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12 Dec 2022
MONDAY, Dec. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- It's an all-too-familiar scenario for many parents: Your preschooler starts to act up just as the phone rings or you start dinner. omaha.com/lifestyles/health-…
12 Dec 2022
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Cabinet Secretary Bill Crouch is retiring at the end of the year. Gov. Jim Justice said that Dr. Jeffrey Coben, will step omaha.com/lifestyles/health-…
12 Dec 2022
MONDAY, Dec. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Having COPD can make it hard to breathe as it taxes both the lungs and the heart, but a new study offers a omaha.com/lifestyles/health-…
12 Dec 2022
MONDAY, Dec. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Before you toast the holiday season with too much alcohol, here's a sobering thought. omaha.com/lifestyles/health-…
12 Dec 2022
Gig economy could be harming workers' health. People whose work is piecemeal and sometimes depends on tips and commissions tend to be in poorer health than workers with more stable omaha.com/lifestyles/health-…
12 Dec 2022
CVS and Walgreens have finalized more than $10 billion in settlements of lawsuits nationwide over the toll of the opioids their pharmacies sold. Now, it's up to states to decide omaha.com/news/national/cvs-…
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12 Dec 2022
A fired Florida health data manager who accused officials of wanting to manipulate COVID-19 statistics has reached an agreement with prosecutors on a felony charge that she illegally accessed state omaha.com/news/national/flor…
12 Dec 2022
MONDAY, Dec. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If someone is stricken with a blood cancer or life-threatening clot, they’ll probably fare better if they are white and wealthy, three new omaha.com/lifestyles/health-…
12 Dec 2022
The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a business’s insurance policy doesn’t cover the income it lost when the governor ordered a shutdown early in the pandemic. An audiology company, omaha.com/lifestyles/health-…
12 Dec 2022
MONDAY, Dec. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Both extremely hot and very cold days take their toll on people who have heart disease, particularly those with heart failure. omaha.com/lifestyles/health-…
12 Dec 2022
MONDAY, Dec. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Capitalism is thought to bring out the best in workers, but there's a dark side to tying a person's everyday efforts to their omaha.com/lifestyles/health-…
12 Dec 2022
MONDAY, Dec. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) – As three highly contagious respiratory viruses spread across the United States, straining hospitals and triggering drug shortages, health officials in some major cities omaha.com/lifestyles/health-…
12 Dec 2022
The Sunday scaries are negative thoughts or emotional distress about the week ahead and some people deal with it more often than others. omaha.com/lifestyles/health-…
12 Dec 2022
Winter can be a difficult season to get through due to the cold weather, short days, and lack of sunlight. Here are some things you should do to get through omaha.com/lifestyles/health-…
12 Dec 2022
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) omaha.com/lifestyles/health-…
12 Dec 2022
Exercising during the winter months can seem like an impossible task due to the short days and cold weather. Here are five tips to make sure you remain physically active omaha.com/lifestyles/health-…
12 Dec 2022
Roll Up:, Start by lying on your back with your spine and pelvis in neutral position legs straight and together with feets pointed, and arms overhead with palms facing each omaha.com/lifestyles/health-…
12 Dec 2022
Amgen will acquire Horizon Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on treatments for rare, autoimmune diseases, in a deal valued at approximately $26.4 billion.Amgen will acquire Horizon Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical omaha.com/news/national/amge…
12 Dec 2022
China is dropping a travel tracing requirement as part of an uncertain exit from its strict “zero-COVID" policy. At midnight Monday, the smart phone app will cease to function. This omaha.com/news/national/govt…
11 Dec 2022
Male circumcision is perhaps the world's oldest operation. It's depicted on ancient Egyptian tombs, and it's mentioned -- commanded, actually -- in the book of Genesis in the Bible. Over omaha.com/lifestyles/health-…