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Why a weekly healthy cry can be good for you

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Have you ever heard the phrase ‘have a good cry’ and wondered if there is such a thing and what could possibly be good about it?

KDKA’s John Shumway found out that not only can it be a good thing, there’s even a website that encourages it once per week!

Johnny Maroney, the founder of the website, is a visual artist in Los Angeles and after doing some research, he stumbled into the positive impact of tears.

“The actual act of you know, tears coming out of your eyes, can release these endorphins that improve your mental

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CDC issues alert over rising measles cases in the US

The country’s health agency warned doctors Monday about an increase in measles cases that in a little more than three months has equaled all of the US cases last year.

There have been 58 confirmed cases of measles in the US this year as of Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, compared to 58 in all of 2023.

In the cases this year, 93% were linked to international travel, the agency said. Most of the cases involved children a year old or older who haven’t yet gotten measles-mumps-rubella, or MMR, vaccinations.

“Healthcare providers should ensure children are

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Swapping red meat for plant-based protein boosts longevity and climate health: Shots

A plant-based diet is not just good for your health, it’s good for the planet.

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A plant-based diet is not just good for your health, it’s good for the planet.

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If you’re aiming to cut back on meat and you want to build muscle strength, you’re not alone.

Following our story on foods that help maintain strength, lots of you responded to our call-out, telling us you’re trying to increase protein consumption with a plant-based diet.

Millions of women are 'under-muscled.' These foods help build strength

Now, a new study published in NatureFood, finds that if people

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Bruce Willis Health: Update On Dementia Diagnosis

Bruce Willis’ family revealed a little over a year ago that he’d been diagnosed with a condition called frontotemporal dementia. The symptoms of the illness prompted him to retire from acting in 2022.

Willis’ illness, also known as FTD, is a type of degenerative condition that primarily affects communication and behavior rather than memory, like other types of dementia. One of the actor’s early symptoms of the illness was aphasia, when a person struggles to speak, write and understand other people.

The Willis family first shared in March 2022 that the action star was struggling to communicate and he needed

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COVID vaccines don’t cause cancer, but misinformation persists

Anyone who spends even a moderate amount of time online has likely come across social media posts falsely claiming that COVID-19 vaccines are harmful to human health.

Among the most widely debunked claims is that vaccines developed with messenger RNA technology can cause cancer because they contain “monkey virus DNA.”

Such claims were even repeated during a US congressional hearing on vaccine injuries last year, but North American and European health authorities have stressed that there is no evidence of a causal link between COVID vaccines and cancer, or that mRNA vaccines can alter human DNA in any way.

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Will Kate Middleton Video Footage Dispel Health Rumors?

An apparently happy and healthy-looking Kate Middleton was seen walking alongside her husband, Prince William, near Windsor Castle in video footage reportedly shot over the weekend. The video is helping to dispel one of this year’s most enduring conspiracy theories regarding her health and whereabouts while recovering from abdominal surgery — though skepticism still abounds, as the Palace has yet to verify or comment on the video. And now speculation around the royal has moved to a second image she shared in 2022 that on Tuesday was deemed to have been altered.

The video was shot on Saturday about

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The Medical Minute: Sinus headaches? Maybe not.

You may want to sit down while reading this. A common perception is about to be shattered.

February 21, 2024Penn State Health News

There is no such thing as a sinus headache.

That phrase we’ve all bandied about when our head is pounding is really a misnomer, according to Dr. John McGinn, an otolaryngologist at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

If you have a cold head, and you feel like a balloon has been inflated inside your face for more than a week, what you’re most likely dealing with is a bacterial sinus infection. The temporary

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Study offers good news about healthy diet, lifestyle and dementia

Healthy lifestyles are associated with better cognitive function in older adults — even those whose brains show signs of dementia, according to research published in JAMA Neurology last month. The study suggests a healthy lifestyle could buffer older adults against cognitive decline and boost their “cognitive reserve.”

Researchers used data from the Rush Memory and Aging Project, a long-term study that looked at patients’ lifestyles and health and analyzed autopsy data from 1997 to 2022.

Scientists examined demographic, lifestyle and postmortem information on 586 patients, including details about their diets, their cognitive functioning before death, and lifestyle factors such as

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