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A study in Las Vegas has found that boxers’ brains may show physical changes in areas that deal with functions like memory and alertness before they exhibit any cognitive declines.
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Malaria claims thousands of young lives in the DRC each year, but a successful project in remote Kimbi shows it needn't be soAs the sun went down and the ridges of the Mitumba mountains turned a smoke blue, a line of mothers sat quietly on a...(more)
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A County Antrim woman speaks of how drugs turned her happy child into a withdrawn and agitated teenager.
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Vietnam has asked international health experts to help investigate a mystery illness that has killed 19 people and sickened 171 others in Quang Ngai Province.
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Scientists in Israel say they have managed to turn patients' own skin cells into heart muscle in the lab.
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Only couples who negotiate a new 'healthy' diet make progress. Otherwise, men tend to slink off to an all-you-can-eat buffet, say University of Michigan researchers.
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WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that long-term birth control options, such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) and under-the-skin implants, are 20 times more effective for preventing pregnancy than short-term contraceptives, such as birth control pills, patches and rings.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Survivors of childhood cancers have an increased risk of disfigurement and persistent hair loss later in life, and for some that may lead to long-term emotional distress, suggests a new study. Compared to their siblings, survivors were more likely to have...(more)
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. advisers recommended against expanding the use of Johnson & Johnson's blood thinner Xarelto as a way to reduce the risk of new heart attacks and strokes in people with heart problems. A panel of outside experts to the Food and...(more)
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(Reuters) - Interim results from a mid-stage trial of Celldex Therapeutics Inc's experimental drug showed trends toward reducing tumors in patients with advanced breast cancer, with rates improving for those patients with high levels of a key protein.
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Caesarean birth has previously been linked to a greater risk of a number of negative medical outcomes, for mother and babyBabies born by caesarean section are twice as likely as those born naturally to become obese, according to new research.A US study of 1,255 mothers and...(more)
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. advisers recommended against expanding the use of Johnson & Johnson's blood thinner Xarelto as a way to reduce the risk of new heart attacks and strokes in people with heart problems. A panel of outside experts to the Food and...(more)
