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FRIDAY, Sept. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Good oral health is one of the keys to healthy aging, but a sobering new study shows that many U.S. nursing home residents have significant dental issues.Close to two in every 10 residents have missing teeth,…

Since it emerged in 2019 and quickly became widespread, COVID-19 has caused mild to severe symptoms in people around the world. In all, it has claimed nearly 7 million lives worldwide, according to the World Health Organization.COVID-19 is an abbrev…

Millions of postmenopausal women find themselves facing a diagnosis of osteoporosis, but what does that mean for their daily lives?About 30% of white postmenopausal women in the United States have osteoporosis, while 54% have osteopenia, a precursor t…

FRIDAY, Sept. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Parents who drink too much, too often, may be influencing their teens to do the same, a new study finds.”Adolescents whose parents binge drink had a four times greater chance of drinking alcohol themselves co…

FRIDAY, Sept. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For children younger than 5 years, receiving two or three doses of the wild-type BNT162b2 vaccine is associated with a reduced risk for COVID-19 encounters in the emergency department or urgent care or in out…

When you hear about hepatitis A, you may think of tainted food and water, but this liver infection can also be spread from person to person.The American Liver Foundation estimates that 115,900 new cases of hepatitis A, B, and C occur annually in the U…

FRIDAY, Sept. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) shows benefits over 3D-conformal (3D-CRT) radiotherapy for patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study presented at the…