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Mashup Score: 7Heat caused record-high rates of health emergencies in some parts of the US last year, CDC report shows | CNN - 15 day(s) ago
Last summer was the hottest ever recorded in the United States, and heat-related health emergencies also reached record-high levels in some parts of the country.
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Mashup Score: 5Pregnancy complications linked to increased risk of early death even decades later, study finds | CNN - 16 day(s) ago
Pregnancy complications, such as gestational diabetes or preeclampsia, may be linked to an elevated risk of death even decades after giving birth, according to a new study.
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Mashup Score: 2Exercise reduces stressful brain activity, which can lead to less heart disease risk, study shows | CNN - 18 day(s) ago
Research has long shown that exercise reduces heart disease risk, but a new study finds the connection between the two may be a decrease in the brain’s stress signals.
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Mashup Score: 15As the world ages, cancer cases are projected to rise, hitting some countries like ‘a tidal wave’ | CNN - 27 day(s) ago
Around the world each year, tens of millions of people are told they have cancer, and millions die from the disease. Now, a report from the American Cancer Society projects that by 2050, the number of people with cancer could rise 77%.
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Mashup Score: 1Smoking drugs now linked to more overdose deaths than injecting drugs, report finds | CNN - 3 month(s) ago
The percentage of overdose deaths linked to smoking drugs rose sharply in recent years, overtaking injection as the leading route of drug use involved in such deaths, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Mashup Score: 18As guns rise to leading cause of death among US children, research funding to help prevent and protect victims lags | CNN - 3 month(s) ago
More children die from guns than anything else in the United States, but relatively little funding is available to study how to prevent these tragedies.
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Mashup Score: 5People who mostly sit at work have a 16% higher risk of mortality, study says | CNN - 3 month(s) ago
Just a little light physical activity during work can improve health. Here’s how to incorporate “exercise snacks” and improve your health, even if you’re desk-bound.
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Mashup Score: 6Why are measles cases popping up across the United States? Here’s what to know about the highly contagious virus | CNN - 3 month(s) ago
Nearly a dozen cases of measles have been reported in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Georgia in recent weeks, according to local health departments. International travel, coupled with declining global vaccination rates, is probably behind this spate of cases, experts say.
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Mashup Score: 9US lung cancer survival rates rise, but it’s still the leading cause of cancer death. One easy tool could help | CNN - 6 month(s) ago
Over the past five years, the survival rate for lung cancer has increased a significant 22%, a report published Tuesday by the American Lung Association found. Now 26.6% of the people who get lung cancer survive five years past their initial diagnosis. The survival rate for People of Color has also increased 17% in the last two years, according to this new analysis but there still are significant…
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Children and teens in the US are dying of gun-related homicides and suicides in record numbers, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Last summer was the hottest ever recorded in the United States, and heat-related health emergencies also reached record-high levels in some parts of the country, according to @CDCgov. https://t.co/XciOjUM9Gb (via @cnnhealth)