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WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Many American women fear childbirth, and the COVID-19 pandemic did not calm those feelings, new research shows. “Our results showed really high rates of childbirth fear in our sample,” said Zaneta Thayer, co…

WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A chemical used to degrease industrial parts that was also used as a surgical anesthetic until the 1970s may increase the risk for Parkinson’s disease, researchers report.Their new study found that two years…

WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Americans are less anxious than they were in early 2020, at the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic, but many still have anxiety about keeping themselves or their families safe.In a new poll by the American Psychi…

WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Vegan moms can breastfeed their children and not worry that their breast milk is missing essential nutrients, a new study finds. Researchers from Amsterdam University Medical Center in the Netherlands tested…

TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In 2022, 8.4 percent of people of all ages in the United States were uninsured, which was a reduction from 9.2 percent in 2021, according to early estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2022, rel…

TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — There is a current surge in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections, especially among older children, according to a research letter published online May 15 in JAMA Pediatrics.Suchitra Rao, M.B.B.S., from…

TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — White individuals have the highest prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published online May 15 in JAMA Neurology.Michael Hittle, from the Stanford University School of Medicine in Calif…