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![Studies show, on average, women require about 11 minutes more sleep per night than men do. Studies show, on average, women require about 11 minutes more sleep per night than men do.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/LIFE-HEALTH-WOMEN-SLEEP-DMT.jpg?w=132)
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Women need more sleep than men do, studies say
Studies show, on average, women require about 11 minutes more sleep per night than men...
![Following a CDC report and after years of progress, serious researchers are willing to use the word 'cure' when talking about cancer's future. Following a CDC report and after years of progress, serious researchers are willing to use the word 'cure' when talking about cancer's future.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/OCR-L-CANCER-0714-08TP_199959946.jpg?w=133)
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‘New era’ in war on cancer: 29.2% drop in death rates since 1999
Following a CDC report and after years of progress, serious researchers are willing to use...
![CT owns a crumbling historic site on the shoreline. Will residents ever get access? CT owns a crumbling historic site on the shoreline. Will residents ever get access?](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2015/10/19/UEGY6BQQ6BDG5FJD22PSKEZLQM.jpg?w=135)
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CT owns a crumbling historic site on the shoreline. Will residents ever get access?
In the mid-1990s, Connecticut officials began the process of closing and disposing of the decaying...
![Just as coronavirus transmission fluctuated in waves, so too have our responses to it. The world is four years from the acute phase of the pandemic, but not without lasting impact — including those who have maintained debilitating symptoms from COVID, adding to a large population of people with disabilities. Just as coronavirus transmission fluctuated in waves, so too have our responses to it. The world is four years from the acute phase of the pandemic, but not without lasting impact — including those who have maintained debilitating symptoms from COVID, adding to a large population of people with disabilities.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/202407281520MCT_____PHOTO____US-NEWS-MED-CDC-LONG-COVID-DISABILITY-LA.jpg?w=132)
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Intersection of long COVID and disability highlighted in CDC study
Just as coronavirus transmission fluctuated in waves, so too have our responses to it. The...
![New blood tests could help doctors diagnose Alzheimer’s disease faster and more accurately, researchers reported Sunday – but some appear to work far better than others. New blood tests could help doctors diagnose Alzheimer’s disease faster and more accurately, researchers reported Sunday – but some appear to work far better than others.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CTC-Alzheimers-Blood-Tests200576450.jpg?w=132)
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Blood tests for Alzheimer’s may be coming to your doctor’s office. Here’s what to know
New blood tests could help doctors diagnose Alzheimer’s disease faster and more accurately, researchers reported...
![Should you stretch before exercise? After? Never? Here’s what to know Should you stretch before exercise? After? Never? Here’s what to know](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/hartfall.jpg)
Should you stretch before exercise? After? Never? Here’s what to know
By ALBERT STUMM For many people of a certain age, high school gym class began...
![Fewer than half of rural U.S. hospitals offer labor and delivery services. In some areas, births have dropped by three-quarters since the baby boom’s peak. Fewer than half of rural U.S. hospitals offer labor and delivery services. In some areas, births have dropped by three-quarters since the baby boom’s peak.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/US-NEWS-HEALTH-RURAL-HOSPITALS-BABIES-1-KHN.jpg?w=132)
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Rural hospitals built during baby boom now face baby bust
Fewer than half of rural U.S. hospitals offer labor and delivery services. In some areas,...
![Connecticut’s rate of alcohol-related deaths has not returned to pre-pandemic levels. Experts say alcohol abuse is now rampant. Connecticut’s rate of alcohol-related deaths has not returned to pre-pandemic levels. Experts say alcohol abuse is now rampant.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thc-l-DorrieCarolan-alcohol-01.jpg?w=132)
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CT had the nation’s highest jump in alcohol-related deaths. Why?
Connecticut’s rate of alcohol-related deaths has not returned to pre-pandemic levels. Experts say alcohol abuse...
![Dangerously high blood pressure is a leading cause of maternal death and hospital-readmission after birth, and is often preventable with routine screening. Dangerously high blood pressure is a leading cause of maternal death and hospital-readmission after birth, and is often preventable with routine screening.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/LIFE-HEALTH-MATERNAL-BLOODPRESSURE-DMT.jpg?w=132)
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Can texting new parents to report their blood pressure help address maternal mortality? These doctors think so
Dangerously high blood pressure is a leading cause of maternal death and hospital-readmission after birth,...
![Several medications and cell-based therapies for hair loss are advancing in clinical trials. Several medications and cell-based therapies for hair loss are advancing in clinical trials.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/3EF7NWWNCVAETCUYCI5EHEDZNA.jpg?w=132)
‘An exciting time:’ Breakthroughs coming to treat and prevent hair loss
Several medications and cell-based therapies for hair loss are advancing in clinical trials.