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Child cancer cluster linked to contaminated water, officials say

us-regionshealth officials announced findings Wednesday linking contaminated water in the northeastern area of the state to a cluster of child cancers in the 1990s, though officials say the water no longer poses a health risk. The study conducted by the state’s environmental health bureau specifically looked at Wilmington, Mass., and found …

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Daily coffee may help lower heart failure risk, study suggests

Good news, coffee lovers: Your daily cup of Joe might be doing good by your heart-health” target=”_blank”>heart< For the report, published in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal on Tuesday, researchers used machine learning to examine data from a large study from the Framingham Heart Study, referencing this …

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Apple warns to keep iPhones at least 6 inches away from pacemakers

Radio waves emanating from Apple devices may disrupt the workings of implanted heart-health” target=”_blank”>pacemakers<, Apple said iPhones have magnets, components and radios that release electromagnetic fields, which can potentially interfere with sensors on the medical devices when brought in close contact. DIET DRINKS LINKED TO SAME HEART ISSUES AS SWEETENED …

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Coronavirus in the US: State-by-state breakdown

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. As of Monday morning, the infectious-diseasehas infected more than 170,360,315 people across 192 countries and territories, resulting in at least 3,541,881 deaths. In the U.S., all 50 states plus the District of Columbia have reported confirmed …

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How coronavirus differs from influenza: Symptoms to watch for this flu season

With another respiratory-healthseason just around the corner and infectious-disease variants continuing to spread across the U.S., health officials are warning Americans to take caution. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that “reduced population immunity due to lack of flu virus activity since March 2020” could result in an early and …

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