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• When Is It Time for a Knee Replacement?

  

  03/19/2022—Deciding the time for knee replacement needs to be determined by you and your doctor, but certain factors make it more likely, according to experts at Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California. More

• AHA News: Death Rates From Tears In This Major Heart Artery Are Rising, Especially Among Women, Black Adults

  

  03/18/2022—The death rate for people who have a tear in a major artery coming out of the heart -- aortic dissection -- has been rising over the past decade, especially among women and Black adults, new research shows. More

• Medical Marijuana Rx Ups Odds for Overuse, With No Benefit to Health: Study

  

  03/18/2022—Using medical marijuana to treat pain, anxiety or depression may quickly lead to dependence, without relieving symptoms, a new study suggests. More

• U.S. Smoking, Vaping Rates Fell in First Year of Pandemic: CDC

  

  03/18/2022—A new government report reveals that both cigarette smoking and electronic cigarette use dropped slightly among American adults during the first year of the pandemic. More

• Brain Scans Give Clues to Binge Eating Disorder in Young Kids

  

  03/18/2022—Children who binge eat may be hardwired to do so: New research reveals they have abnormalities in regions of the brain associated with reward and inhibition. More

• Omicron COVID Causing Severe Croup in Young Children

  

  03/18/2022—The Omicron COVID-19 variant can cause croup in young children, including severe cases that require hospitalization and intensive care, a new study shows. More

• 'Zapping' Air Passages May Bring Relief for Severe Asthma

  

  03/18/2022—Bronchial thermoplasty shrinks smooth muscle in the lungs, which prevents them from tightening up and causing an attack.  More

• Moderna Asks FDA to Approve Second Booster for All Adults

  

  03/18/2022—Moderna said late Thursday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the emergency use of a second booster of its COVID vaccine for all adults. More

• AHA News: What Parents Can Do When Kids With Congenital Heart Defects Grow Up

  

  03/17/2022—"As part of the process, parents or caregivers need to change their role as the primary caregiver to the person that's in more of the supportive role. Someone who's still there to help, but not the person that's necessarily calling the shots," said John, who also is an associate professor of pediatrics at George Washington University. More

• New Tick-Borne Virus Is Spreading Across U.S.

  

  03/17/2022—The potentially deadlytick-borne Heartland virus is spreading across the United States and has now been found in Georgia, Emory University researchers report. More

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