Weekly Health Quiz: Marijuana, Lullabies and Coronavirus

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This state now has the highest number of reported coronavirus cases, with the total approaching a million:

California

Texas

Florida

New York

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True or false? Smoking marijuana has few of the cardiovascular risks that smoking tobacco does.

True

False

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Babies had a relaxation response when they listened to which of the following songs:

An Iroquois lullaby sung by a woman in Cherokee

A Hopi lullaby sung by a man

A lullaby from the Ona people of Patagonia

Babies responded positively to lullabies, regardless of the language they were sung in or who sang them

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Because colon and rectal cancers are on the rise in younger patients, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is proposing that colorectal cancer screening begin earlier, at age:

35

40

45

50

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Statin drugs, commonly prescribed to reduce cholesterol, showed possible benefits for prolonging survival in women with this form of cancer:

Melanoma

Breast cancer

Colorectal cancer

All of the above

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People who lived in communities with high noise levels were at higher risk of developing this brain ailment:

Alzheimer's disease

Parkinson's disease

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Epilepsy

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For the first time in years, rates of this sexually transmitted infection are down in the United States, though doctors worry that many cases are going unreported:

Chlamydia

Gonorrhea

Syphilis

All of the above