woke up that morning and needed to go to the bathroom,’’ the 80-year-old Lakeland resident said. “But I couldn’t get off the bed.’’...
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Health News Around the Nation
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 15, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- For women with advanced breast cancer who carry the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations, an experimental drug could improve survival, a new study suggests.
The...
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 15, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- There's good news and bad news for smokers who worry about packing on extra pounds when they try to quit.
In a new study, quitters who gained a lot of...
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 15, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Scottish scientists say they've found new clues to why some kidney transplants fail.
It has to do with the amount of "wear and tear" a transplanted kidney...
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 15, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists say they have restored some degree of vision in blind lab mice, by activating stem cells in their eyes.
The procedure is the first of its kind...
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