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Are You at High Risk for Serious Disease from Covid-19?
Who is at high risk for getting serious illness from Covid-19? Serious illness from Covid-19 means you’re more likely to be hospitalized, need intensive care […]
Q&A: How Fighting Superbugs Could Help Prevent the Next Pandemic
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) happens when microbes — or tiny germs such as bacteria, viruses or fungi — evolve in ways that make the medicines used […]
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About one in five people in the United States have a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Many STIs don’t cause symptoms, which means that they may […]
How Hot Flashes Affect Sleep
What are hot flashes? Hot flashes (also called night sweats when they happen at night) involve a sudden rise in body temperature and may occur […]
Glaucoma 101 – HealthyWomen
January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month. Medically reviewed by Raymond Douglas, M.D., Ph.D., Cedars-Sinai What is glaucoma? Glaucoma is a condition that affects the eyes. […]
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Are you super organized but also laid back? Do you enjoy making sure all the moving parts of a project go smoothly? Do you have […]
Finding Dementia Care for a Loved One
When Mitzie Watson’s mother came to live with her, it didn’t take long to notice something was off. “She couldn’t identify her medications, and she […]
Do Ethnicity and Race Increase Risk for Head & Neck Cancers?
If you’re Black, your risk of developing head and neck cancer — which consists of cancers of the lips, mouth, voice box, throat and salivary […]