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Title: Can Social Media Lead to Eating Disorders?
Category: Health News
Created: 5/7/2019 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/7/2019 12:00:00 AM

As Denver voters went to the polls on Tuesday for a mayoral election, they were also asked to decide whether to decriminalize possession of psilocybin, the hallucinogenic drug in what is widely known as "magic mushrooms."

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Patients are waiting weeks for appointments as GPs warn they cannot cope with demand.

GPs warn they cannot cope with demand, as patient groups say people are waiting weeks for appointments.

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(Reuters Health) - More U.S. adults are dying from heart failure today than a decade ago, and the sharpest rise in mortality is happening among middle-aged and younger adults, a new study suggests.

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Georgia became the fourth U.S. state this year to outlaw abortion after a doctor can detect a fetal heartbeat, when its Republican governor on Tuesday signed a bill that an abortion-rights group vowed to challenge immediately.

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About 700 pregnancy-related deaths occur in the United States each year, and 3 out of 5 are preventable, data show.

About 700 pregnancy-related deaths occur in the United States each year, and 3 out of 5 are preventable, data show.

Bladder cancer is more common in men, but women often fare worse, even when diagnosed at similar stages.

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The takeaway from the study is that it may be more important to be at a healthy weight before getting pregnant, one expert said.